Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz on Soaking Up Culture and Making Crowds DanceGogol Bordello have become staples of the summer festival scene, and their sets are typically weekend-stealers. Their Friday afternoon performance at Lollapalooza was no exception, as Eugene Hutz brought his group’s brand of madcap gypsy punk to a rabid crowd at Chicago’s Grant Park. Click above to find out how Hutz manages to whip himself into a frenzy for shows and how the group constructs its multi-cultural pastiche songs. • Complete Lollapalooza Coverage • Gallery: Lollapalooza 2008: Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West and More • Gallery: Backstage at Lollapalooza With Perry Farrell, Slash, Gnarls Barkley and the Raconteurs • More Lollapalooza Coverage: Rock ‘N’ Roll Diary [Video: Pete Maiden]
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Published: 2008-08-05
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Videos, Lollapalooza
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The Raconteurs Play the Role of Big Rock Stars, Break Guitar StringsThe Raconteurs came to play on Lollapalooza’s Friday evening with the ’70s on their mind. Even the video-screen footage was colored black and white, a retro effect that carried through a show that was part jamboree, part arena blowout. Someone had to play the role of the big rock star, and Jack White obliged, hoisting guitars in the air and finger-tapping Van Halen-style solos. At the microphone, White yelped words with all the pesky fervor of a Chihuahua yipping at a bystander’s heels and tore at his guitar strings until they snapped. Such organized chaos extended to rearrangements of “Steady As She Goes” and “The Switch and the Spur,” which broke away from their conservative studio molds. [Photo: Josh Rothstein for Rolling Stone] More Lollapalooza Coverage: Rock ‘N’ Roll Diary
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Published: 2008-08-02
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, Lollapalooza
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Report: Beastie Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon Set for LollapaloozaPhoto: The Beastie Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode and Kings of Leon are among the bands that will reportedly headline this year’s Lollapalooza Festival, taking place August 7-9th at Chicago’s Grant Park. Multiple sources confirmed to the Chicago Tribune’s Turn It Up blog that Jane’s, Depeche and the Beasties would perform at the event, while Billboard added the Kings of Leon to the list. The entire lineup will be officially announced in April. Reps for C3 Productions told Rock Daily last week that the rumored headliners were not confirmed just yet, but that’s not exactly a denial either. As per Lollapalooza tradition, two more marquee acts will likely join the four already announced. If the rumors are right, the festival has once again tapped into its late-’80s/early-’90s roots by signing three headliners that were all around when the festival first began in 1991. The reunited Jane’s Addiction’s involvement in Lollapalooza seemed all but a guarantee, considering Perry Farrell’s role in establishing the festival and the band’s suspicious lack of Chicago dates when their joint tour with the Nine Inch Nails rolls into the Windy City. Similarly, in those Depeche Mode tour dates we revealed last week, there was a convenient week-long gap between stops in New York and Seattle in early August. And the Beasties have already been confirmed for Bonnaroo, so they’re evidently traveling the festival circuit. Last year’s Lollapalooza featured Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, the Raconteurs and Kanye West. So how does this year compare so far? Leave your criticism — and suggestions for who should round out the lineup — in our comments. Related Stories: • Trent Reznor Reveals Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction Tour Dates • Perry Farrell Talks Favorite Lollapalooza Memories, Plus Backstage Photos • Rock Daily’s Lollapalooza 2008 Coverage
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Published: 2009-03-09
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, Lollapalooza
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