Lollapalooza 2008

[luckyface]

August 1 - 3, 2008. The dates have officially been set, so it looks like Lollapalooza goes on for at least one more year.

[Tylerdurden31]

you got that email too eh?

yeah i thought I read that they're set to have it at Grant Park til like 2010 or something

[luckyface]

you got that email too eh?

yeah i thought I read that they're set to have it at Grant Park til like 2010 or something

I did. I thought I heard that there was some struggles this year? May have just been a rumor.

[Boourns]

Let's make a fake lollapalooza poster!

[paulb]

I had alot of fun at this years Lolla, but i perfered Coachella. And wow, walking from At&T to Bud Light stage is seriously like 15min, its a huge bitch. I dont think ill be going back, unless the lineup is unreal. I hope Coachella is like Pukkelpop 07...anything with Ed Banger is good with me.

[psychic friend]

i had fun at lolla

[miscorrections]

the rain was the best part.

[paulb]

i was watchin Patti Smith when it really started to rain, how about you?

[miscorrections]

spoon

[shoegazer76]

They're good for another 7 years at Grant Park is what I've heard.
I had a blast at Lolla this past year & met Patti Smith.

[shoegazer76]

2005 was the best though with Dinosaur Jr.,Pixies, & Billy Idol. Plus there were only 4 stages & they were all on one field which was the baseball diamond field. Plus there were no corporate asshole fascist sponsers! Like AT&T.

[betao]

miscorrections is that the album cover for riot city blues by primal scream as your avatar? i'm too lazy to look it up

[york707]

Spoon

[york707]

2005 was the best though with Dinosaur Jr.,Pixies, & Billy Idol. Plus there were only 4 stages & they were all on one field which was the baseball diamond field. Plus there were no corporate asshole fascist sponsers! Like AT&T.

Um, yes there were.

And the sound bleed that year was really bad.

[Boourns]

Glastonbury 08 better have some good headliners since this year's stunk.

[suprefan]

Radiohead enough?

[miscorrections]

miscorrections is that the album cover for riot city blues by primal scream as your avatar? i'm too lazy to look it up

yes.

[orbit]

They just e-mailed me about limited Earlybird price for 2008 3 day pass - WOW, really way early. It's final, I'm not going back there no matter what.

Earlybird tickets are already sold out. They were $135, so looks like regular tickets will be more expensive.. around $180 maybe? Probably I'll buy mine on craigslist the week of ACL.

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

2005 was the best though with Dinosaur Jr.,Pixies, & Billy Idol. Plus there were only 4 stages & they were all on one field which was the baseball diamond field. Plus there were no corporate asshole fascist sponsers! Like AT&T.

Really? I thought the sound bleed was incredibly annoying with so many stages crammed in. And if memory serves, it was sponsored by SBC, which does seem like the definition of a corporate asshole sponsor to me.
I don't get the animosity directed toward the sponsors - tickets are cheaper and if you are distracted by ad banners that much, maybe you should be at a stage where the band doesn't suck so that you read the stage rather than watch them...

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

Um, yes there were.

And the sound bleed that year was really bad.

Maybe I should have read as far as this post before posting! What a maroon!

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Let's make a fake lollapalooza poster!

Paul McCartney is a headliner??!?!?

[shoegazer76]

Really? I thought the sound bleed was incredibly annoying with so many stages crammed in. And if memory serves, it was sponsored by SBC, which does seem like the definition of a corporate asshole sponsor to me.
I don't get the animosity directed toward the sponsors - tickets are cheaper and if you are distracted by ad banners that much, maybe you should be at a stage where the band doesn't suck so that you read the stage rather than watch them...

The sound bleed was a little annoying at times I guess, it was just where you were positioned that determined how bad it was. I really don't have a problem with corporate sponsors but I do have a problem with corporate sponsors that release live recordings of the show & censor the artists. This is America not communist China or WWII era Germany. Lollapalooza & the music scene in general have always fought against censorship. Why tolerate it now, have we really become that subservient? I personally will never be a consumer of any AT&T products willingly. Another thing that pissed me off was that they roped off the nice grassy gnoll left of the main stage for VIP this past year. Guess I was VIP for all of 2005 cause thats where I chilled pretty much all weekend.

[luckyface]

The sound bleed was a little annoying at times I guess, it was just where you were positioned that determined how bad it was. I really don't have a problem with corporate sponsors but I do have a problem with corporate sponsors that release live recordings of the show & censor the artists. This is America not communist China or WWII era Germany. Lollapalooza & the music scene in general have always fought against censorship. Why tolerate it now, have we really become that subservient? I personally will never be a consumer of any AT&T products willingly. Another thing that pissed me off was that they roped off the nice grassy gnoll left of the main stage for VIP this past year. Guess I was VIP for all of 2005 cause thats where I chilled pretty much all weekend.

If you are referring to the Pearl Jam thing, you really need to get over it. Comparing 10 seconds of yet another PJ political rant being cut to WWII era Germany is ludicrous.

If you are talking about something else, please feel free to elaborate as to how a company can be communistic.

[smokingpurse]

Headliners:

Friday: Radiohead
Saturday: Rage Against the Machine
Sunday: Kanye West

I have heard nothing else.



Extremely reliable source. Sorry if this has been posted somewhere else.

[orbit]

The lack of Jack Johnson as headliner makes your statement invalid.

[suprefan]

Headliners:

Friday: Radiohead
Saturday: Rage Against the Machine
Sunday: Kanye West

I have heard nothing else.



Extremely reliable source. Sorry if this has been posted somewhere else.

Where is JJ, he shoudl be a lock. You havent ''heard'' anything else cause, maybe thats all you wish the headliners should be.

[rage patton]

Maybe Lolla is pulling a Sasquatch, and NOT getting Jack Johnson to headline.

Either way, I highly doubt those are the headliners.

[Sushov23]

I was actually thinking that RATM might be the main headliner this year. Call it a hunch, and a wish of mine.

[nationocean]

pitchfork fest was better.

[BlackSwan]

Headliners:

Friday: Radiohead
Saturday: Rage Against the Machine
Sunday: Kanye West

I have heard nothing else.



Extremely reliable source. Sorry if this has been posted somewhere else.

this would be upsetting... i hope none of it is true.