It's official! The lineup for Lollapalooza 2009 is here. The rumored headliners - Beastie Boys, Jane's Addiction, Depeche Mode, The Killers, Tool and Kings of Leon - have been confirmed.
And a nice supporting cast has been revealed, including Lou Reed, TV on the Radio, Snoop Dogg, Animal Collective, Vampire Weekend, Thievery Corporation, Ben Harper, STS9, Andrew Bird, Of Montreal and many, many more. Check out the entire list below.
Depeche Mode
Tool
The Killers
Jane’s Addiction
Beastie Boys
Kings of Leon
Lou Reed
Ben Harper and Relentless 7
Thievery Corporation
Snoop Dogg
Rise Against
Andrew Bird
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend
The Decemberists
Neko Case
STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
Animal Collective
Band of Horses
Of Montreal
Arctic Monkeys
Coheed and Cambria
Ben Folds
Fleet Foxes
Silversun Pickups
Kaiser Chiefs
Crystal Castles
Bon Iver
Santigold
Atmosphere
Dan Auberbach
Cold War Kids
Deerhunter
Lykke Li
Robert Earl Keen
Peter Bjorn and John
Heartless Bastards
Gomez
Glasvegas
Federico Aubele
Dan Deacon
Passion Pit
The Raveonettes
The Gaslight Anthem
The Airborne Toxic Event
White Lies
Ra Ra Riot
No Age
Asher Roth
Los Campesinos!
Bat For Lashes
Chairlift
Gang Gang Dance
The Virgins
Amazing Baby
Portugal. The Man
The Knux
Ida Maria
Delta Spirit
Friendly Fires
Manchester Orchestra
Constantines
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Hockey
Miike Snow
Alberta Cross
Hey Champ
Sam Roberts Band
The Henry Clay People
Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
Cage the Elephant
Living Things
The Low Anthem
Blind Pilot
Langhorne Slim
Other Lives
The Builders and The Butchers
Eric Church
Joe Pug
Kevin Devine
The Green Cards
Carney
Thenewno2
DJ sets at Perry’s include:
Bassnectar
MSTRKRFT
Simian Mobile Disco
DeadMau5
Boys Noise
KiD CuDi
Crookers
A-Trak
Hercules and Love Affair (DJ Set)
The Bloody Beetroots (DJ Set)
LA Riots
Kaskade
The Glitch Mob
Hollywood Holt
Rye Rye
He Say, She Say
Car Stereo (Wars)
Dark Wave Disco
Moneypenny
Yello Fever
Animal Collective (DJ Set)
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Jim Collins follows Chicago's live music scene for the Windy Citizen with his Live Wire blog. He recently graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a master's degree in new media. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter for one of the Sun Times News Group's suburban newspapers and a small daily in southwestern Michigan. Jim's also a music junkie, who appreciates a wide range of musical tastes. From hipster to hippy, raver to rapper, he likes it all. More
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That's a LOTTA bands!
To help you sort through it all, Jim DeRogatis of the Sun-Times presents his annotated list today. Equal parts insight and snark - http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2009/04/the_2009_lollapalooza_lineup...
The DeRogatis post mentions the $850 luxury VIP cabana seats for high-rollers.
FYI: At last year's festival, right before Rage Against the Machine performed (read my review here) I chatted with a paid of lawyers who forked over the big bucks for them. "Totally not worth it" was their verdict. In fact, they'd waded down into the crowd to watch the show with me and the rest of the plebes.
Let's not forget the bands that influenced so many of these back in the days of the first big music festival. Of course I mean Woodstock in 1969. It's the 40th anniversary this year and a lot of those bands are touring again together in honor of the occasion. There's a Heroes of Woodstock show touring including Jefferson Starship playing Jefferson Airplane tunes, and Tom Constanten, keys player of the '69 Grateful Dead. It will be held at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan on July 30th. If you like the festival scene, it should be worth checking out.
If only it wasn't so expensive! I haven't moved to the city yet so with the $205 ticket and gas and food and a place to stay... Breaks my heart I will have to miss it.
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