After years upon years of pestering the Riot Fest crew to make this happen, 2020 is now officially the year that My Chemical Romance will be playing the beloved Punk-centric Chicago festival. The band has announced an official tour today, so that explains the timing for why this […]
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Sunday kicked off with beautiful weather and excellent performances from Billy Talent, Juliette and the Licks, Thursday, Andrew W.K, and The Wonder Years. Unfortunately the Joey Badass performance was marred by audio difficulties, but Joey still soldiered through to perform “Christ Conscious” and some new bangers. The Deftones
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We all know #RiotFestSucks, so how about a little something to have you complain about it some more? Well today we finally get the daily schedule for Riot Fest Chicago, featuring tons of sweet, delicious time conflicts between some of our favorite acts playing this year! These are
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Fuck yes, it’s Riot Fest announcement day! The first wave of the 2016 lineup announcement delivered big news today, revealing the acts heading to Denver and Chicago this coming September 2-4 and 16-18, respectively. Joining the reunited Misfits are Morrissey, Jane’s Addiction (Denver only; performing Ritual de lo Habitual), Death
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Chicago’s festival is all but over and now we’re gearing up for the highly anticipated 2015 edition of Riot Fest. Today brings the news of this year’s special after shows with plenty of Riot Fest acts playing throughout the city in either Bottom Lounge, Cobra Lounge, Concord Music
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As if you needed more reasons to believe that Riot Fest is the best festival around, today we get the second lineup announcement that features none other than System Of A Down, Weezer, The Prodigy, 88 Fingers Louie, and Chef’Special. Each stop of the festival has a variation of these
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America’s Best Music Festival has announced its first wave of lineups for the 2015 editions of Riot Fest Denver, Toronto, and Chicago, featuring exciting artists like No Doubt, Modest Mouse, Tenacious D, Snoop Dogg, Iggy Pop, Wu-Tang Clan, and Run DMC. Chicago’s lineup, seen in the poster above, boasts No
If you ever paid attention to the name of the authors on P.O.D. you may have noticed by now that I’m “the Rock guy” around here and that should have made you expect me to write up a list of the top 10 acts you just can’t miss
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Riot Fest is bringing a badass festival to Chicago featuring Blink 182, The Replacements, Public Enemy, and AFI among many others. The fest organizers have announced a series of Chicago After Shows taking place every night (Fri-Sun) after the fest is over plus “a Sunday matinee.” Some of the
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Festival lineup announcements are being made seemingly every other week, and now it’s Riot Fest’s turn. The formal announcement will be made later tonight at 10PM CT, so stay tuned for that later. and highlights include Fall Out Boy and Blink 182. I attended Riot Fest last year when
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