While even I had some level of disappointment with the

lineup for this years Warped, excitement is extrememly high

amongst my metal friends, and the younger sisters of Unionrocks.

With heavy legends, like White Chapel and Suicide Solution on the

bill, the headbangers in our crew are pumped, and assure this punk

that the vibe will be awesome. No doubt the old school punks

of Warped will have to make do with The Casualties (Unionrocks

mosh pit party) and Sum 41's return to the Warped stages, the Ur

crew are all excited for a variety of this years acts.

Were also getting ready to bring our always engaging activism

to this years event, with great giveaways, and tons of pro union

pro youth energy....Tix are already on sale at ticketmaster, and the

UR bus is filling up, so if you want to be part of this years

Rock and Roll activist adventure get in touch now...

CHECK OUT THIS YEARS LINEUP!!!

WITH THE SUN SHINING, AND A LARGE

CREW OF EXCITED UNIONROCKS ACTIVISTS ARMED WITH

OUR UBER KEWL GIVEAWYS, WARPED 15, UNIONROCKS 3RD

OFFICIAL YEAR TAKING PART, WAS WITHOUTA DOUBT

AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.

FROM THE PIT TO THE VENDING AREA, OUR BLACK BANDANNAS,

WERE SEEN, ON HEADS, AROUND ARMS, AROUND NECKS.

OUR THEME OF FIST IN THE AIR TIME WAS HEARD AND ECHOED

FROM THE STAGES, AND ONCE AGAIN UNIONROCKS HAD

ONE HELL OF A BLAST TURNING IT UP FOR ORGANIZED LABOUR.

THE WARPED TRIBE KNOWING THAT WHEN YOUR BROTHER

OR SISTER IS DOWN YOU PICK THEM UP, EAGERLY SIGNED

OUR PETITION TO REFORM EI!

AND NO DOUBT THE TRIBE WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER, THANKS

TO THE AWESOME LINEUP, AND THE UR CREW REPORTS AWESOME

SETS BY OF COURSE ANTI FLAG, BAD RELIGION, NOFX, AND

FLOGGING MOLLY **(COMING TO TORONTO AND KITCHENER OCTOBER)

AND OTHERS RAVING ABOUT 3OH3,

THE MAINE, GALLOWS, (HEAVY EVEN FOR THE UR MOSH PIT MANIACS).

WE CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT VANS, FINI4, KEVIN LYMAN,

AND SUMNER WHO HAVE BEEN OUR HOSTS FOR THREE YEARS AND BEEN

MAKING THE MAGIC THAT IS WARPED HAPPEN FOR 15 YEARS NOW. WE

AT UNIONROCKS, THANK THEM FOR THE BEST DAY OF MUSIC EACH

SUMMER, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OUR ALL SO IMPORTANT

MESSAGE TO THE FANS THERE. WITH THREE YEARS NOW UNDER OUR

BELT EACH SUCCESSFUL IN TAKING LABOUR'S KEY CAMPAIGNS, AND

OUR RECOGNIZABLE AND ACCEPTABLE BANNER TO WARPED, WE

ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO EVEN BIGGER AND BOLDER THINGS

FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WANT YOUR HELP..

JOIN US ON FACEBOOK

With just the initial line up announced Vans

Warped Tour's 15th installment promises to

be an unreal celebration of the music, bands

and spirit that have made Warped an absolute

must be at event and icon of alternative and youth

culture. Some of unionrocks faves are already booked,

and Kevin Lyman and the folks at VWT, seem

committed to restoring the greatness of Warped, and with

the promise of more acts to be named, this is going to

among the best lineups yet...We can only hope the venue

not yet named, is not the parking lot from hell we endured

last year at Arrow Hall: Downsview, the Island???????pls

make it on grass.

Here is the lineup so far:

3OH!3

A Day To Remember

A Skylit Drive/

Alexis On Fire

Anti Flag!!!

Bad Religion

Bayside

big D and the Kids Table

Black Tide

Bouncing souls

Breathe Carolina

Brokencyde

Cash Cash

Chiodos

Dance Gavin Dance

Dear and the Headlights

Dirty Heads

Escape The Fate

Every Avenue

Flogging Molly

Gallows

Hit the Lights

I Set My Friends On Fire

jefree Star

Less Than Jake

Lights

Meg and Dia

Millionaires

NOFX

Outernational

P.O.S.

Saosin

Senses Fail

Shad

Silverstein

Sing it Loud

Streetlight Manifesto

Tat

The A.K.A.'S

The Architects

The Atari's

The Devil Wears Prada

The Maine

The White Tie Affair

There For Tommorrow

Therefore I Am

Thrice

Tv/Tv

Underoath

Valencia

Westbound Train

Unionrocks is already planning for our

Warped adventure this year, and we are

pumpedto make our 3rd, (yes 3rd)

appearance, the best and biggest rockin

day of labour activism ever. If you want

on the Bus, and to help us get ready

contact us now, interest is already started

and bus will fill up!

GET ON THE BUS!!!!!!!

OK the venue was less than ideal, the crowds were way down,

there was no real headliner and even mother nature seemed to want to

mock the fourteenth installment of Vans iconic summer youth festival. But hey hidden behind an industrial

strip mall on a sea of concrete with strip clubs, and body rub parlors

as neighbours, the atmosphere was pure punk..(note to self , custom band aids..)

The unionrocks crew reports awesome sets by the Street Dogs, St Alvia Cartel, Bouncing Souls,

Protest the Hero.The Briggs did not disappoint though they deserved a bigger stage and audience

for their smokin mid afternoon set that had the fists in the air...And pennywise delivered, with even the

rain relenting and devotees blown away by one of Punks powerhouses return to a Canadian stage..

Craziest Moment: The Johnstones playing their set on the Union Records stage in Diapers and bibs!

Best Moment: Seeing Warped goers joining the Mosh Pit Union, and getting off on the UR tent.

Fist In The Air Moment: The Briggs set...just listen to them..........

Funnest Moment: rockin out in the rain, as a late band on the Dtox stage ripped into Billy Idol!

Scariest Moment: See Johnstones above...

Best When your brother or sister is down moment: Unionrocks and OFL rep, Pam Frache, both

chipping in as Band Emelia from Thunder Bay wrote off car on way to show, and were raising

funds for long trip home..

Biggest Disappointment: Rise Against joining the tour in Calgary next week, will make it an

entirely different day.

Thanks to The Power Workers Union, The Grey Bruce District Labour Council and it`s executive,

The Canadian Labour Congress, The Ontario Federation Of Labour, The Canadian Office

Professional Employees, and The Council of Canadians, whose material support helped make

Unionrocks at Warped a success. Big thanks and Solidarity to Pam Frache Director of Education and chair of the

O F L Workers Under 30 Committee., Erin Harrison National Youth Representative for the Canadian Labour

Congress, and John Macdonald from the CAW, who came by the tent, helped spread the union message,

and helped anchor the UR tent when the winds whipped up.

HERES THIS YEARS KILLER LINEUP!!!!!!!!

With no venue yet announced for the Toronto installment of this years Warped Tour, we at Unionrocks are busy planning for an all out Fist in The Air Festival, as the people from Fini and Vans bring what is sure to be the craziest party ever to Hogtown. Though we are just in the planning stages and are yet to embark upon our PR for the event, UR is anxious, following our kick ass success at last years show to really make Warped an awesome party, and a meaningful adventure. With our economy in a tailspin, good jobs becoming scarecer and scarcer, UR is gonna not only be working hard to strengthen our unions and all our workers with our campaigns for a liveable minimum wage and Card based certification, but were gonna be out there actively talking to young concert goers about the union job opportunities that ROCK. The lineup is up and posted at warpedtour.com, and it is awesome. ( Though there is hope that a headliner or two might be added)...... Stay Tuned, Toronto Presale has not yet happened, and we will be letting you know.......

WARPED 13: THE MAYHEM CONTINUES!

THOUGH THERE IS SOME GRUMBLING WITH THE LINEUP, AND THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE HARDCORE PUNK AND THE EMO CROWD WAS APPARRENT AND DIVISIVE, THE FOLKS AT VANS AND FINI ONCE AGAINED DELIVERED THE BEST YOUTH FESTIVAL OF THE SUMMER, KILLER SETS BY BLEED THE DREAM, NEW FOUND GLORY, KILLSWITCH, BAD RELIGION AND FLOGGING MOLLY HAD THE DUST AT PARK PLACE FLYING ALL DAY. AS IS THE NORM THE LINEUPS SUCKED..(WHY NOT OPEN THE SECOND GATE) WATER WAS SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE..(BORDERS ON NEGLIGENT), AND LIMITED CHOICE AND AVAILABILITY OF FOOD. BUT ALL IN ALL THE WARPED TRIBE GATHERED ONCE AGAIN, THE FISTS WERE IN THE AIR, AND UNIONROCKS KICKED IT UP FOR ORGANIZED LABOUR AND THE VOTE YES FOR MMP CAMPAIGN. 364 MORE SLEEPS TILL NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!.

WHAT A DAY, JOIN UNIONROCKS AS WE PREPARE FOR MORE ROCKIN ADVENTURES, SIGN UP IN THE FORUM AND EMAIL ME YOUR PICS..MORE PICS TO COME...PEACE

Oh man Vancouver and Calgary already over, and though Unionrocks wasnt there, we can feel the energy building as Warped continues it's 13th year of music and mayhem. The reports we are getting are of awesome bands ripping it up, and great crowds enjoying the bands, the booths and a huge Take Action Zone full of really great ways to get involved with projects for positive change in our world. Click to read the Warped Tours official pit reporters take on her first trip to Canada.