Lollapalooza?
are they goign to try this again?
i was interested in last year's lineup, but they had to pull the plug…. so whatever.. i'm not getting my hopes up.
i was interested in last year's lineup, but they had to pull the plug…. so whatever.. i'm not getting my hopes up.
april fools?
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I prefer the Us Festival.
You know, the Us Festival?
You know, the Us Festival?
Lotsapoploozers.
According to Anton,the BJM are on the bill for this years Lolla,should be interesting :cool:
Lollapalooza Music Fest Is Chicago Bound
By Chris Morris
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Lollapalooza – a marquee touring festival of the 1990s that fell on commercial hard times last year – is returning this year in drastically scaled-down form.
Lollapalooza '05 will run July 23-24 in Chicago's Grant Park. The band lineup will not be announced until the third week in April. The festival Web site (www.lollapalooza.com) will go live Friday.
Lollapalooza began life in 1991 as a major vehicle for the exposure of left-field rock talent. A highly successful summer touring proposition in the early '90s, it took a five-year hiatus from 1998-2002, as other treks like the Vans Warped Tour stepped in with similar concepts.
Grosses for Lollapalooza were uneven in 2003: The tour collected $13.7 million from 25 dates, according to Billboard Boxscore, and some dates were killed.
Last year, the festival's entire July-August run of two-day dates, with scheduled headliners including Morrissey, the Flaming Lips, the Pixies and Sonic Youth, was canceled because of poor ticket sales.
Some of the festival's founding participants are involved in this year's Windy City event.
William Morris Agency veteran Marc Geiger booked
Lollapalooza before leaving the agency to head the ill-fated Web-based label ArtistDirect; he returned to the agency in 2003, booked the '04 festival and is working on the Chicago shows. Jane's Addiction lead vocalist Perry Farrell also is on board in a creative capacity.
Capital Sports & Entertainment, the Austin firm that is partnered in the city's highly successful Austin City Limits Festival, will mount the Lollapalooza shows.
WMA declined comment on the '05 festival. A spokeswoman for Capital Sports & Entertainment did not return a call seeking comment.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
By Chris Morris
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Lollapalooza – a marquee touring festival of the 1990s that fell on commercial hard times last year – is returning this year in drastically scaled-down form.
Lollapalooza '05 will run July 23-24 in Chicago's Grant Park. The band lineup will not be announced until the third week in April. The festival Web site (www.lollapalooza.com) will go live Friday.
Lollapalooza began life in 1991 as a major vehicle for the exposure of left-field rock talent. A highly successful summer touring proposition in the early '90s, it took a five-year hiatus from 1998-2002, as other treks like the Vans Warped Tour stepped in with similar concepts.
Grosses for Lollapalooza were uneven in 2003: The tour collected $13.7 million from 25 dates, according to Billboard Boxscore, and some dates were killed.
Last year, the festival's entire July-August run of two-day dates, with scheduled headliners including Morrissey, the Flaming Lips, the Pixies and Sonic Youth, was canceled because of poor ticket sales.
Some of the festival's founding participants are involved in this year's Windy City event.
William Morris Agency veteran Marc Geiger booked
Lollapalooza before leaving the agency to head the ill-fated Web-based label ArtistDirect; he returned to the agency in 2003, booked the '04 festival and is working on the Chicago shows. Jane's Addiction lead vocalist Perry Farrell also is on board in a creative capacity.
Capital Sports & Entertainment, the Austin firm that is partnered in the city's highly successful Austin City Limits Festival, will mount the Lollapalooza shows.
WMA declined comment on the '05 festival. A spokeswoman for Capital Sports & Entertainment did not return a call seeking comment.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Lollapalooza Returns!
Rob Kleckner reports:
Don't laugh: Lollapalooza is back. We all know what happened last year when nobody wanted to go to Lollapalooza– they cancelled it. But, because the single-weekend megafests have been so successful the past few years, they're going to try and apply that tactic to Lollapalooza 2005, which will take place in Chicago's Grant Park on July 23 and 24. Considering the downtown location, it is highly unlikely that you'll be able to camp out at this festival. Billboard reports that the only confirmed acts thus far are Beck, the Killers, Kings of Leon, and Widespread Panic. This seems to take after Bonnaroo's half-jam, half-indie rock mentality.
Lollapalooza's website has been updated and simply says to come back on April 1, hopefully with more info and a more complete line-up. Given Lollapalooza's snafu last year, let's just hope a visit to the website on Friday doesn't say "April Fools!"
Rob Kleckner reports:
Don't laugh: Lollapalooza is back. We all know what happened last year when nobody wanted to go to Lollapalooza– they cancelled it. But, because the single-weekend megafests have been so successful the past few years, they're going to try and apply that tactic to Lollapalooza 2005, which will take place in Chicago's Grant Park on July 23 and 24. Considering the downtown location, it is highly unlikely that you'll be able to camp out at this festival. Billboard reports that the only confirmed acts thus far are Beck, the Killers, Kings of Leon, and Widespread Panic. This seems to take after Bonnaroo's half-jam, half-indie rock mentality.
Lollapalooza's website has been updated and simply says to come back on April 1, hopefully with more info and a more complete line-up. Given Lollapalooza's snafu last year, let's just hope a visit to the website on Friday doesn't say "April Fools!"
widespread panic at lol. i am lol, all over the place. what next, widespread opening up for interpol and the pixies? and here we thought warren haynes was the slut of rock.
Originally posted by SPARX:As a follow up,the BJM may only be playing the show on the 23rd.
According to Anton,the BJM are on the bill for this years Lolla,should be interesting :cool:
lollapalooza.com is live now
it's being promoted by the ACL people.
all the same rules
recording devices allowed.
should be good food there too.
seems like it'll be a relaxed atmosphere like ACL.
both the sox and the cubs are in town around the festival too.
first on-sale = $35 2-day passes (and with a 2day pass you can come and go as you please)
i think i'm gonna gamble and go for it. no lineup announcement yet and i'm sure it won't be before the onsale.
it's being promoted by the ACL people.
all the same rules
recording devices allowed.
should be good food there too.
seems like it'll be a relaxed atmosphere like ACL.
both the sox and the cubs are in town around the festival too.
first on-sale = $35 2-day passes (and with a 2day pass you can come and go as you please)
i think i'm gonna gamble and go for it. no lineup announcement yet and i'm sure it won't be before the onsale.
Originally posted by SPARX:wouldnt thier be different bands on both days anyway? they wont have the same bands play both days will they?
Originally posted by SPARX:As a follow up,the BJM may only be playing the show on the 23rd.
According to Anton,the BJM are on the bill for this years Lolla,should be interesting :cool:
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I'm seriously considering going. $35 for two days is a great deal. With a group of friends, it could be a lot of fun. Any word on when they will announce the lineup? The site says there will be "after-show events around town."
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:If I were you, I'd consider going here.
I'm seriously considering going. $35 for two days is a great deal. With a group of friends, it could be a lot of fun. Any word on when they will announce the lineup? The site says there will be "after-show events around town."
May 26, 27, and 28
Good shows and great city. And now you have cheap direct flights there with a couple of US airlines.
Haven't seen the lineup for Lollapalooza though, if it's better than this other one, then forget my suggestion.
Originally posted by Barcelona:that doesn't look too bad. i would be interested in that but i couldn't afford a trip to that so soon and i also have no passport.
If I were you, I'd consider going here.
May 26, 27, and 28
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:lineup i believe i read will be announced later this month.
I'm seriously considering going. $35 for two days is a great deal. With a group of friends, it could be a lot of fun. Any word on when they will announce the lineup? The site says there will be "after-show events around town."
in austin there were post-ACL shows (late evening and late night shows) by some ACL festival bands (and some non-festival bands)..
could be interesting.
i'm 95% sure i'm gonna take a chance on these tickets pre-lineup-announcement.
The Lollapalooza guessing game
By Joshua Klein
Published March 31, 2005
Considering Lollapalooza's erratic track record and Chicago's general aversion to giant outdoor rock festivals, nothing is certain until the bands actually start playing.
A one-off event is even easier to cancel than an entire tour. But should a Grant Park Lollapalooza actually transpire, the possibility of snagging some choice acts is tantalizing. Free from a summerlong commitment, any number of high-profile bands would likely sign up. The question, then, is who would play.
So far the promoters aren't talking, but it's worth taking a guess who might appear.
Local luminaries with national draws like Wilco, Billy Corgan or even Kanye West–the latter two will have new albums to shill by summer–seem like obvious contenders, as is Coldplay or even Bjork.
Modest Mouse and the Flaming Lips, intended for last summer's aborted Lollapalooza tour, could try again, as could rising indie sensations such as the Shins, Arcade Fire, Postal Service or Bright Eyes.
It's hard to imagine Chicago approving a day of ultra-aggressive music–sorry, Nine Inch Nails–but Radiohead's 2001 Grant Park performance proved that rock fans could be every bit as responsible as the crowds that came in for recent Grant rock concerts by Shania Twain and Sting.
Weezer would fit right in as a safe, fun but hardly raucous choice, as would Sleater-Kinney, Gorillaz or Foo Fighters. Saint Etienne would be a smart choice for the sacrificial cult British act given an early daylight slot.
And while we're at it, why not bring Radiohead back for a repeat performance?
Their summer 2001 Grant Park show was one of the most memorable events the city's ever hosted, and it went off without a hitch. They'll still be busy working on a new album by then, but the band has shown itself willing in the past to play a one-off festival or two to test out works in progress.
Or maybe bring back the Pixies. The alt-rock vets sold out five Aragon nights last winter. That's 20,000 people. What's another night or two?–joshua klein is a redeye special contributor.
By Joshua Klein
Published March 31, 2005
Considering Lollapalooza's erratic track record and Chicago's general aversion to giant outdoor rock festivals, nothing is certain until the bands actually start playing.
A one-off event is even easier to cancel than an entire tour. But should a Grant Park Lollapalooza actually transpire, the possibility of snagging some choice acts is tantalizing. Free from a summerlong commitment, any number of high-profile bands would likely sign up. The question, then, is who would play.
So far the promoters aren't talking, but it's worth taking a guess who might appear.
Local luminaries with national draws like Wilco, Billy Corgan or even Kanye West–the latter two will have new albums to shill by summer–seem like obvious contenders, as is Coldplay or even Bjork.
Modest Mouse and the Flaming Lips, intended for last summer's aborted Lollapalooza tour, could try again, as could rising indie sensations such as the Shins, Arcade Fire, Postal Service or Bright Eyes.
It's hard to imagine Chicago approving a day of ultra-aggressive music–sorry, Nine Inch Nails–but Radiohead's 2001 Grant Park performance proved that rock fans could be every bit as responsible as the crowds that came in for recent Grant rock concerts by Shania Twain and Sting.
Weezer would fit right in as a safe, fun but hardly raucous choice, as would Sleater-Kinney, Gorillaz or Foo Fighters. Saint Etienne would be a smart choice for the sacrificial cult British act given an early daylight slot.
And while we're at it, why not bring Radiohead back for a repeat performance?
Their summer 2001 Grant Park show was one of the most memorable events the city's ever hosted, and it went off without a hitch. They'll still be busy working on a new album by then, but the band has shown itself willing in the past to play a one-off festival or two to test out works in progress.
Or maybe bring back the Pixies. The alt-rock vets sold out five Aragon nights last winter. That's 20,000 people. What's another night or two?–joshua klein is a redeye special contributor.
so is lollaplooza a tour or is it just the show in chicago?