Best of Riot Fest 2024 Photo Gallery + 3-Day Recap Video
So many great pictures, it’ll probably crash your tabsRiot Fest is over, and yeah, we’re bummed too. But don’t worry, the memories live on (and so do the porta-potty lines). There were crowdsurfing newlyweds, reunions, anniversaries, and of course, you beautiful maniacs. We’ll have a few more galleries, videos, and cool shit to share in the coming weeks, and we can’t wait until…
Couldn’t Get That Black Hoodie? Preorder Riot Fest 2024 Merch Now
Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did?Are you already regretting not picking up some of our 2024 merch? Was your favorite design sold out by the end of the weekend? Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did? We got you covered. Riot Fest 2024 merch is now live. Merch items typically ship in 2-3 weeks…
Riot Fest 2024: Sunday Photo Gallery
Riot Fest 2024 is over, but the memories will live on forever if you want them to. See the pics from day three, and don’t delete the app! We’ll have our Best Of Riot Fest Gallery, People Of Riot Fest Gallery, and a few more videos and photos coming your way soon. Plus, if you…
Riot Fest 2024: Saturday Photo Gallery
Gates open 12 PMIt’s the beginning of the end – Sunday of Riot Fest 2024 is here. Take a look at our Saturday photo gallery, and get ready to end this festival weekend with a bang. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. Take a look at the final Late Night…
Riot Fest 2024: Friday Photo Gallery
Gates open at 11amRiot Fest 2024 Day One. If you can’t remember what happened, watch the video recap and see how good you look in all the photos. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. We’ve also got daily schedules, Late Night Aftershows, transportation and neighborhood guides so you know where to get late night…
Residents In Alabama Held Candlelight Vigil At Arby’s For Taco Bell That Burned Down Across The Street
On January 17th, the Taco Bell in Montgomery, Alabama burned down. On January 21st, around 100 people showed up for a candlelight vigil to mourn the loss of their “beloved taco bell” and “stand together in the loss of our beloved Taco Bell.” Because the Taco Bell was still an active investigation site, the vigil…
Slayer Announce Tour Dates For Final World Tour
Yesterday, Slayer announced they would be doing one final world tour and then calling it quits. In a 2016 interview, Tom Araya said, “After 35 years, it’s time to like, collect my pension. I like singing and just spitting that hitt out and convincing everybody that this guy is a fucking maniac. It’s like acting.…
Tom Waits To Remaster and Reissue First Seven Albums
Tom Waits is re-releasing some of his early Elektra Asylum Records albums. The remastered albums, many of which are out of print, will be available digitally, streaming, and on 180-gram vinyl. Closing Time, will be released first on March 9th. You can pre-order the album here. Release dates have not been announced for the other…
They’ve Worked It, Girl: When Drag Queens Go Pop
Lip syncing is a fundamental part of drag, whether in the sacred tradition of a shake-n-go wig-clad queen mouthing along to Gloria Gaynor in a dingy dive bar, or a young pageant queen lip syncing for her life on national television. But throughout her-story, certain multi-hyphenate queens have explored a more inventive route: releasing their…
The Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, January 22nd, 2018Happy National Hot Sauce Day. The End Is Near: Slayer Announce 2018 Farewell World Tour. https://riotfest.org/2018/01/end-near-slayer-announce-2018-farewell-world-tour/ We interview Mark Dancey, The Motor City’s Scribbling Satirist, for our new series Monsters of Ink. https://riotfest.org/2018/01/monsters-of-ink-ii-dancey/ Rush broke up two years ago and forgot to tell anyone. https://riotfest.org/2018/01/rush-broke-up/ Blur‘s Graham Coxon To Release ‘The End of the F***ing…
Blur’s Graham Coxon To Release ‘The End of the F***ing World’ Soundtrack on Digital and Vinyl
Graham Coxon, you may know him from the band Blur, will be releasing the soundtrack to The End of the F***ing World. The 16-track album will be released digitally January 26th and on vinyl in March. Recorded in Graham’s home studio in Summer 2017 the album was written, composed and performed by Coxon and marks…
D’arcy Wretzky Will Not Be Part Of A Smashing Pumpkins Reunion
If you’ve been waiting for the rumored Smashing Pumpkins reunion, you can scratch Darcy Wretzky off the reunited lineup. In a text message, Darcy told Blast Echo, “I only just found about yesterday that the band has decided to go with a different bass player.” “My apologies to all of the Smashing Pumpkins fans out…
Phil Anselmo Would Be Open To The Idea Of A Pantera Reunion With A Dimebag Darrell Hologram
Even though Vinnie and Rex have said no in the past, Phil Anselmo said in December that he’d be open to a Pantera reunion, “I think it would be a great idea if everyone else felt it was a great idea. And I would just say that if everybody came calling, then count me in…