Lollapalooza 2010

Lollapalooza is a is a three day, eight stage music festival held annually, featuring alternative rock, hip hop, punk rock, dance, and comedy performances. In 2010, Lollapalooza will be held in Grant Park in Chicago Illinois, from August 6-8, 2010. http://www.lollapalooza.com/

The 2010 Lollapalooza line-up includes more than 115 musical acts, including Lady Gaga, Green Day, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys and The Strokes. Headliners on Friday, August 6, 2010, include Lady Gaga and The Strokes. Green Day and Phoenix were expected to hit the stage on the evening of August 7, 2010, and Soundgarden and Arcade Fire will close out the festival on Sunday night, August 8, 2010.http://www.lollapalooza.com/ Lollapalooza's organizers expected big crowds in Grant Park - as many as 95,000 people on each day of the festival.http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgn-tv-lollapalooza-aug-6,0,3238889.story

The Lollapalooza festival was designed as a platform for non-profit organizations and political groups, featuring a variety of creative performances and attractions. Lollapalooza was first conceived in 1990 by Jane's Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell, as a farewell tour for the band.http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/07/13/tem_wwwtem1ahist13.html Farrell worked in conjunction with tour and event producers Ted Gardener, Marc Geiger, and Don Muller, holding the first Lollapalooza festival tour in the United States and Canada, in 1991. One unique feature of the festival was its inclusion of other creative performances outside of music, like a freak show performance featuring the Jim Rose Circus Side Show in 1991. Visual artists were given space to display their work, and political and non-profit groups were allowed to distribute materials. As the festival gained in popularity, it was expanded to include more creative attractions and multiple stages were added to the show, allowing unknown and local bands to perform.http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/07/13/tem_wwwtem1ahist13.html

The festival continued to be held yearly until 1997, featuring notable artists such as: Metallica, The Smashing Pumpkins, rapper Ice-T, and The Prodigy. Lollapalooza declined in popularity, and in 1998 when no headliner would agree to sign on, the festival was cancelled.http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/07/13/tem_wwwtem1ahist13.html

The tour was revived in 2003, when Jane’s Addiction made a come back. The 2003 tour suffered from poor ticket sales, and the 2004 tour was subsequently canceled. In 2005, Perry Farrell partnered with the C3 Presents concert organizers to produce a show in Chicago, Illinois. The two-day festival was held in Chicago’s Grant Park. The festival was successful in drawing in thousands of spectators, and a five-year, $5 million deal was signed to keep the festival in Grant Park until 2011. http://www.lollapalooza.com/

The official roster of artists performing at Lollapalooza 2010 is available at lollapalooza.com. This year's headline acts include Lady Gaga, The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Green Day, Soundgarden, and Phoenix. Other highly anticipated performers include Grizzly Bear, Devo, Spoon, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Hot Chip, Blues Traveler, the National, Yeasayer, MGMT, the Dirty Projectors, Cut Copy, Ehykah Badu, Metric, Drive-By Truckers, Jamie Lidell, Wolfmother, Cypress Hill, Frightened Rabbit, Chromeo, the Antlers, The New Pornographers, HEALTH, Blitzen Trapper, Social Distortion, Jimmy Cliff, Gogol Bordello, Balkan Beatbox, Mavis Staples, the xx, and Cymbals Eat Guitars. Over 100 artists are scheduled to play in historic Grant Park during the 3-day run of the fest. http://2010.lollapalooza.com/

A fully detailed schedule of performances became available at lollapalooza.com on June 8.

The first round of tickets for Lollapalooza went on sale on March 30, 2010, for $190. These tickets sold out, but three-day, general admission tickets were still available on the Lollapalooza website, along with $90 one-day passes.http://www.lollapalooza.com/