Riot Fest 2022 (September 16-18, Chicago IL) Festival • Page 47

i stand corrected. could've sworn he went MIA right before riot, tho. did anyone catch his riot performance? i stayed for like 4 songs then walked over to taking back sunday

 

Laura Jane Grace has a show in Chicago a month before, so I don't think this necessarily rules her out

and the Offspring show is outside the 90 day radius, so it's still possible but very unlikely

 

I was really excited to see him again at Furnace

 

Didnt Andrew WK release an album recently? Its weird he isnt doing anything music related after a release

 

Denzel was awesome at Riot a few years ago. The others all would be great too. JPEG would make a lot of sense

 

GIMME PEGGY

 

I know he’s grown quite a bit and whatnot, so he might not be 100% “Riot-esque” but Tyler being on Riot would be super cool

 

I would absolutely love Denzel Curry, Danny Brown, or JPEGMAFIA for bigger name acts. It would be cool to bring Dessa back, as well, or getting any other member of Doomtree, really. There's a few other more modern acts I think would be fun but I don't really think they fit the Riot "brand" so much.

From my perspective, the biggest issue bringing in some of the bigger name, newer acts is that there's still decent demand for them at the bigger, more pop-leaning festivals. Probably makes it hard for Riot to book them.

Also: I think it's a little weird that Riot never really dipped their toe into the "emo-rap" or whatever you want to call it. Most of those artists seem like they'd be easily within reach and would be a perfect fit for the festival.

 

Limp Bizkit have just rescheduled their UK tour to September which is a downer as i cannot go to the new Manchester date as i will be in the US for Riot Fest

 

So no Limp Bizkit this year? Big bummer :(

 

Big Time Rush are out. Playing Tinley Park in July.

 

The tour is the weekend before Riot but not sure of there are European dates afterwards so still a small possibilty.

 

I didn't even consider them as an option but man do I want Big Time Rush closing out one of the smaller stages now

 

GWAR playing Joliet in June

https://gwar.net/pages/tour

 

outside of the 90 day radius

and do you really think Gwar is not playing Riot..

 

No I was just posting to let people in here know they are playing a show haha

 

and just because I'm an all-star, Smash Mouth announced a new lead singer that was in a Weezer cover band

Their first new song with the new lead singer is a cover of Never Gonna Give You Up

 

Seriously? I thought they would just call it a day after Steve left. Now it just feels like a Smash Mouth cover band…

 

It blows my mind that if you change the names in this sentence it would match up pretty well with something a friend of mine said about Prophets of Rage.

But... It's about Smash Mouth.

 

NOOOOOOO!!!!

 

A Weezer cover band called Geezer lol

 

I thought this would be a good addition, but Busta Rhymes is out... playing Hyde Park Summer Fest in June

 

I never got into Big Time Rush. They got big just as I was ending my Nickelodeon watching years. That said, I’m sure they would be a fun nostalgia get for a lot of people.

 

Yeah he released one last Summer. I caught his set at Riotfest last year and it was kind of weird. I'd seen him a couple of times before and he always had a bit of a motivational speaker thing going on between songs and was super interactive with the crowd, but last year when he played the only interaction he had was when he made everyone do a countdown to his last song... from the number 99.

He only played a handful of shows after the release of his record and then he kinda went off the grid (deleted all his socials). I think he's still dating Kat Dennings so maybe he dropped the music thing and just decided to do that full time.

 

A week later he canceled his Furnace Fest slot (as a side stage headliner) the night before.