Various artists on Vans Warped Tour, that is currently hitting some of its final stops in the USA this summer on its final cross-country tour, have expressed their support of the FEND movement. By spreading awareness via its new app, the FEND campaign’s goal is to inform the public about the dangers of opioids. According to FEND’s website, “over the past four years, the misuse of opioids by 15-19 year olds has dramatically increased, [and] sadly, so have drug overdose deaths. Most of these overdose deaths are accidental, and over half are caused by prescription painkillers (opioids) – opioids are also a known gateway drug to heroin.”
In a video campaign for FEND, artists from Warped touring bands such as Story Untold, Waterparks, Don Broco, Simple Plan and more discussed the importance of awareness of this issue. From Simple Plan, you can find its lead singer Pierre Bouvier appearing in the video:
And that is not where Simple Plan’s involvement with this campaign ends. In order to help raise funds for FEND to help fight the opioid crisis, Vans Warped Tour partnered up with Set.fm and together they decided to put a very special recording from the final day of Warped Tour up for sale, entitled “Vans Warped Tour – The Final Hours” with all proceeds going directly to FEND.
The recording will be featuring the last two songs from the live Warped Tour sets of each participating band on August 5th 2018 at Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL and will be available as a compilation for download within 24 hours of the final note played. The bands that will be a part of this compilation include Ice Nine Kills, In Hearts Wake, Unearth, 
Capstan, Doll Skin, The Maine, We The Kings, Chelsea Grin, Every Time I Die, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Kublai Khan, Tropidelic, Mayday Parade, Crown The Empire, Palaye Royale, Deez Nuts, My Children My Bride and of course Simple Plan. And since Simple Plan’s setlist has remained practically unchanged over the course of Warped Tour, we can safely say that the featured songs by SP on this special compilation will be ‘I’m Just A Kid’ and ‘Perfect’, given they are the final two songs on the band’s setlist.
So if you’d like to help a good cause and also keep a souvenir in the form of the last Warped notes, for a $20 minimum donation, you can already pre-order this special “Vans Warped Tour – The Final Hours” compilation here.
