Overview

• After more than a decade of playful prodding by Riot Fest, John Stamos has tentatively agreed to perform on Sept. 20 as The Beach Boys’ guest drummer.
• His appearance remains conditional on organizers fulfilling a public list of whimsical demands, including a John Stamos body pillow and unlimited hummus served in a Gibson guitar case.
• Riot Fest founder Mike Petryshyn has pledged to get a tattoo of Stamos and organizers say they will make every effort to satisfy all green-room and promotional requests.
• If the demands are met, Stamos will join The Beach Boys at 6:20 p.m. on the Riot Stage during the festival’s 20th-anniversary weekend in Chicago’s Douglass Park.
• The potential booking draws on Stamos’s real history as a guest drummer with The Beach Boys since 1985 and underscores the festival’s blend of genuine music collaboration and viral publicity spectacle.