Yes, it’s time again for the Chicago music event of the summer. Be sure to follow us on twitter at @loudlooppress. We’ll be tweeting live from Lollapalooza all weekend long. Then tune right here for day-after wrap ups and then a complete post-Lolla review.
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This year’s event is an odd hodgepodge of new and old acts. Headliners include Depeche Mode and Kings of Leon who’ll play on Friday night, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Tool who’ll take the stage on Saturday night, and The Killers and Jane’s Addiction will close the festival on Sunday.
But I’m sure most music fans know at least something about the headliners. What about all those bands playing earlier in the day and on the small stages? There are like 180-or something bands playing, you know.
So this year, we present you with a preview of can’t miss acts that you probably didn’t plan on seeing. Lets do this.
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Oooh! What does it all mean?
Lets dissect.
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[Editor’s Note: SOUND OFF is a column from Loud Loop founder/editor-in-chief Richard Giraldi. The views stated in SOUND OFF don’t represent the views of Loud Loop Press or probably anyone with half a brain.]
Remember last year’s Lollapalooza lineup? Sure, the middle-tier acts were lacking, but who cares? Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Wilco, Kanye West, The Raconteurs and Nine Inch Nails. That’s all I needed to know. Ticket bought.
However, it seems as though this year’s Lolla went the complete opposite direction in booking. The middle-tier acts are there, including a great number that played at 2008’s Pitchfork Music Festival such as Animal Collective, No Age, Vampire Weekend and Fleet Foxes.
But this year’s headliner selection is just so “Meh.” And I don’t mean the headliners just aren’t my cup of tea, but I’m talking about why are some of these acts even headline worthy? Since when did the Kings of Leon or The Killers become big enough to play opposite Jane’s Addiction or Depeche Mode?
Attention U.S. summer music festivals, I present you with a booking time saver.
Here are five sets of criteria that acts should meet in order to be a music festival headliner:
Let’s jump in, shall we?
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New York garage/art rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been tapped to fill the headlining spot at Lollapalooza on Saturday night August 8 opposite Tool.
Hip-hop legends the Beastie Boys pulled out after member Adam “MCA” Yauch was diagnosed with cancer.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on May 26 in support of their catchy electronic-pop influenced release It’s Blitz!
The band also last played Lollapalooza in 2007.
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Lolla’s three-day schedule is now online!
This year all three days have dual headliners, which for the most part works…emphasis on for the most part. Friday August 7 has Depeche Mode going up against Kings Of Leon and Sunday August 9 offers Jane’s Addiction versus The Killers in apparent no-brainers.
But it’s Saturday August 8 that really seems most divisive. While arguably not as bad as last year’s Rage v. Wilco or NIN v. Kanye debate, The Beastie Boys will go head to head with Tool pitting two acts from Lollapalooza’s heyday against each other. But I’m fairly certain the edge goes to the Beasties seeing how they are still relevant and have a new album due in September. Tool on the other hand haven’t done anything of signifigance since Lateralus…sorry 10,000 Days fans but it’s true.
In addition to releasing the schdule, single day tickets are now on sale as well as three-day passes here. Get them while you can. Last year became a bit of a clusterfuck when tickets acutally sold out for the first time in recent memory. Still with this year’s line-up maybe the demand won’t be as high, which is okay with me because that means a less crowded Grant Park.
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No better way to brighten your morning than with the Lollapalooza 2009 lineup alongside your cheerios! Great timing on Lolla’s part because today is a nasty, nasty day in Chi-town. Anywho, here’s who you’ll be seeing this August 7-9 in Grant Park:
Depeche Mode
Tool
The Killers
Jane’s Addiction
Beastie Boys
Kings of Leon
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