Lollapalooza

[Vas Deferens]

who else got tickets this morning?  
 
 anyway, anyone have a hotel reservation already? I can split cost...  

[sweetcell]

yup, i snagged a pair of presales (you're welcome joe    )  this will be my fourth lolla, and second one in a row.
 
 anyone else score tix this morning?
 
 next opportunity for cheap tickets will be the early bird sale, scheduled for april 1 i believe.  $160 instead of $190.

[Sage 703]

sweetcell already knows that I did.  Pretty excited about it too.
 
 I love Lolla, if only because I get to go home and see friends and family on top of some outstanding live music.

[miss pretentious]

fuck.
 i was on deadline this morning and forgot to look. *sigh*

[Vas Deferens]

Radiohead and NIN headlining?
 
 http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2008/03/radiohead-nine.html

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
  Radiohead and NIN headlining?
 
  http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2008/03/radiohead-nine.html

Awesome.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I actually have in-laws to stay with in Chicago for free, but I'll probably never get to goto Lollapalooza, since the annual conference that I always attend is always on the same weekend.

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  yup, i snagged a pair of presales (you're welcome joe       )  this will be my fourth lolla, and second one in a row.
 
 anyone else score tix this morning?
 
 next opportunity for cheap tickets will be the early bird sale, scheduled for april 1 i believe.  $160 instead of $190.

im so mad! WTF I didnt get any email  

[sweetcell]

according to people with too much time on their hands, the following artists are scheduled to be at lolla (most names come from the band's own website or statements they've made)
 
 Radiohead
 Nine Inch Nails
 Rhymefest f/ Mucca Pazza
 Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
 MGMT
 Bloc Party
 Gogol Bordello
 Black Lips
 Dierks Bentley
 Bang Camaro
 John Butler Trio
 Flogging Molly
 Nicole Atkins & the Sea
 Does it Offend You, Yeah?
 
 still unclear who headliner #3 will be.  big names being thrown about include foo fighters, bboys, chem bros, beck and wilco; although i'm not convinced that those last two qualify as headliners.  i've also read some unconfirmed claims that jack johnson and DMB are definitely off the bill (DMB is playing elsewhere friday and sat).  tom petty would be cool, and someone floated the idea of coldplay - would make sense as they have an album coming out.
 
   

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
 im so mad! WTF I didnt get any email      

they didn't send an e-mail this year.  you had to refresh the site and find the hidden icon, which occured at 10:29.  apparently there was only 2000 presale tickets, vs. last year's 3000 - i don't like that trend, i'm afraid they're phasing them out.

[Relaxer]

Aren't Wilco considered a Chicago band? Tupelo wasn't, but I always feel like Wilco has this Chicagoness to them. And for that reason, I could see them being considered a favorite-son headliner.
 
 I've also heard REM's name thrown in as a possible headliner.

[sweetcell]

woops, the heartbreakers are out of the running - they're playing chicago on 7/02.
 
   

Originally posted by Relaxer:
  Aren't Wilco considered a Chicago band? Tupelo wasn't, but I always feel like Wilco has this Chicagoness to them. And for that reason, I could see them being considered a favorite-son headliner.
 
 I've also heard REM's name thrown in as a possible headliner.

wilco: they did play a 6-night stand last month, so they've got some kind of tracktion there.  and they have the quantity and quality of "indie cred" that seems to be a prerequisite for playing lolla.  but somehow they just don't feel "big" enough to be a true headliner... but they might get the equivalent of last year's interpol slot - playing opposite a radiohead or NIN.
 
 REM: they're playing chicago on 6/06, dunno if that's too close.  also, i'd think that RH get sunday-night billing over REM, not sure if REM would settle for a non-top billing.

[eros]

I got the presale tickets too.  Had a great time last year.  Looking forward to it again.

[Firebutt McGee]

I missed out, but I'm definitely planning on fucking Chicago up that weekend.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

The Chicago Sun-Times reports Rage Against The Machine (3rd headliner) and Wilco are playing this as well.
 
 Radiohead, NIN, RATM: one of these things, is not like the others; one of these things just doesn't belong...

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:
  The Chicago Sun-Times reports Rage Against The Machine (3rd headliner) and Wilco are playing this as well.
 
 Radiohead, NIN, RATM: one of these things, is not like the others; one of these things just doesn't belong...

Wow...