GRANT PARK LOLLAPALOOZA

  THIS YEARS 2008  GRANT PARK LOLLAPALOOZA SHOW IN

 CHICAGO, IL PROMISES ONCE AGAIN TO BE AN EARGASM OF

 EPIC PROPORTIONS. THE  GRANT PARK LOLLAPALOOZA SHOW

 WAS THE INNOVATION CREATED BY PERRY FERREL OF JANES

 ADDICTION & PORNO FOR PYROS IN 1991.  TO THINK THAT ONE

 DAY GRANT PARK WOULD BE TO LOLLAPALOOZA WHAT MONTEREY

 HAS BECOME FOR ITS ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL PERRY PROBABLY

 WOULD HAVE PISSED HIMSELF LAUGHING.

  THE SHOW WHICH WAS AN ANNUAL EVENT FROM 1991-1997

 & AGAIN REANIMATED IN 2003 HAS PROVEN TO BE A FORTUNATE

 CONCEPT FOR ARTISTS EVERYWHERE.  UNFORTUNATELY THE

 FOLLOWING YEAR DUE TO LAGGING SALES THE PLUG WAS

 PULLED ON LOLLAPALOOZA AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE STAGE

LIGHTS MIGHT NOT BURN AGAIN. BUT THANKS TO CHICAGO IT

 NOW OCCURS ANNUALLY OVER A THREE DAY SCHEDULE AT

  GRANT PARK & SUPPORTS MULTIPLE STAGES. LAST YEAR A

 TOTAL OF 9 STAGES IN GRANT PARK PROVIDED A PIECE OF

 MUSIC HISTORY THAT FEW MAJOR CITIES WOULD RISK LET

ALONE WELCOME BACK LIKE A VISITING FAMILY MEMBER FOR

 A HOLIDAY.  2008 GRANT PARK LOLLAPALOZZA SHOW HOPES

TO SOLIDIFY THIS EVENTS HOME AS JUST THAT.

    SIMILAR TO WOODSTOCK OR THE MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVALS,

 LOLLAPALOOZA RECREATED THE CONCEPT THAT MUSIC COULD

 & WOULD BE EXPERIENCED. THIS WAS THE NEXT GENERATIONS

 FOR MANY ELABORATE & SUCCESSFUL TOURS LIKE OZZFEST,

THE WARP TOUR, & FAMILY VALUES TOUR. LOLLAPALOOZA HAS

 HAD THE FORTUNATE ABILITY TO GARNER SOME OF THE TOP

ARTISTS OF MULTIPLE GENRES & GENERATIONS. IT HAS ALSO

BEEN ABLE TO BRING BANDS BACK FOR PERFORMANCES THAT

AN ENTIRELY NEW GENERATION MAY NEVER HAVE HAD A CHANCE

 TO LISTEN TO. BE IT THE LAST MAJOR PERFORMANCE BY THE

RAMONES, OR REUNIONS OF SUCH GROUPS AS RAGE AGAINST

THE MACHINE, EACH YEAR IS A SURPRISE.

   GRANT PARK LOLLAPALOOZA MAY RESEMBLE A NASCAR

RACING CIRCUIT  WITH THE BRANDING THAT HAS TAKEN OVER

THE INDIVIDUAL STAGES BUT  ITS STILL MORE MUSIC THEN

CERTAIN PEOPLE MAY SEE OVER AN ENTIRE LIFETIME & A

SPECTRUM OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT ENCOMPASSES A MYRIAD

OF GENRES WHICH COULD TAKE ANOTHER. LOLLAPALOOZA

FAIR GROUNDS & BOOTHS HAVE ALSO BECOME A SOCIAL

AWARENESS PLATFORM FOR MANY CAUSES & TOPICS THAT

A YOUNGER MARKET OF PEOPLE MAY NOT TAKE  NOTICE

 NORMALLY.

 LOLLAPALOOZA (GRANT PARK CHICAGO, IL) 2008

LINE UP ANNOUNCED UNOFFICIALLY SO FAR WILL BE......

THE MAIN STAGE:

NINE INCH NAILS / RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE /

RADIOHEAD / THE RACONTEURS / WILCO / KAYNE WEST

& OF COURSE PERRY. 

OTHER ACTS INCLUDE:                    

GNARLS BARKLEY, BLOC PARTY, FLOGGING MOLLY, BLUES TRAVELER,

THE BLACK KEYS, LOVE & ROCKETS, CAT POWER, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE,

 LUPE FIASCO, MARK RONSON, THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO, THE NATIONAL,

 EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, THE NATIONAL, BRAND NEW, G LOVE & THE

SPECIAL SAUCE, DIERKS BENTLEY, CSS,STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS,

SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS, GIRL TALK, OKKERVIL RIVER,

ROGUE WAVE, CHROMEO,, GOGOL BORDELLO, AMADOU & MARIAM,

BATTLES, NEWTON FAULKNER, THE GO TEAM, JAMIE LIDELL, BUTCH

WALKER, NOAH & THE WHALE, BRAZILIAN GIRLS & MANY, MANY MORE..........

HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE FOR WHAT SHOULD BE ANOTHER HISTORICAL

GRANT PARK LOLLAPALOOZA.

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