Riot Fest 2025 got a double dose of Jack White. On Sunday, the musician made a surprise appearance during Idles‘ top-billed set, which came just before closers Green Day, for a special performance of their single “Never Fight a Man With a Perm.” White had also performed the prior day, …
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John Stamos finally made his debut at Chicago’s Riot Fest on Saturday, performing alongside the Beach Boys in an appearance that was a dozen years in the making. Organizers had been pursuing Stamos since 2013, when they first offered a set to the actor’s fictional Full House band Jesse and …
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Riot Fest will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a stacked lineup featuring headliners Green Day, Blink-182, and Weezer. The three-day event will take place Sept. 19 through 21 at Douglass Park in Chicago. Blink-182 will headline night one, Weezer will headline night two (with a special set featuring …
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The lineup for this year’s Riot Fest includes Fall Out Boy, Beck, Slayer, Pavement, St. Vincent, the Offspring (performing their Smash album), and Public Enemy. NOFX, in the midst of their farewell tour, will play all three days at their own NOFX Worldsection of the fest, which will take place …
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Four years after Slayer wrapped up their farewell tour — and two weeks after guitarist Kerry King said a reunion was unlikely — the thrash metal legends will return this fall for a couple of headlining festival gigs. The quartet — bassist/singer Tom Araya, guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt, …
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Foo Fighters, the Cure, Turnstile, and more are headed to Chicago for Riot Fest 2023, taking place Sept. 15 through 17 at Douglass Park. Foo Fighters will headline night one, with Baltimore hardcore heroes Turnstile also getting top-billing. On night two, Ben Gibbard will pull double duty as the Postal …
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My Chemical Romance, the Original Misfits Misfits, and Nine Inch Nails are set to headline this year’s Riot Fest. The three-night event, which will take place in Chicago’s Douglass Park from Sept. 16 to the 18, will also feature first-time appearances by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bauhaus, Portugal the Man, Yungblud, …
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