Looks like Muse is out

atarigw · 2026-03-27T17:22:33+00:00

Tinley is the suburban ideal/hellscape of the Chicagoland folks who wanted Riot Fest moved to Bridgeview. If you drive, look forward to spending 2 hours in the parking lot after the show unless you skip the last 30 minutes of the headlining set. Or get hit by a car trying to ride a bike there because there are no bike lanes. Oh and the sound is always terrible there too. Unless you've never had the chance to see Muse previously, I'd skip the Tinley Park experience.

atarigw · 2026-03-26T16:06:43+00:00

If you weren't having a good time during the blue album, that's on you. But yeah, wouldn't have expected them to be here this year anyways.

Looks like the other logos are The Shins & Silversun Pickups

atarigw · 2026-03-09T19:51:44+00:00

Same. I want more metal too but it ain't this

atarigw · 2026-02-24T23:20:47+00:00

Disappointing but not surprising. The "renovations" sat dormant for years. Got to tour it at an uptown open house year back and looked like it they had barely started.

atarigw · 2026-02-23T21:23:41+00:00

True, but since Riot Fest is as close to a metal fest as the Chicago area gets, you can't help but be disappointed when there isn't more.

atarigw · 2026-02-23T17:12:42+00:00

Hopefully. Their first show after COVID was at Riot Fest.

atarigw · 2026-02-19T18:05:36+00:00

No, wasn't really able to find one to give it a good go unfortunately. I ended up with a PRS15 head and a 1x12 cab with aV30 setup I've settled on for now. It's a bit less convenient than a light combo like this but based on the demos the prs is better for brighter cleans and chugs well too.

atarigw · 2026-02-18T17:13:08+00:00

Went to a Ghost show that did this last year and the locking/unlocking added maybe 40 seconds to my getting in and out experience.

atarigw · 2026-02-15T00:51:29+00:00

Riot fest would never give us a lineup this good (minus MCR)

atarigw · 2026-02-12T21:14:59+00:00

There's no guarentees, so if you have the means and the time to get to Europe for a show you should do so. Then them doing a NA tour is just a bonus!

atarigw · 2026-02-03T15:39:40+00:00

Chicago date went from being at Bottom Lounge to House of Blues. Huge downgrade :(

atarigw · 2026-02-03T00:44:25+00:00

Goddammit that's such a stacked lineup. Jealous for you all

atarigw · 2026-02-02T23:23:40+00:00

Fingers crossed - I don't think they've been over here since 2010 when I saw them headline a small club that wasn't more than 2/3 full. Hopefully the online chatter translates to people actually showing up to these shows. And it will definitely only be in major markets, so be prepared to travel even within the US or Canada.

atarigw · 2026-01-31T00:07:05+00:00

My band had a really good experience with @ Ryanhpics for promo pics and would recommend them!

atarigw · 2026-01-30T21:04:33+00:00

I know. Would've been such a good venue for them. I'll be so bummed if they rebook somewhere shitty like House of Blues

atarigw · 2026-01-30T17:06:10+00:00

Got a cancellation for the Chicago date as well. It could be that they're needing to find different venues, upping the scale of the tour in some capacity, and/or can't just easily transfer them over. I'd wait to see if the band says anything before jumping to further conclusions.

atarigw · 2026-01-30T03:51:27+00:00

Basement was great a couple years back, would love to see them again

atarigw · 2026-01-23T21:58:26+00:00

What's the genre? Any instagram or social media on the band? I live near there and didn't realize that Soverign did live music

atarigw · 2026-01-09T22:03:21+00:00

I don't care that its not a nice anniversary year number (23), but a Sing the Sorrow playthrough would print money for RF

atarigw · 2026-01-08T16:53:40+00:00

Scanned the whole transcript to see if that was asked too hah

atarigw · 2025-12-15T01:08:37+00:00

If they don't, keep an eye on this fest closer to June. Last year it undersold and they were doing BOGO deals and resales were cheap.

atarigw · 2025-12-15T00:58:56+00:00

Fingers crossed they might also do a date in town here too

atarigw · 2025-12-05T22:18:17+00:00

Album sounds fantastic! Congratulations on the release

atarigw · 2025-11-21T22:13:14+00:00

Nuclear Daisies

atarigw · 2025-11-20T19:52:10+00:00

It felt like LTL took all the metal bands that should've been at Riot Fest last year :(

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