Last year’s Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago was certainly a highlight of the year – maybe THE highlight of the year. The logistics of how the entire thing was pulled off was nothing short of spectacular. If you missed it, never miss is again!
The official Lolla web site is pretty intuitive and as the concert(s) scheduled date approaches ever closer, the site will become even more interactive with band bios and streaming listening posts. Added this year is the social networking tool with which you can share your lineup and schedule with friends, post everything to your Facebook profile, get editable mobile schedule and of course a Twitter feed.
And now for the good news: today the full lineup was announced. Umm… holy shit?
Depeche Mode, Beastie Boys, Jane’s Addiction (a band I would cut off my pinky finger to see), Band of Horses, Neko Case, Kings of Leon, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, SNOOP DOGG!, Gomez, Silversun Pickups, TV on the Radio, Santigold, Crystal Castles, Of Montreal, Raveonettes, Portugal. The Man, Thievery Corp, Atmosphere, The Killers and Lou fuckin Reed along with a shit ton more.
See the full lineup over at the official web site. Barring death, I’ll see you in Chicago on August 7th!
This discussion currently has 9 responses.
April 21, 2009
omfg what a line up! have you ever been?
April 21, 2009
Yeah, last year was unbelievably amazing. I can’t wait to go again this year!
April 21, 2009
My first lola was ’95. Would love to relive that but it aint happening this year.
@Andrew – Have you downloaded the NINJA tunes that were released a few weeks back? Includes some AWESOME new JA tunes.
Free download and some seriously fucking awesome tunes.
http://www.ninja2009.com/
April 21, 2009
I just threw up all over my computer at seeing how awesome this was. I’d pay big money to see at least 20 of these bands (probably around this order):
1. Band of Horses
2. Kings of Leon
3. The Killers
4. Gomez
5. The Decemberists
6. Cold War Kids
7. Ben Folds
8. White Lies
9. Lou Reed
10. Fleet Foxes
11. Raveonettes
12. Andrew Bird
13. Depeche Mode
14. Jane’s Addiction
15. Santigold
16. Of Montreal
17. Tool
18. Kaiser Chiefs
19. Langhorne Swim
20. Arctic Monkeys
April 21, 2009
Yeah Marina I did pick that up. The tunes aren’t really new; just studio version of previously only live versions of the songs. But I LOVE JA. I am going to be exploding at the soul when I see them.
Last year, Perry Ferrel ran the kidsland area of the festival. At some point during the weekend, Slash made a surprise appearance and they played Jane Says in the kiddie tent. I missed it and didn’t find out about until later. I was SO jealous of those that got to see it.
April 22, 2009
wait Lou Reed is performing? holy shit.
I don’t know many Of Montreal tracks but I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Past is a Grotesque Animal, I used it as my Revelations track for my Bible playlist. Once I get my site back from the unholy server I will upload that here.
April 22, 2009
@Andrew – And in case you missed it:
April 22, 2009
sign me up. i think i’m buying a few tickets this weekend.
April 29, 2009
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