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…
The Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018Happy Pie Day. Please celebrate responsibly. Residents in Alabama held a candlelight vigil for a Taco Bell. https://riotfest.org/2018/01/residents-alabama-held-candlelight-vigil-arbys-taco-bell-burned-across-street/ When Drag Queens go pop. https://riotfest.org/2018/01/better-work-drag-queens-go-pop/ Slayer announced their final tour dates. https://riotfest.org/2018/01/slayer-announce-tour-dates-final-world-tour/ Tom Waits to remaster and reissue first 7 albums. https://riotfest.org/2018/01/tom-waits-remaster-reissue-first-seven-albums/ How’s about a little love for the corgis out there? its little corgi tongue…
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…
