The Chicago-based Riot Fest has revealed their 2013 lineup. The Punk and Alternative Rock festival will take place September 13-15 in Humboldt Park. Headliners include Blink-182, Motörhead, Fall Out Boy, and a yet-to-be-announce act. Other notable performers include Rancid, Guided By Voices, Peter Hook, Blondie, Public Enemy, The Dismemberment Plan, Rocket From The Crypt, The Selecter, Bad Religion, Quicksand, Dinosaur Jr., Bob Mould, Against Me!, FLAG, Bad Brains, Glassjaw, Sublime with Rome, AFI, Violent Femmes, and Mission of Burma. The entire lineup can be seen
here. Three-day and VIP passes are currently available.
The Rolling Stones will offer Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed and Hot Rocks 1964-1971 on clear vinyl in celebration of the band's 50th anniversary and 50 and Counting tour. The remastered reissues – the first in a planned ABKCO series called The Rolling Stones Clearly Classic – showcase the artistic heights the band reached in the late '60s and early '70s. These three initial releases are due on May 28
Alice In Chains is embroiled in a legal battle with the mother of late singer Layne Staley over royalties. Nancy McCallums suit alleges that she is owed 16 percent of the bands income, but she says the group is trying to cut her out of the equation. However, the AIC camp says that Staleys heirs will continue to receive money from songs he wrote or co-wrote, but they would not be getting a share of the profits for merchandising and endorsements going forward. McCallum is seeking a court order that would allow her to keep her 16 percent stake in the group and would award her any of her son's assets currently controlled by the band, according to a report from AV Club.