It seems like Coachella was only yesterday. Since this year’s Lolla headliners (and then some) leaked long ago, we already knew about Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode, Jane’s Addiction, Tool, Kings Of Leon, the Killers, Lou Reed, Decemberists, Neko Case, and Andrew Bird. Not too shabby. But almost too shabby. If that assortment of talent didn’t convince you to attend, maybe this will: Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, Deerhunter, Bat For Lashes, TV On The Radio, and Vampire Weekend. And an Animal Collective DJ set. Here’s the whole lineup, in poster and video form because festival reveals come with videos these days.
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Chicago’s Grant Park 8/7-8/9. Tickets available now at lollapalooza.com.
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Don’t know why seeing Snoop Dogg’s name there cracks me up.
Good lineup, but don’t all these festival bills look the same these days?
Indeed. The line-ups have been looking very similar these days Looks like Coachella and All Points West combined together.
Absolute crap line up…total has-been headliners man…horrid…bleah.
Why on earth does RS get a -8 for this comment?! If you read this site, you must realize every one of these headliners past their heyday decades ago! Did the people that gave this comment a “thumbs-down”, go to jonasbrothers.com after they left this site? That’s the only rationale explanation…
the headliners at lolla are always big names and middle-aged people favorites because THOSE are the people that will buy tickets. for the good stuff, you’ve gotta look at the other bands. put ya glasses on and read the small print., THEN tell me that the lineup sucks.
Animal Collective>Animal Collective
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Not a bad line-up. Nothing really special though. But personally I would love to see Tool again.
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Lollapalooza with Animal Collective > Lollapalooza without Animal Collective. However, The Killers 2009 = Jack Johnson 2008 =
Um if you’d gone to Coachella you’d know that The Killers are NOT the same as Jack Johnson. They’re very fun to watch live, okay- give them a break already.
i don’t think you get it
Danielle = The Killers @ Coachella 2009 = Jack Johnson @ Coachella 2008 = lying about flossing to your dentist = making your dentist sad =
Danielle = Brandon Flowers
um, okay.
Brandon Flowers=3.14
brandon flowers = pi? what does that even mean?
i’m holding out for the late night shows …. most of the good acts are club acts, not festival bands. tv on the radio outdoors is underwhelming
Everyone go see Ezra Furman & the Harpoons. Trust me.
I saw them (Ezra Furman et al) open for the Walkmen last year. They were a lot of fun. They’re one of the six or seven acts on this entire list that interest me.
I’ll save $120 and go to Pitchfork instead. Better setup, and already a better lineup this year.
This poster has quite a bit of sense, I must say.
I’d hit it…up!
as awesome as those indie acts are… just not willing to drop 250 on this especially with the headliners that they have
Congrats on not spending $60 more than tickets are actually worth right now.
I’m pretty sure your math is wrong there.
asher roth for the fail
if the headliners werent so bad and i wasnt going to bonnaroo which is almost identical id go
nope. not going. never will
Ya know all this promo art is quite hideous… might as well be a White Castle table mat. Somebody with money should invest in making a AnCo’s Yellow Submarine. The music IS good enough,,, it’s way better than looking at Kings of Leon on Rolling Stone pretending they are the Beatles at their last photo shoot….
Very good point! Is Hipgnosis still around? Tarkovsky? Kubrick?
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Kings of Leon are way better than the Beatles. KOL rules! Beatles don’t!
The conversation about this lineup begins and ends with Asher Roth. MTV!!!!!!!!!!
this is actually better than i expected for some reason. i think i was just totally turned off when the headliners originally came out.
Same here, and I’m moving up to Chicago this Summer.
I was afraid I’d have to travel to Tennesee to see a good festival
All festivals DO have similar lineups these days. Cant think of many in the last 3 years that didnt have Kings of Leon, Killers, REM or Kaiser Chiefs. Sorry state of affairs
Festival line-ups all look similar because those are the bands on tour. So what are your other choices: Bonnaroo’s lineup is better but you have to slog through mud and hippies and a flight to Cali and a drive to the middle of the desert would break the bank. Lolla’s lineup in pretty solid, minus the over-the-hill act.
Shopping malls all have the same stores because those are the stores that exist….
bonnaroo is in tennessee
Sorry I don’t go to shopping malls, I’m way too cool. This is Stereogum…
100% more of nothing is still nothing.
Regardless, it might be interesting to see AC live. Might have to partake of the Devil’s lettuce for that one.
depeche mode, tool, and the killers? jane’s addiction, beastie boys, and kings of leon? regardless of the other phenomenal acts present (AC, TVotR, FF, etc) this festival totally blows, if you want to hang out with a bunch of fucking 40 years old and still hip types this is your scene, i usually don’t comment negatively on this type of thing but this line-up is just sad, not even worth dropping the bills to see lou reed, i’m from chicago but i think i’ll take the 10 hour drive to bonnaroo instead…
‘if you want to hang out with a bunch of fucking 40 years old and still hip types this is your scene’
wow….what a young, little prick with the attitude of a 4-year old…wha, wha, wha…it’s music, if you like it then go watch/listen. if you don’t, well then don’t. who in the hell cares who you are surrounded by or how young/old they are?
if you look deep, this lineup is pretty great. it’s all the better that the headliners are old headliners. that just means that you can enjoy your day watching all the good bands, leave shortly after nightfall, beat the traffic out, and still enjoy your evening in chicago if you want to.
band of horses
ac
neko
deerhunter
bon iver
bat for lashes
ra ra riot
passioin pit
crystal castles
of montreal
i mean, really?
Can’t they just put all of the good acts on one day?
Where’s Luscious Jackson?
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cool lineup, and cheaper than alot of festivals at $190. Nice try, All Points West.
I. for one, think it’s a great lineup.
I’m hoping some of these bands somehow work around any exclusivity agreements and play local sets, like Broken Social Scene did last year. Looking at that list, there are only a couple “must sees”, but I’m not sure I’d want to see them in a festival setting. I’d rather wait for a band like the Builders and the Butchers to come back and play Schubas or something.
The headliners are nowhere close to last year (Radiohead/Take Care Of Yourself Against The Machine/Kanye), but shit, LOU MOTHERFUCKING REED is playing! He’s one of the 5 best artists of the last 50 years!!! Plus AC, Fleet Foxes, TVOTR, Bon Iver, Vampire Weekend, Decemberists, Arctic Monkeys, Cold War Kids, Silversun Pickups, Band of Horses, Santigold, Heartless Bastards, Gaslight Anthem, Neko Case, STS9, Los Campesinos! and Atmosphere? I’m in. So-so headliners but the deepest lineup yet.
why are thievery corporation, rise against, and sts9 larger than ac?
i’m not what you’d call a jam-bander, but i’ve seen STS9 live. they’re pretty damn impressive and have quite a following. so that’s probably why. as for the other two, i don’t know.
Go see Gaslight Anthem
I think I’m gonna drop the money for this one. It’ll all be worth it when I’m sippin my 8 dollar Miller Lite, jammin to the complex, yet subtle melody of ‘I Love College’, I’ll be trippin balls for that one.
Seriously lacking bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, and Franz Ferdinand. Where are the top mid-tier bands?!
sorry I meant to hit up on this
I would recommend paying a third of the price to go to Pitchfork instead, where you can see bands amongst much smaller crowds. Lollapalooza just draws bands out of Pitchfork’s pool from the year before anyway (ie Animal Collective, No Age, Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, etc.).
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I think the lineup is phenomenal! Headliners are a bit weaker than the past, but this is PACKED with solid acts. Definitely the deepest festival I’ve seen in terms of quality bands. Sorry to disagree with all you “hip” trend-following kids whose automatic disposition to anything is “ehh it’s okay, i’ve seen a lot better” or “they were better when nobody had heard of them”.
The headliners arent the best but this lineup really has a lot of depth
I’m pumped!
Fuck the killers though…really
my issue isn’t specifically the “40-something scene,” it’s that these festivals cater to an older crowd’s vain nostalgia, and by doing so marginalize many of the totally fucking brilliant acts around right now, there is no fucking reason why tv on the radio shouldn’t be a headliner, how many album of the year nods do you have to get? depeche mode, jane’s addiction, and even lou reed (among others) can all suck my dick… and the killers thing… i just don’t understand that… maybe i’m just jaded…
it’s a little depressing that i’m moving to Chicago exactly one month after this, because…this line-up is souper. no way i can go before; damn college
your attitude towards college is concerning. perhaps you should listen to more asher roth.
I’m excited for the good bands, but not so much for the bad ones. You can decide who’s who.
I’m 36 and I’m just as excited to see Depehce Mode and Lou Reed as I am Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective and Gaslight Anthem. Age has no bearing when it comes to good music.
chris you’re not jaded.. you’re just an idiot. talk all you want about the killers etc… don’t tell lou reed to suck your dick. he has probably influenced, directly and/or indirectly about 80% of the bands worth a damn out there today. i don’t care if you like his music or not but by telling him, oh so eloquently, to “suck your dick” you do nothing but make yourself look like an immature, jejune, steregum chewin’ poser.
Lou Reed doesn’t cater to 40y olds, he caters to true music lovers of all genres.
Colour me underwhelmed guys.
I dont’t know what is funnier the fact that elvis v. shark said souper, or that anyone things that these festivals cater to older crowds? Passion Pit, Fleet Foxes and MSTRKRFT…i dont know anyone over 30 who has even heard of those bands.
the guy above you is 36 and pretty excited about fleet foxes… just saying
alright, well, the issue here isn’t exactly the argument, i agree with chris to some degree about old acts, not necessarily old crowds but old acts, more often than not there comes a time when a band ceases to be relevant, at least on stage, or more readily ceases to be good on stage, the whole ‘fade away’ thing comes to mind, an example is the jesus and mary chain’s set at coachella a few years back, and there are plenty others, on one hand those bands deserve the respect and recognition to play a main stage early evening – , but on the other they also take the place of acts around right now who have yet to have that main stage opportunity and who, by most accounts, deserve it, maybe bands like tvotr, animal collective, or fleet foxes just need a few more years to hit that point but the argument is there nonetheless…
the issue here, however, is that you just can’t tell lou reed to suck your dick on sites like these, or most anywhere, and not expect bricks coming through your windows (figuratively)
Hang out with the old dude who saw in ’92 and is still excited about it or you in the Kayne shades telling me they’re past their peak? Uh…
As much as I enjoy this lineup, it’s not as good as last year’s.
Good lineup (especially Perry’s stage). Just too bad that the actual festival sucks ass. Not fun seeing bands in an overcrowded parking lot.
depeche mode I can get into….but, the beastie boys???? EW..im kind of embarrassed,actually. they can stay in the 90′s.
anco > ac
how about a only dj set ticket…that would be pretty crazy considering whats going on at that spinning at perry’s tent
crowds of 30-and-over > crowds of 18-and-under
snoop dogg really? this is lalapalooza for god sakes
Lollapalooza has always been a mix-mash of an array of music. (Maybe Perry uses a hat and pulls out names) But in any case, he tries to please everyone’s musical needs so he could sell tickets. It seems that every year they talk about ticket sales are down, and they’re going to cancel, but then WALLA, Depeche Mode is now headlining! But ever since the first Lollapalooza, it was always diverse. They had NIN and Ice T for crying outloud! And one year, it was opened up by a buch of chanting Tibetan monks! But I digress. I want to go!
why does anyone care about Rise Against?
That poster is seriously testing the strength of my eyes.
I wanna post something with a lot of meaning that actually makes me sound somewat inteligent………….. True is im not, this line up rocks!!!!
When did the under 30 crowd become so pathetic? When did you stop appreciating the musical roots of the bands you like so much? Where is the respect you whiny little maggots? I’m 34 and am looking forward to ALL the good music at Lolla. There is not a band around in this scene that hasn’t been influenced and shaped by bands like Depeche Mode, Lou Reed, the Cure, David Bowie, Tool, and the list goes on. Why are bands like Depeche Mode on the main stage? BECAUSE THEY HAVE EARNED IT! They have been churning out fantastic, influential and yes, still relevant music for over 25 years and they can still fill stadiums that all your little bands would kill to play. And as they should, when did success become a crime? Depeche Mode has never sold their sound out to please the masses, the masses came to their sound as they will on closing night of Lolla. You have no sense of respect or history. The bands you love would spit on you if they heard you talking about Lou Reed and Depeche Mode like this. You don’t have to like them but Jesus Christ shut up and stop whining and have some respect. Give it time, your bands, if they have saying power will get to the big stages in time, when they have paid their dues. This “I want everything my way and I want it right now” generation of losers really makes me sad for the future of music. Have patience, and instead of knocking down these bands that have been around so long, maybe take the time to LISTEN to them and see what it is about them that has influenced your generation of music so deeply, and why after all these years, they are still bringing in the masses to see them live.
Aj
Amen Aj! There is a reason that bands like Depeche mode, Tool, and Lou Reed have been around so long. They have stayed true to their art form while still bringing in masses of people to see them live. I’ve seen Depeche Mode twice now and I can tell you that they are STILL one of the best live acts around. A lot of the bands people are talking about on here are good such as Animal Collective, and I look forward to seeing them live as well. But no way in Hell that they should step in front of bands like Tool, Janes or Depeche Mode for a closing spot. It’s about respect, patience and paying your dues. I love these bands because they influenced my generation of music now. Just like for my dad, bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Queen and David Bowie influenced HIS generation of music. And even those bands, I would line up to see Sabbath or Bowie, or the Rolling Stones or Dylan or whoever. It’s music guys, not a whining contest! There is a reason these bands STILL play to sold out crowds! If you wanna live in your little pathetic emo driven worlds where it’s cool to think everything sucks and anyone over 25 is old and lame then you are going to miss out on A LOT of amazing art, music and culture. So next time you want to tell Lou Reed to suck your dick, do it while you are standing next to one of your favorite bands so I can watch them kick the crap out of you. You have no respect, no sense of history and just so you are aware, it’s you little emo brats sitting in the corner closing yourselves off from the world that are lame, sad, and pathetic. So come up for air, take a breath, and realize that there is some great music out there that you are missing because you are too busy whining.
I was at Coachella. Ok lineup for Coachella for having Sir Paul McCartney saving the budget for Coachella 2010 in Los Angeles.
This lineup looks awesome.
Im planning to attend Street Scene in San Diego and Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco.
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