2026 Early Turkey Ticket + Merch Presale On Sale Now!
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The Feds Want Martin Shkreli’s Wu-Tang Album
Prosecutors this week asked Federal Court Judge Kiyo Matsumoto to seize $7.4 million in assets from Martin Shkreli, the potato looking Pharma Bro, who is currently in jail after being recently convicted on two counts of securities fraud. Among the items they listed as other assets is the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time…
Help Us Collect Coats, Hats, Gloves, and Scarves, And Let’s Share The Warmth
We’ve teamed up with the Douglas Park Advisory Council for Let’s Share The Warmth Coat Drive and are now accepting new and gently used coats for children and adults as well as gloves, hats, and scarves. Douglas Park Advisory Council will distribute the coats to the general public in the North Lawndale community on Tuesday, December…
Andrew W.K. Releases Track List and Artwork For New Album
Andrew W.K.’s albun, You’re Not Alone, his first in 8 years, is set for release on March 2nd. “These songs on this album follow a surprising path to self-actualization,” Andrew W.K. says in a press release. “They give the listener permission to admit their vulnerabilities, and the encouragement to feel empowered. They’re reflections on the…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, November 29, 2017The Return of 90s Mixtape Titans Kicking Giant https://riotfest.org/2017/11/kicking-giant-return/ There’s a New DMX Christmas Song Up in Here, Up in Here https://riotfest.org/2017/11/dmx-finally-releases-official-cover-rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer/ Riot Fest supports endangered species. https://riotfest.org/2017/11/vinylhub-maps-every-physical-record-shop-planet/ Superheroes! https://riotfest.org/2017/11/trailer-avengers-infinity-war-fucking-awesome/ Remember when we told you that Machine Head has a new album called Catharsis coming out on January 26, 2018 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment? Well,…
The Return of Kicking Giant, the Ultimate 90s Mixtape Band
People of a certain age like to talk about how much mixtapes meant to them as teenagers, and surely not without cause. Still, let’s face facts: most mixtapes weren’t worth the rubber cement used to make their cover collages. Not everyone is a tastemaker, nor even a person of particularly discriminating tastes; for every aural…
DMX Finally Releases Official Cover of “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”
Because what the world needs now is more Christmas songs, spotify has released the ‘Holiday’ edition of their ‘Spotify Singles’ series. It includes DMX covering “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and it’s spectacular. DMX first covered the song on a radio show in 2012 where it quickly went viral, but now we have an official version…
VinylHub Maps Every Physical Record Shop On The Planet
Welcome to VinylHub. This new website is attempting to map “every physical record shop on the planet”. So far they’ve mapped about 6,751 record shops across the globe. Did they miss one? You can add it. Traveling overseas and want to find the best record stores, you can search the map and find out where…
The Trailer For ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Is Here And It’s Fucking Awesome
Marvel has finally released the first teaser trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, and it’s fucking awesome. Avengers: Infinity War. In theaters May 4, 2018. A second, still-untitled Avengers movie is set for release in 2019.