Riot Fest 2021 (September 17-19, Chicago IL) Tour • Page 17

I don't know that there's much precedent as to what a "Weird Al" Yankovic festival set would be like, but I feel like he wouldn't do it unless he could do the whole thing (e.g., costume changes). So he'd need to have a pretty long set.

He's also been doing different stuff the last two tours (doing that "rarities" tour a few years back, and the string section thing last year) so it would be prime time for him to be on Riot!

And not that this would happen, but how rad would it be if he did a polka medley of artists performing at the festival for an announcement video? Like they did the one year with Beck, Elvis Costello, Alkaline Trio, etc.

"Hi! I'm Weird Al! I'm playing Riot Fest 2020. And guess who else is? CUE THE MUSIC!"

 

I will go to this festival every year until the day I die if Weird Al plays and this happens

 

I saw him at Festival Supreme a few years back where he co-headlined with Flight Of The Concords. He, weirdly enough (to me at least) played before FOTC and only got an hour set. Still did costume changes and whatnot, but in the end I think it was like, a nine song setlist? Don’t completely remember since I bounced halfway through his set to catch Patton Oswalt

 

if this line up has MCR and Weird Al, my $130 ticket is already paid for, everyone else is bonus, haha

 

can the Strokes PLEASE play. them and MCR would actually be golden

 

anyway the foos could play?

 

They are probably too big at this point.

 

Highly unlikely. I’ve always assumed they were at the Pearl Jam/Rammstein level - too big and expensive for Riot, but maybe someone who knows more about that stuff can confirm.

They do seem up for doing cool small shows (Metro and Cubby Bear at various times over the past decade), and it would be cool to have a day where FF headlined and Dave programmed the whole day on the Riot stage with his favorite Chicago punk bands. But I still think it’s a really long shot.

 

I'm guessing the Foos are probably playing Wrigley

 

They are on lolla from what I hear

 

They are supposedly a lock for lolla someone in the mega thread on reddit says they are playing lolla

 

Leaked date for Rammstein is oct 2nd and it’s supposedly a stadium tour so maybe solider field

 

They can't sell out Soldier Field. Could be the empty stadium out in Bridgeview.

 

1975/Phoebe Bridgers tour skips Chicago, Riot Fest confirmed.

 

They are in lolla not riot

 

More important would be that the Chicago Bears would never ever ever allow a concert to occur during the football season after grass goes dormant. NO WAY.

It'll be Allstate Arena.

 

Why dose everyone say Allstate do you forget the United center is bigger and there is also wrigley it’s a stadium tour supposedly

 

Well, last time they played a headlining show here they played at Allstate. Have they grown a ton in popularity since 2011? If it's a stadium tour then it would likely be Wrigley, but I don't really know what their popularity is these days.

 

the last headline show was in tinley.... the year after open air

 

Whoops, didn’t realize that!

 

I called it idk the date it’s either august September or October but Rammstein is indeed playing solider field

 

I wonder if they are playing these shows with another huge band, because Rammstein playing some of these stadiums seems ambitious to me

 

They sold out Tinley and that holds 30k. I know solider is in the 50 low 60k for concerts so it’s doable with how rare they come to the states

 

I was thinking the more ambitious shows are San Antonio, Foxborough, Minneapolis, & DC..

 

I know I will be at the show in Chicago.