Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Red Hot Chili Peppers headline Chicago’s legendary Lollapalooza festival
Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Red Hot Chili Peppers have been tapped to headline Chicago’s legendary Lollapalooza festival.
The trio of acts may be the event’s highest-paid artists, but the four-day event will feature several other big acts, including Odesza, Lana Dey Rey, Karol G and The 1975.
The line-up – which includes 169 acts – was announced via the festival’s Twitter on Tuesday, to a very positive response.
The music festival, which began as a touring event in 1991, will be held August 3-6 at Chicago’s regular Grant Park venue.
Other notable acts include: Suki Waterhouse (who was recently spotted with her boyfriend Robert Pattinson), Rina Sawayama, Carlie Rae Jepsen, Sabrina Carpenter, Maggie Rogers, Tems, Pusha T, Portugal. The Man, Lainey Wilson and Jared Leto’s band Thirty Seconds To Mars.
Hitters: Billie Eilish (left), Kendrick Lamar (right) and Red Hot Chili Peppers have been chosen to headline Chicago’s legendary Lollapalooza festival
Eagerly awaited, the line-up – which includes 169 acts – was announced via the festival’s Twitter on Tuesday and received a very positive response
The concert may be the only time fans in the US will be able to see 21-year-old Eilish in concert as this is their only date in America so far in 2023.
The multiple Grammy winner has a handful of international dates over the next few months, including the UK’s Reading and Leeds festivals, which take place at the end of August.
Lamar, 35, wrapped up his The Big Steppers tour in Auckland, New Zealand on December 16th.
He will spend his summer playing festivals around the world including stops in England, Spain, Germany, France and Japan.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently in the midst of their Global Stadium Tour with their next stop in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday March 29th.
The Southern California natives will tour Europe and South America from June through November, concluding on November 16 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Lollapalooza was conceived and created in 1991 as a farewell tour by Perry Farrell, lead singer of the LA band Jane’s Addiction.
The tour, which featured a diverse collection of bands, was a commercial success, stopping in more than twenty cities across the United States.
Give away? The Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently in the midst of their Global Stadium Tour with their next stop in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday March 29 as pictured at the 2013 Coachella
Red-dy to rock: Karol G (pictured in Puerto Rico earlier this month) is one of the top billing acts
Rocking on: The 1975 also top the bill as they performed at Lollapalooza Chile over the weekend
Big Moment: Suki Waterhouse will also perform as she is at Lollapalooza Chile over the weekend
Stunning: Lana Del Rey is also one of the main actors, she is seen in San Diego in October
It ran annually until 1997 before being revived in 2003. However, in 2004 the organizers decided to expand the dates to two days per city, but poor ticket sales forced it to be cancelled.
In 2005, Farrell partnered with the William Morris Agency and Capital Sports Entertainment (now presenting C3) to transform the event into what it is today; an annual festival in Chicago.
The festival expanded in 2011 when a branch of it was established in Santiago, Chile, which continues to this day.
The following year they added a Brazilian version of the event in Sao Paulo. The Argentinian version came last in Buenos Aires in 2014.