Lollapalooza 2008

A lot of festivals are happening this summer, and arguably one of the biggest besides Bonnaroo and Coachella is Chicago’s Lollapalooza. The festival was a traveling one in the 90’s which was again ressurected in 2003 with corporate sponsors. This year marked the festivals first sell-out since its residency in Chicago. The festival featured many performers this year and the two big headliners were Nine Inch Nails (w/Josh Freese) and Kanye West.

“Across the field, the setting sun turned the sky pink and gray as Nine Inch Nails pounded out the opening bars of “March of the Pigs” through a haze of smoke. Gripping the microphone tight in an all-black outfit, frontman Trent Reznor growled through “1,000,000,” from the new album “The Slip,” which was given away as a free download this spring.”

“Let’s f*cking do this,” he exclaimed prior to the mega-hit “Closer,” one of several highlights in a set that also included “Hurt” and “In This Twilight,” which was lit by strobes. The whole experience felt like the polar opposite of the laid-back set presented by Wilco on the same stage last night.”

Sounds like a great show, I might try to catch the band here in LA at the Forum in October.

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