Heartwarming / Village People

• Their set at Riot Fest in the fall of 2019. That's right, the Village People shared the same bill as Slayer and Bikini Kill. Obviously, their booking was just for a lark, but the crowd of metalheads went absolutely NUTS for them, with barely a hint of irony. You wanna talk Periphery Demographic, we're talking actual circle-pits to "YMCA" and "Macho Man." (Shout-out to the disabled man getting to crowd-surf, and everyone carrying him!) There's something unutterably pure and beautiful about seeing this old, campy disco act, giving people this much joy after all these years.