When you look at the 2017 Lollapalooza lineup released yesterday, a lot of those names might look familiar. Of the nine BIG FONT headliners only one (Blink-182) has never played Lolla before. Extending that to the 22 artists comprising the top five rows adds three more newbies: Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, and Liam Gallagher.
If you’ve gone to Lolla over the past several years, you’ve probably already seen 18 of the top 22 acts. That’s 82%. Adding in the next three rows brings us to a total of 39 artists; 28 of them (72%) are Lolla veterans. This year will mark the Killers’ fourth Lollapalooza and it’ll be the fifth time for Cage the Elephant, Kaskade, and our beloved Spoon.
The undercard consists of an additional 21 groups that have played Lolla before and 108 that haven’t. So if you’re looking for new experiences, get there early!
I realize people don’t necessarily go to Lollapalooza every year and there’s certainly nothing wrong with seeing the same band a bunch of times. And you can’t blame the artists for cashing in on the festival circuit gravy train. But if you’re starting to feel a little deja vu when these lineup announcements come out, it’s not just your imagination. We have all been here before.
Big font headliners
CHANCE THE RAPPER: 2013
THE KILLERS: 2015, 2009, 2015
MUSE: 2007, 2011
ARCADE FIRE: 2005, 2010
THE XX: 2010
LORDE: 2014
BLINK-182: n00b!!!
DJ SNAKE: 2015
JUSTICE: 2012
Medium font rows 3-5
ALT-J: 2013, 2015
RUN THE JEWELS: 2014
CAGE THE ELEPHANT: 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
WIZ KHALIFA: n00b!
BIG SEAN: n00b!
THE HEAD AND THE HEART: 2012, 2014
FOSTER THE PEOPLE: 2011, 2014
THE SHINS: 2006, 2012
RYAN ADAMS: 2006
KASKADE: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
PORTER ROBINSON: 2012
ZEDS DEAD: 2012
LIAM GALLAGHER: n00b!
Medium font rows 6-8
RAE SREMMURD: n00b
GLASS ANIMALS: 2015
GRAMATIK: 2014
MIGOS: n00b
PHANTOGRAM: 2011, 2014, 2016 (with Big Grams)
TOVE LO: 2015
SPOON: 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014
MILKY CHANCE: n00b
LIL UZI VERT: n00b
VANCE JOY: 2014
TEGAN AND SARA: 2005, 2013
GROUPLOVE: 2011, 2014
CRYSTAL CASTLES: 2009, 2011, 2013
JON BELLION: n00b
KALEO: n00b
LITTLE DRAGON: 2012
DVBBS: n00b
Undercard vets
ALISON WONDERLAND: 2015
ATLAS GENIUS: 2013
A-TRAK: 2009
BAAUER: 2013
BANKS: 2015
CHARLI XCX: 2015
GEORGE EZRA: 2015
HIGHLY SUSPECT: 2014
HIPPO CAMPUS: 2015
KEVIN DEVINE: 2009, 2012
LONDON GRAMMAR: 2014
NGHTMRE: 2015
PAPER DIAMOND: 2012
ROYAL BLOOD: 2014
SAN FERMIN: 2014
SYLVAN ESSO: 2015
TEMPLES: 2014
THE DISTRICTS: 2014
THE DRUMS: 2011
THE PRETTY RECKLESS: 2011
WARPAINT: 2010, 2014
Undercard n00bs
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$UICIDEBOY$
21 SAVAGE
3LAU
6LACK
A R I Z O N A
ALLAN RAYMAN
ALVVAYS
AMINÉ
ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS
BARNS COURTNEY
BIBI BOURELLY
BISHOP BRIGGS
BLAENAVON
BLOSSOMS
BOOGIE
BORGORE
BRAYTON BOWMAN
CAPITAL CITIES
CAR SEAT HEADREST
CHEAT CODES
CLOUD NOTHINGS
COBI
COLONY HOUSE
CRX
DECLAN MCKENNA
DIRTY AUDIO
DUCKWRTH
ELOHIM
EPHWURD
FLINT EASTWOOD
FLOR
FRENSHIP
G JONES
GETTER
GIBBZ
GOODY GRACE
GRACE MITCHELL
GRYFFIN
HARRIET BROWN
HONNE
JACOB BANKS
JAI WOLF
JAIN
JESSE MALIN
JIDENNA
JOEY BADA$$
JOSEPH
JOYRYDE
KAYTRANADA
KWEKU COLLINS
LADY PILLS
LÉON
LIL YACHTY
LIVE
LO MOON
MAC DEMARCO
MACHINE GUN KELLY
MADEINTYO
MAGGIE ROGERS
MAJID JORDAN
MAX
MICHAEL BLUME
MICHAEL CHRISTMAS
MIDDLE KIDS
MISSIO
MOKSI
MONDO COZMO
MOOSE BLOOD
MURA MASA
NF
NONAME
OLIVER TREE
OOKAY
PHAM
PUP
RAG’N’BONE MAN
RON GALLO
RUSS
SAINT JHN
SAMPHA
SAN HOLO
SKOTT
SLANDER
SLOTHRUST
SLUSHII
SOFI TUKKER
SPENCER LUDWIG
STANAJ
THE FRIGHTS
THE HUNNA
THE JAPANESE HOUSE
THE LEMON TWIGS
THE LONDON SOULS
THE O’MY’S
THE SHELTERS
THE WALTERS
TRITONAL
TUCKER BEATHARD
UNLIKE PLUTO
VANT
WAX MOTIF
WHETHAN
WHITNEY
WINGTIP
XAVIER OMÄR
YOUNG BOMBS
ZARA LARSSON
