Lollapalooza Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 9: The Festivals

The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In

Are we already at the third long weekend of the summer? (Yes, America, we get Monday off.) Make it a

This is the latest from Cameron Gordon over at Completely Ignored. It pretty much speaks for itself. Click here to

The first-ever video posted on YouTube, “Me at the Zoo,” was posted on this day in 2005. Moving on to

Lollapalooza’s roots are in alt-rock culture. Other festivals (read: Coachella) might morph into an event that serves the needs of

Secondary ticket seller VividSeats took a look at how the mix of music is changing at some of the big

Matty Healy of The 1975 gave an interview to Billboard magazine recently that’s elicited a bit of a response. Amidst

I don’t mean to sound like Grandpa Simpson yelling at clouds, but back in the ’90s Lollapalooza was THE summer

It was on this day in 1990 that Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. That ended poorly for everyone, of course. And

If you’re heading to Lollapalooza this weekend, expect LOTS of extra security and plenty of bag searches. There are no known

Since its inception in 1991, Lollapalooza has showcased a huge variety of artists, both in the festival’s incarnation as a

Sam Galet in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver
Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
Mark Silver
Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
Mark Silver