The playlist from tonight’s two hour preview of the music you’ll hear next weekend in Douglass Park + listen to Riot Mike talk about all things Riot Fest with Brian Phillips here.
Depeche Mode, Weezer, Veruca Salt and New Order in this set, album anniversaries for Muse, Jet, Arcade Fire, Barenaked Ladies, The Black Keys and Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus Riot Fest bands Foo Fighters, The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, AFI, The Used, Death Cab For Cutie, The Gaslight Anthem and Flogging Molly.
Green Day, Oasis, New Order and Fiona Apple in this set, album anniversaries for Morrissey, Tears For Fears, R.E.M., Cracker and The Bravery. plus festive Irish tunes from Flogging Molly, U2, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys and House Of Pain.
Beck, Green Day, 311 and Nine Inch Nails on the show along with Pearl Jam, Paramore and The Pretenders, album anniversaries for AFI, R.E.M., Matthew Sweet, Morrissey, Elastica and The Smithereens, plus proper St. Paddy’s tunes from Flogging Molly, The Pogues, U2 and the Dropkick Murphys.!
Jane’s Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Green Day and The Pixies in this set along with Weezer, Spoon, Beck and Paramore, plus in the spirit of St Paddy’s Day, music from U2, The Pogues, Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys.
Alice In Chains, Live, 311 and Green Day lead this set along with The Smiths, Depeche Mode and The Cure plus a nod to the Irish with U2, The Waterboys, Sinead O’Connor, The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers and Flogging Molly.
Bands from Ireland (The Waterboys, Ash, The Pogues, U2 and The Cranberries) lead this St. Paddy’s Day set of retro goods along with Green Day, The Cure, 311 and Flogging Molly. Slainte!