Well at least we can already rule out Green Day so I don’t have to wait until the lineup to be disappointed they aren’t playing!
Let's just pray for the Black Parade... The day can't be Green... So why not get the next best thing...
I’d like to see Refused, Danzig, and Simple Creatures on the lineup. Charli XCX would be super fun, and I think she would actually fit in well here. Also, the yearly pipe dream for a Minor Threat reunion.
My Pipe Dream would be Dead Kennedys with Jello doing Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables for its 40th anniversary. Never going to happen but that would be what I would wish into existence for next year if I could. Edit: Oh, and also AFI doing Answer That and Stay Fashionable for its 25th!
I can't go (again) next year sadly (my cousin is getting married that weekend) but here for the speculation!
My (not too wildly unrealistic) headliner predictions: The Killers, Slipknot, Hole. And some other artists I’m hoping for, some much more likely than others: John K. Samson/The Weakerthans Strike Anywhere Spanish Love Songs Tom Waits New Radicals The Sound of Animals Fighting Better Oblivion Community Center Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley reunion The Promise Ring
I'm always going to put MCR atop my list. It's bound to happen sooner rather than later. Also, don't overlook Rammstein using Riot Fest for their Chicago stop. They likely won't tour much moving forward so that almost makes Riot Fest an even better fit.
They might be on the cusp, but I don't think they're too big yet. Might be more of a matter of the band and fest both thinking they're the right fit. I'm all for Riot Fest booking more pop though.
I think Menzingers, Lawrence Arms, Every Time I Die, Bayside, FIDLAR, Bouncing Souls are all probably due to return next year, which already solidifies it as a great lineup lol At this point I think they are and would play Lolla
With the New Years Eve show selling out pretty much instantly, I'd say Motion City Soundtrack is a lock.
The real question is, will they give me the 10-year My Dinosaur Life album set that I desperately want?
Here are some albums that will be celebrating anniversaries in 2020: 20th: Eve 6 - Horrorscope The Anniversary - Designing a Nervous Breakdown Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire No Doubt - Return Of Saturn Green Day - Warning NOFX - Pump Up The Valuum New Found Glory - Self Titled MxPx - The Ever Passing Moment Good Charlotte - Self Titled The Movielife - This Time Next Year Goldfinger - Stomping Ground P!nk - Can't Take Me Home The Distillers - Self Titled Relient K - Self Titled Glassjaw - Everything You Wanted To Know About Silence Hanson - This Time Around Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors Deftones - White Pony Sum 41 - Half Hour of Power Mest - Wasting Time Zebrahead - Playmate of the Year Jets to Brazil - Four Cornered Night The Vandals - Look What I Almost Stepped In At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command AFI - The Art of Drowning The Offspring - Conspiracy of One Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance Enya - A Day Without Rain 10th: Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life The Wonder Years - The Upsides Alkaline Trio - This Addiction Four Year Strong - Enemy of the World Man Overboard - Real Talk Good Charlotte - Cardiology A Day To Remember - What Separates Me From You My Chemical Romance - Danger Days Story of the Year - The Constant The Rocket Summer - Of Men and Angels Neon Trees - Habits Hawthorne Heights - Skeletons Robyn - Body Talk