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A dozen years after organizers failed to book fictional Full House<\/em> band Jesse and the Rippers in 2013, the actor finally takes the Riot Fest stage via the Beach Boys<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\tJohn Stamos<\/a> finally made his debut at Chicago\u2019s Riot Fest<\/a> on Saturday, performing alongside the Beach Boys in an appearance that was a dozen years in the making.<\/p>\n \n\tOrganizers had been pursuing Stamos since 2013, when they first offered a set to the actor\u2019s fictional Full House<\/em> band Jesse and the Rippers. The overtures became increasingly more aggressive and madcap: A statue of Stamos made out of butter, dubbed \u201cButter Stamos,\u201d was constructed, while additional headline-grabbing stunts \u2014 like a John Stamos art show in 2017 \u2014 were staged in subsequent years to grab the actor\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n \n\tEarlier this summer, Riot Fest revealed that they had finally found a loophole to force Stamos to visit the festival: By recruiting the Beach Boys, who currently employ the actor as a touring member.\u00a0Stamos \u201cbegrudgingly<\/a>\u201d accepted the invite.<\/p>\n \n\tHowever, Stamos dictated a list of outlandish demands in August in order to secure his participation: Riot Fest founder Riot Mike must get a tattoo of the actor (which he did last month<\/a>), a local Chicago pizza place must offer a Greece-themed pie, a Stamos lookalike contest<\/a>, Stamos-approved merch, a festival-wide mandate that no one make eye contact with his hair, etc.<\/p>\n \n\tWith his demands met, Stamos finally took the Riot Fest stage on Saturday. \u201cWE DID IT<\/a>,\u201d the festival exclaimed on social media.<\/p>\n