One of the final pieces of the summer concert puzzle is beginning to fall into place, as organizers for the Vans Warped Tour have announced a tentative itinerary for the rock & roll meets skateboarding fest.

This year's Warped Tour will launch June 30 in Phoenix, Arizona, and will feature a line-up that includes Rancid, the Deftones, the Specials, Reverend Horton Heat, NOFX, Bad Religion, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Die Toten Hosen, Def Con Dos and Frenzal Rhomb. The tour will play 30-plus dates over the course of six weeks.

As we previously reported, the Warped Tour also plans to merge with the Ozzfest for a combined mega-concert on July 18 in Minneapolis.

The dates for this year's Warped Tour:

• 6/30 - Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theater
• 7/1 - San Diego, CA @ Del Mar Rodeo Arena
• 7/2 - Anaheim, CA @ Arrowhead Pond Lot
• 7/4 - Lake Tahoe, CA @ Boreal Ridge
• 7/5 - San Francisco, CA @ Pier 30/32
• 7/7 - Seattle, WA @ KingDome Lot
• 7/8 - Vancouver, BC @ TBA
• 7/9 - Portland, OR @ Portland Meadows
• 7/10 - Boise, ID @ TBA
• 7/11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Fairgrounds
• 7/12 - Boulder, CO @ Colorado University Field
• 7/14 - Oklahoma City, OK @ All Sports Stadium
• 7/15 - St. Louis, MO @ Riverport Lot
• 7/16 - Chicago, IL @ TBA
• 7/17 - Milwaukee, WI @ TBA
• 7/18 - Minneapolis, MN @ Somerset Park
• 7/19 - Kansas City or Lawrence, KS @ TBA
• 7/21 - Pittsburgh, PA @ IC Light Amphitheater
• 7/22 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Street
• 7/23 - Cleveland, OH @ TBA
• 7/24 - Toronto, ONT @ TBA
• 7/25 - Montreal, QUE @ Hippodrome
• 7/26 - Quebec City, QUE @ Place La Bourge Neuf
• 7/28 - Buffalo, NY @ TBA
• 7/29 - Northampton, MA @ Fairgrounds
• 7/30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Corestates Center
• 7/31 - Washington, DC @ Equestrian Center
• 8/1 - New York, NY @ Randall's Island
• 8/2 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Lot
• 8/4 - Jacksonville, FL @ TBA
• 8/5 - Orlando, FL @ Central Florida Fairgrounds
• 8/6 - Miami, FL @ Pompano Amphitheater
• 8/8 - Houston or Austin, TX @ TBA
• 8/9 - Dallas, TX @ TBA

• Rancid
• Deftones
• The Specials
• Reverend Horton Heat
• NOFX

Minneapolis may never be the same. On July 18, that city will face the joint force of this summer's Ozzfest and Vans Warped tour as those annual outings merge for what promises to be one fierce date.

Both tours will hit Minneapolis' Somerset park on July 18 and will present their usual daily schedules which this year include the likes of Tool, Rancid, Limp Bizkit, the Deftones, Megadeth, NOFX, the Melvins, Bad Religion, and many more.

The date will also feature the usual midway offerings of each tour, and tickets for the double-stuffed show are $27.

This year's Warped tour, which kicks off on June 30 in Phoenix, will haul the Deftones, Rancid, the Specials, the Reverend Horton Heat, NOFX, Bad Religion, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Die Toten Hosen, Def Con Dos, and Frenzal Rhomb around the country for the summer (see "UPDATE: Deftones, Rancid, Specials, More Join Warped Tour").

Ozzfest, which begins its run on July 3 in Holmdel, New Jersey, will be packing a line-up that features Tool, Megadeth, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust, Coal Chamber, Two, the Melvins, Snot, Incubus, Ultra Spank, Kilgor, System Of A Down, and Ozzy himself (see "Halford And Two Join Ozzfest '98 Line-Up").

• Ozzy Osbourne
• Tool
• Rancid
• Limp Bizkit
• Deftones