With the 2012 Vans Warped Tour making rounds in California starting this Thursday, June 21^st we at OC Reloaded will spend the week taking a closer look at a few bands set to rock this year’s Warped Tour Golden State stops. Beginning Thursday, June 21^st at Orange County Great Park in Irvine and concluding Wednesday, June 27^th at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre in Chula Vista Yellowcard will act as a tour guide showing Californians the bliss of Ocean Avenue.

Yellowcard helped get the festivities for the 2012 Vans Warped Tour started, playing the tour’s kick-off party back on Thursday, March 29^th at Club Nokia located in downtown Los Angeles. While Yellowcard only performed an acoustic set March 29^th they still successfully foreshadowed what to expect this June. Club Nokia resembled a sing-along scene when the band started into their big hit from 2004 “Ocean Avenue.” Contrastingly, the Club Nokia audience stood captivated as Yellowcard performed a heartfelt rendition of “Sing for Me.”

If history proves an accurate indicator, Yellowcard’s fans will increase their energy level when the band gets plugged in out on tour. The group played Warped Tour multiple times in the past, successfully drawing large, energetic crowds. At the very least expect arms up in the air and some crowd surfing.

Audiences react to Yellowcard in large part thanks to front man Ryan Key who encourages crowds to become vocal and join him in singing. Many within the media recognize Yellowcard for their fun live shows. In fact while previewing the Warped Tour’s Las Vegas stop Wednesday, June 20^th Las Vegas Weekly’s Annie Zaleski calls Yellowcard one of five “must-see bands for Warped Tour in Vegas.” She writes “The pop-punk vets were last year’s comeback kids with the release of their first album since 2007, When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes. Their chugging new song, ‘Always Summer’ foreshadows even greater things.”

The 2012 Vans Warped Tour’s five Golden State dates spread from Thursday, June 21^st to Wednesday, June 27^th with the details as follows.

Thursday, June 21^st- Orange County Great Park in Irvine

Friday, June 22^nd- Pomona Fairplex in Pomona

Saturday, June 23^rd- AT & T Park Lot A in San Francisco

Sunday, June 24^th- Ventura County Fair in Ventura

Wednesday, June 27^th- Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre in Chula Vista

Tickets still remain available for all five California stops so make sure to get your tickets ASAP! To purchase, visit www.vanswarpedtour.com/dates. For more information on who else will play the 2012 Vans Warped Tour checkout our earlier preview, “Vans Warped Tour Approaching Fast.”