Riot Fest announces lineup featuring No Doubt, Snoop Dogg

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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Riot Fest announced its first wave lineup for its 2015 Chicago festival.
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Riot Fest announced the first wave of bands for its Chicago festival, which moved to Douglas Park from Humboldt Park for 2015.

Headliners for the three-day festival, now in its 11th year, include No Doubt, Modest Mouse, Faith No More, Iggy Pop and Snoop Dogg. Though the festival is often billed as a punk rock festival, bands and musicians span a range of genres from reggae to hip hop to punk and indie rock.

PHOTOS: Riot Fest Chicago 2015 headliners

Several artist have also confirmed they'll be performing their seminal albums, including Snoop Dogg performing "Doggystyle," Ice Cube and guests performing "Straight Outta Compton Remix" and Rancid performing "...And Out Come The Wolves."

Riot Fest will also feature a miniature golf course, a video arcade hall, dozens of food options and performances from Heilzapoppin Circus Sideshow Review and The Rock-afire Explosion, called "the greatest animatronic rock band of all time" in the announcement.

A second wave of bands, including more headliners, will be announced on June 16.

Here are some the performers who have been announced so far:

No Doubt

Modest Mouse

Faith No More

Iggy Pop

Snoop Dogg

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

Motorhead

Rancid

Tenacious D

Flogging Molly

Billy Idol

Ice Cube & Special Guests

Alkaline Trio

Coheed and Cambria

Taking Back Sunday

Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Drive Like Jehu

Merle Haggard

Slightly Stoopid

L7

Alexisonfire

Thrice

Dirty Heads

Stephen "Ragga" Marley

The Academy Is...

The Lawrence Arms

Kongos

Cypress Hill

Echo & the Bunnymen

Bootsy Collins' Robber Band

The Devil Wears Prada

Yelawolf

Pennywise

The Airborne Toxic Event

Eagles of Death Metal

Manchester Orechestra

Anthrax

De La Soul

The Damned

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness

New Politics

Jimmy Cliff

Against Me!

Babes in Toyland

OK Go

Bayside

Andrew W.K.

Desaparacidos

The Joy Formidable

The Dead Milkmen

Atreyu

Fidlar

Millencolin

American Nightmare

Swervedriver

Lee Scratch Perry

Gwar

Less Than Jake

The Expendables

Living Color

The Thurston Moore Band

Morgan Heritage

Lifetime

Benjamin Booker

Fishbone

Death

Doomtree

Hum

Tarrus Riley

Mariachi El Bronx

For a complete list of bands and ticket options, visit riotfest.org

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