Nine Inch Nails, Devo, Beach Bunny, More To Play Riot Fest 2021

Get ready to riot.

Chicago’s beloved music festival Riot Fest is back after COVID-19 canceled last year’s event. And with vaccines being more available to everyone, and mask mandates being dropped across the country, Riot Fest 2021 looks like it won’t be delayed again.

The festival announced today the first wave of this year’s lineup, showing us that rap superduo Run The Jewels, 90’s alt-rock legends The Smashing Pumpkins, and industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails are headlining. Other acts announced were GWAR, Living Colour, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Devo, Sublime With Rome, The Bled (their first show since 2012), Faith No More, Circle Jerks, Beach Bunny, and Meet Me @ The Altar. Check out the current roster below.

Originally scheduled to headline 2020 and 2021’s events were My Chemical Romance, but the band canceled all of their performances for 2021 due to how uncertain things were since COVID-19 was still an issue at the time when they broke the news in April. However, the reunited rock icons will be taking the Riot Fest stage in 2022, being the first act announced for next year’s festivities.

Tickets are available now, but 3-day passes have sold out as of today. Single day passes will be announced next week. You can get tickets here.

Riot Fest 2021 will take place September 17 – 19, at Douglas Park in Chicago, Ill. A special Thursday Preview Party happens on September 16 featuring surprise sets from mystery bands and much more.

The festival first took place in 2005 and has been running on strong until COVID-19 cancelled 2020’s festivities. Artists who’ve played in the past include The Bouncing Souls, Mustard Plug, Deal’s Gone Bad, Anti-Nowhere League, The Aggrolites, Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, Smoking Popes, Of Mice & Men, Public Enemy, Slayer, Post Malone, Balance And Composure, Queens Of The Stone Age, Piebald, and Dashboard Confessional.

The Fest 19 Postponed To 2021, Announce Killer Lineup

Surprised? You shouldn’t be.

The beloved Floridian punk rock music festival The Fest will not be taking place this year due to the current coronavirus pandemic that’s sweeping the world at the moment.

Founder Tony Weinbender broke the unfortunate news yesterday in a lengthly post on the festival’s website. “I know this is hard for many of you and it’s very hard on all of us,” Weinbender wrote to fans. “Many of us have worked very hard to bring you a killer lineup this year and the hardest part is knowing that even with our best intentions there is just not a feasible way to make FEST 19 the safe, fun, and awesome time we have all become accustomed to.”

Weinbender did however announce the new dates for The Fest 19, now taking place from Friday, October 29 to Sunday, October 31, 2021. He also posted three important options for those who bought tickets/hotel rooms/merch for this year’s installment:

OPTION #1: You can REQUEST A REFUND
OPTION #2: You can KEEP YOUR PASS/HOTEL/MERCH AND USE IT FOR THE POSTPONED 2021 DATES
OPTION #3: You can CHANGE THE NAME ON YOUR ORDER AND GIVE THE PASS TO SOMEONE ELSE WITH NO CHANGE FEE APPLIED

These requests will be good for the next 30 days. After Thursday, August 6, anyone who hasn’t contacted the website for refunds will automatically have their purchases transferred over to the 2021 makeup dates.

Now for the important part. Since the festival’s getting postponed, will there be a new lineup? Yes and no. So far, over 230 bands have confirmed that they will be playing in 2021, such as Frank Turner, Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Into It. Over It., Beach Slang, The Callous Daoboys, Red City Radio, Modern Life Is War, Gouge Away, Skatune Network, and The Lawrence Arms. For a full list of bands for 2021, click or tap here.

The Fest 19 will take place Friday, October 29 to Sunday, October 31, 2021 over the course of 18 venues in Gainesville, Fla.

The Fest started back in 2002 and has never missed a single year until now. Past bands and acts who’ve played the festival before include Mastodon, The Front Bottoms, Piebald, Jawbox, Off With Their Heads, AJJ, Direct Hit!, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, La Dispute, and Hum.

Dashboard Confessional Announces 20th Anniversary Tour, Greatest Hits Album

Hell yeah.

Emo legend Chris Carrabba aka Dashboard Confessional announced a massive tour for the project’s 20th anniversary. The singer-songwriter also unveiled numerous other things with his announcement, such as a greatest hits album called The Best Ones Of The Best Ones coming out on January 31, the “Saint & Sailors” fan club, and an official reverb.com store launching September 23.

The tour will feature fellow emo groups The Get Up Kids and Piebald. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at dashboardconfessional.com. The tour will have Dashboard Confessional playing The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most and A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar on certain dates. They’ll also do a mix of songs from both albums on all other dates. Check out the dates below.

2/4 – Dallas, Texas – House Of Blues*
2/5 – Austin, Texas – Stubb’s*
2/7 – Phoenix, Ariz. – Van Buren*
2/8 – Anaheim, Calif. – House Of Blues*
2/11 – San Diego, Calif. – Observatory North Park*
2/14 – Los Angeles, Calif. – The Wiltern*
2/15 – San Francisco, Calif. – The Fillmore* %
2/16 – San Francisco, Calif. – The Fillmore* +
2/18 – Seattle, Wash. – The Showbox*
2/19 – Portland, Ore. – Crystal Ballroom*
2/21 – Salt Lake City, Utah – The Depot*
2/22 – Denver, Colo. – Ogden*
2/23 – Kansas City, Mo. – Truman^
2/25 – Minneapolis, Minn. – First Avenue^
2/26 – Milwaukee, Wis. – The Rave^
2/28 – Chicago, Ill. – House Of Blues^ %
2/29 – Chicago, Ill. – House Of Blues^ +
3/3 – Detroit, Mich. – St. Andrews %
3/4 – Detroit, Mich. – St. Andrews +
3/6 – Columbus, Ohio – Express Live^
3/7 – Pittsburgh, Pa. – Stage AE
3/10 – New York, N.Y. – Webster Hall^ %
3/11 – New York, N.Y. – Webster Hall^ +
3/13 – Sayreville, N.J. – Starland Ballroom^
3/14 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club^ %
3/15 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club^ +
3/17 – Philadelphia, Pa. – Theatre Of Living Arts^ %
3/18 – Philadelphia, Pa. – Theatre Of Living Arts^ +
3/20 – Boston, Mass. – Paradise^ %
3/21 – Boston, Mass. – Paradise^ +
3/26 – Orlando, Fla. – House Of Blues^
3/27 – Atlanta, Ga. – Masquerade^
3/28 – Nashville, Tenn. – Ryman Auditorium^

%The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
+A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
*Piebald
^The Get Up Kids

Dashboard Confessional’s last album Crooked Shadows came out in 2018 on Fueled By Ramen (Against The Current, flor, Panic! At The Disco). The Get Up Kids dropped their new album Problems earlier this year on Polyvinyl (Anamanaguchi, Diane Coffee, Jay Som). Piebald haven’t made a new album since 2007’s Accidental Gentlemen.

Sugarcult To Release 7″ For Fearless Records’s 25th Anniversary

Fearless hits us once again with a classic artist from the early 2000s.

Pop-punkers Sugarcult are dropping a seven-inch for the label’s 25th anniversary. The tracks featured on the 7″ are “Bouncing Off The Walls,” a classic from their 2001 album Start Static, and an acoustic version of their beloved track “Memory.”

“Bouncing Off The Walls” was featured in the film National Lampoon’s Van Wilder and was on the movie’s soundtrack alongside songs by Sum 41, American Hi-Fi, Jimmy Eat World, Michelle Branch, and Sia. Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, Fireflies In The Garden, Pokémon Detective Pikachu,) and Tara Reid (American Pie, Josie And The Pussycats, Sharknado,) who star in the film, appeared in the song’s music video.

“Memory” was from their fourth studio album Palm Trees And Powerlines and is their signature song. The acoustic version originally appeared on Punk Goes Acoustic back in 2003. That album featured appearances from Rise Against, The Starting Line, Yellowcard, Piebald and Strung Out.

You can purchase the pink seven-inch record here. At the time of this article, only 415 are still available to purchase.

This seven-inch is the fifth one in Fearless Records’s 25th Anniversary series. The series that Fearless Records (Eat Your Heart Out, Locket, The Word Alive) created back in January has since released special records by Plain White T’s, Pierce The Veil, Mayday Parade, and The Maine.