The tour headliners included Bad Religion, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Deftones, NOFX, Rancid, Reverend Horton Heat, and The Specials. The band lineups and running orders on the stages differed between dates. The tour featured four stages – two main and two side – and included a "World Warped Stage" sponsored by ASCAP/ Ernie Ball that showcased local bands. After the North American tour ended, Warped Tour traveled overseas for the first time, with a modified lineup appearing in Europe, Australia and Japan. Four concerts were held in Canada, with the rest in United States locations. The 34-date North American tour began on in Phoenix, Arizona, and ended Augin Austin, Texas. It's basically just to give a vivid picture of what my day of meeting Andy was like.Warped Tour 1998 was the 4th edition of the Vans Warped Tour. I'm too lazy to fix the grammatical issues, especially since that's not even the point of this excerpt. I mostly just created this so I could have it here as memory, but I guess also for others to see what it might be like if they actually met Andy. And thank you dad, for making my dream come true.
Thank you Andy, for believing I was worth your time, and for all that you do. My life is forever changed because of the few moments I had with Andy, who I finally got to see without a screen in the way. I will never forget the day I met my saviour, Andrew Dennis Biersack. His eyes looking straight at me as he walks toward me, his voice in person, how tall he was in front of me, his grasp on me as he half-hugged me for a photo, his beautiful smile, his gazelle legs, everything. My friend, my family, my hero, my everything. I can't believe I met the man I truly loved, and knew he loved me. Thank you so much." I manage to say while crying of happiness. "Yeah, he cares a lot about his fans." I say, then I hug my dad and burst into tears. I like him even more now, that was very nice of him to do." My dad says. But he saw you with his present and came over. He could've just ignored us and left, in fact that's what the security guard told him to do. "He's nice guy, he didn't have to do that, ya know. I left backstage, and security closed the gate. I watched him for a couple seconds, but then security kicked us out. After the picture, I said, "Thank you, I love you, b-bye!" I couldn't exactly hear what he said back, I'm pretty sure he just said, "Bye!" as he was walking away. After he took pictures with them all and was about to walk away, I asked, "Andy, can I get a picture please?" "Sure!" He says and we pose for the picture. I take my phone back and manage to squeak out, "T-Thank you!" Andy started walking over to the other group of girls who sneaked backstage too, and took pictures with all of them while I was waiting for my turn. WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU SAY THAT?! Andy apparently ignored him and I asked, "C-Can you sign my phone p-please?" "Sure!" He says and takes my phone to sign it. "For me? Thank you!" He said while taking the present. "H-Hi, I-I'm Karma." I say while holding the present to him. He was looking directly at me and I could barely speak. My dad overheard the security telling Andy to not come over to me, but Andy turned around and saw the present I had for him, and started walking over to me. The security guard tells my dad to take a step back, and he does, patiently waiting for Andy to be done talking. I stop when I'm literally like 6 feet away from BVB, but my dad confidently just walks straight up to them. I decide to slowly follow him, hoping that security wouldn't kick us out. He doesn't answer and continues walking to them. My dad starts walking over to them and I say "Dad, Dad, Dad what are you doing?" over and over again. He looked at me a few times and I almost died, because, well, ANDY BIERSACK LOOKED AT ME IN THE EYE.Īfter the concert was over, we ( my dad and I ) walked over to the gate of the backstage area, and we saw Andy, Ashley, CC, Jinxx, Jake, Juliet, and a security guard all talking. But I didn't let it get to me and I continued enjoying the concert. While they were playing Kickstart My Heart, Andy was running through the front row and touching fans' hands, he went past me twice and I was so damn close to touching his hand. They first play Faithless, then Coffin, then Kickstart My Heart, then Legacy, then Heart of Fire, then Fallen Angels, and lastly, In The End. I was standing in the front row for two hours, just so I could be upfront when they play. I was at Vans Warped Tour and it was finally almost time for Black Veil Brides to play.