Lollapalooza returns to Chicago's Grant Park 8/3-8/5 with headline performances by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, Black Keys, and Jack White. Also on board: M83, the Shins, Franz Ferdinand,…   Read Story »

Chicago's Lollapalooza festival won't announce its lineup until next week, but the organizers have been hinting at who might appear by posting ads on Chicago's transit system. Those ads are usually a…   Read Story »

Lollapalooza has revealed the detailed timetable for this year's 20th anniversary lineup, and aside from Saturday night's My Morning Jacket vs. Beirut vs. Eminim bunch-up, Grant Park should be pretty…   Read Story »

This makes 20 years of Lollapalooza, the once nomadic alt.rock festival that is now the quintessential corporate multi-day destination-fest. This year's party runs from August 5th to August 7th, with…   Read Story »

A couple weeks ago we updated you on Lollapalooza Chile. Now, according to the Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot, (and confirmed by Billboard) "reliable industry sources" place Eminem, Muse, and Foo…   Read Story »

It was announced previously that Lollapalooza's branching from its usual Chicago home to South America: Lollapalooza Chile takes place at Santiago's O'Higgins Park April 2/3, 2011. Now the lineup's…   Read Story »

It's hard to make a memory at a festival like this, to cut through the din, the heat, the corporate branding, to seize people's attention and manufacture a genuine moment. Occasionally sets transcend…   Read Story »

Even if you're not a fan (I'm not) you gotta give Green Day credit, first for introducing Lookout! to mall-punks back in the day, later for showcasing political awareness on an MTV-sized scale. Now…   Read Story »

Chicago's noise ordinances mean festivals ending by 10PM. Festivals ending by 10PM mean 80,000 drunk people looking for something to do around the time New Yorkers are usually waking up from their…   Read Story »

As much as Lolla's undercard is varied, and vast, it's a headliner's ball this year. Because this deep into the festival season we've seen nearly all of these bands plenty, and because Lolla has…   Read Story »