Lollapalooza acts announced; apparently still exists
Am I the only one who’s a little bit shocked by the fact that Lollapalooza still exists? Possibly even more shocking than the fact that it’s around at all is the fact that the lineup looks absolutely amazing. Long gone, however, are the days of the massive tour, replaced with a single weekend in Chicago, stuffed with more music than you can handle. Obligatory block quote follows:
The lineup, announced Thursday at the South by Southwest music festival, is about twice the number of last year’s festival, when Lollapalooza was downsized from a coast-to-coast tour to a weekend event in Chicago.
At least they had the courtesy to make it centrally located, even if that does mean that those of us on the coasts who want to attend will be forced to make a trip across some red states.
I’ve got to say that I’m extremely impressed by the lineup. I’d list them here, but there’s 130 of them, so you’d do best to just head over to the Lollapalooza site and see for yourself. In case you’re wondering, tickets are $130 with a $15 service charge, which doesn’t really seem all that bad for a three day show. If I remember right, Lollapalooza ‘92, which is widely considered to be the holy grail of Lollapaloozas, was in that range as well.
March 17th, 2006 at 7:46 am
the side stage in ‘92 blows the main stage away.
March 17th, 2006 at 8:30 am
When you weed out the nobodies, I’d say both stages were equally awesome, in today’s terms. A lot of them weren’t huge yet in ‘92, however.
March 17th, 2006 at 9:28 am
‘94 was awesome. I caught the show at the Charles Town Raceway in West ‘By God’ Virginia. You could actually get right up to the stage w/out getting crushed. Man I’m an old fart.
March 17th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
‘97 + tool + maynard’s fake boobs = scarred for life