Lollapalooza is celebrating it's 20th anniversary August 5-7 at Grant Park in Chicago. The festival that started like a traveling circus for Jane's Addiction farewell tour in 1991 supported by other alternative rock bands didn't call it quits when Jane's Addiction did. The tour continued annually until 1997. In 2003 it hit the road again but failed to find it's legs in 2004 canceling the tour. After being cancelled the promoters realized the format needed changing. Like most things that mature Lolla planted it's roots. With the beautiful skyline of Chicago to the West and the lake to the East Grant Park in Chicago was an ideal location for a 3 day festival. Since 2005 they have had headliners such as Widespread Panic, Daft Punk, Green Day, Kanye West, Radiohead, and Rage Against The Machine just to name a few. Even acts that in early years were on small stages stepped up to be mainstage headliners, ever heard of some weird girl who grew up to become Lady Gaga?
This year's lineup has something for everyone. Perry's taste has definitely changed over the years from alt rock to electronic music which represents his own playing style seeing how he frequently DJs now. Because of this he has "Perry's," a stage filled with some of the hottest acts in electronic music. Not to mention he also brought in Deadmau5 as one of the top billed acts. Check out the lineup here and it looks like this year is my best shot for making it back since 2008.
If I was a pharaoh this would be my pyramid.
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