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Covers
Justin Vernon devoted his only scheduled solo performance of 2026 to someone else’s catalog. On Friday (7/24) at Carson Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the Bon Iver leader presented “Bon Dylan,” a 16-song set made up entirely of compositions from the Bard.
Covers
Lollapalooza 2006 went down from August 4-6 in Chicago’s lakefront Grant Park, where the supersized eclectic spectacle graduated from curious experiment to an annual permanent cultural destination.
Festivals
Imagine the feelings festival goers in the mountains of Japan when they heard and watched System of a Down live debut “Chop Suey!” for them on a Sunday Afternoon.
Festivals
Lollapalooza celebrated its 25th anniversary in Chicago from July 28 through July 31, 2016, expanding from three days to four for the first time and boosting attendance to 400,000.
Covers
The 2005 headlining performance of the Pixies at Lollapalooza was a perfect storm of a legendary band experiencing their comeback at a great festival that was beginning to reinvent itself.
Festivals
Pitbull set a pair of records Friday (7/10) at the British Summer Time festival in London and reunited with an old pal.
Festivals
Way back in the 1900s, Woody Guthrie's daughter, Nora, invited British singer/songwriter/activist Billy Bragg access to a treasure trove of her father's previously unheard lyrics that had yet to be married to music.
Festivals
The Smashing Pumpkins, who seven weeks ago did a secret show for 300 guests at an American Legion Hall in Hollywood, performed Saturday (7/4) in a stadium 200x larger just 11 miles away.
Covers
After a decades-long award-winning career, on Saturday (6/27) Alan Jackson headlined his final major concert, titled Last Call: One More for the Road, The Finale.
Festivals
Olivia Rodrigo announced on Tuesday that all the groups performing at her Daisy Chain Fields Festival this August will be doing it all for free so that as much income from the event can go to the charities.
