Lollapalooza 2012 - Perry's Pleasure Party!!!

[apostle2]

Sabbath, Sigur Ros, The Afghan Whigs, Tallest Man on Earth, Sharon Van Etten, and JEFF the Brotherhood are good gets. The rest is average or worse.

Inclusion of Sharon Van Etten and exclusion of At the Drive-In makes this statement obviously taste-driven and therefore invalid.

[chunk]

Sabbath, Sigur Ros, The Afghan Whigs, Tallest Man on Earth, Sharon Van Etten, and JEFF the Brotherhood are good gets. The rest is average or worse.

I disagree. Tame Impala, The Walkmen, Bloc Party, Bombay Bicycle Club, White Rabbits and Dr. Dog are all above average or better.

[Spooks]

Friday, Aug 03
The Black Keys Black Sabbath Bassnectar The Shins Passion Pit The Afghan Whigs M83 NERO Metric Wale Die Antwoord Dawes The Head & The Heart Dr. Dog SBTRKT Porter Robinson Tame Impala Band of Skulls Madeon Zedd Blind Pilot The Black Angels Yellow Ostrich Sharon Van Etten Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs The War on Drugs Michael Kiwanuka O Rappa The Growlers Anamanaguchi First Aid Kit Wax The White Panda Animal Kingdom Dev Kevin Devine Dry the River Helena Haley Reinhart Ambassadors DJ Zebo thenewno2

Saturday, Aug 04
Red Hot Chili Peppers Avicii The Weeknd Bloc Party Calvin Harris Franz Ferdinand Frank Ocean Delta Spirit Santigold The Temper Trap tUnE-yArDs Skream & Benga Twin Shadow The Tallest Man on Earth FUN. Alabama Shakes JJ Grey & Mofro Neon Indian Paper Diamond Washed Out Aloe Blacc Bear in Heaven Chairlift GIVERS Doomtree Star Slinger JEFF the Brotherhood FIDLAR JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound Milo Greene Los Jaivas Kopecky Family Band LP Walk Off The Earth SALVA The Dunwells Empires Moon Taxi Chancellor Warhol Laura Warshauer

Sunday, Aug 05
Jack White Florence + The Machine At The Drive-In Justice Kaskade Sigur Ros Miike Snow J. Cole Childish Gambino Zeds Dead Big Gigantic The Big Pink Toro Y Moi Little Dragon Of Monsters And Men Gary Clark Jr. The Gaslight Anthem Amadou & Mariam The Walkmen Dum Dum Girls Trampled By Turtles Polica Bombay Bicycle Club White Rabbits Macklemore & Ryan Lewis The Devil Makes Three Oberhofer Bowerbirds Mona Hey Rosetta! The Jezabels Nadastrom DJ Nihal Yuna The Sheepdogs DJ Mel Imaginary Cities Overdoz Red Oblivion Kid Color

[westcoastpirate]

3 day passes sold out.

Single day and VIP still available.

[ChiTownHeat]

Pretty surprised that Jack White is the main Sunday night headliner. Wonder if Justice will actually close one of the main stages on Sunday night? Hopefully they don't have a meltdown like their set this weekend to end the Lolla weekend.

[nathanfairchild]

i grabbed a friday and sunday ticket.

[caeden]

fuck me. i totally waited to buy a 3day pass. now i'm screwed

[paulb]

Same here. Oh well, either I selectfully choose what day to go, or try to choose a different festival to attend.

PS: Nice meeting you caeden, I was so fuckin out of it after Dre, hope I didnt come off like a Zombie too much.

[stinkbutt]

Saturday sucks anyways. Why the fuck are they putting Black Keys on at the same time as Sabbath?

[Siege]

Friday's the only day I'd would really love to see, although Sunday is perfectly acceptable. Unfortunately I think festival attendance is a bust for me this year in general... but I'd say this one is definitely desirable

[caeden]

i said "fuck it" and bought all three days. yes, it is more expensive going a la carte. yes, i have to change wristbands each day. and yes, i don't have reentry privileges. saturday's headliners aren't ideal, granted, but the undercard has several bands i want to see/check out/revisit. so i can justify the cost to myself with relative ease. i'm just mad that i waited to buy my pass, so i ended up paying more. oh, well. lesson learned.

nice to meet you too, paulb. you didn't come off as a zombie. i met getbetter after real estate on sunday; now, he was a zombie

[fnmore]

Pretty surprised that Jack White is the main Sunday night headliner. Wonder if Justice will actually close one of the main stages on Sunday night? Hopefully they don't have a meltdown like their set this weekend to end the Lolla weekend.

maybe because he is a ROCK GOD and plays real instruments

[stinkbutt]

Kill yourself

[Driftwood]

Does MJA still post here?

Waiting for his version of the Sahara thread for Perry's.

http://i.imgur.com/JUxzy.jpg

Likely to be those acts at Perry's even if it isn't broken down on the line-up page cause the leak proved to be pretty much correct about everything else.

[Coach Bombay]

I'm sure this has been discussed SOMEWHERE, but f it, I'm gonna ask anyways... How does Lolla as a festival "compare" to Coachella? I got myself a ticket this year, but all I really know is the line up and that its in Chicago.

For some reason, I imagine Lollapalooza to be like a cross between Coachella and Outside Lands.

[Somewhat Damaged]

Lollapalooza is horrible. That's regardless of whether it's compared to Coachella, although it comes off looking way worse when judged beside Coachella. It stunk everywhere last year; I tried getting in front of the sound board for the Cars and although there was plenty of space to do that, I immediately turned around and left because of how badly it smelled. Their setup is nice, with the couple of areas with 2 stages so that once a band finishes on one, a band on the other can start, but that's about the only positive takeaway I had from my experience.

Friends who went in previous years were similarly unimpressed. It's a city festival so people will go not because they care about the acts playing but because it's something to do. If you live there, sure, go if the lineup interests you, but if you'd have to travel, save your money for another fest.

EDIT: Just noticed you already have a ticket. If you have to travel, see if you can flip it on eBay. If you have a 3-day pass, you'll have no problem unloading it.

[Coach Bombay]

Lollapalooza is horrible. That's regardless of whether it's compared to Coachella, although it comes off looking way worse when judged beside Coachella. It stunk everywhere last year; I tried getting in front of the sound board for the Cars and although there was plenty of space to do that, I immediately turned around and left because of how badly it smelled. Their setup is nice, with the couple of areas with 2 stages so that once a band finishes on one, a band on the other can start, but that's about the only positive takeaway I had from my experience.

Friends who went in previous years were similarly unimpressed. It's a city festival so people will go not because they care about the acts playing but because it's something to do. If you live there, sure, go if the lineup interests you, but if you'd have to travel, save your money for another fest.

EDIT: Just noticed you already have a ticket. If you have to travel, see if you can flip it on eBay. If you have a 3-day pass, you'll have no problem unloading it.

lol... It smelled? Like, sweaty people smell or...I dont get it.

[zircona1]

It rained last year, maybe that's why it smelled?

I went in 2010 and one day in 2009, saw some great bands, but I don't think I'll go back. It's just too crowded (though I've heard they've opened a few streets up to deal with the capacity) and at Coachella it's easier to move between stages and you can get a really good spot for a set and not have to show up 30 minutes or more before it starts.

Also, while it gets hot at Coachella (well, not this year) you don't sweat as much as when it gets hot in Chicago (let's hear it for humidity!).

One good thing about Lolla is that it is easy to get to - Grant Park is right there in the city, so you can just walk to the park (if you're staying downtown), take an El train, or park your car nearby.

[malcolmjamalawesome]

MJA confirmed for Saturday

[HEADSTRUCK]

lol... It smelled? Like, sweaty people smell or...I dont get it.

like poo! That field smelled the entire weekend, I was happy when we had bands to see not on those two stages.

[Karl Malone]

This fest is for non-music lovers.

[nathanfairchild]

how do you figure?

[ialvarado2]

Got my plane ticket, hotel and 3 day pass... and my friend bailed on me!

The lineup is not that great but there's still a few bands that I want to see plus Jack White.

Should I go by myself? Is there any hot chick out there that would like to go with me?

[suprefan]

Got my plane ticket, hotel and 3 day pass... and my friend bailed on me!

The lineup is not that great but there's still a few bands that I want to see plus Jack White.

Should I go by myself? Is there any hot chick out there that would like to go with me?

Just find one over there. Theyre nice and welcoming, youll see.

[Karl Malone]

how do you figure?

The line-up.

[nathanfairchild]

Go on...

[trendski]

Got single day tix for Fri and Sunday.... then off to Outside Land Fest the following week.
Summer Music Fest is on!

[Karl Malone]

Go on...

The line-up.

Nuff said.

[nathanfairchild]

you are dense.

[Karl Malone]

you are dense.

How so? Don't you feel like you have seen a majority of those bands already, probably in a more intimate & adequate setting?
Not to mention, you have probably seen them at more exciting points in their careers. I mean, c'mon, are you really gearing up to see a set by Big Gigantic? Get real.