Lollapalooza Day Three: A Fitting End

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The final day of Lollapalooza couldn’t have been more idyllic. Hot and humid weather of days past were a thing of exactly that. Somehow, Grant Park seemed more packed than before, which made for an incredible festival vibe. Enough of the blabber and onto the music. Bouncing around the stages early on, the 3 p.m.

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Lollapalooza Day One Recap

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Hot. Humid. Not A cloud in the sky. Great music. If you guessed that the city and site described was Lollapalooza in Chicago then you’re the big winner. On an idyllic day in the Windy City, some of the best new bands in music descended to Grant Park (the site of the Buckingham Fountain made

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Festival Preview: Reading & Leeds 2012

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Reading and Leeds are technically the same festival, held over the same three-day weekend, with all the same bands performing across seven different stages. What’s the difference, then? Just that one is held in Reading, England, and the other is in Leeds, England. Reading is the original leg of the two, and is in fact

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New Bands At Outside Lands

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Outside Lands Festival, named after what the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., used to be marked as on a map back in the gold rush days, is going down August 10-12. The headliners range from Neil Young & Crazy Horse and Stevie Wonder to Skrillex and Metallica, and the entire lineup in general

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