Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza 2009 Was For The Kids

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By Mike McCann (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 3:54 pm
Festivals like last weekend's Lollapalooza are supposed to be irresistible to music fiends. You know, like Yogi Bear can't say no to a picnic basket. I attended the first seven Lollas back when it was a) a traveling carnival and b) more culturally relevant, so I've struggled the last few years between wanting to go to the new "destination...
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Lollapalooza Day 3 Is Gnarly

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 7, 2008 2:54 pm
The heat was back. The lineup is the weakest of all three days. And somehow, Lollapalooza's third and final day ends up featuring the most satisfying conclusion in the festival's four-year Chicago run. Here's the rundown from Sunday: 1:15 p.m. I'm at the Playstation 3 Stage for The Weakerthans, but they're not here. White Lies, who were...
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Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo (Photo by Rachel Verbin)

Lollapalooza Day Two With RATM

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 6, 2008 2:48 pm
Lolla's hump day is often the toughest slog, but two things prevented that this year. First, the humidity held off for one afternoon, and a cool breeze from the lake was a welcome respite from Friday's heat assault. Second, there was nothing worth seeing before 2:30 p.m. — just an iPod commercial band, two kids who are friends with Karen O and a...
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Wilco's Jeff Tweedy (Photo by Rachel Verbin)

Lollapalooza 2008: Day One With Radiohead

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 5, 2008 2:41 pm
This was Lollapalooza's fourth year in Grant Park and my fourth year attending. As I've mentioned in previous years, Chicago is the perfect locale for a major festival: It's a reasonable distance from east or west, north or south, so it draws fans from all over North America. Lolla's organizers have been working every year to improve both the...
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The Kills' VV (Photo by Rachel Verbin)

Lollapalooza Day 3: Pearl Jam, Modest Mouse And The Stooges

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 9, 2007 3:30 pm
By the third day of Lollapalooza last year, I was definitely slipping. The bodily stress of walking back and forth between the two sides of Grant Park meant there was no way to catch all of Day 3. It was just too tiring. This year was a little better because of the demographic scheduling, but the standing alone takes its toll. So, while I'd have...
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Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock

Lollapalooza Day 2: Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Spoon And Tokyo Police Club

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 7, 2007 2:30 pm
The Weather Network can go straight to hell. For reals. What's the point in predicting the weather if you have barely any talent for it? I'm not complaining too much considering its mistake was telling me that it was going to pour rain for all of Saturday, something that would have made walking back and forth between the two fields in Grant Park...
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O

Lollapalooza Day 1: Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem And M.I.A.

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 7, 2007 1:00 pm
After the massive success of Lollapalooza 2006, I quickly had the metre-stick against which to measure future festivals. No festival is perfect, but between the layout, lineup and scheduling, last year's three-day event in Chicago's Grant Park was a breath of fresh air, far outdistancing its rivals in Coachella (bloody heat) and Bonnaroo (damn...
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M.I.A.

Lollapalooza 2006 Day Three

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 10, 2006 3:00 pm
If day one of the festival was littered with star power and day two was packed with it, then day three was Lollapalooza's happy medium. It had the festival's biggest headliner, the two best competing acts and a few superb indie rock groups. What it didn't have, however, was consistency. The early part of the day was, for the most part, a...
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The Shins

Lollapalooza 2006 Day Two

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 9, 2006 2:30 pm
The first surprise of day two was that my feet had rebounded and were ready for another full afternoon and night of music. I skipped the earliest part of the day, forgoing the opportunity to see the likes of Rainer Maria and Nada Surf in favour of a big breakfast. In retrospect, I still approve of the decision. Feist (Photo By Noah Love...
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Lollapalooza 2006 Day One

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) August 8, 2006 2:30 pm
Lollapalooza returned last year with a decent lineup and squeezed into one side of Chicago's Grant Park for two hot, hot days. The success of the venture led organizers, spearheaded by Perry Farrell, to attempt a grandiose second edition of the stationary festival: three days and 130 bands covering both sides of the park. This year's lineup was...
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Raconteurs' Jack White (left) and Jack Lawrence (Photo By Noah Love)

I Read The News Today... For July 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 22, 2011 3:28 pm
Bush have released their new "The Sound Of Winter" single, and it's like Bush Lite. C'mon, Gavin, where's the anger from Sixteen Stone? Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy's releasing a children's book called Wildwood on Aug. 30. Carson Ellis, his wife, did the illustrations. You can read the first four chapters by clicking "Like" on the book's...
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I Read The News Today... For June 8, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 8, 2011 4:17 pm
Danko Jones drummer Dan Cornelius has left the band, and will be replaced on tour by Rocket From The Crypt/Angels & Airwaves/Offspring drummer Atom Willard. Hopefully this means Danko Jones will not start sounding like the latter two bands. Want some free tracks from Austra, Young Galaxy, Winter Gloves, PS I Love You, The Rural Alberta...
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Eminem, Foo Fighters, Muse, Coldplay Playing Lollapalooza 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 26, 2011 12:14 pm
Let's say you couldn't make it across the pond to catch the Foo Fighters at T In The Park this year. Assume, then, that you can't catch Coldplay at Glastonbury  either, and you couldn't make it over last year when Muse headlined the festival. Imagine you really want to see Eminem at Osheaga, but it's kind of out of the way because you're in...
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I Read The News Today... For April 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 6, 2011 3:06 pm
Death From Above 1979's Sebastien Grainger and Josh Reichmann are good buds, having formed the classily-named Bad Tits together last year. Now Grainger's offered his remixing skills to Reichmann, and has done a version of Reichmann's "All Day Wrong," which will be found on Reichmann's upcoming After Live album. —Spinner "SMASH BEEP WOOOOOOSH CLANG...
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Eminem, Muse, Foo Fighters Rumoured For Lollapalooza 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 9, 2011 2:01 pm
Absolutely nothing's been officially announced yet — and it won't be until April — but Eminem, Muse and Foo Fighters have already been speculated to headline this year's Lollapalooza. The Chicago Tribune cites "reliable industry sources" who confirmed the three headliners yesterday. Best Coast, Girl Talk, Crystal Castles and Lykke Li will...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 19, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 19, 2010 4:40 pm
The Golden Dogs have announced a handful of Ontario dates that will take place in the province next month and in January. No, you can't bring your golden retriever with you, likely because of city bylaws at every venue. —MySpace Said The Whale won $75,000 from 100.5 FM The PEAK's The PEAK Performance Project. You can hear a new Said The Whale song...
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The Golden Dogs (Photo by Joseph Fuda)

Something Ridiculous: Lady Gaga Appears Nearly Nude At Lollapalooza

Submitted by Kate Harper on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 1:28pm
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 9, 2010 1:28 pm
Your Lollapalooza experience was probably even more amazing if you were at Semi-Precious Weapons' set on Friday. That's 'cause the Lady Of Gaga showed up, started playing drums during "Magnetic Baby," made out with singer Justin Tranter and then launched herself off the stage into the crowd. This wouldn't be that weird...
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I Read The News Today... For July 28, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 28, 2010 1:10 pm
Win Butler says he will "forever give" Bono "credit" for "engaging with George W. Bush when he was president," no matter how much people slag the U2 frontman. We're less concerned about Bono as we are this codified endorsement of GWB by an "indie rocker." —NME Kanye West might hate Twitter with...
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U2's The Edge, Bono and Adam Clayton (Photo by Richard Beland)

Lollapalooza Sponsors Being Investigated For Antitrust

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 28, 2010 11:34 am
Have you ever wondered why your favourite artists won't play or don't smaller shows at clubs in addition to festival gigs they're scheduled to appear at in your city? It might be because of something called a "radius clause," which basically means... well... they can't. The radius clause Lollapalooza is using this year...
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Crowd Chronicles: Canada's Wonderland Destroyed At Lollapalooza 1997

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) April 29, 2010 3:56 pm
Crowd Chronicles is an ongoing CHARTattack column that recounts bizarre and ridiculous audience activities our contributors have witnessed. July 4, 1997 Canada's Wonderland Vaughan, Ontario For reasons that were never officially revealed, the 1997 installment of Lollapalooza was moved from Barrie, Ont.'s Molson Park to a theatre housed within...
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