Wilco pictures with tag: festivals

Dave Matthews Band, Wilco Spice Up New Orleans Jazz Fest

Photo: Diamond/Getty “New Orleans is the soul of America,” Gil Cerezo of Kinky declared. The dance rock band from Monterey, Mexico, was onstage and finishing up the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell in exhilarating fashion, merging Wall of Voodoo’s “Mexican Radio” with their own. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Jazz Fest, a two-weekend-long celebration of what festival producer Quint Davis refers to as “the heritage of jazz.” This weekend, th

Published: 2009-04-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows, Festivals

Report: Beastie Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon Set for Lollapalooza

Photo: 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

Published: 2009-03-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, Lollapalooza