Riot Fest 2021 (September 17-19, Chicago IL) Tour • Page 88

I'll be stunned if NOFX isn't on this and headlining their respective stage.

 

WolverineKills posted a list of bands rumored to be touring and/or on festivals in the fall. Most of it is firmly in the active rock/buttrock/nu-metal/Rock on the Range/Wimmer style but there's some contenders for Riot Fest crossover. They are definitely talking primarily about festivals like that, but the fact that these bands are planning on touring means they might be in the mix for Riot.

A Day to Remember
Rise Against
The Offspring
Rancid
Deftones
Machine Gun Kelly
Cypress Hill
Underoath
Anthrax
Hatebreed
Atreyu
Boody Count

And a few that are a little less likely, but I could still see happening (Falling in Reverse, Killswitch Engage, Gojira, August Burns Red, Knocked Loose). Judas Priest is on there too, but we are lady know they'll be actively touring.

I know others have said this already, but I feel like the Offspring are long overdue for a return. Particularly with a new album on the way.

 

i have a feeling a ton of bands are gonna stick to the festival circuit this year. seems easier for them to just say yes, plan 1 or 2 a weekend that are already set in stone rather than try to navigate routing their own tours with smaller, possibly struggling venues, battling the onslaught of other acts across all genres trying to secure dates, etc..

 

Please god no Machine Gun Kelly

 

agreed, but also.. its always good to have a few bands you have zero interest in on the bill

 

I think we'll see a lot of festival appearances and very short, regional runs for bands.

Example: I could see the Bouncing Souls doing a New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania run. Travel is easy, it's markets they always do well in, and if a show gets cancelled the impact is relatively low.

I would also put money on him being on the bill, TBH. Would be a really good fit given the album he's promoting. And he'd draw a younger crowd, which I think is lacking when you look at the names higher up on the bill.

If they added him and A Day to Remember to the bill that'd fix that pretty quickly.

The line-up currently has plenty of acts that I'm interested in enough to watch, but would also happily miss if something better came along so I'm not too concerned about that wit this particular line-up. But if you throw somebody like MGK on the line-up all it means is that I'll have an easier choice deciding between him and another sub-headliner at the time. Or a headliner on another stage.

I might finally get to see Taking Back Sunday or GWAR at Riot Fest for more than a few songs!

 

Adding ADTR would be the worst decision and they would get blowback from that from many people after the situation with Josh. Would be a terrible look/bad idea.

 

Killswitch engage/Abr will prolly be its own tour. They never cancelled their spring tour and said it would be rescheduled but hasn’t been yet. I’m guessing it will be built around whatever both bands are on in the fall or will be rescheduled for next year

 

MGK is the kinda cheese you bop your head back too in the back catching a breath while waiting for Saves The Day.

 

Yes, please book MGK.

I have enough bands I need to see as it is lmao

 

Hatebreed is already on the Parkway Drive tour

 

Knocked Loose is also on the Parkway Drive tour.

Also Deftones and Gojira are on a tour together along with Poppy on august/september

 

This just shows how little I retain about "metal" tours. I knew all of this but had forgotten about them all

I actually have tickets to that Deftones/Gojira tour and blanked on it being re-scheduled.

 

If all goes as planned (really, who knows at this point) I'll be seeing Michael Buble a few days before Riot Fest weekend lmao

 

What kind of cheese

 

More like, Machine Gruyere Kelly, amiright?

 

I was thinking something much worse I probably can't post here

 

Kraft single because it's something white america can get behind

 

Blink as the 3rd headliner and Travis to pull triple drumming duties with MGK and kennyhoopla

 

MGK too, this is so cringe

 

Also his numerous creepy tweets from years ago, when he was old enough to know better. Dude does not deserve to play this festival IMHO

 

Just to be clear, I wasn't necessarily advocating for any of those artists to be on the bill. Just that it seemed possible based on that "leak"...

But god, that MGK shit is super cringe. And everything about that new album makes me want to vomit.

 

I almost stopped after the first question because I assumed that was all you were talking about, but no, every single answer there, besides his ear, were super lame and gross.

 

Oh for sure, unfortunately I agree with you. This album is popular and he would probably draw a crowd.

Yeah you'd think it wouldn't get worse but it does