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Riot Fest is officially back! With more people getting vaccinated and governors across the country dropping mask mandates, it’s looking like this summer and this fall will finally start looking a little bit like the Before Times which means, more live music. Festival organizers have released the lineup for this year’s Riot Fest and it’s pretty great. Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, and Run The Jewels have all signed on to headline.
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This year’s lineup also includes a ton of acts that are sure to get a well of nostalgia bubbling inside you and have you trying to remember all the songs on all of your old high school mixtapes. Some of these acts include: Pixies, Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, New Found Glory, Sublime with Rome, Faith No More, NOFX, Motion City Soundtrack, Dirty Heads, Gogol Bordello, Thrice, Circa Survive, Simple Plan, Best Coast, Andrew W.K., Bayside, Thursday, State Champs, Save The Day a
It s the “Unseen” Danny Clinch.
That s the name of Clinch s new exhibit and sale starting Thursday, May 13, at the Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery, adjacent to the Asbury Hotel in Asbury Park. Clinch of Toms River has photographed the greats of rock n rock and hip-hop.
“These are pretty much images I have not printed before or posted on social media,” Clinch said. “During the downtime we’ve had I’ve been digging through my archives and just finding things.”
Those “things” include unearthed pics of Bruce Springsteen.
“It s an outtake from that sort of legendary shot that he used for publicity (for the album ‘Magic’) of him leaning on my 48 Pontiac,” Clinch said. “This was a different angle where I went around to the other side and you can see the whole of Convention Hall behind him. ( Unseen ) is the stuff that s never been printed, never been shared of various artists. The Alicia Keys has never been published. There s some of the Smashing Pum
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Since most bands halted their touring in and around March 2020, we, the concertgoers, have been chomping at the bit to get back to live music!
Chomping so hard that BONNAROO and Aftershock are sold out! (Hence why they aren t listed here.) If you re up for a road trip, here s as extensive a list as I could get together.
Hosted each year by bluegrass band Pert Near Sandstone, Blue Ox is an outdoor Bluegrass, Roots, and Americana music festival. Highlights this year include: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Shaky Graves, Leftover Salmon, Sam Bush, and others.
We promise this isn’t clickbait. The glorious, legendary, and memory-making music festival is coming back to the scenic landscape of Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Can you believe that My Chemical Romance, Blink-182, Machine Gun Kelly, Demi Lovato, Bon Jovi, Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, and Bruno Mars have all shared the same stage? Granted, they didn’t share the stage all at the same time, but they did all have their respective places on the Bamboozle Festival lineup.
The game-changing musical event started right in our home state of New Jersey in Asbury Park. We know that Asbury Park is known for many things (including, but not limited to: Bruce Springsteen, the beach, a fun nightlife, and an eclectic art scene). Something it is known for that often gets overlooked is its place in the history of stellar U.S. music festivals.