Lollapalooza 2025 wrapped on Sunday, and it was one for the books. Women and international artists absolutely dominated the four-day festival held in Chicago at Grant Park. The representation was a welcome one as evidenced by an estimated 115,000 fans who attended the festival each day, per organizers; four-day passes …
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The 2025 edition of Lollapalooza has been full of happy surprises, from pop royalty Robyn performing with Gracie Abrams on the first day, to Olivia Rodrigo marking her Lolla Chicago debut on the second day with a little help from Weezer, the first band she saw in concert. And Saturday …
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Lollapalooza Day Two wrapped in Chicago’s Grant Park on Thursday with stellar performances from Olivia Rodrigo, who made her Lollapalooza Chicago debut at the top of the lineup; and Korn, who last performed the festival when it was still a touring entity back in 1997. Bleachers, T-Pain, and Djo were …
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The Outlaw Music Festival began nine years back as a single event in Scranton, Pennsylvania, featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Chris Robinson, and Lee Ann Womack. It’s slowly morphed into a traveling fest that brings Nelson and a rotating cast of top-grade support acts to amphitheaters across America …
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Lollapalooza 2025 kicked off in Chicago’s Grant Park on a high note Thursday. Tyler, the Creator made his triumphant return to the festival after canceling last year’s headlining set, and Luke Combs also served as a headliner, marking the first time the festival featured a country act in a top …
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So much of the appeal of early Yeah Yeah Yeahs is the thrash of the music. Song after song, the art-punk band found a way to convert a maelstrom of pent-up energy into no-fucks-given liberation that soundtracked a generation of teen rebellions in the aughts. The freedom to let go …
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It’s a Monday night and Gracie Abrams is flipping through a red leather journal filled with songs. She’s in her childhood bedroom, complete with a rocketship-patterned bedspread and a copy of Lizzy McAlpine’s Older on display. But she’s not at home; the bedroom is a replica. Abrams is actually sitting …
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“Real quick,” Mk.gee said to the crowd at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, kicking off a rare bit of stage banter. Mk.gee, real name Mike Gordon, is a man of few words — he doesn’t do many interviews, and can usually be seen onstage showing off his unique style of …
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For its sixth installment, Under the Big Sky Festival in Whitefish, Montana, boasted one of its most potent lineups yet: Tyler Childers, Wynonna Judd, Mumford & Sons, the Red Clay Strays, Shane Smith & the Saints, Luke Grimes, Whitey Morgan & the 78s, Hailey Whitters, Kelsey Waldon, Wyatt Flores, and …
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When Lady Gaga turned Coachella into a cathedral of chaos in April, Rolling Stone hailed it as the “performance of a lifetime.” With the launch of her Mayhem Ball tour in Las Vegas Wednesday night, Gaga didn’t just revisit that show — she expanded it, sharpened it, sprinkled in some …
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