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Future Of Warped Festival In Doubt

Staff Writer

"Unlikely" we will see another iteration of the event this year

Renowned festival promoter AJ Maddah has said that the Vans Warped Tour is unlikely to return to Australia this year.

The revelation – though not an explicit death knell for the festival's future Australian prospects – is a sad one for fans of the punk-driven festival, which returned to Australia last year after a lengthy absence, having first made it here back in 1998.