June 3, 2018
More than a quarter-century in, Lollapalooza is still one of the biggest & best music festivals around, bringing in a wide range of artists & genres. It returns to Chicago’s Grant Park for four days, Thursday-Sunday, August 2nd-5th:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2nd
| Bud Light Stage Travi$ Scott, 8:45 PM – 10:00 PM Texan rapper Travi$ Scott has succeeded in everything from producing (for GOOD Music’s Very GOOD Beats) to mixtapes to studio albums to team-ups (with Quavo as Huncho Jack). He comes to headline Lollapalooza in the run-up to the release of his highly anticipated AstroWorld, so look for new material like recent single “Watch”, which featured Kanye West and Lollapalooza ’18 performer Lil Uzi Vert (see below). |
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| Khalid, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Khalid Donnel Robinson (QRO photos outdoors) released “Location”, and the rest was history. His debut single hit quadruple platinum, followed by last cheer’s hit debut full-length, American Teen, and now the R&B singer very much on the rise plays Lollapalooza (QRO photos at 2018 festival). |
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| Rebelution, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Bringing some reggae back to Lollapalooza is Santa Barbara’s Rebelution (QRO photos in Santa Barbara), who’ve been all over the festival circuit – and four years ago had an over-packed Big Apple show shut down by the FDNY! |
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| Also: Terror Jr, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Cuco, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM |
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Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage Virgil Abloh, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM Recently named artistic director Louis Vuitton’s menswear line, Virgil Abloh brings his open format DJ style to close out the first day of Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage. |
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| Billie Eilish, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM Just try to catch electro-pop sensation Billie Eilish (QRO photos at a festival), who’s turned a lot of heads and hips with her recent single “Ocean Eyes” and EP Don’t Smile at Me. |
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| All Time Low, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM Kind of the definition of emo-rock from a certain period in time, from their three-word name to starting by covering Green Day & Blink-182, All Time Low (QRO live review) come to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) behind last year’s Last Young Renegade, their follow-up to 2015’s Future Hearts (QRO review) and 2012’s Don’t Panic (QRO review). |
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| Basement, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Ipswich rock outfit Basement (QRO photos at a festival) broke up in 2012, but reunited only two years later. |
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| Nick Mulvey, 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Originally one-quarter of Mercury Prize-nominated Portico Quartet, Nick Mulvey (QRO photos at an English festival) has since fashioned a career all his own (QRO photos). |
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American Eagle Stage Tycho, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Ambient electronics comes to Lollapalooza in the form of Scott Hansen (QRO photos at a festival), a.k.a. Tycho (QRO photos), who is touring (QRO photos) off of 2016’s acclaimed Epoch, his follow-up to 2014’s Awake (QRO review). |
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| A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM The Bronx’s Artist Julius Dubose (his actual first name is “Artist”) brings his hip-hop, boogie, and hoodies as A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. |
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| Petit Biscuit, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM French DJ and producer Mehdi Benjelloun is one-half of indie-pop duo Mount Dreams, but comes to Lollapalooza on his own at Petit Biscuit. |
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| Jaden Smith, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM Yes, the son of Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith (and brother to Willow Smith – QRO photos at a festival) is best known for his parents, his acting work (like the Karate Kid remake, and inspirational motivational speeches, but comes to Chicago to show of his music, in the form of last year’s Syre and this year’s Erys. |
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| Also: G Herbo, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Curtis Harding, 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM – QRO photos Allie X, 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM Valee, 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM DJ Taye, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
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BMI Stage Madison Beer, 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM Supa Bwe, 5:40 PM – 6:20 PM Gashi, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM Fletcher, 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM Wes Period, 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM Larkin Poe, 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM – QRO photos at a festival |
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Perry’s Stage Galantis, 8:30 PM – 9:45 PM Swedish dance DJ duo Linus Eklöw and Christian Karlsson combine as Galantis (QRO photos at a festival), who’ve had hits such as “Runaway (U & I)”, 2016’s “No Money”, and redoing early internet hit “Peanut Butter Jelly”. |
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| REZZ, 7:15 PM – 8:15 PM Persian-Ukrainian by way of Canada DJ, Isabelle Rezazadeh, a.k.a. REZZ, comes to Lollapalooza behind last year’s debut album, Mass Manipulation. |
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| Also: KAYZO, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Shiba San, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM London On Da Track, 3:30 PM – 4:30 M 4B, 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Space Jesus, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM LZRD, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM |
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Kidzapalooza presented by Lifeway Alphabet Rockers, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Mister G, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM School of Rock AllStars, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
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Lake Shore Stage Camila Cabello, 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM Formerly one of the five ladies of Fifth Harmony, Camila Cabello (QRO photos at a festival) comes solo to Lollapalooza after last year’s release of her debut solo full-length, The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving. |
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| LANY, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM L.A. electro-pop outfit LANY (QRO spotlight on) were already getting big (QRO interview) before last year’s self-titled debut full-length, and bring it all to Chicago for Lollapalooza. |
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| The Wombats, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM There are some acts that you can’t help but enjoy, and Liverpool’s The Wombats (QRO spotlight on) are one. The infectious electric sound of 2007 debut A Guide To Love, Lose & Desperation and songs such as “Moving To New York” (QRO video) and “Here Comes the Anxiety” (QRO video) was followed-up nicely in 2011 with This Modern Glitch (QRO review), and songs like “Techno Fan” (QRO video) and “Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves)” (QRO video). In 2015 The Wombats (QRO interview) returned with Glitterbug (QRO review) and pieces such as “This Is Not a Party” (QRO video) and “Emoticons” (QRO video), and this year with the excellent titled Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (QRO review). |
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| Also: Tyler Childers, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM – QRO photos at a festival Jesse Baez, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM |
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Grant Park Stage Arctic Monkeys, 8:45 PM – 10:00 PM If you’re unfamiliar with the Sheffield-native English rockers (QRO live review), you obviously were not paying much attention in 2006 when their much ballyhoo-ed debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am Not was being pumped out of every speaker and headphone either side of the Atlantic & more (QRO live review in Australia), thanks to an energetic MySpace fan base. Fast-forward eight years. MySpace is a shell of its former self, but the Arctic Monkeys (QRO photos at a festival) have put out four more studio albums, 2007’s Favorite Worst Nightmare (QRO review), 2009’s Humbug (QRO review), 2011’s Suck It and See (QRO review), and 2013’s American breakthrough AM, and with a new media storm around them (QRO photos). They return to headline the Grant Park Stage (QRO photos headlining Grant Park Stage at Lollapalooza ‘14) after the release of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. |
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| CHVRCHES, 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM Scottish electro-pop outfit CHVRCHES (QRO live review) have gotten very big very fast (QRO photos at a festival), before & after the release of debut full-length The Bones of What You Believe (QRO review) – but are fronted by the tiny Lauren Mayberry (QRO photos at a festival) and some giant lights. They successfully followed up Bones with 2015’s Every Open Eye (QRO review), and have Love Is Dead (QRO review) out this year, returning to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ‘14). |
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| Franz Ferdinand, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM Playing Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (QRO review). The Scottish band broke out of their native Glasgow in 2005 with Franz Ferdinand and killer single “Take Me Out”, and even if their studio output since then hasn’t matched up, they’re still a great band live (QRO live review), and come to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) after 2013’s Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (QRO review), 2015’s team-up (QRO photos) with art-rock new wave greats Sparks, FFS, and this year’s Always Ascending (QRO review), with great material all their own (QRO recent live review). |
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| Stars, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM 2008’s In Our Bedroom After The War marked a proverbial fork in the road moment for Montreal’s own Stars (QRO photos). While the band (QRO photos at a festival) was still pumping out high quantities of admirable, very layered pop songs like “Banquet”, their swooning ballads were a little too close to becoming overindulgent and underwhelming. With 2010’s The Five Ghosts (QRO review) and 2012’s The North, the band took the road less traveled, proving their pop relevance and then some (QRO photos), which continued with 2014’s No One Is Lost (QRO review) – and last year’s There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light (QRO review) might be the most Stars line ever. Known for the powerfully energetic shows (QRO live review), Stars are set to mesmerize festivalgoers (QRO live review). |
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| Also: Slaves (U.K.), 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM – QRO photos at a festival |
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Bud Light Dive Bar Sessions Gashi, 2:00 PM Alex Lahey, 3:45 PM Wes Period, 5:45 PM |
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3rd
| Bud Light Stage The National, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM Cincinnati-by-way-of-Brooklyn’s The National (QRO photos outdoors) hit it big in 2007 with Boxer (QRO review) and tracks like “Fake Empire”, “Mistaken For Strangers”, and “Apartment Story” (QRO video) – and again in 2008 with the Virginia EP (QRO review), but that just presaged 2011’s High Violet (QRO review), which debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts (QRO expanded edition review). An impressive and much-in-demand act (QRO live review), they’re fitting in nicely as even festival headliner (QRO photos headlining a festival) or curator (QRO photos curating a festival), like at London’s All Tomorrow’s Parties (QRO photos), Wisconsin’s Eaux Claires (QRO photos), or Boston Calling (QRO photos). Blown up to the point that New York Times Magazine ran a feature on them (QRO spotlight on) & Obama used (a family-friendly) bit of “Mr. November” (QRO video at a festival) as a campaign song, The National (QRO photos at a festival) returned from an hiatus in 2013 to take North America by storm (QRO photos headlining a festival) behind Trouble Will Find Me (QRO review), after having done so in Europe (QRO photos in Europe), the festival circuit (QRO photos at a festival), the European festival circuit (QRO photos at a European festival), Canada (QRO photos at a festival in Canada), Croatia (QRO photos at a Croatian festival), Singapore (QRO photos in Singapore) & their own Brooklyn (QRO photos in Brooklyn), plus both Barcelona’s Primavera Sound (QRO photos) and Portugal’s NOS Primavera Sound (QRO photos). They’ve since keep it going (QRO photos in 2014), including headlining American festivals (QRO photos headlining an American festival). Last year, The National (QRO live review) released yet another amazing album, Sleep Well Beast (QRO review), which earlier this year won the Grammy for Alternative Album of the Year (QRO live review at a Grammy party). A perfect act for Lollapalooza (QRO photos headlining a festival). |
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| Post Malone, 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM While best known for being a breakout hip-hop artist, Post Malone (QRO photos) traffics in many genres. He comes to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) after 2016’s debut full-length, Stoney. |
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| James Bay, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM English singer-songwriter James Bay (QRO live review) broke out with 2014’s “Hold Back the River” and the following year’s Chaos and the Calm, earning Brit Award wins & Grammy nominations to boot. The singer returns to Lollapalooza (QRO live review) behind his electric second record, Electric Light. |
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| Parquet Courts, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Bringing grunge back has been the active Parquet Courts (QRO photos at a festival), who come back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ‘14) after April’s release of Wide Awake!. |
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| Welshly Arms, 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Cleveland’s blues-rock outfit Welshly Arms (QRO photos at a festival) come to Lollapalooza behind last year’s hit song “Legendary” (which has been used in promos of everything from WWE to Cleveland Indians to Sense8). |
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Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage Oshi, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM SoundCloud phenomenon Oshi is only nineteen years old, but he’s still closing out Friday night at Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage. |
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| The Neighbourhood, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM Cali electro indie-pop outfit The Neighbourhood (QRO live review) debuted already on the majors after hit YouTube single “Sweater Weather” (QRO review), with 2013’s I Love You on Columbia, and have been winning fans (QRO photos at a festival) even outside of their ‘hood (QRO photos abroad), with 2015’s Wiped Out! and this year’s The Neighbourhood. |
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| Lizzo, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM Catch the hot, fast-rising alternative hip-hop of Minneapolis’ Lizzo (QRO photos at a festival). |
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| Gang of Youths, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Sydney’s Gang of Youths have been wowing them Down Under with their indie-rock on 2015’s The Positions and last year’s Go Farther In the Lightness, which hit number one on the Aussie charts and saw them win four ARIA Music Awards. Get in the Gang! |
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| Also: Matt Maeson, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Singer/songwriter Matt Maeson channels Manchester Orchestra (see below) and King Krule on his debut full-length, The Hearse. |
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American Eagle Stage JUNGLE, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Catch the modern-soul London music collective JUNGLE (QRO photos at a European festival), who bring “mid-tempo 1970s funk” intermixed with “tropical percussion, wildlife noises, falsetto yelps, psychedelic washes and badoinking bass.” |
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| Brockhampton, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM Formed in an online forum, making them “the internet’s first boy band,” Brockhampton (QRO photos at a festival) bring the twentieth century phenomena into the modern age, including hip-hop and mixtapes – and not being just lily-white pretty faces. Though they recently kicked out a member for sexual assault allegations (very modern), and went on a hiatus, but are back. |
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| Greta Van Fleet, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM New Michigan rock comes to Lollapalooza in the form of the next generation of classic rock, Greta Van Fleet (QRO spotlight on), one of Robert Plant’s favorite young bands, touring behind last year’s EPs Black Smoke Rising & From the Fires (QRO reviews). |
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| Big Wild, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM After a trip to Big Sur in California, Boston DJ Jackson Stell became Big Wild. |
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| Lauv, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Pop singer Ari Staphrans Leff, a.k.a. Lauv, comes to Firefly behind this year’s debut full-length, I Met Your When I Was 18 (The Playlist). |
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| Also: Two Feet, 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM Post Animal, 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM – QRO photos Clairo, 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM Cleopatrick, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
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BMI Stage R.LUM.R, 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM – QRO photos at a festival Buddy, 5:40 PM – 6:20 PM Chase Atlantic, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM CKY, 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM nothing, nowhere, 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM Mainland, 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM |
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Perry’s Stage Dillon Francis, 8:30 PM – 9:45 PM American electronic artist Dillon Francis (QRO photos at a festival) has worked with big name DJs like Calvin Harris and Diplo (and stars as the idiot best friend to James Van Der Beek’s Diplo on VICE’s hilarious What Would Diplo Do?), to the point where he’s a big-name DJ all on his very own, headlining Perry’s Stage. |
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| Malaa, 7:15 PM – 8:15 PM Real identity unknown, the balaclava-wielding future house DJ Malaa broke out with “Notorious”. |
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| Rusko, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Christopher ‘Rusko’ Mercer has brought an upbeat sound to today’s flourishing dubstep scene, and worked with the likes of M.I.A., Rihanna, and even Britney Spears. |
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| Also: Alan Walker, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM Valentino Khan, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Taylor Bennett, 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Goldfish, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM KUURO, 12:40 PM – 1:20 PM Noizu, 12:00 PM – 12:35 PM |
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Kidzapalooza presented by Lifeway Mister G, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Alphabet Rockers, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Aaron Nigel Smith, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
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Lake Shore Stage BØRNS, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Actually from Michigan, not Scandinavia, is singer Garrett Borns, a.k.a. BØRNS (QRO photos at a festival). He’s already graduated to the big-time with 2015’s debut Dopamine, and returns to Lollapalooza behind this year’s gender-bending Blue Madonna (QRO review). |
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| Alina Baraz, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Cleveland songstress Alina Baraz has impressed lots of people with her down-tempo electronica, including coming off supporting Coldplay on last year’s massive ‘A Head Full of Dreams Tour’. |
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| Also: Bebe Rexha, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Lewis Capaldi, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Dream Wife, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM |
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Grant Park Stage Bruno Mars, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM There may not be a bigger musician right now than Bruno Mars. The Hawaiian R&B singer has had hit after lovely hit, from “Just the Way You Are” to “Locked Out of Heaven” to “24K Magic”. “24K Magic” & the album of the same name swept the Grammys earlier this year, proving that the appeal of Mars, one of the best-selling artists of all time, is wide and vast. |
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| Walk the Moon, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM In their self-titled album, Walk the Moon (QRO review), these Ohio natives (QRO live review) became one of America’s infectious indie rock groups (QRO photos at a festival) and it’s easy to see why: their catchy guitar riffs, fun and creamy pop beats can strike a tune within any listener (QRO photos at a festival). In 2012, the band (QRO photos) had the ‘song of the summer’ in “Anna Sun”, but they’re more than just that great single (QRO photos), and come to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) behind 2014’s follow-up full-length, Talking Is Hard (QRO review) and last year’s less impressive What If Nothing. Shut up and dance with me! |
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| Tyler, the Creator, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Lollapalooza flirts with awesomeness and danger by booking the infamous Tyler, the Creator (QRO photos at a festival). In addition to fronting the ultra-chaotic Odd Future (QRO live review) collective, he’s released two solo studio albums of his own, 2012’s Goblin (QRO review) and 2015’s Wolf (QRO review), and will come to Lollapalooza behind last year’s Flower Boy. |
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| Dermot Kennedy, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Catch the soul-bearing beauty of the impressive new Dermot Kennedy. |
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| Alex Lahey, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Be sure to catch catchy Melbourne native Alex Lahey (QRO photos at a festival), who plays this side of the Pacific behind last year’s excellent Love You Like a Brother (QRO review). |
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Bud Light Dive Bar Sessions Chase Atlantic, 2:00 PM Welshly Arms, 3:45 PM Harry Hudson, 5:45 PM |
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4th
| Bud Light Stage Vampire Weekend, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM Overnight successes the world over should take a lesson from Vampire Weekend (QRO photos at a festival). The band went from opening for the likes of White Rabbits (QRO live review, when Vampire Weekend opened) and Tokyo Police Club (QRO live review, when Vampire Weekend opened) in 2007 to massive success after they opened the following year with their self-titled debut. This, of course, earned them (QRO live review) legions of haters, often focusing on their preppy look & history, though others just grew enraged at the music from ‘the whitest band’ (according to stuffwhitepeoplelike blog) being called ‘afro-pop’, and the comparisons with Paul Simon’s iconic Graceland (QRO deluxe edition review). They wisely slipped from view for a while, but returned to Jeff Curtin’s (QRO interview) Tree Fort Studios, faced up to the haters & the sophomore jinx to put out Contra (QRO review) in 2009, and reached #1 in the charts (only the twelfth independently-released record to do so in the last twenty years). They’ve since grown comfortable as headliners (QRO photos headlining a festival) and playing the big stage, even played Down Under (QRO live review in New Zealand), and won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album with 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City (QRO review). Vampire Weekend headline Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) – ironically up against fellow end-of-weekers The Weeknd (see below) – working on their next record, so expect new material from this old Weekend. |
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| St. Vincent, 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM After the one-and-only Annie Clark (QRO interview) made 2007 her break-out year, both as part of The Polyphonic Spree on The Fragile Army (QRO review) and with her own debut as St. Vincent (QRO photos), Marry Me (QRO review), she followed that up with even-better years (QRO spotlight on), gracing festivals (QRO photos at a festival), charming and surprising crowds with winning humor live (QRO live review), and bringing a stable of new songs (QRO live review). Those new songs, like “Laughing With a Mouth of Blood” (QRO video) and “Actor Out of Work” (QRO video) formed into 2009’s Actor (QRO review), which vaunted her into the even bigger time (QRO photos at a festival), including playing Lincoln Center (QRO live review) and other storied concert halls (QRO photos at a festival) & venues (QRO photos at Royal Albert Hall). Admittedly, 2011’s Strange Mercy (QRO review) wasn’t quite as good, but then she teamed up with the one-and-only David Byrne (QRO photos at a festival together) for 2012′s Love This Giant (QRO review), and the holy St. Vincent (QRO photos) came back with a vengeance in 2014 on St. Vincent (QRO review), including an absolutely stellar live show (QRO photos in Europe), with her platinum grey hair and mannequin moves shining outdoors (QRO live review outdoors), at festivals (QRO photos at a festival) and in the Old World (QRO live review in Europe). A must-see at Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival), she comes behind last year’s massively seductive MASSEDUCTION (QRO review) and seductive stage show (QRO photos at a 2018 festival). |
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| LL Cool J, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM The baddest rapper to star on a network crime procedural this side of Ice-T, NCIS: Los Angeles star LL Cool J (QRO photos at a festival). |
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| Also: A R I Z O N A, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Yungblud, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM |
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Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage DROELOE, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM Closing Saturday night at Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage is Dutch producer Vincent Rooijers and visual designer Hein Hamers, a.k.a. DROELOE. |
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| Luke Combs, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM From Asheville, not Nashville, Luke Combs has still managed some hit country songs like “Hurricane”, “When It Rains It Pours”, and “One Number Away”. |
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| Lil Pump, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM “Gucci Gang” made Lil Pump a hit (even if it was also parodied on Saturday Night Live as “Tucci Gang”). More recently he was featured on the soundtrack for Deadpool 2. |
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| Tank & The Bangas, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Winner of last year’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest, Tank & The Bangas (QRO photos at a festival) have bounded onto the scene (QRO photos at a festival) with a lively mix of funk, soul, hip-hop, rock and spoken word (QRO photos). Also: Wallows, 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM |
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American Eagle Stage blackbear, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM A late add to the Lollapalooza ’18 line-up, Daytona Beach’s blackbear has collaborated with tons of big names, from Justin Bieber (co-wrote his hit “Boyfriend”) to Pharrell Williams and even Miley Cyrus. |
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| Tash Sultana, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM Melbourne’s Tash Sultana began her career busking on the streets, but has since vaunted into the top of Australia radio & more, thanks to only handful of singles. |
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| Daniel Caesar, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM Canadian R&B/soul singer Daniel Caesar heads to Lollapalooza after last year’s debut full-length, Freudian. |
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| GoldLink, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM DeAnthony Carlos got critical acclaim with 2014 mixtape The God Complex as GoldLink. More recently he’s had his own hit debut studio album, At What Cost, and Grammy nominated single “Crew”. |
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| Autograf, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Chicago remix experts Autograf come home to Lollapalooza. |
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| Also: Pale Waves, 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM – QRO photos Amy Shark, 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM Femdot, 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM Emilia Ali, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
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BMI Stage Vera Blue, 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM morgxn, 5:40 PM – 6:20 PM Melvv, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM Bones, 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM Davie, 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM Grace Weber, 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM |
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Perry’s Stage Zedd, 8:30 PM – 9:45 PM German electro-house producer Zedd (real name: Anton Zaslavski) has been branching out into complextro & dubstep, as he’s become a festival regular (QRO photos at a festival). |
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| ILLENIUM, 7:15 PM – 8:15 PM San Francisco DJ & producer Nick Miller, a.k.a. ILLENIUM, comes to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a New Orleans festival). |
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| Zomboy, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Catch the A-rated dubstep of England’s Zomboy. |
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| Also: Ghastly, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM Hippie Sabotage, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM K?D, 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM LOUDPVCK, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Brohug, 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM BlackGummy, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
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Kidzapalooza presented by Lifeway kb Whirly, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Q Brothers, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM School of Rock AllStars, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM |
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Lake Shore Stage Dua Lipa, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM English singer Dua Lipa (QRO photos at a festival) started out by covering other people on YouTube, but was quickly snapped up by Warner Brothers for last year’s self-titled debut album and #1 single “New Rules”. |
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| Carly Rae Jepsen, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Three words: “Call Me Maybe”. With that song, the third-place finisher of the 2007 season of Canadian Idol (the version where even the Simon Cowell clone is polite) reached massive fame, with what became the best-selling single worldwide in 2012. Carly Rae Jepsen is still a pop star, but one of those alt-Canadian ones – the kind who’d play Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a Chicago festival). |
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| Also: Daya, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Sir Sly, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM – QRO photos at a festival lovelytheband, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM |
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Grant Park Stage The Weeknd, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM Headlining Saturday at Lollapalooza is Toronto’s hip-hop phenom The Weekend (QRO photos at a festival). He comes down to Chicago (QRO photos at a festival) after 2016’s year’s Starboy, and after winning Grammys and even appearing on Saturday Night Live (where yes, they did ‘The Weeknd Update’…). |
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| Logic, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Sir Robert Bryson Hall II (“Sir” is part of his name, not an honorific, apparently…), has become a top songwriter as Logic (QRO photos at a festival). |
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| Catfish & The Bottlemen, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM North Wales’ young Catfish & The Bottlemen (QRO photos) played seemingly a million festivals. They come back to Lollapalooza behind this year’s sophomore release, The Ride. |
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| Bomba Estéreo, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Bogota’s Bomba Estéreo (QRO photos at a festival) come from outside the continent as they hit Lollapalooza with their electro-tropical sound. |
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| Charlotte Cardin, 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM Catch the electric jazz songstress Charlotte Cardin (QRO photos) from Montreal. |
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Bud Light Dive Bar Sessions Sur, 2:00 PM – QRO photos at Bud Light Dive Bar Sessions morgxn, 3:45 PM Tank & The Bangas, 5:45 PM |
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 5th
| Bud Light Stage ODESZA, 8:45 PM – 10:00 PM Harrison Mills & Clayton Knight managed to put out their debut as electronic duo ODESZA (QRO photos) while still in their senior year back in ’12 with Summer’s Gone, and come to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) off of 2014’s follow-up full-length, In Return. |
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| Lil Uzi Vert, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Philadelphia’s Lil Uzi Vert got recognition from his debut single, “Money Longer”, and some top-notch mixtapes. And last fall his appeared on Billboard Hot 100 single “Bad and Boujee”, by Migos. He returns to Lollapalooza for his second year in a row. |
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| Gucci Mane, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Along with the likes of T.I. & Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane (QRO photos at a festival) pioneered the trap music style of hip-hop. Of course, he’s had his problems with the law, as well as fellow trap rappers like Young Jeezy and Waka Flocka Flame. He comes to Lollapalooza behind 2016’s The Return of East Atlanta Santa album, last year’s collaboration with Metro Boomin, DropTopWop, and his Billboard Hot 100 #1 single “Black Beatles”, with Rae Sremmurd. |
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| The Vaccines, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM The Vaccines (QRO live review) have grown up (somewhat) with 2012’s Come of Age (QRO review), 2015’s English Graffiti, and this year’s infectious Combat Sports (QRO review), with their garage rock maybe finally earning some all the attention they got (QRO photos at a festival) from debut What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (QRO review). Also: The Coronas, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
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Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage Medasin, 8:00 PM – 8:45 PM Closing out Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage for Lollapalooza 2018 is passionate remixer Medasin. |
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| NAV, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM A friend of the likes of Lollapalooza 2018’s The Weeknd & Lil Uzi Vert (see both above) is Canadian rapper NAV. |
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| Also: Rainbow Kitten Surprise, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Frenship, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’17 after-show Superorganism, 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM |
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American Eagle Stage Playboi Carti, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Atlanta’s Playboi Carti does everything from rapping to modeling, and comes to Lollapalooza behind this year’s debut, Die Lit. |
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| Quinn XCII, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM Detroit’s Mikael Temrowski mixes a slew of genres as Quinn XCII. |
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| Cigarettes After Sex, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM El Paso ambient pop Cigarettes After Sex come to Chicago after last summer’s self-titled debut full-length. |
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| Also: Sabrina Claudio, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM Knox Fortune, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Jessie Reyez, 2:50 – 3:30 PM Rex Orange County, 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM – QRO photos Sasha Sloan, 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM Dorothy, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM – QRO photos |
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BMI Stage John Splithoff, 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM The Wrecks, 5:40 PM – 6:20 PM The Aces, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM Mikky Ekko, 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM – QRO photos Van William, 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM Morgan Saint, 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM |
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Perry’s Stage Excision, 8:45 PM – 9:45 PM Excision, a.k.a. Jeff Abel, is a dubstep producer & DJ from British Columbia (QRO photos). |
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| BAZZI, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM Andrew Bazzi came to fame with last fall’s single “Mine” – which became an Internet meme when used with a Snapchat filter. So twenty-first century… |
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| What So Not, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Originally a duo with Flume (QRO photos at a festival), Australian Emoh Instead’s What So Not has become big in its own right with songs such as “Gemini” (featuring George Maple), “Jaguar”, “High You Are” and “Tell Me” (with RL Grime). |
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| TroyBoi, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Mad Decent artist TroyBoi comes to Lollapalooza. |
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| Also: Herobust, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Chris Lake, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EKALI, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM The Him, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Tim Gunter, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM |
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Kidzapalooza presented by Lifeway Justin Roberts & The Not Ready for Naptime Players, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM School of Rock AllStars, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Q Brothers, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM kb Whirly, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
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Lake Shore Stage Chromeo, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM There are combos and then there are combos: Montreal’s Chromeo (QRO live review) are the electro-funk duo of Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) and P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) has been best friends since childhood (QRO live review), billing themselves as, “The only successful Arab/Jewish collaboration since the beginning of time” (but what is their stance on Québécois independence?…). And their electronica works outdoors (QRO photos outdoors), day or night (QRO live review), even at a festival (QRO photos at a festival). They come back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ‘14) with their great show (QRO live review), off of this year’s Head Over Heels. |
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| Manchester Orchestra, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM From Atlanta, not New or Old England, Manchester Orchestra (QRO live review) were more rock than alt- on debut I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child (QRO review), and moved firmly into the rock camp with 2009’s Mean Everything To Nothing (QRO review), 2011’s Simple Math (QRO review), 2014’s Cope (QRO review), and last year’s A Black Mile To the Surface (QRO review). However, the outfit does it well (QRO live review) and big (QRO photos) as they come back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ‘14) to rock (QRO live review at Lollapalooza ’17 after-party). |
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| Kali Uchis, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Karly Loaiza, a.k.a. Kali Uchis, got notice for working with Snoop Dogg, but has since graduated to her first ever headlining tour last year, and now comes to Lollapalooza. |
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| Also: Durand Jones & The Indications, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – QRO photos at a festival Freya Ridings, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM |
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Grant Park Stage Jack White, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM The most famous artist in indie-rock, probably the most famous rock ‘n’ roller to emerge in a generation, you already know Jack White’s story (QRO photos) – married & broke-up with drummer Meg White, then formed The White Stripes (QRO live review) with her (pseudo-pretending to be brother-and-sister), massive success as a new generation of rock ‘n’ roll broke out at the start of this century/millennium, Meg’s meltdown, Jack’s work in other bands like The Raconteurs & The Dead Weather (QRO album review), The White Stripes’ final confirmed break up in 2011, and Jack White’s solo, with 2012’s Blunderbuss (QRO review), 2014’s Lazaretto, and this year’s Boarding House Reach (QRO review). White’s been on everything from The Simpsons to The Colbert Report, founded his own label, Third Man Records (that included America’s favorite pundit as an artist), and Boarding House Reach hit #1 on the charts – so don’t expect to get anywhere near the stage (QRO photos headlining a festival) unless you camp out there the night before (but hopefully he’ll play for longer than he did at his notorious Radio City Music Hall appearance in 2012 – QRO live review)… |
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| Portugal. The Man, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Boston Calling draws from very farther up north with Alaska’s Portugal. The Man (QRO photos at a festival). The rambling grunge outfit garnered new fans with 2007 sophomore release Church Mouth (QRO review), and its unhinged alt-rock (QRO live review), though slipped somewhat since then, even while finally playing Europe (QRO photos at a European festival) and becoming a festival favorite (QRO photos at a festival). Their major label debut In the Mountain In the Cloud (QRO review) was more psych-lite, but they still bring it live (QRO live review), and even went Down Under (QRO photos at a festival) after 2013’s release of follow-up Evil Friends (QRO review), hitting both the festival circuit (QRO photos at a 2013 festival) and live gigs (QRO 2013 live review). They come to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) touring last year’s hit Woodstock (QRO review), which has vaunted them in popularity (QRO photos at a 2018 festival) thanks to big hit, “Feel It Still”. |
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| Lykke Li, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM In the wake of Peter Bjorn and John’s (QRO spotlight on) “Young Folks” success, the music industry was on the look out for the next Swedish sensation – preferably a comely lass from Scandinavia. And at CMJ ‘08 (QRO recap), she was found in Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson, or Lykke Li (QRO photos) and her debut, Wounded Rhymes (QRO review). Since then, she’s gone on to outshine (QRO photos) almost every Swede since ABBA, with follow-ups Youth Novels (QRO review), 2014’s I Never Learn (QRO review) – and the so sad & sexy so sad so sexy (QRO review) out this year, as she comes back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’14). |
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| Anderson East, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM From Alabama & Nashville, Michael Cameron Anderson, a.k.a. Anderson East (QRO photos at a festival), comes to Lollapalooza behind this year’s sophomore full-length, Encore. Also: The Regrettes, 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM |
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Bud Light Dive Bar Sessions Jaira Burns, 2:00 PM Morgan Saint, 4:15 PM The Aces, 6:00 PM |
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AFTER-SHOWS
Just because the festival’s ended for the day (or hasn’t even started yet), doesn’t mean there isn’t music.
Tuesday, July 31st
Quinn XCII, with Fletcher & John Splithoff @ Metro
Wednesday, August 1st
Billie Eilish, with Wes Period @ House of Blues
CHVRCHES, with Sasha Sloan @ Metro
Tycho @ Concord
Franz Ferdinand @ Park West
Rebelution, with DJ Mel @ Thalia Hall
LANY, with Harry Hudson @ Bottom Lounge
Lido, with Malcolm London & Grace Weber @ Lincoln Hall
Shiba San, with Tim Baresko @ Mid
Madison Beer, with Chase Atlantic @ Reggie’s
Terror Jr, with Allie X @ Schubas
DJ Diesel @ Prysm
Thursday, August 2nd
Dehd, Ajani Jones, White Mystery @ Land and Sea Dept – RSVP
blackbear, with Gashi @ House of Blues
Highly Suspect, with Cleopatrick @ Vic – QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’17
The National, with Alex Lahey @ Metro
Jungle, with Superorganism @ Park West
Parquet Courts, with Dream Wife @ Thalia Hall
Dermot Kennedy, with Mobley @ Bottom Lounge
The Wombats, with Future Feats @ Lincoln Hall
Kayzo, with Noizu @ Mid
Gang of Youth, with Matt Maeson @ Reggie’s
Petit Biscuit, with Yoshi Flower @ Logan Square
Cuco, with Jesse Baez @ Subterranean
Slaves (U.K.), with Vamos @ Empty Bottle
Tyler Childers, with Larkin Poe @ Schubas
Space Jesus, with Onhell @ Chop Shop
Virgil Abloh, with Garrett David & Ariel Zetina @ Smart Bar
Galantis @ Prysm
Friday, August 3rd
Catfish and The Bottlemen, with Yungblud @ House of Blues
Dua Lipa, with Buddy @ Vic
Houndmouth, with Lewis Capaldi @ Metro
Brockhampton, with Romil @ Concord
Carly Rae Jepsen, with Morgxn @ Park West
Tank & The Bangas, with Durand Jones & The Indications @ Thalia Hall
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, with Femdot @ Bottom Lounge
GoldLink @ Lincoln Hall
Malaa, with Codes @ Mid
Basement, with Montrose Man @ Reggie’s
Rusko, with Oshi @ Logan Square
A R I Z O N A, with The Aces @ Subterranean
Curtis Harding @ Empty Bottle
Anderson East, with The Dales @ Schubas
Brownies and Lemonade @ Chop Shop
Walk the Moon (DJ set) @ Headquarters
Dillon Francis, with Tim Gunter @ Prysm
London On Da Track @ Roof at The Wit
Valentino Khan @ Soundbar
Saturday, August 4th
St. Vincent (DJ set), Japanese Breakfast, Just Loud @ Chicago Athletic Association Hotel – RSVP
Manchester Orchestra, with Ratboys @ House of Blues
Greta Van Fleet, with Dorothy @ Vic
Walk the Moon, with Pale Waves @ Concord
Alina Baraz, with R.LUM.R @ Thalia Hall
Lizzo, with Davie @ Bottom Lounge
Cigarettes After Sex @ Lincoln Hall
Zomboy, with Ghastly @ Mid
Sabrina Claudio @ Reggie’s
Hippie Sabotage, with Melvv @ Logan Square
Rex Orange County @ Subterranean
Post Animal @ Empty Bottle
The Vaccines, with The Regrettes @ Schubas
Autograf, with Goldfish and Midnight Kids @ Chop Shop
Playboi Carti @ Prysm
K?D @ Soundbar
Lizzo (DJ set) @ Berlin
Sunday, August 5th
Vampire Weekend @ Met
ILLENIUM, with Medasin @ Concord
What So Not, with TroyBoi and Onmo @ Mid
Gucci Mane (host), with Chromeo (DJ set) @ Prysm
Chris Lake @ Soundbar
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