Riot Fest 2021 (September 17-19, Chicago IL) Tour • Page 172

Maybe Wednesday if we say “pretty please”

 

The festival is a year and a half away. It's all good.

 

The text format on the official site bills Misfits over MCR for 2022 - https://riotfest.org/chicago/lineup/

An MCR reunion seems like a clear-cut #1 name for Riot Fest. So it's pretty wild they added another top name above them with 16 months still to go before the festival. And I can only imagine the egos involved in those billing discussions.

 

MCR is surely bigger than the Misfits, no? The Misfits last show here was at Allstate Arena. MCR is playing way bigger venues than that.

 

Most definitely especially considering how quick they sold out every date of the reunion tour and fans will have waited 3 years by the time they finally tour.

 

Misfits probably wanted #1 billing as a condition of playing. MCR probably didn't fight them on that because of their reverence for them. It's not a Coachella situation.

 

At most it should be headliner 1 and headliner 1a. Very generous on MCR’s part, if it turns out they really are billed behind the misfits.

 

Wait the Riot Fest website says MCR on Friday the 16th and Misfits on Saturday the 17th.

 

Maybe the Misfits demanded the Saturday spot? MCR is going to draw regardless so maybe they conceded to being on Friday. Although, I *do* think MCR on Saturday would be the best fit because having the prime band on the prime day would maximize the draw to its highest potential.

 

That's the exact size venues MCR is playing? Allstate Arena is huge

 

I mean if you scroll down to the text only format, past the posters -

RIOT FEST 2022 LINEUP:
THE ORIGINAL MISFITS (performing Walk Among Us), MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
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The Allstate Arena is smaller than the venues they are playing elsewhere. It holds about 11,000 people, which is about 9,000 less than TD Garden, Xcel Energy Center, 8,500 less than Wells Fargo, etc. It's not an NBA arena like the other venues are.

 

Allstate Arena - Wikipedia

This says 18,500 for Allstate?

 

they are playing nhl/nba arenas. the united center holds up to 23500 for concerts allstate is up to 18500.

td garden 20k for concerts
excel energy center stage end for concerts is 12k center stage is 20 k

 

The Friday/Saturday specification seems like a diplomatic way to list MCR first but still allow Misfits to be the "true" #1 name.

 

Huh. I totally thought it was way less haha. Silly me.

 

I wouldn't read too much into this. Especially since the days both bands will be playing have been released. Which kinda makes the "billing" bit null and void. They are both headlining their respective days. And when the poster gets released? It'll have them set-up that way.

The text on the web site isn't all that important in this context.

EDIT: But I think everyone is right. The Misfits wanted #1 and MCR probably said "Whatever. we still get paid the same, right?"

 

United Center is massive though. 18,500 is closer to a standard arena capacity IMO. It just doesn't seem like *that much* of a difference to make a comparison in terms of which band is more popular when they're both still playing arenas. If we were comparing Allstate and the Aragon, yeah...

 

Watch after all this they make MGK the third headliner in 2022 just to troll us all

 

Honestly, with the two headliners we already have, I wouldn’t even care.

 

Watch them make it both 2021 AND 2022

 

You mean I get to see 2 great headliners & start my drive home early on Sunday? Yes please

 

Maybe they signed Misfits for 2022 before My Chem cancelled 2021.

 

Today is the day for the Lolla lineup!

 

Since the “obscure mosh captain” was brought up, I just need to vent a little about how annoyed I am that Reddit thinks that Riot Fest booked Devo as some kind of meme. Do they also think that Punk Rock Bowling has had them headline twice for the lols? The whole thing just irritates me. But seeing (some of) Reddit’s reaction to yesterday’s news compared to my own reaction explains a lot to me.