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Axios
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Green Day, Blink-182 and Weezer headline daily lineups at Riot Fest
Riot Fest is returning to Douglass Park this summer and treating its loyal fans to one-of-a-kind performances. The latest: The festival released its daily lineups and will mark its 20th anniversary by having 20 bands play full album sets. Friday, Sept. 19: Blink-182, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Alkaline Trio headline the evening. Saturday, Sept. 20: Weezer, Jack White and the Sex Pistols headline. Sunday, Sept. 21: Green Day, IDLES, Jawbreaker and Bad Religion. Zoom in: In addition to the headliners, Riot Fest announced the 20 acts that will play their iconic albums live in their entirety. Some of those include: Weezer: "The Blue Album" Sex Pistols: "Never Mind the Bullocks" Alkaline Trio: "Maybe I'll Catch Fire" Bad Religion: "Suffer" The Pogues: "Rum Sodomy & The Lash" The Hold Steady: "Separation Sunday" The Academy Is: "Almost Here" Helmet: "Betty" Smoking Popes: "Born To Quit" The big picture: Riot Fest has performed at several parks over its 20-year history, but has settled in at Douglass Park despite a rocky relationship with neighbors and the Chicago Park District. Earlier this year, the festival and the park district signed a multi-year deal that not only keeps the festival in Chicago but also promises over $4 million in park revenue, including $1 million for Douglass Park specifically.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Modest Mouse Go ‘Psychic' For September Seattle-Area Festival
Earlier this month, Modest Mouse announced their own cruise, which sails Feb. 5-9, 2026, on the Norwegian Pearl from Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Now, the Isaac Brock-led group has revealed plans for their first festival, Psychic Salamander, which will slither over to Remlinger Farms outside of Seattle on Sept. 13-14. Modest Mouse and upcoming tourmates the Flaming Lips will perform both nights, with the Sept. 13 bill also featuring Courtney Barnett, Built to Spill, the Vaudevillian and Mattress. The next night will offer a complete The Soft Bulletin performance by the Lips, as well as sets from Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, Friko and Sun Atoms. Tickets will be available May 2. More from Spin: Broken Social Scene Look Forward, Back With Tribute LP, Documentary Lorde Returns With New Single, 'What Was That' Riot Fest Rocks With blink-182, Weezer, Green Day The band have been away from the stage since the conclusion last November of their 20th anniversary Good News for People Who Love Bad News tour but will be back in action throughout the summer. Headline dates begin June 9 in Lake Buena Vista, Fl., and include a month-plus stint of shows in tandem with the Lips, beginning Aug. 1 in Atlanta. As for Modest Mouse's Ice Cream Float cruise, it will boast performances by Portugal. The Man, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Mannequin Pussy, Built to Spill, FIDLAR, Tropical Fuck Storm, the Brock side project Ugly Casanova, the Black Heart Procession and comedian David Cross. Fans can expect a twist on Mystery Science Theater 3000, with Modest Mouse's members offering irreverent commentary about films of their choice, a live Q&A with topics chosen by attendees, a story time during which Brock will read children's books, DJ sets and a 'Parade of Freaks,' which is, well, self-explanatory. Ice Cream Floats also includes a port day in Puerto Plata. To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here.
CBS News
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Riot Fest 2025 will feature 20 bands playing 20 full album sets for 20th anniversary, fest says
Riot Fest organizers said that to celebrate the festival's 20th anniversary this year, 20 bands will be playing 20 full-album sets, including headliner Weezer playing the complete "Blue Album." While Riot Fest has featured full-album sets in the past, organizers said this is the most they've ever had in a single year. The full-album sets will be: Weezer: "The Blue Album" Sex Pistols: "Nevermind the Bollocks…" Alkaline Trio: "Maybe I'll Catch Fire" Bad Religion: "Suffer" The Pogues: "Rum Sodomy and the Lash" The Hold Steady: "Separation Sunday" The Academy Is…: "Almost Here" The Front Bottoms: "Back on Top" Knuckle Puck: "Copacetic" The Bouncing Souls: "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" Screeching Weasel: "My Brain Hurts" Helmet: "Betty" Pegboy: "Strong Reaction" The Ataris: "So Long, Astoria" Agnostic Front: "Victim in Pain" Smoking Popes: "Born to Quit" The Effigies: "For Ever Grounded" Samiam: "Astray" Agent Orange: "Living in Darkness" Zero Boys: "Vicious Circle" Riot Fest announced its 2025 lineup Wednesday, featuring headlining sets from Blink-182, Weezer, Jack White and Green Day, plus performances from Weird Al Yankovic, Idles, Hanson, Rilo Kiley, The Beach Boys and more. Tickets are on sale now. Please note: The above video is from a previous, related report
Chicago Tribune
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Riot Fest announces 20 bands will play full album sets for 2025
Twenty bands will play full album sets for Riot Fest's 20th anniversary this summer, the music festival announced Thursday. The full list includes: Weezer: 'The Blue Album' Sex Pistols: 'Never Mind The Bollocks …' Alkaline Trio: 'Maybe I'll Catch Fire' Bad Religion: 'Suffer' The Pogues: 'Rum Sodomy and the Lash' The Hold Steady: 'Separation Sunday' The Academy Is …: 'Almost Here' The Front Bottoms: 'Back On Top' Knuckle Puck 'Copacetic' The Bouncing Souls: 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation' Screeching Weasel: 'My Brain Hurts' Helmet: 'Betty' Pegboy: 'Strong Reaction' The Ataris: 'So Long, Astoria' Agnostic Front: 'Victim in Pain' Smoking Popes: 'Born to Quit' The Effigies: For Ever Grounded Samiam: 'Astray' Agent Orange: 'Living in Darkness' Zero Boys: 'Vicious Circle' Riot Fest will be Sept. 19-21 in Douglass Park. The three-day music festival announced bands and performers for 2025 on Wednesday, including headliners Blink-182, Weezer, Jack White and Green Day. Select tickets are on sale now at
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ramirez-Rosa, as new Park District chief, pledges to work to keep Bears on lakefront, address district summer camp ‘hunger games'
Former Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa laid out his plans for leading the Chicago Park District Wednesday, promising to work to help keep the Bears on the lakefront and to try to get people living in tents into housing before the city kicks them out of a Northwest Side park. After focusing on a handful of Northwest Side neighborhoods on the City Council, Ramirez-Rosa as Park District CEO now manages a $600 million budget, 615 parks and high-stakes events like Lollapalooza, NASCAR and Riot Fest, not to mention continued negotiations around the Bears' future at Soldier Field, which the district also owns. Ramirez-Rosa didn't touch on hot topics like the Bears or the future of NASCAR's downtown race during his interview in front of a downtown lunch crowd with City Club of Chicago CEO Dan Gibbons. But he did promise to address the 'hunger games' of summer park district camp registration for next year, spread improvements to park facilities equitably, and ensure the district is not 'criminalizing poverty' when it responds to encampments in city parks. Ramirez-Rosa told reporters after the event that he had an 'introductory phone call' with Bears CEO Kevin Warren and said he is 'committed to being a good partner' to the team while voicing his support for Mayor Brandon Johnson's hopes for a domed stadium along the lakefront. He volunteered for 'whatever role I can play' to help get the project off the ground. 'The proposal that was put forward ensures a net increase in public outdoor green space along the lakefront, and that's a good thing,' Ramirez-Rosa told reporters of the domed stadium plan, which faces opposition from the advocacy group Friends of the Parks and indifference from state lawmakers. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Warren announced their joint domed vision plans almost exactly a year ago. Warren, meanwhile, has not abandoned downtown plans, but kept his options open to move the team to Arlington Heights. Those plans have so far gone nowhere in Springfield, which would need to authorize borrowing to fund the construction of a new stadium and likely additional funding for road and park work around it. Still, Ramirez-Rosa said he is 'hopeful that Springfield will work with the city, with the Park District, and with the Bears to make this deal a reality.' He declined to say whether he and Warren had discussed an extension of the Bears' current lease and was similarly mum on NASCAR's future in the city. The current contract doesn't call for any races beyond 2025. Ramirez-Rosa only said he hoped 'to be able to share those details when they're ready to be shared.' Ramirez-Rosa also said he had visited the tent encampment at Gompers Park during his first week on the job. Some families with kids playing in a baseball league in the park had called for a clear-out, prompting heated debates over safety and spurring the city and park officials to try connecting those tent residents with housing. Ramirez-Rosa said the district 'identified areas within the park that are not impacted by programming, planned capital infrastructure work or flooding… where individuals could temporarily relocate to while we work to connect them with housing.' 'If we are pushing people out of the park and not getting them into housing, then we are just shuffling where people are camping at,' Ramirez-Rosa said. The district hopes to 'get as many people as possible into housing prior to May 12,' when park enforcement efforts will begin. Despite his lack of prior executive experience, Ramirez-Rosa, a progressive ally and appointee of Mayor Brandon Johnson, will earn $253,000 a year, the same salary as his predecessor, Rosa Escareno. According to his contract, received through an open records request, Ramirez-Rosa is also entitled to a Park District car or a $500 monthly car allowance and may be 'required to undergo continuing education in topics such as Managing Personnel Policies, Creating A Respectful Workplace and other such topics that help drive employee morale and conduct' and 'may avail himself' of other continuing education opportunities. Failure 'to complete continuing education as required by the Board' could result in termination for 'just cause,' according to the contract. Ramirez-Rosa said the professional development language in the contract was 'pretty standard,' and added he is 'committed to participating in fellowships and other trainings… I'm a lifelong learner, so I'm very happy that my contract' includes language to ensure it. The deal runs through the end of Johnson's first term in the spring of 2027. Escareno did not have a contract, the Park District confirmed, but prior Superintendent Mike Kelly did. Kelly's agreement, WBEZ reported at the time, made it costly for the board to terminate him despite the sexual misconduct scandal that engulfed the Park District in 2021, because he was guaranteed eight months of pay after he was fired. Ramirez-Rosa's contract provides a much smaller, three-month pay period after termination.
