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Wu-Tang Clan To Play Whole 1st Album At Riot Fest; Danzig Plans Danzig III

By DNAinfo Staff | June 22, 2017 10:19am

CHICAGO — More details of this September's Riot Fest were announced Thursday, including news that Wu-Tang Clan will play its entire debut album and Danzig will play "Danzig III."

The fest runs Sept. 15-17 at Douglas Park. Wu-Tang is scheduled to play Saturday, Sept. 16. Danzig plays the same night.

Wu-Tang's "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" from 1993 will be performed in its entirety, Riot Fest announced. Danzig's "Danzig III: How The Gods Kill" came out in 1992.

Previously announced full-album performances include Dinosaur Jr. ("You’re Living All Over Me"), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ("Let’s Face It"), Built to Spill ("Keep It Like A Secret"), Fishbone ("Truth & Soul"), Bayside ("The Walking Wounded"), Mayday Parade ("A Lesson In Romantics"), The Lawrence Arms ("Oh, Calcutta!") and that dog ("Retreat From the Sun").

 

Riot Fest Lineup 

• Nine Inch Nails (Friday) 

• Queens of the Stone Age (Saturday)

• Jawbreaker (Sunday)

• New Order

• Paramore

• Prophets of Rage

• M.I.A.

• Wu-Tang Clan

• Mike D (DJ Set)

• A Day To Remember 

• At the Drive-In

• Gogol Bordello

• Taking Back Sunday

• Dirty Heads

• Vic Mensa

• TV on the Radio

• Ministry

• Dinosaur Jr. (Performing You’re Living All Over Me)

• New Found Glory

• FIDLAR

• Bad Brains (40th anniversary set)

• Death From Above 1979

• Action Bronson

• Pennywise

• Built to Spill (Performing Keep It Like A Secret)

• X

• Peaches

• The Lawrence Arms (Performing Oh, Calcutta!)

• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Performing Let’s Face It)

• The Orwells

• Bayside (Performing The Walking Wounded)

• Say Anything, Mayday Parade (Performing A Lesson In Romantics)

• Best Coast, Cap’n Jazz

• The Cribs

• Dead Cross

• Streetlight Manifesto

• Minus the Bear

• The Menzingers

• LIARS

• GWAR

• Buzzcocks

• GBH

• Real Friends

• Hot Water Music

• Shabazz Palaces

• Andrew W.K.

• Fishbone (Performing Truth & Soul)

• The Story So Far

• State Champs

• Four Year Strong

• Beach Slang, that dog (Performing Retreat From the Sun)

• Knuckle Puck

• Black Pistol Fire

• Chon

• Slaves

• The Hotelier

• The Casualties

• Mad Caddies

• The Flatliners

• Dessa

• Cockney Rejects

• Saul Williams

• Versus

• Engine 88

• Nothing More

• Radar State

• Alice Bag

• RVIVR

• Tobacco

• Seaway

• Like Pacific

• Sleep on It

• Grayscale

• Downtown Boys

• The Smith Street Band

• Potty Mouth

• The Regrettes

• Culture Abuse

• Skating Polly

• HDBeenDope

• Gazebos

• Warm Brew

• Kitten Forever

• Upset

• Gin Rummy

• The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black

• Kembra Pfahler