Riot Fest 2021 (September 17-19, Chicago IL) Tour • Page 74

Basically. And here's an update from the podcast: Brendan confirmed that they were supposed to be at Riot Fest this year.

He's speaking with Greg Barnett on this episode too, and apparently the Menzingers were playing as well.

(I previously said Captain We're Sinking was meant to play; but I'm an idiot so... Sorry.)

 

Damn CWS would've been so sick

 

FUCK

 

Ugh. I'm an idiot. Sorry, everyone... It was Greg talking about the Menzingers. Sorry. False alarm. I've edited my post.

You missed nothing but another standard Menzingers festival set.

 

Damn the Menzies would've been so sick

 

Menzingers' acoustic after show at Gman in 2017 was one of the coolest things I've ever gotten to do.

 

definitely one of my favorite riot fest weekend memories. it was the perfect ending to a great weekend.

 

I fell asleep right after I got home and then awoke to texts about that set, ugh lol

 

so now we know lawrence arms, menzingers, and Every Time I Die were all booked for 2020 but not yet on the 2021 line up.. are there any others?

 

Apparently The Academy Is... :(

 

Really bummed about this one. I saw Toots for the first time about two years ago with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Fishbone, the Bouncing Souls, the Pietasters, and Big D and the Kids Table... I mention the full line-up because it was stacked. And every single one of those bands have a killer live show and Toots basically stole the show. I had never really heard them before, but after the set I took a deep dive on their discography and became a big fan. They are pretty underrated in the broader discussion in terms of how influential they were.

So I was really looking forward to seeing them again.

I wonder if they're going to cancel all touring, or if they might do a final run in honor of Toots. Specifically, at Riot Fest, I can see quite a few different vocalists who would probably jump at the opportunity to join them on-stage for a few songs (Rome, Greg and Alex from Hepcat, Angelo from Fishbone to name a few).

Really sad, though. He was one of the greats.

 

that would be legendary.

 

Nothing else that I'm aware of (beyond TAI that @Daniel182 noted above). But I'm going to be keeping an ear out.

I have a ticket to that NOFX "livestream" with Fishbone, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, and Get Dead this weekend. Maybe somebody will slip up and say something about it, hah.

Definitely! I thought it was really cool when No Use For A Name did something like that after Tony passed away. It wasn't a full tour, but during a few of those Fat Wreck anniversary shows they played sets with different singers taking on a few songs each. It can be done really tastefully if it's people the artist really respected/was friends with and even just artists who admired them.

But I also totally get it when bands just say "We won't ever play again."

So I'm not even saying I want it to happen. But I'd think it'd be cool if it did.

 

So both SP and Dirty Heads got announced for this fest that’s happening Riot Fest weekend. My guess is that SP is closing out the 19th at Riot?

EDIT: SP’s website states they’re playing the 17th at Riot. Nvm

 

The new We Are The Union video has a shot of somebody looking at a calendar of September 2020 with what looks like cancel tour dates. Riot Fest is on the calendar, X'ed out along with shows with the Toasters, the Suicide Machines, and Omnigone...

I'm guessing they were meant to play. Of course, this is all balanced out by a clearly trolling "Op Ivy Reunion" on the 12th that's also crossed out so. Who knows. Hah.

 

idk, every member of Op Ivy appeared as a co-writer in this MGK pop punk album

 

There's a sample there, most likely

 

I haven’t listened & didn’t consider that, wow haha

edit: the chorus is the same as Op Ivy’s “Knowledge”. I was getting my hopes up

 

I would assume it's a sample. I actually breezed through that album track-by-track last night and I'm convinced after looking at that list of writers on each track that there's uncredited ghostwriters all over it.

 

After a first listen I feel the same way

 

So it looks like The Postal Service is teasing a comeback? They seem more like Lolla territory, but how dope would it be if Riot got them?

 

I'd be into it. They're a perfect headliner for me in that I'd be totally content watching a full set, just a couple songs, or none at all.

I definitely think they're more Lollapalooza territory, but by the same token? At Lolla they would probably be direct support for somebody else whereas at Riot Fest? They'd most likely be a headliner.