Riot Fest finalizes its daily lineups—though the big new acts were announced yesterday

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Music / Riot Fest Riot Fest finalizes its daily lineups—though the big new acts were announced yesterday

Posted By Leor Galil on 09.07.18 at 04:30 PM

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Run the Jewels will close out this year's Riot Fest, coheadlining with Incubus on Sunday night. - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Chicago Sun-Times
Run the Jewels will close out this year's Riot Fest, coheadlining with Incubus on Sunday night.

One week before opening day, Riot Fest has finalized its lineup, though the three big additions went public yesterday. When the festival announced Run the Jewels, Weezer, and Taking Back Sunday (who play the fest almost as frequently as Andrew W.K. and Gwar), they were presented as replacements for previously announced headliners Blink-182, who were forced to cancel several dates because drummer Travis Barker has been struggling with blood clots in his arms since June. With the release of daily lineups today, it's become clear that Weezer will headline Friday, Beck will headline Saturday, and Run the Jewels will coheadline Sunday night with Incubus.

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Music Feature

Single-day tickets also went on sale today, and organizers announced a handful of other added bands: Street Dogs, the Dangerous Summer, Beach Rats, Just Friends, Archie Powell & the Exports, Typesetter, and Blood People. The entire Riot Fest lineup is below, broken down by day, with links to relevant Reader stories. The hour-by-hour schedule is still in the works. See you in Douglas Park in seven days!

Friday, September 14
Weezer
Young the Giant
Taking Back Sunday
Dropkick Murphys
Bleachers
Atmosphere
Flogging Molly
Cypress Hill, performing 1993's Black Sunday in its entirety
Matt & Kim
Sum 41
Front Bottoms
K. Flay
Digable Planets, performing 1993's Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) in its entirety
Liz Phair
Swmrs
Aquabats
Lagwagon, performing 1998's Let's Talk About Feelings in its entirety
Pussy Riot
Hobo Johnson & the Lovemakers
Face to Face
Arkells
Flor
Fever 333
Speedy Ortiz
Direct Hit!
Bombpops
Archie Powell & the Exports
Typesetter
Blood People

Saturday, September 15
Beck
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
Interpol
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Jesus Lizard
Voidz
Twin Peaks
Cat Power
Gary Numan
Killing Joke
~~Hot Snakes~~
Wolfmother
Andrew W.K.
Reignwolf
Gwar
Street Dogs
Conflict
Adolescents
Cobra Skulls
Piebald
Health
Frights
Districts
Bully
Lower Class Brats
Badflower
Mannequin Pussy
Total Chaos
Beach Bunny

Sunday, September 16
Run the Jewels
Incubus
Blondie
Alkaline Trio
Father John Misty
Bad Religion, performing 1988's Suffer in its entirety
Underoath
Suicidal Tendencies, performing 1983's Suicidal Tendencies in its entirety
Bullet for My Valentine
Clutch
Wonder Years
Johnny Marr
Superchunk
JD McPherson
Fear, performing 1982's The Record in its entirety
Bouncing Souls
Dillinger Four
Avengers
Calpurnia
Kevin Devine
Audition
Spitalfield, performing 2003's Remember Right Now in its entirety
Dangerous Summer
Mom Jeans
Beach Rats
Pronoun
Super Whatevr
Save Face
Beach Goons
Just Friends
No Small Children

Update: Hot Snakes have canceled their Riot Fest performance.

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