“Welcome to Loserville,” proclaims the promotional video for Limp Bizkit’s current tour, and while that might have been an accurate sentiment once upon a time, historical revisionism has pulled its weight once again. In 2025, an era where the ghosts of nu-metal past are almost mandatory if you want to be seen as a hard-hitting, edgy alternative act, Limp Bizkit are heralded now arguably more than they ever were. There’s the fact they’re embarking on a UK arena tour, for one, after nearly five years of effective silence, and even that was only broken by Still Sucks in 2021, an album no one remembers. Rather, it’s the weight of worth of nu-metal classics and alt club floor-fillers in Limp Bizkit’s favour. They’re playing Break Stuff twice each night on this run; that should say it all.
And because Limp Bizkit don’t do anything by halves, they’ve brought a lot of friends with them. Yes, the Loserville Tour is a real love-in of insanity on its support bill, as in it seems like it was curated by a mental person. You’ve got trap-metal and emo-rap from BONES and his touring buddy Eddy Baker; you’ve got genre-bending punk from Ecca Vandal and N8NOFACE; you’ve got pop-punk from Karen Dió. And after all that, why not throw RiFF RAFF in for a two-song aperitif directly before the headliners? Tied together by master of ceremonies Jon Carnage, this is the sort of wild swing that event tours rarely even consider pulling off, and it’s really only right that Limp Bizkit are the ones to do it. Maryleen journeyed over the Loserville (AKA Manchester) to watch the madness unfold.
Karen Dió
N8NOFACE
Ecca Vandal
BONES & Eddy Baker
RiFF RAFF
Limp Bizkit
Photos by Maryleen (Instagram / Website)
