Riot Fest 2025 announces full album plays by 20 bands
Weezer, Sex Pistols, The Pogues, Bad Religion, The Hold Steady, Helmet, Smoking Popes, Samiam, and more will perform classic albums in full at Riot Fest’s 20th anniversary edition.

As if the 2025 Riot Fest lineup wasn’t exciting enough as is, they’ve now just announced that 20 of the artists will be performing beloved albums in their entireties. Here’s the full list: Weezer – The Blue Album Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks Alkaline Trio – Maybe I’ll Catch Fire Bad Religion – Suffer The Pogues – Rum Sodomy & the Lash The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday The Academy Is… – Almost Here The Front Bottoms – Back on Top Knuckle Puck – Copacetic The Bouncing Souls – How I Spent My Summer Vacation Screeching Weasel – My Brain Hurts Helmet – Betty Pegboy – Strong Reaction The Ataris – So Long, Astoria Agnostic Front – Victim in Pain Smoking Popes – Born to Quit The Effigies – For Ever Grounded Samiam – Astray Zero Boys – Vicious Circle Agent Orange – Living in Darkness
That rocks. Weezer are one of the headliners, and the other two headliners are blink-182 and Green Day. Also on the lineup are reunions from Texas Is The Reason, Shudder To Think, and Dance Hall Crashers; plus Jack White, IDLES, Jawbreaker, “Weird Al” Yankovic, The Wonder Years, Sparks, Militarie Gun, Touché Amoré, The Beach Boys, Hanson, and much more.
Full lineup here. Tickets here.