On the heels yesterday’s stellar First Wave lineup announcement featuring headliners Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails and a Jawbreaker reunion, Riot Fest has announced eight of ten bands that will be performing albums in their entirety at this year’s festival in Chicago.
Among the first eight are Dinosaur Jr. celebrating the 30th anniversary of You’re Living All Over Me, Built To Spill performing their 1999 album Keep It Like A Secret and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakout album, Let’s Face It.
Fishbone, Bayside, Mayday Parade, The Lawrence Arms and that dog. are also slated to perform complete albums at this year’s Riot Fest. The remaining two artists inked to play complete albums will be revealed during next month’s Second Wave announcement of 25 additional artists.
Riot Fest already revealed over 70 artists including New Order, Paramore, Wu-Tang Clan, Gogol Bordello, Prophets of Rage, TV On The Radio, M.I.A. Mike D’s DJ set, Pennywise, Bad Brains and more, playing this year’s festival. Needless to say, 2017 should be a smash hit with those in attendance at Chicago’s premiere festival specializing in punk, alternative, rock, hip-hop and metal.
Riot Fest takes place at Douglas Park on Sept. 15-17. Three-day VIP and General Admission tickets are available for purchase here.
The full list of Riot Fest 2017 artists playing full albums:
1. Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me (1987-30th Anniversary)
2. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Let’s Face It (1997-20th Anniversary)
3. Built To Spill – Keep It Like A Secret (1999)
4. Fishbone – Truth and Soul (1988-30th Anniversary)
5. Bayside – The Walking Wounded (2007-10th Anniversary)
6. Mayday Parade – A Lesson In Romantics (2007-10th Anniversary)
7. The Lawrence Arms – Oh, Calcutta! (2006)
8. that dog. — Retreat From The Sun (1997-20th Anniversary)
9. To be announced!
10. To be announced!