Warp tour tips

Many people ask what is up with warp tour as its their first time. Below is updates tips n hints for warp tour. I want to thank Will who helped me out with stuff I missed.

Warp tour starts at 11 AM. Depending on how far away you live from the WHOLE day event I would say to head out atleast 2-4 hours before the gates open up at 11. For warp tour 08 in chicago I left at around 8 and got to tinley park for warp tour at about 9:30. Me and friends were somewhat far in the line to get in. Had to wait about an hour before getting in.

If your spending the day at warp I advise you to stick with water. Lemonade (their gay stands), beer, soda, or any kind of energy drink may slow you down and possibly make you sick. Plus they cost more then water.

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||Money||

I can not stress this enough about warp tour.... It will be hot as hell if its not raining and because of that you will be thirsty and hungry the whole time.

Bottles of water: Water is the best thing to drink at warp. Cost 4 dollars a bottle (not that big of a bottle). I brought 60 dollars to warp and must of spent about 20 dollars or more on water alone.

Band Merchandise: Shirts usually go around 20-30 dollars. You have your stands with glasses n other trinkets. Cd's cost around 10 dollars and if your lucky you can make it to your favorite bands signing. Patches n stickers can go from a dollar to 10 bucks.

Food & Beer: I went the whole day without food (ended up with a weird sore mouth at the end of the day) because the food prices were simply to much. If you can handle not eating so be it just don't blame me for your hungerness. Fore example a small hotdog PLAIN usually cost around 5 dollars. This includes no drinks or fries. Beer cost around 6 dollars a bottle.

Best amount of $ to bring: You want to make warp tour the best day ever. bring a a lot of money even if you don't spend it all, better safe then sorry.. I would say around 100 dollars is pretty good if you intend on maybe getting a cd or a 20 dollar shirt and spending the rest on water or w/e. If your rich or have the money at the time bring about 200+ dollars.

You don't want to buy out each merch tent. That would mean you have to lug everything around the whole day. This you don't want


||Clothing||

Well its quiet simple here. Bring lite and breezy clothes. It will be hot or rainy either way you must come fit for the day. I'm going to be wearing a light shirt and shorts more then likely for 08....

For shoes make sure your not wearing your most expensive and prettyful (yes i said prettyful) pair of shoes. It will get stepped on and dirty. Flip flops and sandals are a BIG NO NO. Wear your shoes tightly but not to tight. If your crowd surfing or your shoe just so happens to slip off say bye bye to it. Someone will throw it across the crowd and your not getting it back.

||AGE||

People wonder if they are to old, young, tall, short, or weak. Well all that doesn't matter. What matters is if your going to be in the middle of the crowds having fun or sitting on the side taking worthless boring pictures.

I saw a 10 year old kid do fine in an all time low and human abstract crowd. But this kid knew what he was doing i'm guessing. Being in the crowds it gets hot and sweaty. Some people need to be crowd surfed out because they can't handle it.

Any age or body structure can survive warp. Just be ready for the heat and touching bodies. This may cause you to get sick and possibly pass out. That is why you follow my other tips about drinking water and keeping cool

||Free Stuff||

There are free tosses n stuff. The ones that I have been told about are the energy drink tosses. Monster and lost have their truck their usually by the skate ramp (not the same in all states).
Just remember if there are big give aways don't strip a 10 year old for the item. If you don't get what you want then oh well. Deal with it.

||Mosh pits||

Yes warp tour does contain pits for many bands. Remember if your not ready for the pit then it's okay. But sometimes you have to just go for it and go in. Have fun though. I think when going to a concert just standing their and talking is boring. Get into it as much as you want. If you have issues with dirt then this is a problem. At the pits in warp since it is outside there will be dirt thrown up in the air n stuff. So be ready to get down and dirty. Refer to the moshing tips and how to section to the left.

||Bringing stuff||

A Simple list of stuff you should keep in mind when going to warp tour

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*Bring baby wipes of some sort. (the porta pottys run out of TP.)

*Bring a good jug of water. People say only 2 liters is allowed. My friend brought a gallon of water and got in. Remember to hide an extra cap in your bag or sock because they throw out your cap at the entrance of warp

*Cellphone (BE VERY CAREFUL here. Things will get stolen if you just hang your phone off your pants.)

*Take a Kodak one time use camera. Taking your digi cam may cause it to get broken in the crowds. Remember "Professional" cameras are not allowed.

*Some money (around 100-150 dollars)

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Update most of the tips! goodluck people.