Riot Fest Opens With Tom Skilling, Iggy Pop And Alkaline Trio As Punk Fans Flock To Douglass Park
The fest's first day Friday offered a packed schedule of overlapping headliners, a wide range of local bands and likely the best weather of the weekend.
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Three men were shot during an argument in River North early Saturday morning. The men were outside in the 100 block of West Erie Street when they got in an argument with a person they did not know around 3:30 a.m., Chicago police said. One man, 24, was shot in the leg and cheek, and was in critical condition, police said. Another man, 25, was struck in both legs and the hand, while a third man, 22, was shot in both legs, police said. All three men were in good condition and taken to…
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Iggy Pop was the shirtless, fearless, ageless icon everyone had been waiting for on Friday night.Baring his chest and a bit of his soul, the punk godfather whipped through a 13-song greatest hits set full of timeless favorites like “The Passenger” and “Raw Power” that have been a huge part of the backbone of an event like Riot Fest. It all made you wonder why he wasn’t on the main stage, yet just grateful he was there at all.Iggy was up against Twenty One Pilots for the Friday finale spots, and…
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A 14-year-old girl was found shot early Saturday in Austin on the West Side. Officers were responding to a call and found the girl with multiple gunshot wounds in the 300 block of South Laramie Avenue around 2:20 a.m., Chicago police said. She was shot in the face and chest and was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, police said. No arrests were made.