Lollapalooza brings alt world to Grant Park

April 12, 2007

BY JIM DeROGATIS POP MUSIC CRITIC

Besides headliners Pearl Jam -- playing what will reportedly be the grunge giants' only U.S. show in 2007 -- the third installment of the reincarnated Lollapalooza Festival this morning is scheduled to announce the other acts receiving top billing at the massive concert.

They include dance-punks Daft Punk, jam favorites Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, English hypes Muse, the venerable Iggy and the Stooges, alternative rockers Modest Mouse, New Wave revivalists Interpol and the alt-country band My Morning Jacket.

Austin, Texas, promoters C3 Presents announced the lineup for the festival, which will take place Aug. 3-5 in Grant Park.

Like the 2006 event, which promoters say drew 166,000 fans and raised more than $928,000 for the Parkways Foundation, Lollaplooza 2007 will feature 130 bands, in addition to midway activities such as Kidzapalooza and the Mind Field, described as "part guerilla theater, part technology and part game show."

Most of the acts are from the alternative realm, with several part of the Pitchfork or Intonation festival lineups the last two years. There is also a smattering of worldbeat and hip-hop, including Chicago rappers Lupe Fiasco and Rhymefest, but there are only a handful of other local acts on the bill.

Tickets are on sale through www.lollapalooza.com. Promoters have eliminated service charges, though base prices for the tickets have increased: The "early-bird tickets" available now are $165 for a three-day pass, while prices will increase to $195 for a three-day pass.

 

 
ACTS IN THE FOLD FOR FEST
The full lineup of artists in the order announced this morning is as follows:
Pearl Jam
Daft Punk
Ben Harper
Muse
Iggy and the Stooges
Modest Mouse
Interpol
My Morning Jacket
Lolla founder Perry Farrell's Satellite Party
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Snow Patrol
The Roots
Patti Smith
Kings of Leon
The Black Keys
Regina Spektor
Spoon
Lupe Fiasco
TV on the Radio
Pete Yorn
G. Love & Special Sauce
Paulo Nutini
Amy Winehouse
LCD Soundsystem
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Silverchair
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
Yo La Tengo
Slightly Stoopid
The Hold Steady
Jack's Mannequin
Stephen Marley
Sound Tribe Sector 9
M.I.A.
Blonde Redhead
Sparklehorse
Sean Lennon
!!!
Blue October
Son Volt
Motion City Soundtrack
The Polyphonic Spree
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Peter Bjorn and John
Silversun Pickups
CSS
The Rapture
The Wailers
Roky Erickson
Tapes 'n Tapes
Heartless Bastards
The View
The Cribs
The Fratellis
Ghostland Observatory
Tokyo Police Club
Rhymefest
Soulive
Cold War Kids
Annuals
Fields
Electric Six
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Sam Roberts Band
The Black Angels
Charlie Musselwhite
Aqueduct
Juliette & the Licks
Dios
Viva Voce
David Vandervelde
Los Campesinos!
Chin Up Chin Up
Ryan Shaw
Colour Revolt
The Satin Peaches
Illinois
Arckid
Mikey Avalon
The 1900s
Nashville's Bang Bang Bang
Bound Stems
High Class Elite
Carey Ott and Matt Roan
 

 

 

 

 

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