"Bunch of bands no one's ever heard of": Internet divided over Riot Fest 2025 lineup as Green Day, blink-182 join the lineup

Riot Fest, the annual punk and music festival that began in 2005, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary from September 19 to 21. Riot Fest announced their headliners and the bands joining them on their social media handles.

The 1992 rock band Blink-182 and the rock band Green Day, who recently performed at Coachella 2025, have been added to the lineup. As this news came out, the internet was left divided, as some thought that the bands added to the lineup were not popular.

Netizens shared their thoughts on social media, and this is what one of them had to say:

''cool... bunch of bands no one's ever heard of'''- said (@josiahhughes)

Internet divided over the lineup of Riot Fest 2025

Riot Fest 2025 will be celebrating its 20th anniversary at Chicago’s Douglass Park from September 19 to 21. The performers include artists and bands, including Sex Pistols, Frank Carter, Cobra Starship, Dropkick Murphys, Weird Al” Yankovic, and Gym Class Heroes, among others.

Recently, the fest announced their headliners, which include Blink-182 for the opening night, Weezer for the second night, and Green Day for the closing night. When this announcement came out, netizens had divided thoughts about the lineup. Here is what some of them had to say:

''Good Line up except green day (Sellouts)''- added 9@Yeah_Hey_BR)

''Hard pass. WTF. You couldn’t book more annoying people.''- stated (@UncleRico1970)

These were some of the reactions from netizens who didn't find the lineup exciting. However, some of them were thrilled and overjoyed. This is what they had to say:

''I have never bought tickets that fast before''- penned (@Chicitylivin)

''They finally did it- A Festival I want to attend''- expressed (@SeanyDooWop)

''wait... I'm so here for this lineup. Finally, one all around good festival lineup in this day and age!''- remarked (@musich3ad)

These were some of the divided reactions received from netizens over the Riot Fest's 2025 lineup. The festival's founder, Michael Petryshyn, in a statement, expressed how he felt about the festival going on for two decades. He said:

“I just wanted to put a show together with all of my favorite bands.''

He continued:

''We didn’t plan on making it for twenty years. We planned on making it through one weekend. But here we are – still loud, still weird, still building something bigger than we ever meant to, as per The music universe.''

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The Riot festival is popular as it holds band reunions, electric lineups, and full album performances, emo staples, and genre-defying newcomers. The festival also has a carnival atmosphere with games, art sets, and food trucks.

The three-day tickets for the Riot festival 2025 are available for sale.

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