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…
Jane’s Addiction’s ‘Ritual De Habitual’ Came Out This Week in 1990
The band will play its groundbreaking third album in full at Riot Fest & RodeoOn August 21st in 1990, Jane’s Addiction released its third album, Ritual De Lo Habitual. The record was its second studio release on Warner Brothers, and its final before the group’s first breakup in 1991. On September 2, 2016, Jane’s Addiction will perform it in its entirety at Riot Fest & Rodeo at Denver, Colorado’s…
Watch The New Against Me! Video For “Crash”
Against Me! made a video for a song called “Crash” off of the new album Shape Shift With Me — set for release on September 16 on Total Treble. Pre-Order the new album “Shape Shift With Me” below, and come see Against Me! at Riot Fest & Rodeo in Denver this September. Webstore: https://againstme.myshopify.com/ iTunes:…
10 Questions with The Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist
The Hives’ frontman is first up in the hot seat for Riot Fest’s new “10 Questions” seriesImage by Göran Broberg Punk / garage rock five-piece The Hives burst out of Sweden in the late-90s, recreating themselves out of an earlier collaboration at the suggestion of “mysterious” songwriter / manager / visionary by the name of Randy Fitzsimmons. By the time they began touring American soil they had reached peak matching suit…
Get Right & Listen To A New Song From Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World just released a new single, titled “Get Right”. Listen to the new track below and download it for free on the band’s website. And don’t miss Jimmy Eat World this September at Riot Fest & Carnival in Chicago.
Tragically Hip Played Their Final Concert Last Night
Canadian alt-rock band The Tragically Hip played their final show last night in their hometown of Kingston, Ontario. In May, the band announced that singer Gord Downie had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer in December, 2015. Although his condition has responded favorably to treatment, it is not curable. The Kingston concert…
Happy Birthday, Joe Strummer!
On August 21, 1952, John Graham Mellor was born in Ankara, Turkey. Sometime later, he would adopt the name “Joe Strummer,” and, as the frontman / rhythm guitarist of The Clash, become one of punk’s most iconic and beloved figures of all time. Following The Clash’s split in 1986, he went on to further success…
Classic Album Covers + Star Wars
Artist Steven Lear aka WhyTheLongPlayFace mashes up classic album covers with Star Wars characters and they’re fantastic. Check him out on Instagram here.