No rest for the weary, says the internet. Just as I'd poured coffee in the cup and myself on the couch this A.M. in an attempt to rehab some Bonnaroo soreness, we received notice that Lollapalooza 2008 has finalized their... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008 TIMETABLE»
Posted on June 17, 2008 (30 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza
Last week, Chicago Sun-Times's Jim DeRogatis leaked over a dozen names performing at this summer's 45th annual Lollapalooza festival, including the Alternative Nation power troika of Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, and Nine Inch Nails. Lollafounder Perry Farrell responded in... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008 FULL LINE-UP REVEALED»
Posted on April 6, 2008 (66 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Gnarls Barkley | Grizzly Bear | Jim DeRogatis | Kanye West | Lollapalooza | Nine Inch Nails | Radiohead | Rage Against The Machine | The Raconteurs | Wilco
Just when we were thinking we could get away with just one trip to Chicago this summer, Lolla drops details on the sort of lineup we were expecting to see from the Coachella folks a few months ago. Jim DeRo... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008 HEADLINERS, PARTIAL LINEUP LEAKED»
Posted on April 4, 2008 (20 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Gnarls Barkley | Grizzly Bear | Kanye West | Lollapalooza | Nine Inch Nails | Radiohead | Rage Against The Machine | The Raconteurs | Wilco
The last of our promised table scraps from this year's party in Grant Park comes courtesy of the ever-great My Morning Jacket. Jim and the guys clearly were out to class up the fest this year, but performing with the... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: MY MORNING JACKET PERFORM "WHAT A WONDERFUL MAN"»
Posted on August 7, 2007 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza | My Morning Jacket
Sometimes you have great intentions of diligence and punctuality, and sometimes your airline decides to be late, sloppy, and in love with sitting on the runway. The terra blue chips and (congratulations!) 36 channels of DirectTV didn't quite make... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 7, 2007 in Concert (20 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Chk Chk Chk | Juliette Lewis | Kings Of Leon | Lollapalooza | Modest Mouse | Perry Farrell | Peter Bjorn And John | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Smoosh | The Cribs | TV On The Radio | VHS Or Beta
"As a young man who used to ride the El train and listen on a Walkman to people like Patti Smith and Iggy Pop, there's a great deal of meaning to performing on this stage," said hometown hero Eddie Vedder,... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: PEARL JAM CELEBRATE THE '90S, LEFT-WING POLITICS, DENNIS RODMAN»
Posted on August 6, 2007 in Concert, Video (28 comments)
Tags: Dennis Rodman | Lollapalooza | Pearl Jam
Saturday was full of tougher decisions than day one, not the least of which was Interpol vs. Muse vs. staying dry. Grant Park got its drizzle on during The Hold Steady; by the time Spoon took the MySpace stage,... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 5, 2007 in Concert (38 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Cold War Kids | I'm From Barcelona | Lollapalooza | Muse | Regina Spektor | Roky Erickson | Silverchair | The Hold Steady | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Plenty of guitar rawk to go around, but Lolla Day One was a dancer's delight: Ghostland Observatory, M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk ... bodies were moved and clothes were drenched. But of course there was plenty of fun from... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 4, 2007 in Concert (19 comments)
Tags: Ben Harper | Daft Punk | Ghostland Observatory | LCD Soundsystem | Lollapalooza | Pearl Jam | Satellite Party | Silversun Pickups | Sparklehorse | Ted Leo | The Fratellis | The Polyphonic Spree | The Rapture
Traversing Grant Park is draining when it's 140°, so Satellite Party provided an opportune time to get hydrated. But damn if it didn't seem Ash & Pete were on our tail. (We get delusional when we're thirsty.) Miss Simpson's given... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: ASHLEE SIMPSON & PETE WENTZ»
Posted on August 4, 2007 in Concert, Contest (47 comments)
Tags: Ashlee Simpson | Fall Out Boy | Lollapalooza | Pete Wentz
"I lost my voice in LA but Jack White Fed-Exed this to my hotel to me today and I'm taking a tip from him," Maya said a few songs into her set yesterday, waving a bottle of throat spray.... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: M.I.A. BATTLES THROAT ISSUES, DANCES, CLIMBS SHIT»
Posted on August 4, 2007 in Concert (6 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza | M.I.A.
As you surely remember, due to some Police activity, Lollapalooza and the US Virgin Fest are on the same weekend this year. Alas we had to choose but one, and we're Lolla bound as we type. Both events included plenty... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TOTALLY USELESS GUIDE TO VIRGIN FEST AND LOLLAPALOOZA»
Posted on August 2, 2007 (15 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza | Virgin Fest
Never mind that your browser will title Lollapalooza's fresh new timetable page "Lollapalooza 2006" -- they got the dates straight on the sched itself, so let the stacked-timeslot identifying begin. And really, Day 1 is a breeze with no real... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA SCHEDULE 2007»
Posted on June 13, 2007 (17 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza
Stereogum reader Paul wrote this morning to tell us that this year's Lolla lineup leaked a day ahead of time (thanks to a full-page ad in Time Out Chicago), and after some sleuthing and sussing (and seeing a slew of... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALINEUP 2007»
Posted on April 11, 2007 (45 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza
Most of you take it upon yourselves to create inter-fest rivalries, pitting lineups and locales against each other, choosing your champion and mounting staunch defense and arguments to justify your fave. Thing is, with, say Coachella Vs. Bonnaroo, there's no... CONTINUE READING FESTIVAL SHOWDOWN: LOLLAPALOOZA VS. US VIRGIN FEST»
Posted on March 22, 2007 (40 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza | Virgin Fest
While we're almost done with thinking about the year that was, we can't let it go by without recapping the year in our favorite concerts. Most of the shows we saw were in the LES ('cause it's closer than say... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS OF THE YEAR»
Posted on December 27, 2006 in Concert (77 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | ¡Forward Russia! | Beach House | Broken Social Scene | Editors | Grizzly Bear | Hot Chip | Kevin Federline | Lollapalooza | Love Is All | Ryan Adams | Spank Rock | Sufjan Stevens | Sunset Rubdown | The Cardigans | The Hold Steady | The Strokes
Some cool Lollapalooza clips via G4: Mike Patton Hates Wolfmother: Perry Farrell and Peter DiStefano perform "Pets" in the Kidz tent: ... CONTINUE READING MIKE PATTON HATES WOLFMOTHER»
Posted on August 30, 2006 in Video, Where's The Beef? (137 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza | Mike Patton | Perry Farrell | Porno For Pyros | Wolfmother
As promised, a few more shots and thoughts on what most of you agree was the single greatest set of this weekend's Windy City festivalen. After snapping some shots for the first few songs, we went backstage and, if you... CONTINUE READING BEHIND THE BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE»
Posted on August 8, 2006 (35 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Feist | Lollapalooza
Chicago's dropout-cum-Jesus Kanye West offered a fitting close to our second night in Grant Park. Lupe, Twista and GLC made cameos during the rapper's set, but first we got an audience singalong to "We Don't Care": ... CONTINUE READING KANYE LIVE AT LOLLAPALOOZA»
Posted on August 6, 2006 (21 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Lollapalooza
Grant Park is HUGE. Lolla utilized half its space last year, but this time it's the whole park (and even more artists!). Walking from one main stage (AT&T) to the other (Bud Light) is a task of miles and minutes... CONTINUE READING 'PALOOZA IN PICS (DAY ONE)»
Posted on August 5, 2006 in Concert (47 comments)
Tags: Death Cab For Cutie | Lollapalooza | My Morning Jacket | Panic! At The Disco | Ryan Adams | The Shins
A little of last night's "Steady As She Goes" for ya... Tried to get side-stage for them, but no go. "The Raconteurs want no one on stage. Good; I hate those all-access fuckers who stand on the stage at every... CONTINUE READING RACONPALOOZA, LOLLAWEEN»
Posted on August 5, 2006 in Concert, Video (14 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Calexico | Cold War Kids | Death Cab For Cutie | Kanye West | Lollapalooza | The Flaming Lips | The Raconteurs
I'd never listened to Panic! before. At the advice of Peter, we checked 'em out. Characters straight out of Moulin Rouge danced circles around the emo-pop band. The kids ate it up. And there are only kids here at Lollapalooza.... CONTINUE READING PANIC! AT THE DISCO COVER RADIOHEAD, SMASHING PUMPKINS»
Posted on August 4, 2006 in Concert, Video (48 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza | Panic! At The Disco | Radiohead | The Smashing Pumpkins
After a brief period of confusion at the American Airlines check-in (Amrit's on the security list!) we're about to fly out to Chicago (I've actually never been.) Who else is heading to Lollapalooza? Wanna trade tips on the shadiest stages?... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALATER»
Posted on August 3, 2006 in Video (19 comments)
Tags: Gnarls Barkley | Lollapalooza
Reviews are coming in from this weekend's Lollapalooza fest in Chicago. The major gripe (aside from the crazy heat) seems to be the close proximity of the main stages, which made it difficult to hear. Imagine Brian Jonestown Massacre's psychedelic... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '05»
Posted on July 24, 2005 (41 comments)
Tags: Brian Jonestown Massacre | Dashboard Confessional | Lollapalooza
DJ Peretz cannot get a break.... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '04 CANCELLED»
Posted on June 22, 2004 (18 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza
Click. Anybody going Day 2?... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA PRE-SALE»
Posted on May 13, 2004 (9 comments)
Tags: Lollapalooza
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