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10RW: You Should Be Excited About Lollapalooza

By Jim Shearer on 04/22/2009

Yesterday, the official line-up was announced for this year's Lollapalooza festival, which will be held in Chicago's Grant Park on the weekend of April August 7-9. This is the fifth year of the re-vamped Lollapalooza--which transformed from traveling tour in the '90s to one-stop-shop festival in the '00s--and the fifth time it will take place in Chicago (festival organizers have a 10-year agreement with the city's park district). MORE »

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SUMMER FEST UPDATE '08: Lollapalooza Wrap-Up

By James Ziegenfus on 08/06/2008

It is really difficult to accurately recap a destination summer music festival with 120+ acts over 3 days. Something is always going to be missed. Schedules may be released with enough time for any festivalgoer to make careful decisions about where they want to be at any given time, but plans change. A band sounds terrible, so you walk a quarter-mile to another stage where your second choice is playing. You get a text message that something absolutely cannot be missed. Or maybe you just feel like being in the shade instead of the scorching sun with thousands of... MORE »

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See You at The Pitchfork Festival This Weekend!

By Jim Shearer on 07/18/2008

Filed under: SOON

These are my nieces. They will not be at the Pitchfork Festival this weekend (although come Saturday afternoon I'm sure I'll be wishing they were there shooting me with their water guns). But guess who will be going? Yes, yours truly. I'll be blogging all weekend long, so if you can't make it to Chicago, check back here daily for all the happenings, and if you are at Pitchfork, feel free to say hey. Slop on the sunscreen and let the fun begin!... MORE »

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