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Foo Fighters, The Cure, and Queens Of The Stone Age have been confirmed as three of the headliners for Riot Fest 2023

Riot fest has announced the initial details for its 2023 iteration. A LOT of bands are playing. The headliners are Foo Fighters, The Cure, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and Queens of the Stone Age. A fair amount of punk bands are palying including Steve Ignorant of Crass, Screaming Femal...

Chicago’s gigantic and vaguely punk-centric Riot Fest is coming back to Douglass Park in September. Once again, it’s got a lineup that’s utterly stuffed with big names. This year’s biggest name is probably the Cure. The festival also has Death Cab For Cutie and the Postal Service, Ben Gibbard’s two forever-interlinked projects, as well as Queens Of The Stone Age, the reactivated Mars Volta, and Turnstile, who have evidently reached festival-headliner status. And then there’s Foo Fighters, continuing with their quest to headline every festival in existence.

From The Clash to Rihanna, the legendary venue has hosted them all. Then tragedy struck and it closed. Shannon Mahanty looks at whether it will remain shut forever

Yard Act were joined by the likes of Nish Kumar, CMAT and Phill Jupitus at a show last night (May 9). Check out footage and the full setlist here.