Warped Tour 2013: 'Punk' Music Festival Admits 'It Is for Children'

After years of degrading in quality and attempting to appeal to a younger audience, Van's Warped Tour, the traveling festival of "punk" acts has finally up and admitted it is for children.

Well, kind of.

Via Noisey:

The Warped Tour is fully aware that they are basically running a punk rock daycare service. They pretty much flat-out admitted it this year when they announced their new policy: any kid who comes to the Warped Tour can bring a parent for free. A brilliant move on their part. No longer will miserable dads need to circle the parking lot until Bleed the Veil (or whatever crapcore band their kid is into that week) is finished playing. Instead, they can come inside, where they are in prime position to buy their spoiled kids $9 Monster Energy Drinks and t-shirts from their favorite band, Horizon on the Dance Floor, to replace the One Direction ones they were wearing last year because OMG that's totally gay now, dad! GOD! 

Add this to the recent news that band's may be held responsible for any injuries fans suffer while moshing and you'd have a pretty good case that all the venom has been removed from the touring show.

"If you do it fine if  the bands do it they become responsible 4 all the injuries that occur, people do not take responsibility," Festival promoter Kevin Lyman recently said "In America that leads to many lawsuits ... I have been through many, no fun and costly. (via)

Of course, Warped Tour has faced criticism for many years now. Just take a look at this rant from Joe Queer of The Queers:

"You play music because there's something inside of you that says you have to play music. Now you get bands like Fall Out Boy that are basically created in the studio. The Warped Tour changed it. Fuck it. I just don't like that shit. All the guys in the bands remind me of the jocks I hated in high school. To me a punk gig is a small sweaty club with the audience right in your face knocking over the mic stand and boogying off the energy."