Riot Fest Chicago to Move Locations, Announce Line-Up

Sayonora Humboldt Park and hello Douglas Park!

Weeks after Alderman Roberto Maldonado opposed the return of Riot Fest Chicago to their home of a few years, Humboldt Park, the multi-day festival has formally announced that it has moved to a new location this year.

But don’t think festival organizers who are one heck of a vocal bunch are holding back over their distaste of the situation.

Instead of letting the Alderman have the final say, Michael Petryshyn and Sean McKeough decided it would be better to move the festival to another location instead of being used as a “pawn.”

“Recently, as evidenced in the media, there were those who attempted to divide the Humboldt Park community with unfair and unjust tactics that in no way represent the overwhelming majority of the 26th Ward residents and businesses. And while Riot Fest supporters stressed that without question, Riot Fest has done nothing short of showing their unparalleled devotion to the city and the neighborhood they called home, Riot Fest partners, Michael Petryshyn and Sean McKeough made the ethical decision not to allow the festival to be used as a pawn and removed Riot Fest from the conversation regarding the ever-changing face of Humboldt Park.”

In their statement, they even revealed that they thought about moving the festival out Chicago all together. Quite a blow to the city when you realize over 160,000 people attended the 2014 edition of the festival.

After surveying all the options, the partners decided to move Riot Fest ten minutes from Humboldt Park to Douglas Park.

“After looking into a nearly dozen options on the table, which included leaving the city limits altogether, Mike and Sean chose Douglas Park as Riot Fest’s new home because of the beauty of the park, it’s proximity to public transportation, the accessibility for fans, the diversity of the neighborhood and the overwhelming feeling that they were welcomed and wanted.”

Apparently, the welcoming feeling was mutual.

Unlike the 26th Ward Alderman, 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas seemed to be pleased to welcome the festival to his neighborhood with open arms.

“From Woodstock to Riot Fest it’s about unity and creating a positive community,” said Ald. Cardenas.

“It’s as American pie as you can get.  We are excited that Riot Fest has honored us by selecting Douglas Park as its new home.  More importantly, the community is thrilled to say ‘welcome’ to the over 150,000 fans, artists and staff that make Riot Fest possible.  We look forward to working with Riot Fest, Mike and Sean, and we welcome the economic impact Riot Fest brings to the community.”

But the new location isn’t the only piece of information Petryshyn and McKeough have given fans of the festival. Turns out, the line-ups for all three Riot Fests (Chicago, Denver, and Toronto) will be revealed next week.

No official date have been given for the reveals, so we’re just going to suggest that you keep an eye on their Twitter account all next week.

Riot Fest Chicago will take place during the weekend of Sept. 11-13.

American Music Awards Announced Performers

The American Music Awards already announced the nominees for this year’s award show earlier this month, as well as the identity of this year’s host; once again Pitbull will hold down the fort as the MC of the evening, but the performers were left out.

Dick Clark Productions, who produce the award show, have revealed that Mary J. Blige as well as newcomers 5 Seconds of Summer and Sam Smith will take the stage at this year’s event due to take place next month.

All three recently added performers are also nominated for awards this year. Mary J. Blige is nominated in the “Favorite Female Artists- Soul/R&B” category while  Smith and the boys of 5SOS, both will go head to head in the “New Artists of the Year Award presented by Kohls” category.

Previously, Charli XCX was confirmed to perform at the AMAs when the initial nomination announcement was made a few weeks back. The British singer is also nominated for an award for her contribution on Iggy Azalea’s Summer staple, “Fancy.” Her breakout song “Boom Clap” was featured on The Fault in Our Stars soundtrack which also earned a nomination for “Top Soundtrack” though its got tough competition from the Frozen Soundtrack and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Awesome Mix.

The American Music Award will take place on Nov. 23 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles while the show will be broadcast live on ABC.

Skate and Surf Fest Show Times

Heading to Asbury Park, New Jersey this weekend to check out the newly reunited Midtown and Saosin featuring original vocalist Anthony Green? Well if you are, you don’t want to get to the show and some how miss two of the most anticipated acts of the weekend.

All you need to do is look below and see the set times for all the acts that will be taking the stage throughout the weekend and plan accordingly.

SKATE AND SURF FESTIVAL SET TIMES:

SATURDAY

• Midtown: 8:50-9:50 p.m.

• Saosin feat. Anthony Green: 7:40-8:30 p.m.

• The Early November: 6:30-7:20 p.m.

• Brick + Mortar: 5:30-6:10 p.m.

• What’s Eating Gilbert: 4:40-5:10 p.m.

• Wyland: 3:50-4:20 p.m.

• Incircles: 3-3:30 p.m.

• Check Your Morals: 2:10-2:40 p.m.

SUNDAY

• New Found Glory: 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• Alkaline Trio: 7:10-8:10 p.m.

• Circa Survive: 6-6:50 p.m.

• Midtown: 4:40 p.m.-5:40 p.m.

• Hidden in Plain View: 3:25-4:20 p.m.

• We Came As Romans: 2:40-3:15 p.m.

• The New Royalty: 2:05-2:30 p.m.

Jay-Z’s Made in America Festival to Hit Los Angeles

Rumors of Jay-Z and Beyoncé going out on tour might have been a little pre-meditated, but there is good news coming from Jay-Z’s team; his Budweiser Made in America Festival will once again be coming back, but this time it will be happening on two different coasts.

Today, HOV held a press conference in which he announced the plans to bring back the two-day festival, but unlike last year, the show will be held in two cities. One of the locations will be thee same place it was held last year, Philadelphia, while it was announced that the new location will be downtown Los Angeles.

The music mogul, along with the city’s mayor made the announcement today at City Hall that the festival in Los Angeles would run simultaneously with the one in Philadelphia which will take place during Labor Day weekend. According to reports, about 50,000 concertgoers are estimated to attend the downtown show. At the time of the announcement, no performers had been revealed,

Maybe this is where the Jay-Z Beyoncé rumor might have stemmed from. Early bird tickets for both events are currently on sale while the line-up will be revealed sometime soon.

The only concern the Los Angeles City Council is concern about is that the two-day festival, and the concertgoers, would be disruptive to the downtown residents.

It’s Los Angeles guys and you aren’t the only city to deal with concerts disturbing residents.

Skate and Surf Festival to Return Home

When the Skate and Surf announced that they were trying to return to their original location of Asbury Park, some were wondering if the festival would be able to do so.

Turns out, they could and they did.

Festival organizers confirmed today that the music festival would be heading back home to Asbury Park, NJ; a perfect way to continue their mission on going back to their roots. Reportedly, the City of Park voted unanimously on a multi-year deal last night to bring Skate And Surf back. The unanimous vote also has allowed the festival to expand to the beach area of the town.

According to the Asbury Park Press, there will be five stages on Ocean Avenue and Bradley Park as well as a gaming interactive room will be at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel. After parties will reportedly be held at the near by clubs.

Last month, the full line-up for the show had been revealed which included Circa Survive, The Early November, Saosin with Anthony Green and of course the reunion of Midtown. Alongside the news of the location permit, five more acts had been revealed for the two-day festival as well as some squashed rumors that had been floating around.

The new additions to the line-up will include Knuckle Puck, Unlocking the Truth, Lil Dicky, Animals as Leaders, and United Nations. As for the denounced rumors, Brand New and My Chemical Romance are not performing at the festival, even though it would be a fantastic way to welcome the festival back home.

Check out the revised schedule and a map of Asbury Park to familiarize yourselves with if you’re heading to Jersey for the shows in May.

  

 

Summerfest 2014 Headliners Revealed

Summerfest 2014 is set to take place later this Summer in Milwaukee and now the event has revealed its full list of headliners. Artists such as Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Brand New and Fall Out Boy will be taking a trip to Wisconsin for the two-week event set to take place June 25th-29th and continue on July 1st-6th.

Festival organizers who have coined the event as “The World’s Largest Music Festival” announced the complete list of headliners through a video which begins with giving statistics about the event including “11 days, 11 stages, over 800 acts and 900,000 fans” which then transitions to the long-lost of headliners.

The full video can be seen below as well as the long list of already confirmed artists.

SUMMERFEST 2014 HEADLINERS:

• Bruno Mars
• Lady Gaga
• Dave Matthews Band
• Outkast, Brad Paisley
• Darius Rucker
• Motley Crue
• Zac Brown Band
• Fall Out Boy
• Paramore
• Gary Clark Jr.
• New Order
• Rise Against
• Kip Moore
• Ray LaMontagne
• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
• Nas
• Brand New
• The Neighbourhood
• Fitz & the Tantrums
• Ludacris
• Five Finger Death Punch
• The Fray
• The Head and the Heart
• Neon Trees
• The Airborne Toxic Event
• Tegan and Sara
• B.o.B.
• Robert DeLong
• Melissa Etheridge
• Bonnie Raitt
• Atmosphere
• Girl Talk
• REO Speedwagon
• Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite
• ZZ Ward
• Umphrey’s McGee
• Cheap Trick
• Walk Off the Earth
• Ziggy Marley
• Kongos
• A Great Big World
• .38 Special
• Jake Miller
• Kool and the Gang
• Switchfoot
• Jake Bugg
• Yonder Mountain String Band
• Bleachers
• O.A.R.
• Timeflies
• Wailers
• Los Lonely Boys
• Scotty McCreery
• Pentatonix
• SoMo
• Blackberry Smoke
• Rusted Root
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers
• DJ Pauly D
• Kansas
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
• Michael McDonald
• Clay Walker
• The Crystal Method
• Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx
• Matisyahu
• Crowder
• Best Coast
• Taj Mahal Trio
• David Nail
• The Hold Steady
• Delta Rae
• Cowboy Mouth
• Saints of Valory
• Bombino
• Kopecky Family Band
• Moon Taxi
• St. Lucia
• Wild Feathers
• James Hunter
• Six
• San Fermin
• Bad Suns
• Kitten
• Wild Cub
• Foy Vance

Bled Fest 2014 Announce Full Line-Up

After what felt like weeks of revealing who will be taking the stage at the tenth anniversary show for Bled Fest, event organizers have revealed the full line up for the one day show. 

Before today’s announcement bands such as Hawthorne Heights, Title Fight, Man Overboard, Fireworks, The Flatliners, Candy Hearts, Citizens and many more had been confirmed. Now, the full flyer with all the confirmed performers can be seen below.

Bled Fest is an all ages music festival slated to take place on Saturday, May 24 at the Hartland Performing Center in Howell, MI. For tickets and more information about the show, you can head on over to their official site here.

Bonnaroo Announce 2014 Line-Up

After teasing prospective attendees yesterday that the full line-up for Bonnaroo would not be unveiled until late at night, it has finally arrives.

Festival organizers behind the yearly event that takes place in Manchester, TN, decided to make the unveil a celebration by hosting a simulcast super party called B.L.A.M. (Bonnaroo Lineup Announcement Megathon) hosted by comedians Hannibal Buress and Taran Killam. 

Artist for this year’s weekend-long event will feature: Kanye West, Sir Elton John, Jack White, Lionel Richie,Vampire Weekend, The Avett Brothers, Phoenix,Skrillex, Arctic Monkeys, Frank Ocean, The Flaming Lips, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Kaskade, Damon Albarn, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wiz Khalifa, Disclosure, Cut Copy, The Head and the Heart, Zedd, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Chromeo, Broken Bells, Tedeschi Trucks Band, James Blake, Bobby Womack, Umphrey’s McGee, Ice Cube, Ben Howard and many more.

The full bill can be seen below on the official festival’s flyer.

Bonnaroo will take place during the weekend of June 12-15 at Manchester’s Great Stage Park. Tickets will be available on the Bonnaroo website beginning this Saturday, Feb. 22 at Noon EST.

Firefly Music Festival Announces Its 2014 Line Up

We’re not even two weeks into 2014 and the announcements for upcoming festivals keep on coming.

First there was the added list of performers for the Download Festival in the U.K. and now we have the official announcement over who will be performing at their year’s Firefly Music Festival in Delaware.

Performers for the festival include the likes of Imagine Dragons, Weezer, Twenty One Pilots, Foo Fighters, Third Eye Blind, Outkast, Childish Gambino, Young The Giant, Local Natives, Tegan And Sara, City and Colour, Jack Johnson, Sleigh Bells and more.

The four-day festival is set to take place June 19-22 at The Woodlands in Dover, DE. Check out the official announcement from organizers below which has a cool song mash-up. Tickets are set to go on sale beginning on January 20. For more information, head on over to their official website.

Ultra Music Festival Reveals Phase One

EDM-heads are well aware that Ultra is just a few months away, and now the yearly, electronic dance music festival has unveiled who will be taking the stage in Miami.

Last year, the festival decided to take a different turn and make the event two weekends long rather than the usual jam-packed one weekend. This year, it looks like the festivities will once again be returning to its usual one weekend full of partying after trying out the overambitious idea.

The weekend which will happen during March, 28th, 29th and 30th and will feature headliners ranging from Avicii, Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, Hardwell, Steve Angello, and Tiësto, you know just some of the biggest DJs in the world as well as live acts including Chase & Status and MGMT.

Now, the line-up that has been revealed has been coined as “Phase One,” and that a “Phase Two” will be coming soon, so who knows what that might entail.