Riot Fest 2021 (September 17-19, Chicago IL) Tour • Page 129

I just noticed that Riot Fest changed the header on their Twitter page to include the September 16th preview party too (and indicating that it's "no longer for sale"). Is that new thing?

 

Looks like it has been that way since the April 16 announcement.

 

I wish they would just surprise us with an announcement today because I am having trouble actually concentrating on work and probably should be productive at some point before Wednesday or Thursday.

 

Same. The hype is real. And the fact that the field of speculation is so wide open, with so many bands not doing full tours or having anything on the calendars... Is making it even harder. Hah.

 

NIL or SLS could either be a later-timed small stage or the 11:55am medium stage opener ala Menz in 2014 or Pkew x3 in 2019. Nil coming from Canada though so I’m not sure what the border sich will be in four months

 

im just excited to see how many new bands get announced and how much bonus info we get: thursday line up, album plays, maybe even after shows.
a few weirdly specific guesses - MGK is the spot after TBS, the spot after vic mensa could hold 2 possibly even 3 names with the block formatting they use, and im callin my beloved ETiD for the spot after K.flay

 

This is exactly what I was thinking. Second to last on the second stage or first on the main stage. Personally, I'd prefer an early day set and an after show one of the nights!

Same! And you have to figure that there are a substantial number of new artists to announce. I think when somebody did the math last year it came out to be ~60% of what we'd anticipate for the line-up and we've had a few acts drop off since then. So it's going to be a pretty big update.

Which also means that I wouldn't read too much into the question mark placement. Those generally don't mean much. That being said if they did:

The spot between TBS and Sublime would be exactly where I think MGK would go as well. Dinosaur Jr. somewhere between Vic Mensa and New Found Glory. And I was thinking the Larry Arms between Circle Jerks and Thrice (because Chicago) with Every Time I Die just before K.Flay.

But again, I really think these are just placeholders and we'll see quite a few band names added across the poster - from top to bottom.

 

Rise Against just announced a tour with no Chicago date

 

Well. I'm willing to call that a lock... Unless, for some wild reason, they wind up on Lolla instead. But I don't see that happening.

(And, while they may play on Thursday night, I highly doubt they would be an exclusive act. That would be a weird thing to do with a new album dropping.)

EDIT: Also looking like Motion City Soundtrack is in the mix. That 2022 tour for CTTM doesn't have a Chicago date. They also may be holding off on doing anything until next year, though.

 

I would love for Rise Against to play either The Unraveling (for its 20th) or The Sufferer and The Witness (for its 15th) on Thursday and then they can go ahead and play a normal set during the proper festival.

 

Im still sad they didnt do Siren Song of the Counter Culture 15th anniversary set in 2019 :(

 

That rise against tour reads like a first leg only because they only hug the east coast, southern border and west coast, there is nothing in the middle of the country

 

So am I! That is exactly why I assume during the regular festival they won’t want to do an album play. I’m just being hopeful that Riot Fest could at least convince them to do it for a special Thursday set.

 

I’m assuming MCS will do Riot then announce NYE after the fest.

 

Rise against doesn’t seem to be on that play full album for anniversary train. Outside of years ago when they where still on fat and played their first 2/3 albums in full at metro they haven’t done it since

 

There’s def gonna be a 2nd leg to that rise against tour. There’s no way they miss half the country after not touring for 2 years. My guess is that tour, festival circuit in September/October full USA tour November December

 

I know Milwaukee is technically outside of the radius clause for riot but does rise playing summerfest only 2 weeks before take them out of playing riot fest? Summerfest is their only Midwest date so far. I’m guessing they are also playing louder then life. That lineup comes out on Friday

 

Wait WHAT

 

I know Milwaukee is technically outside of the radius clause for riot but does rise playing summerfest only 2 weeks before take them out of playing riot fest? Summerfest is their only Midwest date so far. I’m guessing they are also playing louder then life. That lineup comes out on Friday

 

Rise won’t be on lolla they have dates all during august and the last weekend in July

 

There are already bands announced for Riot Fest that are playing Summerfest the same weekend as Riot Fest. So it definitely doesn’t take them out.

 

Yes I know this but those bands were announced months ago. And rise is a stage headliner for summerfest. Some of the other bands are too. It’s just weird they don’t hit Chicago on their first tour back and wait until either riot fest or a fall/winter tour to play

 

We will find out very soon

 

Alright, pulled this together. Anything I'm missing ahead of the (possible) announcement this week?

Speculated
Nine Inch Nails
The Misfits
Operation Ivy
Rob Zombie
Machine Gun Kelly
Devo
Rise Against
Dinosaur Jr.
Descendants
Against Me!
Motion City Soundtrack
Gorilla Biscuits
Andrew WK
Candlebox

Poster Confirmed
The Smashing Pumpkins
Run the Jewels
Pixies
Coheed & Cambria
Taking Back Sunday
Sublime with Rome
Dirty Heads
Lupe Fiasco
Vic Mensa
New Found Glory
Simple Plan
Gogol Bordello
Circle Jerks
Thirce
Circa Survive
K.Flay
Les Savy Fav
Best Coast
Bayside
L7
Meg Myers
PUP
Mayday Parade
Fever 333
Living Colour
Big Freedia
Beach Bunny
Alex G
Thursday
Saves the Day
Don Broco
Joywave
Hepcat
Fishbone
Fucked Up
Boston Manor
The Sounds
White Lung
Kennyhoopla
Beach Goons
Meet Me @ the Altar
Radkey
Holy Fawn
Chubby & the Gang

 

It's definitely weird to skip it on that tour. But Riot Fest would be a halfway decent "breaking point"/stop between the end of that run and the other festival they have on 9/24.