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Green Day Releases New Song
New Album ‘Revolution Radio’ set for release on October 7Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool are back. Green Day just released ‘Bang Bang’, a new single from their upcoming album called Revolution Radio set for release on October 7. It will be their 12th studio album and first since ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré!, in 2012. Listen to the new single, and check out…
Douglas Park Community Day – This Saturday, 8/13
Riot Fest is hosting its 2nd Community Day at Douglas Park this weekend. On Saturday, August 13th, residents are invited to attend a Community Job Fair and Ticketing Registration from 1 to 4 pm at the intersection of Ogden & Sacramento. Please see below for more information. *These opportunities are available only to residents in…
Against Me! Just Released A New Song
Listen to “Haunting, Haunted, Haunts”Listen to “Haunting, Haunted, Haunts”, the newest Against Me! song off the album Shape Shift With Me — set for release on September 16 on Total Treble. This release of “Haunting, Haunted, Haunts” is part of the Adult Swim Singles Program. Listen to the single, download it here, and come see Against Me! at Riot Fest…
Enter Riot Fest’s Best Bartender Contest
Win a VIP experience at Riot Fest for you and nine friendsAre you a local bartender in Chicago or Denver? Enter Riot Fest’s Best Bartender Contest for your chance to win a VIP experience at Riot Fest for you and nine friends, plus a victory party at your bar courtesy of Riot Fest! The bartender with the most votes in each city wins the grand prize.…
Half Your Friends Don’t Actually Like You Like That
A new study by researchers at MIT analyzed friendships in 84 subjects aged 23 to 38 and found that about half of perceived friendships aren’t mutual. That’s right, according to this study, about half of the people you think are your friends don’t actually like you like that. In a study titled “Are You Your…
Meat is Murder The Video Game
Morrissey and PETA Team Up For 8-Bit Video GameMorrissey and PETA have teamed up to bring us a video game version of “Meat Is Murder”. From the press release: The Smiths’ 1985 classic “Meat Is Murder” is back in 8-bit form for This Beautiful Creature Must Die, PETA’s new online game that features an instrumental arcade-style version of the song on loop. Players…
Violent Soho Releases Video For Blanket
Violent Soho have about as much in common with cult leader David Koresh as an echidna does with a banana, but their hugely anticipated new album Waco — named for the small Texas city that was the site of the Koresh-led Branch Davidian siege with the FBI in 1993 — is similarly dismissive as federal…
Don’t Forget To Book A Hotel For Riot Fest
We know, we know. Searching for hotels takes time, and you don’t have any of that. Curadora is here as our Hotel Accommodations Partner, to help simplify the process. We’ve partnered with Curadora to help you browse the coolest hotel accommodations Denver and Chicago has to offer. With Curadora, you can search all local hotels…