The People of Vans Warped Tour: You Were Them Once
by Village Voice
On Saturday, July 13th, the durable Vans Warped Tour cruised into the Nassau Coliseum for an all-day festival spread over seven stages. You went to it in high school, so you know what was going down.
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“These people act like we drink a gallon of blood and hang upside down from crucifixes before we go onstage,” Rob Halford says. “We’re performers, have been for two decades. We do the show and we wear the costumes our audience expect us to.”
