i saw a rumor that Viagra boys are opening for QotSA on a fall tour which would be rad as hell, and makes sense as they are already on same day at louder than life. we can prob put VB in for saturday in pencil, not pen. could see them as 2nd to last on roots, pre-queens
We have that tonight at the Metro with no barricade. Incendiary and Never Ending Game are also on our bill.
Sleep Token just sold out 10,000 capacity Wembley Arena in under 10 minutes Sleep Token sold out their Wembley Stadium show in December in about 10 minutes. I know that it's essentially a "hometown" show and that ticket sales are wild these days, but that's still pretty crazy. Can't believe we got them on the fourth line, I'm guessing we can lock them in as counter-programming against a headliner.
Man that Melvins/Boris tour could’ve easily been routed for those two bands to play Riot. Still weird Melvins have never done it
Random, semi-related tidbit that I picked up from a recent podcast interview with AFI's current manager: The idea for that Sing The Sorrow show was suggested by their management and it took a lot of convincing to get Davey to agree to do it. The way it was phrased made it sound like he still wasn't fully sold on the idea but agreed to it anyway because of the benefit it might have for the band's career as a whole. More support behind what others have said: The band really meant it when they said it would be a one-time thing. So I wouldn't expect it as an album play.
here is my running initial list, let me know what ive missed or have incorrect (edited to add more ive found) Friday: foo fighter turnstile tegan and sara the breeders pup ani difranco parliament funkadelic nothing. nowhere. fake names hawthorn heights oso oso origami angel real friends bearings olivia jean youth culture Saturday death cab postal service queens of the stone age mr. bungle death grips sleep token viagra boys (not confirmed, rumor) gorilla biscuits quicksand bowling for soup H2O jehnny beth warpaint rival schools Sunday the cure the mars volta gaslight anthem dresden dolls flogging molly finch ride braid the bronx the exploited
I feel like we can probably add Thursday to Saturday too. I assume they will have them play it on the anniversary like they did with Social D playing White Light, White Heat, White Trash.
You're telling me Phantogram and The Armed are opening the QOTSA tour and we couldn't get them on Riot?
Upon further investigation, we're getting Viagra Boys and Jehnny Beth (both playing Saturday) because of it but STILL