LOLLAPALOOZA

Lollapalooza /llpluz/ is an annual music festival featuring

popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock, hip hop, and EDM bands and
artists, dance and comedy performances and craft booths. It has also provided
a platform for non-profit and political groups and various visual artists.

The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a two- or three-day
period. Lollapalooza has featured a diverse range of bands and has helped
expose and popularize artists such as Eminem, Lana del Rey, Red Hot Chilli
Peppers, Pearl Jam, and so on.

Lollapalooza means "an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an

exceptional example or instance."

Tickets and pricing

The biggest Lollapalooza edition, in Chicago, usually has its tickets sold out
extremely quickly. In the 2016 Lollapalooza, the four-day general passes sold
out in about one day after they started the sale. The one-day passes were
even quicker: they were gone in less than three hours after organizers
revealed the lineup for the four-day music festival.[33] Because of this
phenomena, people who can not buy the passes, try to get them through
alternatives sources such as Craigslist and StubHub. This is a really common
activity but usually, the prices tend to get higher on these websites.

On its earliest editions, the official passes used to cost $31.50. However, with
its growth and prominent relevance on the music scenario, Lollapalooza
passes' prices are substantially increasing over the years. Comparing the
weekend passes for Lollapalooza 2016, which costed $335, with the
Lollapalooza 2015 ones, which costed $275, the increase was over than 20%.

This festival was inspired by shows that organized one of the most important
events of the history producers: Bill Graham, who had the task of organising
the tours of bands.

In principle, the event would only be a tour of Jane's Addiction, which would
act different musicians in different cities in the United States and Canada. For
this reason, Perry Farrell, Ted Gardener, Marc Geiger and Don Muller find this
as a mega-event, which unlike Woodstock, would always change of place.

On July 18, 1991 he left the tour in Phoenix, Arizona. This included Jane's
Addiction, Ice-T, Nine Inch Nails, among others. Popular artists were on a
stage only and there was another unknown and local bands. This generated
the attention of fans who began arriving en masse.

The event was a madness for everyone. With US$ 25 tickets, the musicians
fired rifles in the middle of the proceedings. In a city, NIN and Trent Reznor
destroyed all its instruments and were in the middle of a presentation, due to
technical problems with the sound.

In addition, this tour included an actual circus and a traveling Zoo in which
fans could also be fun. The result: a success that would repeat the following
year.