Gainesville punk quartet Against Me!, which after a decade-run finally broke through to the mainstream last year with its excellent, power-pop-leaning album New Wave, is scheduled to play the 2008 Vans Warped Tour that comes to St. Pete's Vinoy Park July 11, reports Billboard.com.
Paramore, Gym Class Heroes (which perform Sunday, April 6 in downtown St. Pete on the Honda Grand Prix stage), Jack's Mannequin, Pennywise, Cobra Straship and Reel Big Fish are also among the myriad bands scheduled to perform. I haven't attended a Warped Tour since 2004, when Vinoy Park got so hot kids were jumping in the bay — that is until dolphins were mistaken for sharks. Might have to go this year, though, if only to catch Against Me!'s set.
This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2008.