Tag Archives: Riot Fest

Ticket Giveaway: Win 2 VIP passes to see Slayer at Riot Fest

Posted by on February 25, 2024

  Enter to win two VIP passes to see the return of Slayer at this year’s Riot Fest in Chicago, IL this September! Metal Insider is giving away two VIP passes! Complete the tasks below to gain more entries and increase your chances of winning.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity to witness the legendary […]

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SLAYER resurrected: Legends to headline 2024 Louder Than Life & Riot Fest

Posted by on February 21, 2024

  This is not a drill; Slayer are back! After wrapping up their final world tour in November 2019, these legends featuring Tom Araya (bass/vocals), Kerry King (guitar), Gary Holt (guitar), and Paul Bostaph (drums) have announced their first return to the stage. At least for two festival appearances, for now: Riot Fest in Chicago, […]

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Riot Fest 2022 lineup announced: My Chemical Romance, Misfits, NIN, to headline

Posted by on May 11, 2022

    The lineup for this year’s Riot Fest is in, which includes headliners My Chemical Romance, The Original Misfits, and Nine Inch Nails. The event will return to Douglass Park in Chicago, IL from September 16th through 18th. Tickets are available via the festival’s website.      Festival founder Mike Petryshyn comments: “I think this […]

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The Original Misfits to perform ‘Walk Among Us’ at Riot Fest 2022

Posted by on May 17, 2021

  The Original Misfits have been added to next year’s Riot Fest. The group will perform their classic album, Walk Among Us, in  its entirety on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Tickets are available at this location. Just Announced: The Original Misfits Headline Riot Fest 2022 performing the classic “WALK AMONG US” album in its entirety—LIVE—for […]

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Nine Inch Nails to headline 2021 Riot Fest

Posted by on May 14, 2021

  More bands have been added to this year’s Riot Fest, set to take place on September 17th-19th in Douglas Park, Chicago. Nine Inch Nails will headline this year’s event as Faith No More, and Mr. Bungle has been added to the lineup. My Chemical Romance have cancelled their entire touring schedule for 2021 and […]

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Slayer announces final Chicago show at Riot Fest 2019

Posted by on May 30, 2019

Slayer’s farewell tour continues to creep ever closer to its conclusion. On Wednesday (May 29), the band announced that they would be headlining this year’s Riot Fest, an appearance being billed as their final “Chicago and Milwaukee” show. The news comes with the announcement of Riot Fest’s official 2019 line-up. Celebrating it’s 15th anniversary, headliners […]

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2017’s Riot Fest unveils full schedule

Posted by on August 10, 2017

We already know this year’s Riot Fest will include a lot of metal along with Danzig performing 1992’s Danzig III: How the Gods Kill in its entirety. Today, the organizers of the event taking place from September 15th-17th in Chicago’s Douglas Park has unvieled the festival’s entire schedule. Tickets are still available and you can […]

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Danzig to perform ‘Danzig III: How the Gods Kill’ at this year’s Riot Fest

Posted by on June 22, 2017

Last year, the Misfits original lineup reunited at Riot Fest and this year, Danzig returns. The three-day festival will be held at Chicago’s Douglas Park on Sept 15th through 17th. This time around, the legend will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of 1992’s Danzig III: How the Gods Kill by performing the album in its […]

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First wave of Riot Fest bands include plenty of metal, Jawbreaker reunion

Posted by on April 19, 2017

The first wave of Riot Fest’s 2017 lineup has been announced. While the Festival is sitting out Denver this year, it will be returning to Douglas Park, Il from September 15-17. And while there will be a second wave of announced bands coming soon, the initial lineup includes quite a few more heavier bands than […]

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Watch Misfits reunite at Denver Riot Fest

Posted by on September 5, 2016

33 years in the making, last nights Riot Fest in Denver closed out with the historic reunion of Misfits with Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only, Wolfgang Doyle von Frankenstein, with former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo hitting the skins. The 25-song set touched on the band’s entire original 1977-1983 catalog, with video showing the audience enthusiastically singing […]

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