CHICAGO — The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Travis Scott, the National, Vampire Weekend and Odesza will headline Lollapalooza.
The lineup, announced Wednesday for the festival Aug. 2-5 in Grant Park, brings a strong hip-hop presence that includes Logic, Post Malone, Lil Uzi Vert, Tyler the Creator, Lizzo and Brockhampton.
Also on the bill: St. Vincent, Lykke Li and relative newcomers Greta Van Fleet, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Daniel Caesar and Billie Eilish. Veteran acts include L.L. Cool J, Gucci Mane, Franz Ferdinand and Lollapalooza co-founder Perry Farrell, who will be debuting material from a forthcoming solo album with “an all-star lineup of guest musicians.”
Four-day passes ($335 plus fees) remain on sale at lollapalooza.com. Single-day tickets will become available once the four-day passes have sold out.
It’s the first time in years that the festival had not sold out of weekend passes before announcing its lineup. The slower ticket sales could be attributed to a number of factors: the relatively high ticket price (fees push the four-day pass closer to $400), the glut of summer music festivals, concerns over safety and security exacerbated by the mass killings at a concert in Las Vegas last year, and disappointment last year in the relatively lackluster lineup.
Will those doubts be quelled this year? All of the headliners, with the exception of Mars, have played Lollapalooza previously. And if the undercard makes or breaks a festival lineup that includes more than 180 acts playing on eight stages over four days, there once again appears to be plenty of filler.
There are a few exceptions, including slots for Chicago up-and-comers Taylor Bennett (brother of Chance the Rapper), Knox Fortune and Valee. Also noteworthy are rising Australian band Gang of Youths, country singer Tyler Childers, soul singer Durand Jones, feminist pop-punks Regrettes and multi-culti octet Superorganism.
