Originally written by Gen Williams · 17 March 2006
This year's Lollapalooza line-up has been announced. The festival, which will take place in Chicago's Grant Park on August 4th-6th. Among the bands on the bill are Broken Social Scene, Death Cab For Cutie, The New Pornographers, Sonic Youth, Kanye West, The Flaming Lips, QOTSA, Sleater-Kinney and The Secret Machines. And Towers Of London. Gosh.
The festival, started in 1991 by Janes Addiction's Perry Farrell, began life as a travelling circus of ROCK, but settled last year in Chicago.
The full line-up thus far is as follows:
Red Hot Chili Peppers Kanye West Manu Chao Wilco Death Cab For Cutie The Raconteurs The Flaming Lips Ween Queens of the Stone Age The Shins Common Matisyahu Ryan Adams Umphrey's McGee Sonic Youth Thievery Corporation Sleater-Kinney Nickel Creek Blues Traveler Broken Social Scene The New Pornographers Iron & Wine Poi Dog Pondering The Secret Machines Eels Panic! At the Disco The Disco Biscuits Reverend Horton Heat The Smoking Popes Andrew Bird Gnarls Barkley Stars Cursive Editors Lyrics Born Lady Sovereign Calexico Nada Surf Feist Aqualung The Frames The Hold Steady Blackalicious The Go! Team Mates of State Pepper Particle The Redwalls Mute Math Wolfmother Sparta The Subways Of Montreal Blue October Jeremy Enigk Living Things Sound Team The M's Hot Chip The Benevento-Russo Duo Matt Costa The New Amsterdams deadboy & the Elephantmen Sybris Anathallo The Burden Brothers What Made Milwaukee Famous Manishevitz Husky Rescue The Towers of London Ohmega Watts Boy Kill Boy Jim Noir The Standard Be Your Own Pet Elvis Perkins Trevor Hall Midlake
For more information, direct your mouse to this link: Lollapalooza 2006
DiScuss: That line-up is RIDICULOUS, no?