{"id":47222,"date":"2025-09-22T16:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/22\/jack-white-idles-perform-never-fight-a-man-with-a-perm-at-riot-fest\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:36:06","slug":"jack-white-idles-perform-never-fight-a-man-with-a-perm-at-riot-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/22\/jack-white-idles-perform-never-fight-a-man-with-a-perm-at-riot-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack White, Idles Perform &#8216;Never Fight a Man With a Perm&#8217; at Riot Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Jack White headlined the three-day Chicago festival on Saturday before returning on Sunday to appear with his top-billed friends <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/riot-fest\/\" id=\"auto-tag_riot-fest\" data-tag=\"riot-fest\">Riot Fest<\/a> 2025 got a double dose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/jack-white-donald-trump-oval-office-1235409948\/\">Jack White.<\/a> On Sunday, the musician made a surprise appearance during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/idles\/\" id=\"auto-tag_idles\" data-tag=\"idles\">Idles<\/a>\u2018 top-billed set, which came just before closers Green Day, for a special performance of their single \u201cNever Fight a Man With a Perm.\u201d White had also performed the prior day, when he headlined night two of the three-day Chicago festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhite rocked around the stage on guitar with Idles matching his energy every step of the way. The track arrived towards the end of the band\u2019s set list, which also included \u201cHeel\/Heal,\u201d \u201cCar Crash,\u201d \u201cThe Wheel,\u201d and more. After performing with White, Idles covered Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d and closed out the set with an assist from Soft Play on \u201cRottweiler.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IDLES w\/ Jack White Live - Never Fight a Man With a Perm - Riot Fest, Chicago, IL - 9\/21\/25 \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ZukpuCa0Hk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhite\u2019s own set didn\u2019t include any special guests, but the musician has been on a streak of celebrating his favorite musicians over the past few weeks. Last week, he performed the Beatles\u2019 \u201cWith a Little Help From My Friends\u201d with Ringo Starr at Louisville\u2019s Bourbon &amp; Beyond Festival. The week prior, White was in the audience at a Nine Inch Nails show in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI was enthralled to attend the NIN show in Nashville yesterday with family and friends,\u201d White wrote on Instagram, \u201cnot only for the intense and beautiful music but the best lighting that I\u2019ve ever seen in a show. Very inspiring.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhite\u2019s only other scheduled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-live-reviews\/jack-white-los-angeles-concert-review-1235132583\/\">appearance<\/a> is set for Sept. 27 at CBGB Festival in Brooklyn. He\u2019ll headline the event at Under the K Bridge Park, as will Iggy Pop. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMeanwhile, Idles are still riding the high of Darren Aronofsky\u2019s <em>Caught Stealing<\/em>, the thriller film for which they served as the house band. The band is nearly done with their next album, a follow-up to last year\u2019s <em>Tangk<\/em>. Frontman Joe Talbot told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/idles-darren-aronofsky-caught-stealing-new-songs-new-album-1235418833\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> that the soundtrack experience has \u201cgiven me a real lease of life. I\u2019m excited to go and finish the album now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jack-white-idles-perform-riot-fest-1235432263\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack White headlined the three-day Chicago festival on Saturday before returning on Sunday to appear with his top-billed friends Riot Fest 2025 got a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":47223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}