Nine Inch Nails decided to cancel all their 2021 appearances in light of the ongoing COVID pandemic, meaning they're not headlining Riot Fest 2021. The festival's organizers have now announced that Nine Inch Nails will be replaced by Slipknot, with additional lineup announcements coming soon.
"Riot Fest 2021 is almost here. Finally. It's really happening. Unfortunately, Nine Inch Nails has cancelled all 2021 shows, including this year’s fest—with that, Morrissey will play Thursday curated with very special guests, and Slipknot will close out on Sunday.
"All 3-day and Sunday ticket holders now get access to our Thursday Preview Party! And to benefit our Chicago community, tickets are on sale now for Thursday with all proceeds going to Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and other TBA organizations.
"Stay tuned for more info and announcements, including a second wave of Riot Fest Late Night shows which will be announced this Friday, August 20th.
"Our fans deserve something amazing and we can't wait to be together again. We’ve been working around the clock to make 2021 even more special—so that hopefully for one weekend, we can escape the world and find comfort in the music and people we hold dear."
Riot Fest will take place between September 16 and 19 at Douglas Park in Chicago, IL. Tickets are available here, and the lineup is as follows.
September 17
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Coheed & Cambria
- Lupe Fiasco
- Nofx
- Dirty Heads
- Sublime With Rome
- Circle Jerks
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Thrice
- Circa Survive
- Meg Myers
- The Lawrence Arms
- Beach Bunny
- Anti-Flag
- Living Colour
- Fishbone
- Envy On The Coast
- The Sounds
- Amigo The Devil
- Eyedress
- Beach Goons
- Meet Me @ The Altar
- Seratones
- Radkey
- Kississippi
- Jackie Hayes
- Oxymorrons
- Girlpuppy
- Señor Kino
September 18
- Run The Jewels
- Faith No More
- Dropkick Murphys
- Rancid
- Taking Back Sunday
- Vic Mensa
- Gogol Bordello
- Mayday Parade
- Bayside
- State Champs
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Andrew W.K.
- Best Coast
- Big Freedia
- Gwar
- Hepcat
- The Bronx
- Les Savy Fav
- Four Year Strong
- Citizen
- Fucked Up
- Joywave
- Night Moves
- Man On Man
- The Bollweevils
- Holy Fawn
- Ganser
- Just Friends
- The Orphan The Poet
- Bearings
- Spider
- Devon Kay & The Solutions
September 19
- Slipknot
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Pixies
- Devo
- Mr. Bungle
- New Found Glory
- Simple Plan
- The Ghost Inside
- Body Count
- Thursday
- K.Flay
- Knuckle Puck
- Health
- The Bled
- Mother Mother
- 30h!3
- Alex G
- Fever 333
- Kennyhoopla
- Bleached
- The Gories
- Facs
- Ratboys
- Blackstarkids
- The Clockworks
- Skating Polly
- Pet Symmetry
- Melkbelly
- Gymshorts
- The Weak Days
- Airstream Futures
