Which was the best (pre-revival) Lollapalooza lineup?

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Looking at the wiki, the lineup for the cancelled 2004 tour (a two-day per city affair felled by low ticket sales) was wild:

The Pixies, Morrissey, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, The Killers, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, The Von Bondies, The String Cheese Incident, Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Gomez, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Danger Mouse, The Polyphonic Spree, Broken Social Scene, Ross Golan, The Datsuns, Bumblebeez 81, The Secret Machines, Brayndead Freakshow, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Elbow, Wheat, The Coup, Wolf Eyes, The Dresden Dolls

“Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 19 July 2021 07:05 (two years ago) link

Saw '94 and '97...got to see '97 in literally the front row as somehow the corp. comp tickets fell all the way down to the IT department (as the exec's backstabbed each other around the office trying to get the Jimmie Buffet tickets).

Beastie Boys in '94 was literally about the most pushed to lather I have had ever seen a band do to an audience. They had a circle pit going at the front of the stage where there was FIXED seating in concrete at the Deer Creek shed in Indy. There was just total bedlam going on in the grass up top. After a whole day in the sun, when the Beasties were done so was the crowd and they just vanished. I'd say it was maybe bit over 1/2 full when the Smashing Pumpkins started playing. I ended up booking myself a couple tunes in as I had to start a new job the next day.

earlnash, Monday, 19 July 2021 08:26 (two years ago) link

Dude, we were at the same Lolla shows! Also saw '96 @ Deer Creek tho.

Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 July 2021 11:11 (two years ago) link

xp the climactic screams in "Sabotage" ... when they turned on the house lights ... holy shit, i still get chills thinking about it, and i wasn't even *that* much of a fan. (i was, however, 18 years old.)

alpine static, Monday, 19 July 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link

Yeah the equivalent moment in LA was pretty damn great.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 July 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link


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