Vans Warped Tour…

Vans Warped Tour…

The Vans Warped Tour is a monumental event in North America (and now even in the UK!)… With a summer tour that lasts all summer long, different bands, different stages, it is always a privilege and an honor for a band to play there… for Your Favorite Enemies this was no exception! They had wanted to play the Warped Tour for a long time, and when they were invited for the Toronto and Montreal edition in 2007, they were really ecstatic. They spent countless hours rehearsing in the pit, getting ready for this!

It wasn’t the first time that YFE was at the Warped Tour, though… They had already been there for the 2 previous years with the non-profit “Rock’N’Rights” organization founded by Alex and Jeff, promoting human rights. You could easily recognize them with their orange jumpsuits, the same they wear in american prisons. They were, without a doubt, catching people’s attention. Because of their colors, of their meaning and because it was complete nonsense to wear this under such a burning hot sun!

Two shows only, Toronto and Montreal, but enough energy for a whole tour… Meetings with some fans for the very first time, some of them coming all the way from the UK and the United States… And this connection with the people is something the band treasured more than words could say. Hear the fans talk about the show they just witnessed, about their friendship with the band members… Very touching moments captured by the video team.

Though Alex didn’t jump in the crowd (and seems much more calmer than he is now on stage), he managed to climb on the PA system, scaring the shit out of his bandmates… Miss Isabel wasn’t behind her keyboard at that time, an addition that came a little later to the band.

Long hours of traveling between the cities, sleepless nights as we had to drive and stay awake for hours, some sleeping in the back of the cars with their necks broken, listening to Joe Dassin like nobody else would ever do (I mean, who would ever think of doing a Joe Dassin themed party… Do you even know him anyway? Lots of the older YFE-TV episodes have songs from him… It was a real love story!). This is how we discovered Monster energy drinks. For anyone who knows us, for anyone who has visited us, you know how energy drinks are part of our blood, just like coffee is…

Yes… These were the old days… So much has changed since then… But passion is always the same…

Did you see the Vans Warped Tour? Did you see any other shows from YFE, back in 2007? Let us know what you thought back then… And what you think right now!!!!

– Stephanie