Lollapalooza Parties Like It's 1992
The Chicago Tribune‘s Greg Kot got the scoop on the 2009 Lollapalooza headliners:
Depeche Mode, the Beastie Boys and a reunited Jane’s Addiction are expected to headline the fifth annual Lollapalooza Aug. 7-9 in Grant Park.
Though promoters would not confirm the information Friday, multiple sources inside the industry said the three headliners are a lock for the festival. Three more arena-level headliners are expected to be included when the complete lineup is announced next month.
Excited? Or were you hoping for something more…um…timely? I haven’t seen Jane’s Addiction since the first Lollapalooza in 1991. But then again, I’m old and crotchedly.
Derek Phillips
1565 days ago
DM will be interesting, I’m excited to see the B-Boys, and couldn’t care less about Jane’s Addiction. I guess it’ll give me pleasant flashbacks to K College, but what about the other 100,000 people there?
vitas
1563 days ago
i’m down with it… all three are worth seeing. now round it out with some up-and-coming groups and you’ve got something going. i like the idea of a lineup that spans a few generations and can bring in a diverse crowd. then again, i’m an old fuck to, so i don’t give a fuck what the kids think.
when lolla was going on and we were in college, i was making trips to the michigan state fair to have a chance to catch alex chilton and maybe hear him play a few big star songs mixed in with the box tops stuff they booked him for. i would balance going to see superchunk at a small venue to seeing aerosmith at a stadim. it didn’t matter how old the dudes were playing the music, just as long as they played something i connected with.
remember seeing neil young touring with sonic youth? yeah, it’s about the same thing. i don’t remember anyone around me in college bitching about how old and out of touch neil young was.
these three acts have had a huge influence on all the bands that are out there, wether directly or indirectly. it’ll be great to see them up there headlining the festival.
Kiko Jones
1563 days ago
“i like the idea of a lineup that spans a few generations and can bring in a diverse crowd.”
Agreed.
But shouldn’t that be the point of a festival, anyway?