Another disappointing lineup from Lollapalooza is coming at us this year. You would think that year after year of being letdown by this “great festival” that I would just give up and let bygones be bygones. Sure, there are a few good bands, but overall, it is just another year of crappy choices by Perry Farrell.
“Who are the super fabulous headliners?” you may ask dripping with sarcasm. Well with great dismay, I will tell you. The headliners for the 2013 Lollapalooza festival are…The Cure, Mumford and Sons, The Killers, and Nine Inch Nails. Mumford is great and all, but a headliner at a major festival? I do not think they are quite that great. And The Killers? Huh? I was not aware that The Killers still had the same large following that they once did some years ago. The Cure and Nine Inch Nails are not my type of music; so again, I am disappointed.
Where is the variety in the headliners anyway? In 2011, Deadmau5 was there to throw in some house music and Eminem gave it the rap and hip/hop it needed. I know Lollapalooza is about the “totally indie and cool alt rock” bands, but the taste of other genres in their headliners is what really makes it. In a rumored lineup, Jay-Z was headlining, do you know how perfect that would have been?
All right, you may be thinking, it is not all about the headliners. There are a ton of other bands playing, too. However, they too are a sack of disappointments, besides the sprinkling of good bands.
Some decent bands that will actually be there include: Twenty One Pilots, Matt & Kim, Alt-J, Tegan and Sara, Beach House, and Grizzly Bear. Oh, and 2 Chainz, but I would most likely only go seem him, because you know, it is ironic.
That is it, six bands out of around fifty that I deem worthy of seeing. Of course they would never all land on the same day, so if I did want to see them that badly, I would be stuck paying the scalpers nearly $400!
Believe me, I would never pay $235, much less $400. I have been to Lolla before and I just do not think it is worth it. And with the way these terrible lineups are going the past few years, it will not be worth it anytime soon.
If you are curious to know what else is on this atrocious lineup, head over to lollapalooza.com to check it out for yourself. And if you are not as saddened by the lineup as I am, you are out of luck for the three-day passes. However, today you can purchase single day passes for $95. You better grab yours quickly though, because every year these tickets sell out faster and faster…even if the lineup gets worse and worse.
Lauren Dwyer
Features Editor
dwyer.l01@mymail.sxu.edu