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Lollapalooza 2012

When Lollapalooza was started twenty years ago, it was a touring festival with just one stage. It featured mostly alternative rock bands, the type of music that incite mosh pits and crowd surfing. This initial rock festival ran annually until 1997, and was brought back again in 2003; except for a brief hiatus again in 2004, when it was shutdown due to poor ticket sales. Despite the many ups and downs it faced through the years, Lolla exists today as a three-day festival featuring 130+ artists of diverse genres. In 2011, the sold-out event attracted a record number of 270,000 attendees, making Lolla the most populated festival in North America. This year, it debuted in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after a successful inaugural international appearance in Santiago, Chile. Located in Grant Park of downtown Chicago, festivalgoers get to experience a unique musical experience against the beautiful backdrop of the Chicago skyline.

Festival Line Up

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, Black Sabbath, The Black Keys, Florence + The Machine, At the Drive-In, Bassnectar, Avicii, The Shins, Justice, Passion Pit, Kaskade, The Weeknd, Sigur Ros, Bloc Party, Calvin Harris, Miike Snow, The Afghan Whigs, M83, Franz Ferdinand, Frank Ocean, Nero, J. Cole, Knife Party, Childish Gambino, Delta Spirit, Santigold, Metric, Zeds Dead, The Temper Trap, Wale, Big Gigantic, Die Antwoord, Dawes, Tune-Yards, Skream & Benga, The Head & the Heart, The Big Pink, Twin Shadow, The Tallest Man on Earth, Toro Y Moi, Little Dragon, Dr. Dog, Of Monsters And Men, Gary Clark Jr, Alabama Shakes, The Gaslight Anthem, SBTRKT, Amadou & Mariam, Porter Robinson, The Walkmen, Tame Impala, Sub Focus, Band of Skulls, JJ Grey & Mofro, Madeon, Neon Indian, Zedd, Dum Dum Girls, Paper Diamond, Washed Out, Aloe Blacc, Trampled by Turtles, Bear in Heaven, Blind Pilot, Chairlift, The Black Angels, Yellow Ostrich, GIVERS, Polica, Bombay Bicycle Club, Sharon Van Etten, White Rabbits, Doomtree, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Devil Makes Three, Oberhofer, Star Slinger, The War on Drugs, Michael Kiwanuka, O RAPPA, Bowerbirds, Orchard Lounge, Mona, The Growlers, Hey Rosetta!, Jeff the Brotherhood, Anamanaguchi, First Aid Kit, Wax, Fidlar, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Milo Greene, Los Jaivas, Kopecky Family Band, The Jezabels, Nadastrom, LP, DJ Nihal, Yuna, The White Panda, Walk Off The Earth, Animal Kingdom, DEV, SALVA, The Sheepdogs, The Dunwells, DJ Mel, Empires, Kevin Devine, Dry the River, Helena, Haley Reinhart, Imaginary Cities, Overdoz, Ambassadors, DJ Zebo, thenewno2, Moon Taxi, Chancellor Warhol, Laura Warshauer, Red Oblivion, Kid Color