I think we have a very, very strong shot at getting Blink-182 performing Enema. I'm also guessing they do it at Warped Tour, but they might not announce it ahead of time. Green Day's Dookie would be incredible, but I'm over thinking they might play. Every year I say "this is probably the year" and every year I'm wrong so... That would be amazing. But I refuse to get my hopes up.
Has a headliner ever done an album play at Riot Fest? Everyone keeps suggesting these big bands do album plays but I can't recall that happening before.
It's rare, but it happens. In addition to Weezer and Jane's Addiction, in 2015, the Offspring also did Smash. That's it for bona fide main stage headliners, I think. But Social D, Dinosaur Jr., Wu-Tang Clan, Bad Religion, and Cypress Hill were all headliners (or subheadliners) on a given stage and performed an album at one point or another.
I hate to be one of those people, but Offspring did Smash in 2014 ...speaking of The Offspring. Has anyone mentioned anything about a possible Americana album play?
I would be down for a 20th Anniversary of this or a 25th Anniversary play of Smash as far as headliners, The Cure is playing festivals with the strict announcement they'll be playing Disintegration in full.. Blink 182 doing a full album is probably 50-50 since they are doing EOTS at a festival that's being promoted in part by Travis.. Raconteurs & Slayer would almost definitely not be full album plays, and Green Day playing Dookie is nothing more than just a pipe dream
I am one of those people. And I'm weirdly embarrassed that I had the year off by one! Rancid and Ice Cube both "headlined" in 2015 with album plays, then... For some reason I had blanked 2015 from my mind. And that was a great line-up! I think an Americana play could potentially happen. I think that album and Smash are both grotesquely overrated but that's another discussion, I suppose... But still. Imagine if Riot Fest got the hat trick of Americana, Enema of the State, and Dookie?
Depends on who you ask. But I definitely agree. I'm always thrown off, though... I'd say Green Day are just as big as Foo Fighters are, and the Foos are playing festivals this year that seem to be right around the same size (or smaller?) than Riot Fest. Or maybe I'm off in terms of size/popularity for all these things.
Again, nothing to base this on, but I feel RF drops more into the full lineup versus going top heavy with headliners. With that, I don't really see a Green Day, Foos, Tool, etc ever being top billed at the fest. Would love to be wrong though!
This feels accurate, actually, and is a really great point. There's a slow but steady drop from headliner on down, rather than the plummet you see with some of the other festivals where it's three huge headliners, two lines of subheadliners... And then a steep drop in popularity/quality. The Riot line-up always feels like its carefully curated to the point where the top three headliners are a "nice to have" for a lot of attendees rather than the major draw (or it's a "yeah, that's awesome--but look at the undercard").
Unless they were cut a fiends & family rate, Original Misfits was probably the most expensive band Riot ever booked.
I mean, they are a true festival headliner and they have no issues moving tickets when they play large arenas. But there's a big gap in name/song recognition that needs to be accounted for. Green Day and Foo Fighters can both, at this stage in their careers, headline venues the same capacity as most of these festivals. Doesn't explain why the Foo Fighters are doing the handful they've done the last two years but... I'm sure the paycheck they got for them might. I could see there being some wild, out there scenario where the bands/the band's management looks at the Riot Fest line-up and says "Y'know what? The money's decent and the rest of the bands are really cool... Let's see if we can make this work." But that's such a specific set of circumstances to make that happen that it feels unlikely to ever actually happen.
Foos & Tool probably, but Green Day is not far from the ballpark of System of A Down (don't quote me on that)
The only reason Tool is as popular as they are in terms of festival draw is scarcity and a dedicated fan base. It's a smart business move on their part to keep that scarcity up. Doing actual tours will cause your "festival value" to drop. Foo Fighters and Green Day have a really, really broad fan base that crosses genres and age groups. On paper and in reality, they are a much bigger draw.
maybe in 1996 but Tool in the last 10 years has been a way bigger festival and arena draw than Green Day. They have an extremely diverse fan base as well. Maynard tours three different bands and is a pretty odd cat.
I mean... Green Day has been playing baseball parks and football stadiums in recent years, but I see your point. Tool fills up the venues they play easily
Okay guys, hear me out. Magnetic Fields playing 69 Love Songs in its entirety (20th anniversary). They play all three days, one section of the album a day before the headliner (I know this ain’t gonna happen but I’m putting this nugget out there)