The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. After months of anticipation and speculation, the lineups have been announced for the Chicago and Denver editions of this year’s Riot Fest, and you can see them below. Based on the history of Riot Fest and the announcement of the Toronto lineup last week, no one […]
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The Offspring Announce ‘Smash’ 20th Anniversary Tour, Confirm Riot Fest Chicago Appearance
May 12th, 2014 
Kevin Blumeyer This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Offspring‘s Smash, an album that has sold more than 12 million copies and remains the best selling independent record of all time. The band has already announced a massive vinyl/CD re-issue of the album that will be available in August, but now they’ve also announced the tour […]
Riot Fest Toronto Reveals Lineup
May 6th, 2014 Troy Sennett Last year, Riot Fest proved to be one of the most exciting and successful music festivals in recent memory, ushering in reunions from massive artists like The Replacements and offering great weekends of music to three cities across North America. Riot Fest will return this year to Toronto, Chicago, and Denver, and the real excitement […]
Riot Fest 2014 Announces Dates
April 17th, 2014 Corey From After a huge year in 2013, Riot Fest is back this year for its 10th Anniversary. The carnival released the dates of its three-weekend tour through Denver, Chicago and Toronto. As per usual, it will go on in September, with the Toronto stop being September 6-7, Chicago (the 10th Anniversary weekend) on the following weekend […]
Riot Fest 2014 Dates Announced, Pre-Sale Starts Today
November 27th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli Based on our extensive coverage of Riot Fest, if you’re a follower of Under The Gun it should come as no surprise that we are excited for 2014. Being the 10-year anniversary of the festival, we are really expecting the organizers to outdo themselves. Today, the pre-sale for Chicago’s 2014 dates will begin at noon […]
LIVE REVIEW: What We Learned At Riot Fest-Chicago
September 23rd, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Well, it has been just over a week since members of the UTG staff tackled Riot Fest-Chicago and we have now had time to reflect on what we learned from the craziest weekend in recent punk-rock memory. We decided to document some of the more fascinating observations (everything from why Public Enemy is the most […]
UTG PREVIEW: Eight Reasons Riot Fest Is The Best Lineup Of The Year
September 12th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Riot Fest Chicago is everything an alternative music lover of the past 3 decades wants in a festival. It is arguably the most buzzed about, tweeted at, liked and talked about festival of 2013. It has the potential to be legendary. Riot Fest Chicago will be a weekend full of unforgettable sets and unrealistic appearances. Here at […]
UTG PREVIEW: Eight Reasons Riot Fest Is Booking Your Favorite Band Before You Know It
September 11th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Riot Fest Chicago is everything an alternative music lover of the past 3 decades wants in a festival. It is arguably the most buzzed about, tweeted at, liked and talked about festival of 2013. It has the potential to be legendary. Riot Fest Chicago will be a weekend full of unforgettable sets and unrealistic appearances. Here at […]
UTG PREVIEW: Eight Reasons Riot Fest Is Your Middle School Dream Come True
September 10th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Riot Fest Chicago is everything an alternative music lover of the past 3 decades wants in a festival. It is arguably the most buzzed about, tweeted at, liked and talked about festival of 2013. It has the potential to be legendary. Riot Fest Chicago will be a weekend full of unforgettable sets and unrealistic appearances. Here at […]
Riot Fest Chicago Release Set Times, Stages
September 9th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Only 4 days until Riot Fest-Chicago is finally underway! The lineup we have all been marveling over for the entire summer has been unveiled in the form of set times and stages for the entire weekend of music. What bands are you most excited to see? Let us know in the comments and follow the […]
UTG PREVIEW: Eight Reasons Riot Fest Is The Most Unique Festival Of The Year
September 4th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Riot Fest Chicago is everything an alternative music lover of the past 3 decades wants in a festival. It is arguably the most buzzed about, tweeted at, liked and talked about festival of 2013. It has the potential to be legendary. Riot Fest-Chicago will be a weekend full of unforgettable sets and unrealistic appearances. Here at […]
AbsolutePunk Posts “Riot Fest For Dummies”
August 12th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Our friends over at AbsolutePunk have posted a new feature that should come in handy for anyone going to one of the biggest festival’s of the year this September in Riot Fest. The incredibly lineup, which features a ton of acts including Fall Out Boy, Blink 182, and Brand new, will be playing the multiple […]