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- John Stamos made his Riot Fest debut after 12 years of wooing from the pageant organizers
- The Full Home actor “begrudgingly” agreed to carry out with the Seashore Boys on the Chicago occasion
- Stamos requested a lookalike contest and a pizza to be named after him in his honor for his pageant look
John Stamos lastly made it to Riot Fest.
The Full Home star and musician appeared on the Chicago-based music pageant after organizers sought his attendance as a performer — for over 10 years! — on Saturday, Sept. 20.
In 2013, organizers have been eager to e book Stamos, 62, together with his Full Home band Jesse and the Rippers — and did not again down.
“I am a bit disillusioned that @JohnStamos hasn’t gotten again to us in regards to the Jesse & The Rippers reunion present at #riotfest,” their X account posted in June 2013, thus kicking off a motion.
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For over a decade, they tried to woo Stamos with the whole lot from a “Butter Stamos” statue to an artwork present devoted to the ER alum.
This 12 months, Riot Fest recruited the Seashore Boys, of which Stamos is an honorary member. Stamos started performing with the long-lasting band in 1985, and the Seashore Boys made a number of cameos on Full Home.
Per Chicago information station WGN9, Stamos “begrudgingly” agreed to carry out at Riot Fest in Chicago’s Douglass Park alongside Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and their touring band.
With a view to lock in Stamos, nonetheless, the actor listed a number of circumstances, per CBS Information. The pageant’s founder, Riot Mike, was required to get a tattoo of Stamos. His ink featured a stick of butter that learn “butter” in a Greek restaurant-style font together with Stamos’ final identify.
The pageant was additionally requested to carry a John Stamos lookalike contest (which produced some fairly convincing doppelgängers).
Lastly, Stamos requested that there be a Greek-inspired, Chicago-style pizza named after him by an area restaurant. Giardano’s dealt with the request, and the Stamos Supreme was born.
A foot run, Stamos-approved merch that includes masks, and a guitar crammed with unending hummus have been additionally supplied per Stamos’ request. Lastly, followers weren’t allowed to make eye contact together with his hair.
The pageant triumphantly posted “WE DID IT” on Fb after Stamos took the stage.
Per CBS Information, their setlist for Riot Fest was nostalgia-packed. They carried out “Surfin’ USA, “Good Vibrations” and “Kokomo.”
Following his Riot Fest debut, Stamos shared footage on Instagram from his time on the music pageant.
” ‘Wouldn’t It Be Good’ if I went to @riot_fest ?” he captioned the image, referring to the Seashore Boys’ 1966 music.
