Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline iconic Lollapalooza festival in Chicago
Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Red Hot Chili Peppers have become headliners at the legendary Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.
The trio of acts may be the most prominent performers at the event, but the four-day event will feature several other big-name acts, including Odesza, Lana Dey Rey, Karol G, and The 1975.
The lineup, which features 169 acts, was announced via the festival’s Twitter on Tuesday to a very positive response.
The music festival, which began as a traveling event in 1991, will take place at Chicago’s regular Grant Park venue from August 3-6.
Other notable acts will include: Suki Waterhouse (who was recently seen 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.
Heavy hitters: Billie Eilish (left), Kendrick Lamar (right) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have established themselves as headliners at the legendary Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.
Highly anticipated: The lineup, which features 169 acts, was announced via the festival’s Twitter on Tuesday to a very positive response.
The concert may be the only time fans in the US got to see the 21-year-old Eilish in concert, as it’s her only US date so far in 2023.
The multiple Grammy Award winner has a handful of international dates over the next few months, including the Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK that take place at the end of August.
Lamar, 35, wrapped up his The Big Steppers tour in Auckland, New Zealand, on December 16.
They will spend the summer playing festivals around the world, including stops in England, Spain, Germany, France and Japan.
Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently in the middle of their Global Stadium Tour with their next stop in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday, March 29.
The Southern California natives will tour Europe and South America from June to November ending in Porto Alegre, Brazil on November 16.
Lollapalooza was conceived and created in 1991 as a farewell tour for Perry Farrell, lead singer of the Los Angeles band Jane’s Addiction.
The tour, which featured a diverse collection of bands, was a commercial success as it stopped in over twenty cities across the US.
Give it away? Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently in the middle of their Global Stadium Tour with their next stop in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday, March 29, as shown at Coachella in 2013.
Red-dy to rock: Karol G (pictured in Puerto Rico earlier this month) is one of the hottest acts
Rocking on: The 1975 are also at the top of the bill as they performed at Lollapalooza Chile over the weekend.
Big Moment: Suki Waterhouse is also set to perform as she is seen performing at Lollapalooza Chile over the weekend.
Awesome: Lana Del Rey is also one of the headlining acts, she is seen performing in San Diego in October
It continued to run annually until 1997 before a revival in 2003. However, in 2004 the organizers decided to extend the dates to two days per city, but poor ticket sales forced it to be cancelled.
In 2005, Farrell along with the William Morris Agency and Capital Sports Entertainment (now C3 Presents) remodeled the event into what it is today; an annual festival in Chicago.
The festival expanded in 2011 when a branch was established in Santiago, Chile, which still runs to this day.
The following year they added a Brazilian version of the event in Sao Paulo. Finally, the Argentine version arrived in Buenos Aires in 2014.