Riot Fest 2010: Pennywise, Snapcase, Anti-Flag 10/9/10
Now that the weekend started, it was time to expand Riot Fest to start early in the day. There was a full array of bands taking turns entertaining the large crowd a the Congress Theater on Saturday First up, The Swellers. These Flint, MI natives played a short set of melodic pop-punk. They had a [...]
Van’s Warped Tour 2010 7/31 at First Midwest Bank Amphitheater part one
The crew at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheater must have been putting in a lot of overtime last weekend because the very next day after hosting the Rockstar Mayhem Festival, they held the annual Vans Warped Tour. It must have taken a huge crew to tear down the first show, clean up and then set [...]
More Riot Fest 2010 news
The Riot Fest people just upped the ante in a big way for this year’s festivities with the release of some new details and the addition of some fine bands. First let’s get to the new bands added to the fest: Cap’n Jazz, Pennywise, The Bronx, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Torche, [...]
Pennywise singer leaves band
After a run of 19 years, lead singer and a founding member of Pennywise, Jim Lindberg, has made the decision to leave the band. The remaining members of Pennywise, Fletcher Dragge, Byron McMackin and Randy Bradbury, have issued the following statement regarding singer Jim Lindberg’s departure: “After 19 years with Pennywise, Jim Lindberg has decided to [...]
