Riot Fest 2021 (September 17-19, Chicago IL) Tour • Page 272

The tweet was deleted? What was it?

 

not sure, but the follow up tweet was not deleted... so maybe the deleted tweet had wrong info about which shows are being canned?

edit - from their FB: https://www.facebook.com/DinosaurJr/posts/384372939723559

 

My Top 5 each day (in no particular order) would be
Friday: The Smashing Pumpkins, Motion City Soundtrack, Beach Bunny, Circa Survive, Thrice
Saturday: Run The Jewels, Faith No More, Las Savy Fav, Fucked Up, The Bronx
Sunday: Thursday, Devo, Mr. Bungle, Fever 333, Kennyhoopla

Thursday: Alkaline Trio and Joyce Manor are my top priority. I might camp at the stage if they play one after the other

 

I came back to post this, as it is on their Instagram too

 

Not going Saturday, but my top 5 for Friday & Sunday are:

Friday: Smashing Pumpkins, Coheed & Cambria, Thrice, Meet Me @ The Altar, Motion City Soundtrack

Sunday: Slipknot, Thursday, Knuckle Puck, New Found Glory, Simple Plan

 

Top 5 Friday: pumpkins, radkey, nofx, amigo the devil, seratones
Want to see but skippable due to seeing elsewhere: coheed, fishbone, MM@TA
also interested in: lupe, sublime, circle jerks, thrice, circa, meg myers, anti flag, living colour, the sounds

top 5 Sat: RTJ, Faith No More, hepcat, Gogol, big freedia
Want to see but skippable due to seeing elsewhere: rancid, dkm, bronx
also interested in: tbs, bosstones, awk, les savy fav, fucked up, man on man

top 5 Sun: fever 333, the bled, devo, the gories, slipknot
Want to see but skippable due to seeing elsewhere: Mr. Bungle and thursday
also interested in: flaming lips, ghost inside, body count, kflay, health, blackstar kids, clockworks, melkbelly

 

First line is priority. Bands listed in order from the poster, not preference. Really happy with the final lineup! There is so much I want to see.

Thursday

Alkaline Trio
Morrissey

Friday

NOFX, Sublime with Rome, Circle Jerks, Motion City Soundtrack, Anti-Flag
The Smashing Pumpkins, Coheed and Cambria, Thrice, Circa Survive

Saturday

Rancid, Taking Back Sunday
Dropkick Murphys, Mayday Parade, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Four Year Strong

Sunday

Slipknot, Machine Gun Kelly, New Found Glory, Simple Plan, Thursday, Knuckle Puck
Devo, The Bled, 3OH!3, KennyHoopla

 

Top 5 Friday: The Lawrence Arms, NOFX, Smashing Pumpkins, Circle Jerks, Motion City Soundtrack
Sublime with Rome, Fishbone, Anti-Flag, Beach Bunny, the Sounds, Oxymorons, and MM@TA are also high up on my list

Top 5 Saturday: Hepcat, Rancid, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Run the Jewels, and Just Friends
Vic Mensa, Faith No More, Taking Back Sunday, Man On Man, and the Bollweevils are also high on my list

Top 5 Sunday: Devo, Thursday, K.Flay, KennyHoopla, and Body Count
Airstream Futures, New Found Glory, and Pet Symmetry are also high on my list

 

I've got a bunch of acts to check out for the first time, but so far...

Friday
Priorities - Coheed, NOFX, Sublime, MCS, Anti-Flag, Meet Me @ the Altar
Very Interested - Thrice, TLA, Amigo the Devil, Kississippi

Saturday
Priorities - RTJ, TBS, Gogol Bordello, Big Freedia, Bayside, State Champs, The Bronx
Very Interested - Bosstones, Andrew WK, Gwar, hepcat, Just Friends, Devon Kay & the Solutions, Action/Adventure

Sunday
Priorities - NFG, Thursday, Knuckle Puck
Very Interested - Slipknot, Flaming Lips, Devo, KennyHoopla, Ratboys

 

now that we are done speculating on who replaces pixies, we get to do Dino Jr. and you all already know my answer.. ETID (probably a line or 2 to high on the poster for them, but even +20 years in they are still on an upward trajectory of popularity, so i say it works in a pinch, haha) but if going for similar vibes? maybe guided by voices, bob mould, or tv on the radio?

 

Damn, that’s a bummer about Dinosaur Jr. They were one of my top acts. So maybe I’m not actually as bummed now that I’m missing Riot Fest…

Just kidding, of course I am!

 

I can't even begin to guess who will take that slot. GBV or Bob Mould would be great adds, but a bit lower on the line-up. TV on the Radio would be cool too.

Still wondering if we might get the Offspring as a random replacement for one of these higher-up bands.

What I'm finding interesting about who is dropping not just Riot Fest or cancelling full tours is that its either bands that have to because of COVID (e.g., family member who is immunocompromised) or its bands that don't have to play shows to pay a mortgage or whatever and are feeling uneasy. And no judgement for that obviously, but I'm bringing it up because it's a definite pattern at this point. And I'm kinda thinking we'll see another band or two (or three) drop off before the festival begins (and they'll probably be in the top 2-3 lines of the poster).

Man, it must be super rough booking festivals this year and staying on top of all this...

 

Mastodon just jumped on Rocklahoma in 2 days replacing Phil Anselmo's band in a 7pm slot before Andrew WK, Halestorm, and The Hu, so they obviously dngaf lol so they're my hope if Dino Jr. does drop

 

I wonder at what point they just start putting the disclaimer everywhere “Lineup may be subject to change. Purchase ticket at your own risk”

 

Honestly, Mastodon wouldn't be an awful Dino Jr. replacement. Not my thing, and would be a bit of a stretch but... Loud guitars are loud guitars, hah.

 

a dude on FB commented "There are many more drop offs and replacements were all going to learn more about on Monday. Lots happening." then was asked to name names and said this..

 

I feel like the biggest argument against this being legit (other than it being a random person on social media) is the fact that Monday is a US holiday, and I'd be kinda shocked if RF announced anything on a holiday. Even more so because (at least where I'm at in the US) it's a long weekend people often use for camping, which means at least part of the RF audience is going to be mostly or entirely unplugged from the internet on Monday.

 

thats a great hole to poke in it but plenty of people forget about holidays and he coulda just meant 'next business day after a weekend' which is usually monday, haha

 

Wild. Wonder if the Pumpkins are dropping? That’s the only reason I could think that “headliner-level” adds could mean

 

I'm wondering what this person means as far as the headliners go. I think we're safe with all the touring acts or bands playing other festivals (particularly Faith No More as they jumped in as a replacement for another festival) unless it's a legit "we have COVID" situation.

Looking at the list, I think it would be any of the acts who aren't touring and it's pretty much their only show. Looking at that list, I'm feeling like the Pumpkins are an obvious one that might go. THAT would be a fucking punch in the gut for people in this thread, and the festival as a whole... The Circle Jerks are another strong possibility, I think. They have a full tour in 2022 so why not wait it out? They aren't a headliner-headliner. But it's high level.

Devo is possible too. But they just posted yesterday about how they were looking forward to it.

Run the Jewels is in that category as well, but I kinda feel like they'd just do it. Hah. But FWIW, they didn't post about the Riot Fest additions yesterday when a crap-ton of other acts did. And they're pretty on-point with their festival promos when you look at their twitter.

As far as Chicago slack goes? If it's headliner level there's two very obvious choices that could work with minimal stage shuffling. Rise Against and Fall Out Boy. And if the Circle Jerks drop? Naked Raygun is an easy slot in.

But man, I hope this person is lying... Speculation is fun and all but damn.

 

If Pumpkins drop i am finding RF HQ on Tuesday (I’m off) and demanding a refund.

 

RTJ hasnt posted about riot specifically, but they did post how bummed they were to miss bonnaroo and have been showing off their new stage set up they debuting so they seem pretty locked in to playing live soon

 

Yeah, I am usually team "things are going to change, that's just how things go" but when you lose 2/3 of your top three and two of your direct support acts for those headliners... That kinda changes my thoughts on that.

Hopefully they would at least offer single day refunds. I kinda get not offering refunds to 3-day pass holders because those people were (theoretically) into the weekend as a whole but still.

 

You know, with Dinosaur Jr. dropping, AND the possibility of Pumpkins dropping. I think FOB would actually be a more fitting replacement, and would fit the vibe more of Friday

Like, FOB with bands like MCS, Larry Arms, and even Circa and Thrice makes more sense than the Pumpkins, honestly

 

if its the pumpkins that drop, maybe uncle Eddie swoops in to save a chicago staple? PJ have Sea Hear Now on saturday, but maybe they can be convinced to save this thing for a friday night quickie