2016 has been a wild year for music, plagued with shocking deaths of many of our heroes including Prince and David Bowie. But there have been some shining moments, including the surprise reunion of original Guns N’ Roses members Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan for their “Not […]
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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
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xMYYHGgU-4] We were really bummed about not being able to make it out to see Show at Riot Fest this year but Dillon Kelley came through and recorded the whole set on his GoPro. Shouts to that guy! Show performed some of my favorites like “80’s Boobs,” “Big Gulp,”
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Riot Fest 2014 (Chicago) is just a month away so as we gear up for the fest, the organizers have announced their aftershows lineup to get the partying going from Sept. 11-14. Some of the bands performing at aftershows for the fest include Rise Against, Bad Religion, The
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One of our favorite music festivals, Riot Fest, has today announced the daily lineup for Riot Fest & Carnival 2014 Chicago. The fest will take play Friday, 9/12 to Sunday, 9/14 at Humboldt Park. Friday will see acts like Jane’s Addiction, Rise Against, Slayer and The Offspring. Saturday
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Well this just got better… To celebrate 10 years of Riot Fest, some of the major acts hitting the Chicago and Denver stops will play their iconic albums at the festival. Those acts just happen to include Weezer, Slayer, Jane’s Addiction and The Offspring, among others. Weezer –
Another one of our favored festivals has finally unveiled their lineup for this year and it sure has delivered great names! The highlights for the 2014 edition of Riot Fest include huge names like The Cure, Jane’s Addiction, Rise Against, Weezer, The Flaming Lips, Slayer, The Offspring, Wu-Tang
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A lot of the major festivals have announced their lineups for this year and today we got the roster for Riot Fest & Expo Toronto. The lineup features Metric, The National, Rise Against, The Flaming Lips, and City and Colour. Some of the other acts hitting Toronto’s Downsview
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One of our favorite music festivals, Riot Fest, has announced its 10th anniversary tour dates for 2014. The new release promises “more bands, more rides, and expanded footprints in all 3 cities and special surprises and attractions in Chicago in celebration of its 10th anniversary.” Riot Fest will
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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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