Yet that isn’t a problem for Lollapalooza, which continues to sell out before the lineups even hit the newsstands. Sagging sales have affected titans like Bonnaroo and promising rookies like New York City’s Panorama, urging analysts to reconsider the once booming business. There’s been plenty of discussion as of late about the festival bubble bursting. Instead, most festivalgoers huddled under trees as their crisp Cavs gear turned soggy. They came close, admittedly, with several long stretches of garbage weather on Thursday and Friday, but the gates remained opened and nobody had to run into hotels or overpriced bars on the Michigan strip. One major win for the festival was avoiding another evacuation. I sometimes cringe at my own festival.” The feeling’s mutual, especially when you see hundreds of teens either fighting or puking on each other.
I can’t stand what it did to what I love, which is house music, which was meditative, psychedelic - it took you on a journey. Meanwhile, Perry’s Stage continued to bring out the worst in everyone by simply bringing out the worst people.įarrell arguably summed it up best with his rallying confession: “I hate EDM. Thursday felt like a complete toss-up, headlined by two acts at the tail end of their press cycle and supported by a hodgepodge of genre-ruling talent that was spread too thin. Still, Lollapalooza’s evolution into a four-day fiesta wasn’t without its fair share of growing pains. This past weekend alone saw Dwyane Wade welcomed back to the 312 during Flosstradamus’ set, Malia Obama floating about with her flanneled detail, and random pop-ups by that hunky boyfriend from Stranger Things. There’s something for everyone.Īlthough the festival “started out as a scene for the alternative kids,” as Farrell also argued, it’s essentially become a beacon for all things pop culture. The 25th anniversary celebration sucked the Day-Glo-colored marrow straight out of the “-palooza,” featuring veterans like Radiohead, Jane’s Addiction, and Red Hot Chili Peppers alongside young visionaries like Future, Lana Del Rey, and Vic Mensa.
He’s been up for one almost every year, and he went all out for 2016. I didn’t have much else to do that year, I knew I was going to put Jane’s down for a time, and I figured why not? I was up for another party.” They go right to next year - hey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers want to do it (in 1992). “They wait for something to hit, they go to the hilltops. “The record industry loves success,” Farrell recently told Chicago Tribune hero Greg Kot. Now, it’s an annual Chicago tradition, one that C3 Presents hosts at Grant Park every summer. Since then, the blockbuster brand has seen its fair share of lineups, shakeups, and breakups. It’s hard to believe that a quarter century has gone by since Perry Farrell rolled out the blueprints for what was then simply a fun way to say goodbye to Jane’s Addiction.
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