The well-tailored ska-sters in The Mighty Mighty Bosstones will release their new album, "Pay Attention," on May 2, and the band has already signed on for this year's Warped Tour, which kicks off on June 24 in Tempe, Arizona at Arizona State University.

In addition to the Bosstones, the Warped 2000 outing will also feature Green Day, The Long Beach Dub Allstars, NOFX, Papa Roach, The Suicide Machines, The Muffs, and MXPX, among others.

MTV News recently caught up with Bosstones frontman Dicky Barrett to talk about Warped, and Barrett said that he might be paying a sort of fashionable homage to his hometown baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, during the outing.

"This summer [on] Warped Tour," Barrett said,

Barrett also talked about the reasons he felt that the Warped Tour, which is now the longest running summer festival in the U.S., was able to keep drawing audiences back year after year.

"If I was putting together a package tour," Barrett said,

The revised dates for Warped 2000:

  • 6/24 - Tempe, AZ @ Arizona State University
  • 6/25 - Las Vegas, NV @ Thomas & Mack Center
  • 6/27 - Fresno, CA @ CSUF Amphitheater
  • 6/28 - Chula Vista, CA @ Coors Amphitheater Parking Lot
  • 6/29 - Anaheim, CA @ Arrowhead Pond Parking Lot
  • 6/30 - Anaheim, CA @ Arrowhead Pond Parking Lot
  • 7/1 - San Francisco, CA @ Pier 30 / 32
  • 7/2 - Lake Tahoe, CA @ Boreal Ridge Resort
  • 7/3 - Nampa, ID @ Idaho Center
  • 7/4 - George, WA @ Gorge
  • 7/6 - Calgary, AB @ Race City Speedway
  • 7/7 - Missoula, MT @ Fort Missoula
  • 7/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah State Fairgrounds
  • 7/9 - Brighton, CO @ Adams City Fairground
  • 7/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Metrodome Parking Lot
  • 7/12 - Tinley Park, IL @ New World Music Theater
  • 7/13 - Cleveland, OH @ Flats At Nautica
  • 7/14 - Camden, NJ @ Blockbuster-Sony Center
  • 7/15 - New York, NY @ Randall's Island
  • 7/16 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Lot
  • 7/17 - Syracuse, NY @ State Fairgrounds
  • 7/18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Iron City Light Amphitheater
  • 7/19 - Buffalo, NY @ La Salle Park
  • 7/20 - Boston, MA @ Suffolk Downs
  • 7/21 - Montreal, QC @ Parc Des Illes
  • 7/22 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Park
  • 7/23 - Pontiac, MI @ Phoenix Amphitheater
  • 7/25 - Washington, DC @ RFK Stadium
  • 7/26 - Norfolk, VA @ Naval Station Field
  • 7/27 - Knoxville, TN @ Chilhowee Park
  • 7/28 - Jacksonville, FL @ Fairgrounds
  • 7/29 - Miami, FL @ Bayfront Park
  • 7/30 - Orlando, FL @ Central Florida Fairgrounds
  • 7/31 - Panama City Beach, FL @ Club LaVela
  • 8/2 - Houston, TX @ AstroArena Parking Lot
  • 8/3 - South Padre Island, TX @ Charlie's
  • 8/4 - Dallas, TX @ Artists Square
  • 8/5 - San Antonio, TX @ Sunken Gardens Amphitheater Parking
  • 8/6 - El Paso, TX @ Fort Bliss - Biggs Air Field