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The Texas-based promoters
of the revitalized Lollapalooza, scheduled to be held at Hutchinson Field in
Grant Park, won't announce the official lineup until Friday, but several
artists already have confirmed that they will be playing the festival on
July 23-24.
According to the bands' Web sites and record labels, the acts will include
former Chicagoan Liz Phair, alternative-rock heroes Weezer, the jam band
Widespread Panic and reunited indie-rock legends the Pixies and Dinosaur
Jr., as well as lesser-known artists Tegan and Sara and the Kaiser Chiefs.
Beck, who is touring
behind his new album "Guero," and the Kings of Leon, whose song "Molly's
Chambers" inspires those giddy, jumping Gen-Y youths in a ubiquitous new car
commercial, also are rumored to be performing, although those acts could not
be confirmed.
In a departure from
Lollapalooza tours of the past, corporate sponsorship will play a role in
the newly reconfigured concert, with participants including an online travel
agency and a hair-removal product aimed at teenagers, as evidenced by an ad
in the new issue of Jane magazine.
"Lollapalooza is back
[and] I'll be there with my miniskirt on and no nicks and cuts from a razor
thanks to [a popular] depilatory!" Jane writer Miriam Blankenship gushes in
an advertisement for a Lollapalooza sweepstakes that also promotes staying
at the Hotel Monaco and dining at Frontera Grill.
Lollapalooza founder
Perry Farrell, who retains a small stake in the concert, is joining the new
owners and promoters, Capital Sports & Entertainment of Austin, Texas, at a
news conference Friday morning to announce the full lineup of 70 bands on
five stages. They also are expected to give details about ticket sales and
prices.
A limited advance
offering of 2,000 tickets priced at $35 each sold out on April 7, but the
Chicago Park District is expected to approve a capacity of at least 30,000
per day in exchange for Lollapalooza's donation of about $250,000 for park
improvements.
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