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  • New Order announces one-off headlining date at Hollywood Bowl with Goldfrapp

    New Order announces one-off headlining date at Hollywood Bowl with Goldfrapp

    • 19 June 2017
    • Tour Dates
    • 2 comments

    New Order today announced it will follow up its appearance at Riot Fest in Chicago this September with a one-off headlining date at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, a concert that will feature a special opening set by Mute Records labelmates Goldfrapp. See full details and tour dates here.

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  • New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Jawbreaker, X, Ministry and more playing Chicago’s Riot Fest

    New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Jawbreaker, X, Ministry and more playing Chicago’s Riot Fest

    • 19 April 2017
    • Festivals
    • 1 comment

    Chicago’s Riot Fest this morning unveiled the lineup for its three-day September festival, which will be headlined by Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age and a reunited Jawbreaker. Also on the bill: New Order, Ministry, Dinosaur Jr, X, Bad Brains, Buzzcocks, GBH, Fishbone and Alice Bag.

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  • Paul Weller adds Midwestern U.S. dates between Riot Fest appearances

    Paul Weller adds Midwestern U.S. dates between Riot Fest appearances

    • 16 May 2014
    • Tour Dates
    • 1 comment

    Paul Weller’s already been announced as performing at two of the three Cure-headlined Riot Fests this September — Toronto and Chicago, but not Denver — and now the modfather has announced four dates in the Midwestern U.S. to fill the gap between those two festival appearances.

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  • The Cure to headline Riot Fest in Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September

    The Cure to headline Riot Fest in Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September

    • 13 May 2014
    • Festivals
    • 8 comments

    The Cure’s penchant for topping festival bills continues as Robert Smith and Co. were announced this evening as the headliners of all three Riot Fests — set for Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September — joining the band’s appearance at Bottle Rock in Napa Valley, Calif., this month.

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  • The Replacements’ 3rd (and final?) reunion show stumbles to a close with fitting mess of an encore

    The Replacements’ 3rd (and final?) reunion show stumbles to a close with fitting mess of an encore

    • 22 September 2013
    • Reunions, Video
    • 10 comments

    The Replacements staged their third of three announced reunion shows last night in a dusty farm field about 45 minutes east of Denver, the site of the third installment of this summer Riot Fest and what may or may not have been the final appearance by the 2013 incarnation of the ‘Mats, performing for the first time in 22 years.

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  • The Replacements mix it up (just a bit) with second reunion gig at Chicago’s Riot Fest

    The Replacements mix it up (just a bit) with second reunion gig at Chicago’s Riot Fest

    • 15 September 2013
    • Reunions, Setlist
    • 0 comments

    The Replacements took the stage tonight at Riot Fest in Chicago for the second of at least three planned reunion gigs (“We haven’t played in 3 weeks, but fuck it,” Paul Westerberg told the crowd before launching into “Takin’ a Ride”), and managed to play mostly the same set as their big comeback gig.

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  • Listen to Replacements’ first concert in 22 years — stream full 75-minute Riot Fest set

    Listen to Replacements’ first concert in 22 years — stream full 75-minute Riot Fest set

    • 26 August 2013
    • Digital Music, Reunions
    • 10 comments

    The Replacements Live Archive Project — a tremendous resource for ‘Mats fans — already has shared a full recording of last night’s historic set by The Replacements at Riot Fest in Toronto, the band’s first in 22 years. Now, while it is an audience recording, it’s actually surprisingly good.

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  • The Replacements at Riot Fest: Photos, video, setlist from first ’Mats show in 22 years

    The Replacements at Riot Fest: Photos, video, setlist from first ’Mats show in 22 years

    • 25 August 2013
    • Reunions, Setlist, Video
    • 19 comments

    A little after 8:45 p.m. EDT tonight, the long-sought, little-believed reunion of The Replacements — in this case, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson, plus Josh Freese and David Minehan — took the stage at Riot Fest in Toronto, delivering career-spanning in the band’s first performance in 22 years.

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  • Pixies join The Replacements at Riot Fest in Chicago — new lineup’s first U.S. date

    Pixies join The Replacements at Riot Fest in Chicago — new lineup’s first U.S. date

    • 19 July 2013
    • Festivals, Tour Dates
    • 0 comments

    The Pixies are now set to debut their new Kim Deal-less lineup at Chicago’s Riot Fest this September, joining a bill that includes The Replacements, Blondie, Violent Femmes, Mission of Burma, X, Dinosaur Jr and Peter Hook, among many others. The Pixies were added today alongside Joan Jett, TSOL and Suicidal Tendencies.

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  • Watch 9 seconds of The Replacements rehearsing ‘Alex Chilton’ today in Minneapolis

    Watch 9 seconds of The Replacements rehearsing ‘Alex Chilton’ today in Minneapolis

    • 27 June 2013
    • Reunions, Video
    • 8 comments

    Here it is: The first footage, albeit just 9 seconds and shot through the sliding-glass door of a rehearsal space, of The Replacements, together again and performing in 2013. The band’s official Facebook page shared video of the ‘Mats running through performing “Alex Chilton.”

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  • The Replacements reuniting to headline Riot Fest in Chicago, Denver and Toronto

    The Replacements reuniting to headline Riot Fest in Chicago, Denver and Toronto

    • 12 June 2013
    • Festivals, Reunions
    • 15 comments

    The Replacements — namely frontman Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson — will reunite on stage for the first time in 22 years later this summer to headline Riot Fest in Toronto, Denver and Chicago, site of the band’s unceremonious final performance in Grant Park on July 4, 1991.

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