Robert Smith of The Cure performs during Lollapalooza 2013 |. Getty Images. The band returned to Chicago in September to headline Riot Fest.
BY BRAND Guarino | FOR SUN- TIMES MEDIA
The 10th edition of Riot Fest takes place in West Chicago this September which features a forming marquee headliners like The Cure, Jane's Addiction , and The National .
He announced Tuesday night , the rock festival three days, punk and hip- hop , stretching 12-14 sept in Humboldt Park, also features headliners Rise Against, Social Distortion , The Flaming Lips , Weezer , and Wu -Tang Clan.
Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alekhina, the two Russian women who were recently from jail freed after being jailed for his performance protest of 2012 in a cathedral in Moscow, will also appear in a "special discussion interactive panel.” As dissident members of the punk group pussy Riot, Tolokonnikova and Alekhina have been pushing Congress to add about 20 Russian officials to a list of human rights violators, and have been touring the U.S. increased awareness about human rights abuses in their country of origin.
Also newsworthy is the return of Wu -Tang Clan, a group of influential hip- hop rarely performed live together, but has led to the career of the legendary MC Raekwon , Ghostface Killah , RZA , among others. The group is preparing to launch a comeback album later this year.
This year also appears in Humboldt Park: Slayer , Descendents, Tegan and Sara , Metric, Patti Smith, Taking Back Sunday , Die Antwoord , Paul Weller , NOFX , Gogol Bordello , The Afghan Whigs , Lucero , The Dandy Warhols , Mighty Mighty Bosstones , Hot Snakes , The Get Up Kids, Mudhoney, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth , Superchunk , Billy Bragg, New Found Glory , Andrew WK , Kurt Vile and the violators , Marky Ramone with Bouncing Souls , Wavves , Anti -Flag , mouse and men, The Murder City Devils, Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, clutch, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears , Dashboard Confessional , and many others. Legends clash of metal GWAR is also on the bill, despite the recent death of lead singer Dave Brockie.
Pioneering pop band Cheap Trick Rockford is also on the bill. Other bands include Chicago Naked Raygun, The Orwells, Archie Powell & the Exports, and my gold mask.
The festival of Samhain marked a meeting, horror punk band led by Glen Danzig in the
mid- 1980s after its passage by the Misfits and Danzig before launching. The weekend will also feature a meeting of the pop-punk band The Offspring,
celebrating its 20th year.
This is the third year of Riot Fest in Humboldt Park, and the
10th year for the festival in general, which has grown in stature, now company with festivals in Denver and Toronto.
Most notable about the lineup this year is senior list of the main headliners, which dwarfs Lollapalooza, a much larger festival held in Grant Park, a month earlier. In only about four marquee names at the top of his bill, this year's line -up for Lollapalooza has been criticized for its lack of star power; Riot Fest claims two headliners of the festival (The Cure and The National) since last year and even Perry Farrell, Lollapalooza patron that Jane's Addiction will appear in the Riot Fest with his band.
Organizers promise more band announcements are coming. Tickets are on sale.
A three day pass is $ 99.98. According to the website, prices will rise three days during the summer, reaching
189.98 U.S. dollars. The
VIP package $ 289.98 includes drink tickets, access to special privileges observation - and perhaps most importantly - private bathrooms.
