Lollapalooza 2013 Preview:
Location: Grant Park, Chicago, IL
Dates: August 2-4, 2013
Friday, August 2, 2013 - The Killers
- Nine Inch Nails
- New Order
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Steve Aoki
- Thievery Corporation
- Imagine Dragons
- Lana Del Rey
- Flux Pavilion
- Band Of Horses
- Hot Chip
- Crystal Castles
- Frightened Rabbit
- Dilon Francis
- Smith Westerns
- Disclosure
- Father John Misty
- Ghost B.C.
- Modestep
- Emeli Sande
- Jessie Ware
- Atlas Genius
- Timeflies
- Theophilus London
- Monsta
- IO Echo
- Icona Pop
- Chance The Rapper
- Lance Herbstrong
- Robert DeLong
- Deap Vally
- Twenty One Pilots
- San Cisco
- Hey Marseilles
- Keys N Krates
- The Neighbourhood
- Pacific Air
- American Authors
- Houndmouth
- Brick + Mortar
- D-Pryde
- Brite Lite Brite
Saturday, August 3, 2013 - Mumford & Sons
- The Postal Service
- The National
- The Lumineers
- Kendrick Lamar
- Eric Church
- Steve Angello
- Ellie Goulding
- Azealia Banks
- Local Natives
- Dada Life
- Matt & Kim
- Foals
- Death Grips
- Court Yard Hounds
- Adventure Club
- Ben Howard
- GriZ
- Charles Bradley
- Heartless Bastards
- Baauer
- HAIM
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- St. Lucia
- Shovels & Rope
- Little Green Cars
- Family of the Year
- 360
- The Bright Light Social Hour
- Reignwolf
- Pujol
- Planet Hemp
- Cole Plante
- Lukas Nelson & P.O.T.R.
- Blondfire
- Frontier Ruckus
- Wheeler Brothers
- The Dunwells
- Supreme Cuts
- Cherub
- Wild Cub
- Brooke Waggoner
- Beast Patrol
Sunday, August 4, 2013 - The Cure
- Phoenix
- Vampire Weekend
- Knife Party
- Grizzly Bear
- Major Lazer
- Dog Blood
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Tegan and Sara
- Beach House
- Cat Power
- 2 Chainz
- Alt-J
- The Vaccines
- DIIV
- Alex Clare
- Baroness
- Lianne La Havas
- Wild Nothing
- Angel Haze
- Wavves
- Alvin Risk
- Jake Bugg
- Wild Belle
- Art Department
- MS MR
- Guards
- Kill the Noise
- Skaters
- The Orwells
- Palma Violets
- Astro
- Machines Are People Too
- Yawn
- Half Moon Run
- The Mowgli's
- Wake Owl
- Bear Mountain
- O'Brother
- Makeshift Prodigy
LOLLAPALOOZA INFORMATION:
Genre: A mix of all different styles of music.
Location: Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois
Years active: 1991-1997, 2003-present
Lollapalooza is a musical festival that was founded in 1991 by Jane's Addiction lead singer, Perry Farrell. It toured for the first 6 years, but now has settled in Chicago as a 3-day festival. Lollapalooza takes place in Grant Park, which is near Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago. The festival typical attracts over 50K music lovers each Summer. Throughout the years many famous bands have played on the stages at Lollapalooza. Just a few of those bands and performers who have played Lollapalooza are listed below.
Performers who have appeared at Lollapalooza:Pearl Jam, Iggy Pop, Lenny Kravitz, Public Enemy, G Love & Special Sauce, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Indigo Girls, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Ghostland Observatory, Pete Yorn, Snow Patrol, Nine Inch Nails, Muse, Yo La Tengo, Waylon Jennings, Metallica, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Black Angels, Peter Bjorn and John, Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse, The Wailers, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West, Wilco, The Raconteurs, Love and Rockets, Gnarls Barkley, Bloc Party, The Black Keys, Flogging Molly, Lupe Fiasco, G Love & Special Sauce, Dierks Bentley, Blues Traveler and many more