Turnstile, Insane Clown Posse, Corey Feldman, More To Play Riot Fest 2023

Oh you know what’s goin down.

Chicago’s beloved punk rock festival Riot Fest has unveiled its lineup for 2023, and it is nothing but banger after banger. The 17th annual festival will run from Friday, September 15, to Sunday, September 17, at Douglass Park in Chicago, Ill. Friday’s headliners are Foo Fighters and Turnstile, Saturday will bring The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, and Queens Of The Stone Age, and Sunday will close off with The Cure and The Mars Volta. Other acts scheduled throughout the weekend include Enter Shikari, Insane Clown Posse, Frank Turner, Microwave, 070 Shake, Corey Feldman, Parliament Funkadelic feat. George Clinton, Mr. Bungle, Spitalfield, Balance And Composure, and many more. Check out the killer lineup below.

Tickets are currently available on the festival’s website.

Riot Fest 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 Lawrence Arms, Youth Brigade, Bad Brains, Anti-Nowhere League, NOFX, fun., The Tossers, Gogol Bordello, Reggie And The Full Effect, Jane’s Addiction, System Of A Down, Hippo Campus, Built To Spill, Underoath, Slayer, and My Chemical Romance

Machine Gun Kelly, Dropkick Murphys, Kississippi, More Announced For Riot Fest’s Second Waves Of Bands

Barely a week ago, we learned who was attending this year’s Riot Fest. Now, as of Friday afternoon, we got even more added to the impressive bill.

Riot Fest announced that 28 bands and artists were being added to the festival. The festival also revealed the daily lineup for 2021. Friday’s announcement added Machine Gun Kelly, The Orphan The Poet, Bearings, Oxymorrons, Dropkick Murphys, 3OH!3, Knuckle Puck, Devon Kay & The Solutions, Bleached, and Kississippi, among others. Check out the current lineup and the daily lineup below.

However, two bands that were added last Friday will not be performing this fall. Emo trio Hospital Bracelet were removed following a post by former drummer Manae Hammond, saying that frontperson Eric Christopher did not ask Hammond or bassist Arya Woody to perform. She said in her thread, “so, if riot fest does happen this year, you won’t see arya and i playing with hospital bracelet. aside from being notified of it two days ago and not even being offered to play it, ever since we finished recording the album, we’ve barely been a part of the band.”

Saves The Day were also taken off the lineup following an accusation made against frontman Chris Conley. Loudwire reported that the now 41-year-old frontman — who met the victim when he was in his “mid-twenties” — groomed, harassed, and sent sexually charged messages to a minor. The incident happened sometime between March and December 2020. You can check out the messages here. Conley later confessed to the allegations, saying “I greatly mishandled a relationship with an old friend.” STD’s label Equal Vision Records (Gideon, The Juliana Theory, Young Culture) posted his statement and added that they “take allegations of this nature very seriously” and that they “are working diligently to uncover the truth behind what happened and our actions moving forward will reflect what we are able to find.”

Tickets are available now, but 3-day passes have sold out, as well as single day tickets for day 3.

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.

Have Mercy Announce Final Tour, Breakup

Baltimore alt-rock outfit Have Mercy are calling it a day.

The band fronted by Brian Swindle broke the news earlier today in a sad post. Swindle wrote, “This is it. I’m almost in tears writing this but it’s time. I never thought I’d see the day but it’s time to say goodbye. It’s been almost 10 years. We’ve seen life and we’ve seen death. We’ve felt on top of the world and we’ve been in the gutter.”

In their farewell post, Have Mercy also announced that they will be touring one last time in early 2020. The band will be touring with Selfish Things, Fredo Disco, and Young Culture. Check out the dates below.

Have Mercy formed in 2011 and released four albums in total, one with Topshelf Records (Bellows, mouse on the keys, Queen Of Jeans) and the rest with Hopeless Records (Emarosa, Lil Xtra, Taking Back Sunday.) Their last record The Love Life came out back in August. They’ve toured with Counterparts, Boston Manor, Senses Fail, Motion City Soundtrack and This Wild Life. The group played the Vans Warped Tour in 2015 on the Hard Rock Kevin Says stage with Major League, Trophy Eyes, and Palisades. 

Grayscale, Bearings, World War Me, More To Play Sophomore Slump Fest 2019

The full lineup for the fourth annual Sophomore Slump Fest has been unveiled.

Today the festival has added acts like Grayscale, Belmont, INSVRGENCE, Harm, World War Me, I The Victor, Bearings, Rich People, Paid In Full, and Boys Of Fall. Check out the full lineup below.

Previously announced acts for this year’s festival include Keep Flying, Scowl Brow, The Worst Of Us, bloom., and City Mouth.

Sophomore Slump Fest takes place at the Motorco Music Hall in Durham, N.C., on September 6 and 7. Tickets are on sale now.