Music Festivals are Overrated
March 17th, 2006 . by Jilly
Yesterday they announced the lineup for Lollapalooza. Its gonna be at Grant Park in Chicago on August 4-6. Aside from getting to see Common, The Shins, Feist, and Jeremy Enigk; I have no desire to be around the kind of people that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are gonna attract.
Here’s the full lineup.
Coachella’s coming up in a few more weeks and South by Southwest is happening right now.
I think music festivals are losing their lustre.
there are several other good bands…wilco, hot chip, sleater-kinney…but all in all I couldn’t agree more.
I think they lost their lustre in 1969 or whenever the hell Woodstock (the original) was. I went to the first Lollapalooza, sat in the Atlanta summer sun surrounded by a bunch of drunk and stoned and hot and smelly music fans and swore that I would never put myself through that again. The lone exception would be an appearance by Tom Waits with the Tindersticks opening. That would get me out. But nothing else.
SXSW I think might be slightly different in that the shows are in actual venues. All the rest, overpriced and overrated.
yes. i agree.