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Who are artists who have never played the festival that you are surprised have never been booked before? Feels like this could be a good thread to get new names out there for speculation or just discuss artists that feel like a good fit but haven’t gotten the call yet!

Courtney Barnett, Charly Bliss, Chris Farren and Retirement Party are four artists I am surprised have never played the festival. They all feel like they would fit in well at Riot!

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Julien also wiped her own Instagram clean except for two posts, which is usually a sign that an announcement of some sort is imminent!

There have been a handful of people suggesting Phoebe Bridgers as a potential headliner for the 2027 lineup, but the placement of her on (early) lineup predictions has varied. Where do you think she would be booked on the lineup if she does get booked: top 4 or 5-8?

For background: After performing surprise pop up shows in various cities across the United States to large demand coming off of a hiatus, Phoebe recently announced her third studio album and an accompanying arena tour which is completely sold out. Some of the major cities in which the tour is hitting, such as Chicago, have multiple dates due to demand.

There’s been lots of discussion about acts playing as an undercard or sub on the lineup and then booked in a much higher spot a few years later (Geese, Olivia Dean, Charli, etc.) but what about the opposite? Which acts, who once were booked as headliners, subs, or high undercard acts would now be booked much lower on the lineup, if booked at all?

The obvious answer to this is Chance the Rapper. He was top of the lineup in 2017 and since then has had quite the fall in popularity and way less momentum than he did when headlining Lolla. Unless he regains momentum again, the chances of him being booked anywhere as high as he was in 2017 are quite low.

Also, certain indie acts of the 10s, e.g. Passion Pit, Phoenix, Death Cab for Cutie, MGMT, etc. were typically billed very high on the lineup back in the day but now would be much lower on the lineup, if booked at all.

Which ones come to mind for you?

Just curious on everyone’s take on this since we have been seeing a lot of paparazzi photos of Taylor this year and we get them more frequently with Taylor than any other popstar.

There’s nothing wrong with Riot Fest having its staple acts like Gwar every year, but a lot of the upper card acts (Alk3, Bad Religion, Morrissey, Pennywise, Gogol Bordello, TBS) taking up higher up slots that could go to different, non-repeat acts, would be nice and make the lineup look more unique.

To be clear, nothing wrong with the bands themselves, just with how frequently some of them have played the festival over the years and wondering if others feel the same way?

I will start with a few:

Nine Days
Wheatus
The Click Five
Hoobastank
Fountains of Wayne
Daniel Powter
Howie Day
Edwin McCain
Rusted Root
Phantom Planet
Baha Men
Natalie Imbruglia
Yael Naim
Augustana
ATC
Stacie Orrico
Anna Nalick
Dexys Midnight Runners

The only caveat is they must be a one hit wonder.