2014 Music Festivals Announcement Round Up
Music festivals in America and abroad are beginning to hit critical mass. It's our generation's sign of approval to any artist if they find themselves on a bevy of festival lineups come summer, they're doing something right. Perhaps the most prevalent "music for the people" approach in the industry, festivals allow acts both large and small great opportunities for exposure and listeners the chance to attempt to take it all in. The spring/summer of 2014 is shaping up to be one of the largest festival seasons in recent memory and event organizers have wasted no time announcing jam-packed lineups that look more like an iTunes playlist than a real concert experience. We gathered together lineups from festivals from coast to coast and even beyond to give you the most full, in-depth guide to diving into festival season, check them all out on the following pages.
[Video] Lollapalooza Sampler Platter
In case you missed the action this weekend we put together a quick sampler platter of the most entertaining performances of the weekend. Chance took over the BMI stage Friday evening while sandwiched between Queens of The Stone Age, Flux Pavilion and New Order before Nine Inch Nails and Steve Aoki finished things up. On Saturday Mumford & Sons closed out the day on the Red Bull Sound Select Stage while The Poastal Service united in person to re-hash their 2003 pen-pal album Give Up to follow a strong day that saw Kendrick Lamar, Charles Bradley, Ellie Goulding grace Grant Park. Sunday featured a little of everything with 2 Chainz, Beach House and Two Door Cinema Club rounding the day out before The Cure took the stage. Watch below.
Chance The Rapper with Vic Mensa & Twista at the BMI Stage Friday
http://youtu.be/XCjVl4w1D2w
Nine Inch Nails at Bud Light stage Friday
http://youtu.be/0dPga72LpzQ
Mumford and Sons at Red Bull Sound Select Stage Saturday
http://youtu.be/cYrgyUNN5uE
2 Chainz at The Grove
http://youtu.be/_KCKHxfMq_g
Lollapalooza after shows and parties unofficially announced
The early bird catches the worm, right? Keen eyes at Entertain Me-dia have discovered the unofficially official list of Lollapalooza after shows and parties. "Accidentally" posted on Do312's mobile site (but not on their desktop site), the list of after shows include a mix of headlining and supporting acts playing venue shows. Personally, I'm a bigger fan of these shows as opposed to the messy and chaotic outdoor shows. You can check out the full list below. Tickets are set to officially go on sale this Friday at 10am CST.
Thanks to Jaime Black of Dynasty Podcasts for the heads up.
- 07/31 Wednesday 7pm: Benefitting Special Olympics Audiotree and Scion Presents NELARUSKY: Performances by Imagine Dragons, Icona Pop, Brick + Mortar, Kellen & Me @ METRO
- 7/31 Wednesday 7:30pm: Timeflies w/ Keys N Krates @ THE VIC THEATRE
- 7/31 Wednesday 8pm (doors): Thievery Corporation w/ DJ Mel @ HOUSE OF BLUES
- 7/31 Wednesday 9pm: Smith Westerns @ LINCOLN HALL
- 8/01 Thursday 8pm (doors): Lana Del Rey @ HOUSE OF BLUES
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm: Hot Chip w/ Bear Mountain @ THE VIC THEATRE
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm: Atlas Genius w/ San Cisco @ SCHUBAS
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm: Father John Misty w/ Night Moves @ LINCOLN HALL
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm: Hiatus Kaiyote @ SUBTERRANEAN
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm (doors): Wild Nothing w/ Circles @ EMTPY BOTTLE
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Eric Church w/ Frontier Ruckus @ METRO
- 8/02 Friday 10pm (doors): Local Natives w/ Wake Owl @ HOUSE OF BLUES
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: The Mowgli’s w/ The Bright Light Social Hour @ DOUBLE DOOR
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: The Lumineers @ THE VIC THEATRE
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Foals w/ Drowners @ PARK WEST
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Little Green Cars w/ The Dunwells @ SCHUBAS
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Jessie Ware @ LINCOLN HALL
- 8/02 Friday 10:30pm: Flux Pavilion w/ Dillon Francis, RVSB @ ARAGON BALLROOM
- 8/02 Friday 10pm: SBTRKT and Disclosure @ THE MID
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: The Neighbourhood and Family of the Year @ SUBTERRANEAN
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Death Grips @ BOTTOM LOUNGE
- 8/02 Friday 10pm (doors): Heartless Bastards w/ Houndmouth @ CITY WINERY
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Chance The Rapper w/ BJ The Chicago Kid @ REGGIES
- 8/03 Saturday 9pm (doors): DIIV @ EMPTY BOTTLE
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Band Of Horses w/ Reignwolf @ METRO
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Ghost B.C. w/ Skeltonwitch @ DOUBLE DOOR
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Two Door Cinema Club w/ MS MR @ HOUSE OF BLUES
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Matt & Kim w/ Robert DeLong @ THE VIC THEATRE
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Frightened Rabbit w/ Wild Belle @ PARK WEST
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: SKATERS and The Orwells @ SCHUBAS
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: HAIM w/ St. Lucia @ LINCOLN HALL
- 8/03 Saturday 10:30pm: Kendrick Lamar w/Baauer, BJ The Chicago Kid @ARAGON BALLROOM
- 8/03 Saturday 10pm: Dada Life w/ Nathan Scott, Gus Karas @ THE MID
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Baroness w/ The Royal Thunder @ SUBTERRANEAN
- 8/04 Sunday 9pm (doors): Wavves w/ E.T. Habit @ EMPTY BOTTLE
- 8/04 Sunday 11pm: Palma Violets w/ Wild Cub @ SCHUBAS
- 8/04 Sunday 11pm: Alt-J w/ Guards @ LINCOLN HALL
[via Entertain Me-dia]
Lollapalooza 2013 Schedule is Out
The schedule for this year's Lollapalooza is live! The popular festival, taking place August 2nd - 4th, has been growing steadily since it settled in Chicago a few years ago. Some highlights from this year's festival include Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, New Order, and Wavves. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of music festivals; they're expensive, always outside and dirty, smell bad, consist of schedule conflicts, and full of drunk and/or high people. But hey, it's all for the love of music, right?
You can check out the Lollapalooza 2013 Schedule in a PDF provided by the Chicago Tribune.