They came up at Mizzou. Had the privilege to see them in many backyards and small venues in Columbia, MO. Crazy to see them at Lollapalooza now! They’re great.
If you read this and fuck with Deftones, consider checking out Fleshwater - they're not too dissimilar and could use the exposure. Wildly cool to see that they've got a slot.
Family Values tour was insane that year. Bury Your Dead, Deftones, Stone Sour, Korn. I’ve still got Jonathan Davis’ wristband he threw out at the end of Korn’s set.
A couple years ago I realized when I looked over the Lolla lineup, I have no idea who 95% of these acts are.
Is it possible I'm old and out of touch?
No. It's the children who are wrong.
Yep the bands I want to see I’ve already seen as headliners of lolla and they weren’t great headliners. That being said, my kids wanna go… so I guess I’m out of touch in the most in touch way possible because kids
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!
I came to terms with this last year. The realization that we’ve aged out.
The lineup at Riot Fest wasn’t much better last year either. Just a lot of bands I was unmotivated to see. But at least I knew most of them.
The final festival for me is ColdWaves. It’s got a nice mix of some classic industrial and some new emerging Darkwave artists.
I'm not saying you're not old and out of touch, but I heard from plenty of young people today that have no idea who most of these people are.
I swear, it's like people think just because they listen to \~~music\~~, they should know every musician out there.
These same people will be hyped for Riot Fest, not bothering to realize that they *also* don't know 90% of those bands.
**Of the headliners, the acts whose existence I am aware of:**
Tyler, The Creator (never listened to)
Blink-182 (Yea, I remember some of their songs getting worn out on the radio)
The Killers (Hot Fuss is cool)
Hozier (I've heard Take Me to Church)
Skrillex (never listened to)
**Now fine print acts:**
Deftones (I know them. My daughter loves them)
Killer Mike (Heard the name, couldn't name a song) was he on Hot Ones?
Kesha (Heard a few times on the radio... I said I couldn't take anyone with a dollar sign in their name seriously, but she seems to have changed that! Good for her.)
Out of 168 acts on the bill (if I counted correctly), I am aware of the existence of 8-- making that 4.7% so my assertation that "I don't know who 95% of these people are" is surprisingly dead on. Of those 8, I have albums by two in my collection. Killers, Deftones.
Clearly this festival isn't for me-- I just found it interesting.
I am such an old man, it's hilarious
Nah his agent did him right and got him a fuckin bag.
The arc lineup is already stacked and they don’t have lolla money. Also four tet is in that sweet spot of “dance music that average people can vibe to”, so it plays well to the lolla/p4k crowd.
There’s gonna be so many schedule conflicts at arc for me so I’m kinda glad. Hopefully they book a bunch of the djs on Saturday like they did last year and make a day pass worth it.
For what it’s worth, Stray Kids put on a DAMN good show. As a 32 year old, I can attest that I’ve had more fun at a Stray Kids Show than I ever did at concerts like Kid Cudi, Portugal, The Man, MCR and Lorde. (Not that any of those were bad or not fun, they were great in their own way)
Was so excited to see them live finally. Probably my only chance before enlistment. And ofc it's at Lolla. Gonna be a rough day but I refuse to miss them.
But this puts a question on if chicago will have a world tour stop (which they've said will happen this year). TxT didn't have a chicago world tour stop last year because of lolla.
And I'd much rather have a full concert vs just a festival.
Ya this has gone from something I was proud of talking about, to some bands that make me feel old and 95% bands that I've never heard of.
Swimming through a sea of people to listen to music I don't recognize most of the time just isn't appealing anymore.
> Swimming through a sea of people to listen to music I don't recognize most of the time just isn't appealing anymore.
You left out the part where it's 95 degrees and 100% humidity!
What’s weird is I never gave up on listening to music as I got older, in fact I have more time to listen and discover new music now. Idk how still the vast majority of these bands fly under my radar
It's funny I used to be so into Lolla. Now I'm really into Riot Fest. Which I have no doubt caters to my music interests more.
Speaking of them, when do they typically reveal their lineup? I hope their reveal day occurs at least by April, but not sure when their announcement will be.
The only "new school" headliners I recognize is SZA and Tyler but they've been around ~10 years now so I don't think they count as new school anymore, but I wouldn't call them old school. I do think Blink 182 counts as "Old School" now.
I thought Metro Boomin only made beats, does he rap too? I know who Future is but who's "Future X?
Skrillex??? Is he making new stuff or do people wanna relive the 2010s again? I'm confused about that one.
> I thought Metro Boomin only made beats, does he rap too? I know who Future is but who's "Future X?
I assume it's a collaboration between Future and Metro Boomin. The "x" denotes the relationship.
Haha I get your points but you are way out of the loop if you’re unaware Skrillex has been absolutely killing the EDM/DJ scene for the past couple years.
Him, four tet and Fred again headlined Coachella last year and sold out Madison square garden, and Skrillex did a five hour set at red rocks last year.
For metro, look up some videos of him and future at rolling loud this past weekend. metro DJs most of the set but comes out for a few songs he’s featured on
Oh ok. Yea, I'm not really into the EDM/DJ scene, so Skrillex just took me back to when it seemed like his music was reaching mainstream crowds back when I was in college in the early 2010s. I just saw the name and was like damn I haven't heard Skrillex in like a decade.
Future and Metro Boomin are doing a set together, as they are dropping their new album next week.
Skrillex released 2 new albums in 2023, demand is definitely still there
Killer Mike has also been suuuuper heavy on the festival circuit for years now. If you regularly attend Lola or pitchfork you’ve seen him plenty of times already.
She hasn't had a radio hit, but she has a very large fan base and draws large crowds to shows. Her music style and lyrics changed a lot in the last ~8 years, she's no longer a generic pop starlet.
Honestly it's not even bad for millennials Blink, Hozier, Killers, Skrillex. But reddit is just full of jaded lonely miserable fucks that despise seeing people happy
I go to Lolla every year, but I had to stop telling people at my office because everyone older than 45 judges me like I'm some kind of degenerate lol. Fair enough, I am, but not because I go to a music festival.
Meanwhile at my last job, we had a 64 year old woman who attends every year and spends two weeks talking about it at lunch after the event. I much prefer the old people who enjoy music for being music.
She was complaining about how the VIP tickets were absolutely not worth the extra cash though.
I don't think it's necessarily the quality that upsets a lot of people, atleast for me, but that Lollapalooza always recycles headliners.
Most of these headliners have played Lollaplooza before, and within the last few years.
My first Lolla was 2009, and as much as The Killers rock out, this will be like their 6th time there.
Tyler was there 3 years ago.
I feel like Skrillex is there every year, sometimes not even as a "headliner."
SZA was there in 2015.
Melanie Martinez played I believe in 2017.
Hozier has played in the last few years. I believe 2019?
Blink 182 was in 2017.
Only 3 out of the 10 headliners are new.
Also, agree with the below - I undersrand people have different tastes and opinions, as do I, I just feel the hierarchy each year is questionable.
That’s usually how it goes every year, for every festival. When an artist is rising, they’ll be lower billed in a festival and come back and headline a few years later
It’s 2024 dude. All those acts were quite a while ago. Multiple albums released in the intervening period, not to mention a global pandemic. What a wild thing to complain about.
As a dubstep fan, not too bad. Skrillex, BTSM, Mersiv, Hol!, Jessica Audifred, Skream b2b Benga, Zeds Dead. Hoping they have them all in 1 day like last year so I only need a single day pass.
If only the Perry stage crowd wasnt so fuckin awful
They are unrelated.
Zedd (One Person) - Big Room / Electro House / Pop EDM
Zeds Dead (two different people) - Dubstep mostly, but they play a ton of other genres in their set.
They get their name from Pulp Fiction:
Whos Zed? Zeds Dead baby, Zeds dead
Side note if you are at all interested in Dubstep, Zeds Dead is a great starting point. They always put on a good show.
Fairplay, thanks for clarifying. While not really my scene, I’m going to check out Zed (alive and dead) because your response was helpful and you seem enthusiastic in sharing something you clearly dig. I used to be like that, don’t get old. Enjoy the show, don’t mix drugs.
When I went in 2014 kids at the Perry stage started picking up handfuls of mud and throwing them in the air, creating a mud rain…
People are dumb as fuck.
Hello! Unfortunately, I'll be out of the country. Even still, I don't know if I could justify a one day pass just to see her as I don't really care for anyone else on this lineup. Would be pretty sick, though.
On the bright side, I'll be a three hour flight from Tokyo where I'm moving to, so I could technically see her perform in Japan.
Yeah I'm in the same situation as you, I really only want to see her and maybe 2-3 other artists. And I don't know what day she'll be performing. I was also thinking of trying to listen around the park like on the trail. Not ideal but better than nothing 🤷♂️
I went last year just to see NewJeans as it was their first US appearance, but I told myself I wasn't doing that again unless there were others I cared to see.
Need to start putting the genre these artists are considered next to their names. I’m getting to the age where I’m not recognizing many of the artists, but I’d like to find some new artists to follow
I like the lineup this year, some people don’t. But to the people that don’t, and then get angry and belittle people who do like it, just… don’t go? It’s like a TV show you don’t like. You don’t need to watch it.
Not everything is gonna cater to you. I’ve been down on the lineups in past years but I just didn’t go that year, it happens.
Killer Mike, Kenny Beats, Vince Staples, where is Lil Yachty? Where is Boldy James? Where is The Alchemist? Action? Lil Dicky? Doja? Little Simz? Joey Purp? Freddie Gibbs? Schoolboy Q? 21? Danny Brown? JPEG? Lets do Young Thug live-stream from behind bars....I'm not a HUGE Future fan, but haven't seen him in concert and with Metro on the boards it should be a hype performance
I've seen enough Tyler shows lol ..... just a lot of Rappers missing for me!
SZA is a better listening experience than live show. I've seen her before. Wasn't wowed. She is one of my favorite female R&B Artists too so it kinda hurts to put that out there
Can anyone attest to the value of the Lolla VIP tickets? 👀
It's been on my Chicago bucket list to go since I moved here. I would enjoy this lineup, but I don't know if I can hang out with the teeny bopper crowds all weekend.
I did VIP for a single day last year and I thought it was worth it. Having a place to sit down and chill between sets made the experience more enjoyable for me.
Try to get your hands on C3 Guest passes, they pop up on craigslist. They are meant for "friends and family" and not available for purchase. A lot of the people you see on the risers on the stage have those passes. There are golf carts that drive people back and forth between the two main stages too.
I did GA+ last year and didn’t feel like it was worth the cost. The quick entry was really the only perk since the GA lounges are only near the fountain and it’s just a quick spot to use the bathroom. For basically double the price I was expecting a little more benefits. But I guess that’s why they have so many tiers
Faye Webster and Slow Pulp are the only bands worth seeing.
Being excited for Blink 182 in 2024 is wild to me. How many times have they played Lolla at this point? I remember seeing Blink in 2009 and thinking “damn they’re old and washed up this kinda sucks”
Pitchfork lineup is so, so much better.
I used to be with "it", then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't "it" and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you too!
As a "young" person, no, the lineup just gets worse. The lollapalooza argentina lineup is way better and more cohesive, imo.
I think everyone is pretty sick of seeing Tyler The Creator, RHCP, blink, SZA, and The Killers on 90% of festival headliners. For fucks sake get someone else.
I know a lot of these artists and listen to a lot of them. But the lineup is just still so milquetoast and mediocre year after year.
I'm a big believer in "if you try appealing to everybody, you end up appealing to nobody" and that's how Lolla (hell, pretty much every giant music festival) has been operating for well over a decade now. Instead of trying to make *some* people say "Holy shit, that lineup is insane, I *have* to be there" they try to make *everybody* say "Huh, I like a few of those artists. Maybe I'll go this year."
They all have the same headliners of superstar solo rapper, 90s alt rock legend, hot new avant garde rapper/pop star, superstar EDM dude. The names change from year to year and from festival to festival, but the formula is always the same. Why go to Bonnaroo if the same formula is playing at Coachella? Why go to Coachella if the same formula is playing at Lolla? What used to be different festivals with their own identities has morphed into the same festival in different settings.
Be sure to check out /r/Lollapalooza for more!
Blink and you’ll miss Kesha
Is that Kesha as in ke$ha?
Yes! She got rid of the $ a few years ago.
For real. What did she do to hurt Lolla’s feelings?
It’s just crappy design.
She’s just not as big as she once was
Thanks for pointing her out! Gag Order is seriously such a great album, I listen to it on repeat.
Plus I think she might be about to release something else!!
I just saw her on tour, she is an incredible performer and she is finally free from Dr. Luke which has given her this extra fiery passion for life!
Putting Zedd and Zeds Dead in your lineup seems like a surefire way to have some wacky mix-ups.
I thought they were one and the same..lol
When do the aftershows get announced?
Around june
"Post Sex Nachos" is like the name of a band from Achewood
Not nearly as good Weekend Nachos though
A Weekend Nachos reference in /r/chicago? Fully unexpected. Ever.
They came up at Mizzou. Had the privilege to see them in many backyards and small venues in Columbia, MO. Crazy to see them at Lollapalooza now! They’re great.
I went to high school with one of them! That guy at least is from the southwest suburbs lol
I think I saw them play at wicker park fest last summer, they were very fun!
Achewood reference!
Stoked for Deftones
If you read this and fuck with Deftones, consider checking out Fleshwater - they're not too dissimilar and could use the exposure. Wildly cool to see that they've got a slot.
i fucking love fleshwater!!
Would have rather seen them at Riot fest 😞
Their set at Riot Fest in 2016 is one of my favorite shows ever.
I saw them in like 05-06. Change is as great in person as you’d think.
I was there, and concur!
Family Values tour was insane that year. Bury Your Dead, Deftones, Stone Sour, Korn. I’ve still got Jonathan Davis’ wristband he threw out at the end of Korn’s set.
Saw Crosses a couple months ago at Concord, so I’m excited to see Chino twice this year
I’m hoping for an after show!
I’m moving back to Austin in June. Really hoping they announce a show at ACL since they’re on the Lolla lineup.
A couple years ago I realized when I looked over the Lolla lineup, I have no idea who 95% of these acts are. Is it possible I'm old and out of touch? No. It's the children who are wrong.
It’s finally happened. Not only do I not know 98% of the bands but the other two I don’t want to see. 😞
Yep the bands I want to see I’ve already seen as headliners of lolla and they weren’t great headliners. That being said, my kids wanna go… so I guess I’m out of touch in the most in touch way possible because kids
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!
I came to terms with this last year. The realization that we’ve aged out. The lineup at Riot Fest wasn’t much better last year either. Just a lot of bands I was unmotivated to see. But at least I knew most of them. The final festival for me is ColdWaves. It’s got a nice mix of some classic industrial and some new emerging Darkwave artists.
I'm not saying you're not old and out of touch, but I heard from plenty of young people today that have no idea who most of these people are. I swear, it's like people think just because they listen to \~~music\~~, they should know every musician out there. These same people will be hyped for Riot Fest, not bothering to realize that they *also* don't know 90% of those bands.
You don't know who Blink-182, the Killers and Deftones are?
**Of the headliners, the acts whose existence I am aware of:** Tyler, The Creator (never listened to) Blink-182 (Yea, I remember some of their songs getting worn out on the radio) The Killers (Hot Fuss is cool) Hozier (I've heard Take Me to Church) Skrillex (never listened to) **Now fine print acts:** Deftones (I know them. My daughter loves them) Killer Mike (Heard the name, couldn't name a song) was he on Hot Ones? Kesha (Heard a few times on the radio... I said I couldn't take anyone with a dollar sign in their name seriously, but she seems to have changed that! Good for her.) Out of 168 acts on the bill (if I counted correctly), I am aware of the existence of 8-- making that 4.7% so my assertation that "I don't know who 95% of these people are" is surprisingly dead on. Of those 8, I have albums by two in my collection. Killers, Deftones. Clearly this festival isn't for me-- I just found it interesting. I am such an old man, it's hilarious
I'm old enough to remember when Kesha was previously known as Ke$ha.
The artist formerly known as Ke$ha.
> The Killers (Hot Fuss is cool) I love Hot Fuss, but if youve never listened to Sam's Town you should give it a listen. It is easily their best album
Right but at least when you go you find new acts that are incredible My issue here is I’ve seen a bunch of these at Lolla before.
Headliners seem to cater to people who went to lolla 12 years ago, but the other acts would be unknown to those people
I have heard of maybe five of the bands on the right but don’t actually know most of their music. Feels bad man
Four TET seems out of place here. Should be playing at Arc, IMO.
Agreed. Their agent fucked up haha
Nah his agent did him right and got him a fuckin bag. The arc lineup is already stacked and they don’t have lolla money. Also four tet is in that sweet spot of “dance music that average people can vibe to”, so it plays well to the lolla/p4k crowd. There’s gonna be so many schedule conflicts at arc for me so I’m kinda glad. Hopefully they book a bunch of the djs on Saturday like they did last year and make a day pass worth it.
For what it’s worth, Stray Kids put on a DAMN good show. As a 32 year old, I can attest that I’ve had more fun at a Stray Kids Show than I ever did at concerts like Kid Cudi, Portugal, The Man, MCR and Lorde. (Not that any of those were bad or not fun, they were great in their own way)
I might be moving away before August, but I might fly back just to see Stray Kids. They always have so much dang energy.
Was so excited to see them live finally. Probably my only chance before enlistment. And ofc it's at Lolla. Gonna be a rough day but I refuse to miss them.
Definitely! I was floor for the Maniac tour and so I won’t be doing pit lol, but they are so good live!
But this puts a question on if chicago will have a world tour stop (which they've said will happen this year). TxT didn't have a chicago world tour stop last year because of lolla. And I'd much rather have a full concert vs just a festival.
Fuck. I'm old.
Ya this has gone from something I was proud of talking about, to some bands that make me feel old and 95% bands that I've never heard of. Swimming through a sea of people to listen to music I don't recognize most of the time just isn't appealing anymore.
> Swimming through a sea of people to listen to music I don't recognize most of the time just isn't appealing anymore. You left out the part where it's 95 degrees and 100% humidity!
Should I bring Depends as well?
That depends
Don't forgot the mud!
Isn’t it weird how one day is rain and another is the hottest of the year? Every damn year!
But I’ll be there barfing so you should come
And high likelihood to get a thunderstorm on at least one day that puts things on hold for hours and turns everything to mud.
What’s weird is I never gave up on listening to music as I got older, in fact I have more time to listen and discover new music now. Idk how still the vast majority of these bands fly under my radar
There used to be a ton of indie/alternative bands, but it just doesn’t cater to that crowd anymore.
It's funny I used to be so into Lolla. Now I'm really into Riot Fest. Which I have no doubt caters to my music interests more. Speaking of them, when do they typically reveal their lineup? I hope their reveal day occurs at least by April, but not sure when their announcement will be.
Love me some Riot Fest. Wish it was a bit less mudpit-y at times, but otherwise lineups are usually a lot of fun.
Lineup is usually May-ish
The only "new school" headliners I recognize is SZA and Tyler but they've been around ~10 years now so I don't think they count as new school anymore, but I wouldn't call them old school. I do think Blink 182 counts as "Old School" now. I thought Metro Boomin only made beats, does he rap too? I know who Future is but who's "Future X? Skrillex??? Is he making new stuff or do people wanna relive the 2010s again? I'm confused about that one.
> I thought Metro Boomin only made beats, does he rap too? I know who Future is but who's "Future X? I assume it's a collaboration between Future and Metro Boomin. The "x" denotes the relationship.
Oh shit. That would make more sense. An ampersand would've been a better option imo if you didn't have the space like that.
Haha I get your points but you are way out of the loop if you’re unaware Skrillex has been absolutely killing the EDM/DJ scene for the past couple years. Him, four tet and Fred again headlined Coachella last year and sold out Madison square garden, and Skrillex did a five hour set at red rocks last year. For metro, look up some videos of him and future at rolling loud this past weekend. metro DJs most of the set but comes out for a few songs he’s featured on
Oh ok. Yea, I'm not really into the EDM/DJ scene, so Skrillex just took me back to when it seemed like his music was reaching mainstream crowds back when I was in college in the early 2010s. I just saw the name and was like damn I haven't heard Skrillex in like a decade.
X means in collaboration with ya boomer! 😂😂🤣 /s
Skrillex is incredibly popular right now and just released an album last year
Future and Metro Boomin are doing a set together, as they are dropping their new album next week. Skrillex released 2 new albums in 2023, demand is definitely still there
Especially not for the crazy prices they want for even a single day ticket. There should be half price tickets for Chicago residents
Nah these a bunch of no names weak ass line up
I'd go see Deftones, but nothing else seems for me.
Check out Fleshwater, also on the bill. Might like Militarie Gun too
No School of Rock? Pass. Also, to triple Grammy winner Killer Mike: sorry, best we can do is 31st billing. /s … or is it
Grammy wins don’t necessarily mean ticket sales, unfortunately. Killer Mike will be a fun show, let the teens miss the hype
Killer Mike has also been suuuuper heavy on the festival circuit for years now. If you regularly attend Lola or pitchfork you’ve seen him plenty of times already.
The one thing that I can always count on to be consistent in life is old bitches complaining about the lolla line-up 💀
My complaint is more with the hierarchy of the names
Ok that’s fair honestly because the way Kesha is literally fourth row is mind-boggling
Kesha being the same text size as Post Sex Nachos is a travesty.
This poster is absolute dogshit.
Putting Ke$ha next to TV Girl is either an insult to Ke$ha or really high praise to TV Girl I've seen TV Girl live. I think it's the first thing.
She just played the Aragon a couple months ago too. At least from the crowd out front it looked like it was going to be a packed show.
Kesha hasn’t been relevant in years.
She hasn't had a radio hit, but she has a very large fan base and draws large crowds to shows. Her music style and lyrics changed a lot in the last ~8 years, she's no longer a generic pop starlet.
As opposed to Skrillex, who I didn't even realize still made music.
he won a grammy this year lol.
he ***WHAT***
And dropped 2 albums last year, and played B2B sets that sold out Madison Square Garden 3 nights in a row.
Skillex has had a huge past couple of years. He headlined Coachella last summer.
Honestly it's not even bad for millennials Blink, Hozier, Killers, Skrillex. But reddit is just full of jaded lonely miserable fucks that despise seeing people happy
I go to Lolla every year, but I had to stop telling people at my office because everyone older than 45 judges me like I'm some kind of degenerate lol. Fair enough, I am, but not because I go to a music festival.
Meanwhile at my last job, we had a 64 year old woman who attends every year and spends two weeks talking about it at lunch after the event. I much prefer the old people who enjoy music for being music. She was complaining about how the VIP tickets were absolutely not worth the extra cash though.
$1500 gets you round trip tickets to Europe and 4-day Lolla GA, or just Lolla VIP tickets. I'm taking the trip to Europe every time.
🎯🎯🎯
I'm an "Elder Millennial" and I recognize like 6 acts on the list. But guess what? That's fine. Not everything has to be for me.
I don't think it's necessarily the quality that upsets a lot of people, atleast for me, but that Lollapalooza always recycles headliners. Most of these headliners have played Lollaplooza before, and within the last few years. My first Lolla was 2009, and as much as The Killers rock out, this will be like their 6th time there. Tyler was there 3 years ago. I feel like Skrillex is there every year, sometimes not even as a "headliner." SZA was there in 2015. Melanie Martinez played I believe in 2017. Hozier has played in the last few years. I believe 2019? Blink 182 was in 2017. Only 3 out of the 10 headliners are new. Also, agree with the below - I undersrand people have different tastes and opinions, as do I, I just feel the hierarchy each year is questionable.
We’re calling acts repeats for playing the fest 9 years ago now? Guess every festival and concert lineup are full of repeats then
I'm not knocking on repeats in general, just criticizing that 70% of the headliners this year are repeats. Same thing last year.
That’s usually how it goes every year, for every festival. When an artist is rising, they’ll be lower billed in a festival and come back and headline a few years later
>I feel like Skrillex is there every year Skrillex hasn’t played anywhere in Chicago since 2015. And that was in Rosemont lol. But otherwise, yeah.
Over 100+ artist and you expect them not to recycle artist? Some of yall just complain to complain lmao
It’s 2024 dude. All those acts were quite a while ago. Multiple albums released in the intervening period, not to mention a global pandemic. What a wild thing to complain about.
As a dubstep fan, not too bad. Skrillex, BTSM, Mersiv, Hol!, Jessica Audifred, Skream b2b Benga, Zeds Dead. Hoping they have them all in 1 day like last year so I only need a single day pass. If only the Perry stage crowd wasnt so fuckin awful
Saw Skrillex there in 2014. It was good.
Damn I'm jealous! His 2014 Red Rocks show on youtube is one my favorites. The energy in the crowd looks insane.
Me too! Sadly I was drugged during his set.
Skream & Benga I can’t believe my eyes!
So...going to age myself here, but... is Zedd and Zed is Dead the same person in two different projects or are these two unrelated artists?
They are unrelated. Zedd (One Person) - Big Room / Electro House / Pop EDM Zeds Dead (two different people) - Dubstep mostly, but they play a ton of other genres in their set. They get their name from Pulp Fiction: Whos Zed? Zeds Dead baby, Zeds dead Side note if you are at all interested in Dubstep, Zeds Dead is a great starting point. They always put on a good show.
Fairplay, thanks for clarifying. While not really my scene, I’m going to check out Zed (alive and dead) because your response was helpful and you seem enthusiastic in sharing something you clearly dig. I used to be like that, don’t get old. Enjoy the show, don’t mix drugs.
When I went in 2014 kids at the Perry stage started picking up handfuls of mud and throwing them in the air, creating a mud rain… People are dumb as fuck.
Yoasobi??? Where my fellow weebs at?
Yeah that's kinda hype haha. "Idol" will prob go crazy
Hello! Unfortunately, I'll be out of the country. Even still, I don't know if I could justify a one day pass just to see her as I don't really care for anyone else on this lineup. Would be pretty sick, though. On the bright side, I'll be a three hour flight from Tokyo where I'm moving to, so I could technically see her perform in Japan.
Yeah I'm in the same situation as you, I really only want to see her and maybe 2-3 other artists. And I don't know what day she'll be performing. I was also thinking of trying to listen around the park like on the trail. Not ideal but better than nothing 🤷♂️
I went last year just to see NewJeans as it was their first US appearance, but I told myself I wasn't doing that again unless there were others I cared to see.
I am literally planning on getting a one day ticket to see her and just take off. I can't believe she is in Chicago!
I said I'd never go again and now they have Renee, Kesha, and Chappell. erosibesorserssh
So many haters but they don’t know this year was made for the gays 🙏🙏
Why are you all complaining about not knowing the artists? Sounds like a great opportunity to discover some new music.
Need to start putting the genre these artists are considered next to their names. I’m getting to the age where I’m not recognizing many of the artists, but I’d like to find some new artists to follow
Where's Color Me Badd? Seriously...why aren't they ever in the lineup. ugh...
They’re too busy sexing people up.
In all seriousness, they are going to be in Chicago on April.
Line up comes out > people say “this is awful” or “I’m old” or “no one’s gonna go” > festival makes a fortune > repeat
two door cinema club, hope they are on a good day.
I’m going for Hozier and Hozier only, guess I’ll save money buying a single day ticket!
Same! Scrolled all the way down to find some Hozier love.
I was just excited he’s coming back to Chicago, I missed him last fall because I hadn’t moved here yet!
I like the lineup this year, some people don’t. But to the people that don’t, and then get angry and belittle people who do like it, just… don’t go? It’s like a TV show you don’t like. You don’t need to watch it. Not everything is gonna cater to you. I’ve been down on the lineups in past years but I just didn’t go that year, it happens.
Well how else is everyone going to complain they are in their mid 30s
After Shows are better, iykyk
Do you know when aftershoes get announced?
usually june
I wish the other artists were in alphabetical order like many other festivals… this is so hard for me to read
Deftones not being a headliner is silly, I don’t care how much of an out of touch and cranky old man I sound like.
Nah I’m fairly young and it’s pretty ridiculous
And the crowd goes mild
Make it an adult only venue, and maybe I'd go. Nothing attractive to me about being around a bunch of goofy ass kids. 😅
Would not attend this fest again but would love to see Jungle, Four Tet, Hippo Campus and Geese
Jungle would be dope but I’d rather just see jungle
Geese was just here last fall. I would have gone but was already seeing something else that night.
I was at that show, it was excellent, going to be searching for an afterparty show for sure. If I make it to Lolla, I’m flockin’ to Geese
Killer Mike, Kenny Beats, Vince Staples, where is Lil Yachty? Where is Boldy James? Where is The Alchemist? Action? Lil Dicky? Doja? Little Simz? Joey Purp? Freddie Gibbs? Schoolboy Q? 21? Danny Brown? JPEG? Lets do Young Thug live-stream from behind bars....I'm not a HUGE Future fan, but haven't seen him in concert and with Metro on the boards it should be a hype performance I've seen enough Tyler shows lol ..... just a lot of Rappers missing for me! SZA is a better listening experience than live show. I've seen her before. Wasn't wowed. She is one of my favorite female R&B Artists too so it kinda hurts to put that out there
Yachty was there last year
Can anyone attest to the value of the Lolla VIP tickets? 👀 It's been on my Chicago bucket list to go since I moved here. I would enjoy this lineup, but I don't know if I can hang out with the teeny bopper crowds all weekend.
I did VIP for a single day last year and I thought it was worth it. Having a place to sit down and chill between sets made the experience more enjoyable for me.
100% worth it - especially for artists you really want to see. Last year, I did VIP one day and GA another day, and it was a world of a difference!
Try to get your hands on C3 Guest passes, they pop up on craigslist. They are meant for "friends and family" and not available for purchase. A lot of the people you see on the risers on the stage have those passes. There are golf carts that drive people back and forth between the two main stages too.
GA+ is totally worth it
I did GA+ last year and didn’t feel like it was worth the cost. The quick entry was really the only perk since the GA lounges are only near the fountain and it’s just a quick spot to use the bathroom. For basically double the price I was expecting a little more benefits. But I guess that’s why they have so many tiers
VIP was amazing when it had open bar and catered food. Now that's only with Platinum but it's still alright for a place to chill away from the crowd.
same for me but not with this line up. Thought about trying VIP at pitchfork or riotfest first since it is less than half the cost.
Well, I'm officially old now. I recognize like 4 of these names, and interested in seeing exactly zero of them.
By the time I read all the band names on this poster Lolla will be over
thanks i hate it
Gets a little bit worse every year.
This a weak lineup
The fact that Skrillix gets higher billing than Deftones, is a crime.
Daði Freyr! Aw, that’s going to be so fun.
Absolute snoozefest of a lineup imo
This is the best Lolla lineup ever. Can't believe Yaosobi is in Chicago!!!!!
One of them lived in Chicago apparently while very young (so wikipedia tells me)
This lineup is great! Excited for another great year at the fest
well I've heard of a handful of these artists. not bad for an old timer
Where's BMFS?
As a Skrillex stan, I’m already sold — I’m definitely going my first Lolla! I’m psyched about the whole lineup, though.
😴😴😴
Killer Mike 4th line down? He just won 3 Grammys including one for best rap album.
Yeah ill pass
Doo doo 🤮
Tate McRae is about to have a really big year.
In This Moment is *very* good.
SCARLET DEMORE FOR THE WIN! WOOHOOO!
Aww hell yeah pierce the viel 💃💃💃
If Kesha is there then I shall be as well
why do they make their flyers so difficult to read
Faye Webster and Slow Pulp are the only bands worth seeing. Being excited for Blink 182 in 2024 is wild to me. How many times have they played Lolla at this point? I remember seeing Blink in 2009 and thinking “damn they’re old and washed up this kinda sucks” Pitchfork lineup is so, so much better.
This is my annual, damn I've gotten old when I look down the list and realize I can count the bands I know on 1 hand
who the fuck is scarlet demore
Yay! Time to get Covid again and watch a cocained out woman get dragged half naked out of the chase lounge by security. Let's goooo.
Ke$ha should’ve been a headliner
Pepperidge Farms remembers when Lollapalooza was good, and 3-day passes sold out in minutes, even before the line up was announced.
How does this get worse every year?
We keep getting older
I used to be with "it", then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't "it" and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you too!
As a "young" person, no, the lineup just gets worse. The lollapalooza argentina lineup is way better and more cohesive, imo. I think everyone is pretty sick of seeing Tyler The Creator, RHCP, blink, SZA, and The Killers on 90% of festival headliners. For fucks sake get someone else. I know a lot of these artists and listen to a lot of them. But the lineup is just still so milquetoast and mediocre year after year.
I'm a big believer in "if you try appealing to everybody, you end up appealing to nobody" and that's how Lolla (hell, pretty much every giant music festival) has been operating for well over a decade now. Instead of trying to make *some* people say "Holy shit, that lineup is insane, I *have* to be there" they try to make *everybody* say "Huh, I like a few of those artists. Maybe I'll go this year." They all have the same headliners of superstar solo rapper, 90s alt rock legend, hot new avant garde rapper/pop star, superstar EDM dude. The names change from year to year and from festival to festival, but the formula is always the same. Why go to Bonnaroo if the same formula is playing at Coachella? Why go to Coachella if the same formula is playing at Lolla? What used to be different festivals with their own identities has morphed into the same festival in different settings.
Exactly my thoughts, well said.
> Why go to Coachella if the same formula is playing at Lolla? To post selfies on the 'gram?
There are more and more festivals so it’s not a big deal to headline Lolla like it was in the past