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Post by wheattoast1 on Mar 29, 2018 12:19:33 GMT -5
I'm going to my first Lolla this year! My coworkers wanted to go Saturday so there I go! Never been to CHI or obviously this fest, what should I expect? Any artists on that saturday lineup I should look at? I think the aim is Vampire Weekend and then see if The Weeknd is any good (not much of a fan, tho)
I'm going to my first Lolla this year! My coworkers wanted to go Saturday so there I go! Never been to CHI or obviously this fest, what should I expect? Any artists on that saturday lineup I should look at? I think the aim is Vampire Weekend and then see if The Weeknd is any good (not much of a fan, tho)
You're going to have to decide between those two. The first 2 names each day play at the same time and its about a 15min walk, without crowds, to get from the North stage to South stage.
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I'm going to my first Lolla this year! My coworkers wanted to go Saturday so there I go! Never been to CHI or obviously this fest, what should I expect? Any artists on that saturday lineup I should look at? I think the aim is Vampire Weekend and then see if The Weeknd is any good (not much of a fan, tho)
You're going to have to decide between those two. The first 2 names each day play at the same time and its about a 15min walk, without crowds, to get from the North stage to South stage.
Oh wow really? that's insane, does one act finish up before the other (minus that walk lol)
11/17: Slowdive* 11/19: Caribou* 11/22: Ranger Trucco 11/29: Armand Van Helden* 1/16: L'Impératrice 1/30: Jamie xx 2/1: DJ Seinfeld 2/7: Mild Minds* 3/1: Father John Misty* 3/19: Confidence Man 3/23: DARKSIDE 5/8: Rüfüs Du Sol
I'm going to my first Lolla this year! My coworkers wanted to go Saturday so there I go! Never been to CHI or obviously this fest, what should I expect? Any artists on that saturday lineup I should look at? I think the aim is Vampire Weekend and then see if The Weeknd is any good (not much of a fan, tho)
I’m pretty sure that Lolla is not allowing any bags or backpacks this year, so be prepared for that. Unless you go early, Expect a decent wait in line to get in, but maybe “no bags” will shorten that up a little. Enjoy the stunning backdrop.
You're going to have to decide between those two. The first 2 names each day play at the same time and its about a 15min walk, without crowds, to get from the North stage to South stage.
Oh wow really? that's insane, does one act finish up before the other (minus that walk lol)
The Saturday night main headliner (The Weeknd) will play later than the other closing acts. It’ll say The Weeknd ends at 10, but they let them run longer on Friday and Saturday. So you *could* see the beginning of VW and the end of TW, but like others said those two stages are literally a mile apart so you gotta hustle if you want to do that.
Think there are a lot of different influences from the festival community that result in fest booking 1 female act in the top 15. First, festivals are dying to try to find some actual big name rock bands that arent re-treads to come do their fests because a large segment of the audience wants rock bands of some kind. So of the biggest named female rock bands you have Florence, The XX (not really rock but close enough), Yeah Yeah Yeahs, then who? Maybe Evanescence is the next biggest one, or St. Vincent, HAIM, or Chvrches?
Then you have the other major genre of influence right now which is Rap. In terms of female acts that are high up for Rap right now its Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Missy Elliot, and Lauryn Hill, maybe Janelle Monae if you call her a rapper.
If you miss with these few bands or rappers that the music industry has made popular enough, then you really dont have a ton of choices to go with. Lolla's lineup this year in the first 15 is 11 rappers or rock bands, and of those 11, 10 of them are men. Thats kinda what happens when these are the two genres that people really make bookers focus on at these festivals.
Remember this about Coachella. They got an artist who I think is one of the 3 or 4 greatest live performers I have ever seen, in Beyonce, and the headlines after the festival dropped was "Popchella" or some shit that was saying how Pop the festival has gotten. If you are gonna get pissed off at Beyonce headlining Coachella, Halsey being top 6 at a ton of festivals, then you are really limiting how many women are going to get booked highly for these fests until Rock and Rap becomes more inclusive to more genders
There's actually quite a few options when you start to think outside the box and dig deep. They just need to be more creative in their bookings and thinking since a few of these acts don't do many festivals if at all. Some of the acts aren't necessarily headliner or even sub material but they'd definitely shore up the 3rd-5th lines of any lineup.
Legacy/Older Acts: Fleetwood Mac, Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, Janet Jackson, Blondie, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Pretenders, Pat Benatar Vets: Gwen Stefani/No Doubt, Missy Elliott, P!nk, Bjork, Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, Lauryn Hill, Alanis Morissette, Joss Stone, Evanescence, Garbage, Sleater-Kinney, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Current Alt/Rock/Indie: Florence+the Machine, Alabama Shakes, Paramore (though they're trending pop), The XX, Of Monsters and Men, Beach House, CHVRCHES, HAIM, St. Vincent, Tegan & Sara, The Head & the Heart
Current Pop/R&B: Beyonce, Adele, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Sia, Lorde, Alicia Keys, Katy Perry (Kaaboo just booked her), Shakira, Lana Del Rey, Nicki Minaj, The Black Eyed Peas, Ariana Grande, Ellie Goulding, Halsey, Demi Lovato, Ke$ha, Dua Lipa
Mid-Acts: Amy McDonald, Tove Lo, Jenny Lewis, Jessie J, Phantogram, Regina Spektor, The Pretty Reckless, Matt & Kim, Echosmith, Sara Bareilles, Misterwives..
One only needs to look at the massively successful Rock in Rio festivals in Rio, Lisbon, and Madrid to see that they quite often book pop acts (and females) on a regular basis and I don't know why that doesn't happen here. Rock in Rio 2013 for example had Beyonce, Muse, Justin Timberlake, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, and Iron Maiden as the headliners (with Alicia Keys & Florence+Machine as two of the subs).Goi
Going back to this, with the supposed headliners for Outside Lands being Janet Jackson, Florence and The Machine, and The Weeknd, it will be one of, if not the, most diverse group (and for me its much better than their 2017 headliners) of festival headliners of any major festival lineup. Go take a look how the Outside Lands crowd is reacting on inforoo and reddit.
Oh wow really? that's insane, does one act finish up before the other (minus that walk lol)
The Saturday night main headliner (The Weeknd) will play later than the other closing acts. It’ll say The Weeknd ends at 10, but they let them run longer on Friday and Saturday. So you *could* see the beginning of VW and the end of TW, but like others said those two stages are literally a mile apart so you gotta hustle if you want to do that.
Okay thanks for the heads up guys!
1. I forget, when do the aftershows for Lolla get announced? around what time of the year? I forget if it's either much closer to the fest like July or around late April/may. 2. Given this is really spur of the moment, and new to me and my coworkers- any recommendations on reasonably priced hotels/air bnbs/whatever around the festival? 3. Coming from RI, what method of transpiration is the best? Road tripping it? trains? flying?
Thursday and Sunday tickets still available. LiveNation finally killed the golden goose.
Surprised they didn't put Bruno or the Weeknd on Sunday to guarantee a sell out, knowing that Friday and Saturday will sell out no matter who is performing.
Jack White / ODESZA / Lil Uzi Vert is a weak enough top 3 to me that I would skip, even living in Chicago
Thursday and Sunday tickets still available. LiveNation finally killed the golden goose.
Surprised they didn't put Bruno or the Weeknd on Sunday to guarantee a sell out, knowing that Friday and Saturday will sell out no matter who is performing.
Jack White / ODESZA / Lil Uzi Vert is a weak enough top 3 to me that I would skip, even living in Chicago
I dont think Friday sold out last year, or at least on stubhub prices were below face
They all sold out last year but I know you could have gotten at least Sunday for below face. I'm hoping this forces them to go back to the 3 day format. People are figuring out that there isn't enough on these lineups to warrant a 4 day pass.
I like the 4 day format, but I live here. I totally could see how it’s annoying for people who have to travel.
I don't mind it from a daily perspective seeing as I've gotten just Thursday passes the last 2 years, but these lineups would look so much better spread over 3 days, esp if u just cut out some of the filler.
My fear is that if it went back to three days they would keep the filler and lose some of the good bookings, especially when you consider how they missed out acts FJM, James Blake, Jenny Lewis and Future Islands that are playing Osheaga and or Toronto that weekend.
My fear is that if it went back to three days they would keep the filler and lose some of the good bookings, especially when you consider how they missed out acts FJM, James Blake, Jenny Lewis and Future Islands that are playing Osheaga and or Toronto that weekend.
Seeing these 3 names reminded me of when Hangout Fest booked all of them in 2015. As opposed to whatever the fuck u call their lineup now... The good times...
My fear is that if it went back to three days they would keep the filler and lose some of the good bookings, especially when you consider how they missed out acts FJM, James Blake, Jenny Lewis and Future Islands that are playing Osheaga and or Toronto that weekend.
Agree here. It seems like the “good” acts are intentionally concentrated on Thursday/Sunday and if they cut Thursday they’d just have fewer acts I care about.
I'm sure the ratio of filler acts to overall acts will still be the same regardless if it's spread over 4 days or 3 days. If only it were as simple as dropping the bottom 25% of the lineup and keeping the top 3/4... the quality would improve dramatically.
Life is Beautiful '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18 | Rock in Rio USA '15 | ACL '16 Ohana Fest '16 | Arroyo Seco '17 | CalJam '17 | Lost Lake '17 Lollapalooza '18 | Kaaboo Texas '19
Recent/Upcoming/Planning: 3/22 - Catfish & The Bottlemen 4/16 - CHVRCHES 5/17 - Florence + the Machine 7/23 - The Head and the Heart 8/20 - Kacey Musgraves 9/20-22 - Life is Beautiful Festival 10/4 - Ingrid Michaelson
Wow couldn't be much happier for Thursday's schedule. Tycho vs AM sucks but I already made my peace with that conflict when the daily came out. I'll be at the main stage basically all day.
Stars--> The Wombats--> Franz Ferdinand--> (get beers and keep good spot for) CHVRCHES--> (beers/food and lock down spot for) Arctic Monkeys
Works for me. Don't have to leave the south field the entire time.
Thur: Slaves > Stars > Franz Ferdinand > Petit Biscuit > Virgil Abloh > Arctic Monkeys/Tycho Fri: Parquet Courts > LIZZO > Tyler, the Creator > Alina Baraz > Greta Van Fleet > Malaa > BROCKHAMPTON > Jungle (man they're getting screwed by scheduling this year) Sat: BlackGummy > Tank and the Bengas > Bomba Estero > Autograf > LL Cool J > Daniel Caesar > St. Vincent > Tash Sultana > Vampire Weekend Sun: Kali Uchis > Lykke Li > Gucci Mane > Portugal. The Man
Thurs-Sat has good stuff, Sunday is a wasteland for me.
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on May 8, 2018 11:12:48 GMT -5
Some dumb choices in there. Brockhampton on the Grove Stage (American Eagle lol) is gonna be a massive cluster, same with Camilla Cabello on Lakeshore. The National vs Jungle is a rough conflict, Rex Orange County got shafted.
Alex Lahey> (Some combo of Post Animal/Parquet Courts/Taylor Bennett/Gang of Youths) > Lizzo > Tyler > Buddy > Greta Van Fleet > BROCKHAMPTON > The National is a great run for me. Greta Van Fleet into Brockhampton on the grove is gonna be an epic clusterfuck of different fan bases lol I can't wait
