Lollapalooza Schedule Up!
June 18, 2008
The Lollapalooza Schedule went online yesterday and it is looking really good. I’ve been thoroughly examining it and making my choices, and through the process getting really excited for this festival. Not too many harsh conflicts here, but unfortunately some bands (mostly ones I’ve already seen) I was looking forward to like Battles, The National, Cat Power, Mates of State, Lupe, Jamie Lidell, and CSS I’m going to have to skip out on. But I’m going to be able to hit up all the biggest names I wanted to see (namely Radiohead, Kanye West, Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Gnarls Barkley). I’ll also be checking off a bunch of bands on my “bands to see” list (Noah and the Whale, Go! Team, Explosions, Devotchka, Office). So here’s what my schedule looks like so far:
Friday:
12:15 Noah and the Whale
1:00 Manchester Orchestra
2:15 The Go! Team
4:15 Gogol Bordello
6:15 Bloc Party
8:00 Radiohead
MP3 Noah and the Whale – Five Years Time
MP3 The Go! Team – Huddle Formation
Saturday:
12:15 Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos
12:45 The Ting Tings
1:30 Dr. Dog
3:30 Devotchka
4:30 Explosions in the Sky
5:00 Spank Rock
6:30 Broken Social Scene
8:00 Wilco
MP3 Devothka – Comrade Z
MP3 Broken Social Scene – 7/4 Shoreline
Sunday:
11:30 Office
1:00 What Made Milwalkee Famous
2:15 Nicole Atkins & The Sea
3:30 Black Kids
4:15 Iron & Wine
6:15 Gnarles Barkley
8:30 Kanye West
MP3 Office – Wound Up
MP3 Gnarles Barkley – Going On
Check out my page at sched.org to see a more detailed schedule.
The winner for harshest conflict this year is: Broken Social Scene vs. Lupe Fiasco vs. Battles. I wanted to catch all three of these bands, but am opting for Broken Social Scene, partly because I love them and heard their festival appearances were epic and partly because I want to be at the Bud Light stage to see Wilco. Also, I don’t think I want to deal with all those Rage fans at Lupe Fiasco (you’d think they would schedule something a little less polarizing after what happened at Coachella).
Aftershows are up also. I’m hoping to catch Battles w/ Foals on Saturday Night at the Double Door.
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June 19th, 2008 at 1:34 am
rage vs. wilco was a tough one…
you should seriously consider seeing malkmus, he is incredible
June 21st, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I am begging you to please skip the Kanye West show. After his narcissistic tantrum at Bonnaroo, I think true music fans should not support him.
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 am
the only other band playing sunday night is nine inch nails though…
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:44 am
There’s no way I’m missing Kanye on Sunday Night. Never been a NIN fan and come one, it’s Chicago. Other than starting 2 hours late what was the problem at Bonnaroo?
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Being 2 hours late isn’t enough?! Fine, if you need more:
1. People waiting on him missed some other amazing acts. Rumor has it they made Phil Lesh stop earlier than expected so all of the attention would be on the brat.
2. 2 hours late at 9PM is alot different than hours late at 3AM when you’ve been out in the sun since Noon.
3. He whined his way onto the What Stage (main stage) and then performed for approx an hour. Following Pearl Jam who rocked it for 3 hours and Jack Johnson who did a full 2 hour set.
4. You hyped your award winning light show only to start your set when the sun was coming up?!?
I do hope you have a different experience in Chicago. Or it could be even worse b/c hometown fans might be willing to wait for 3 hours and withhold the booing. I’ll be interested to hear how this turns out….