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The 2022 edition of Riot Fest happens this month in Chicago, and there have been a few last minute changes to the lineup.

”I’m sorry we booked so many bands you like and there are scheduling conflicts. Next year we won’t book any bands you like.”

Riot Fest regulars Taking Back Sunday, ”Gansta's Paradise” hitmaker Coolio and more join this year's Riot Fest lineup...

Brooklyn indie-punks THICK's new album arrives in August via Epitaph, and you can watch the video for the first single, shot in the band's hometown in McCarren Park...

Bad Religion, Jimmy Eat World, Descendents, Portugal. The Man, Rocket From the Crypt, The Wonder Years, Lunachicks, Jawbox, Jeff Rosenstock, Less Than Jake, Alexisonfire, The Get Up Kids, Madball, and many more are on the stacked lineup...

Wednesday's NYC-area shows include Heart Attack Man, Yumi Zouma, Amorphis, together PANGEA, Emily Sprague, and more.

Riot Fest added more acts to its 2021 lineup and revealed the day-by-day lineups. Single-day tickets go on sale today...

Also: Bikini Kill vs Taking Back Sunday, Against Me vs Guided by Voices, Flaming Lips vs Rancid vs Glassjaw vs Descendents, and more....

Headliners include blink-182 (playing 'Enema of the State'), Slayer (final Chicago & Milwaukee show), Bikini Kill, Jawbreaker, The Flaming Lips (playing 'Yoshimi'), and more...

The stacked 15th anniversary lineup also includes Rise Against, Flaming Lips (playing ’Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’), Jawbreaker, Ween (playing ’The Mollusk’), Against Me! (playing ’Reinventing Axl Rose’ and ’Transgender Dysphoria Blues’) and more.