Home | Register | Log In

Chicago, IL

   [change my location]
  • Print
  • Calendar
  • Share
Lollapalooza 2010 featuring Green Day, Lady Gaga, Soundgarden and The Strokes
Phone (888) 512-7469
Price $90.00 - $2499.00
Age Suitability All Ages

Lollapalooza 2010 featuring Green Day, Lady Gaga, Soundgarden and The Strokes

Friday, Aug 6, 2010 12:00p
Grant Park Chicago, IL

What started as a touring music festival in 1991 by Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, Lollapalooza has become a definitively unique music experience. Today, Lollapalooza takes place every summer in historic Grant Park, Chicago, between the iconic Chicago skyline and the shores of Lake Michigan.

With thousands of music fans from all over the world taking over Grant Park every summer, Lollapalooza continues to be a destination for music lovers from all over the world. The 2010 Lollapalooza
… Show more

Creator: Allen.Wright

Tickets
Stubhub $180 to $315 (tickets listed below)
 seat map
Price Section Row Electronic delivery Quantity available
All prices set by sellers
TicketNetwork $15 to $550 Buy Now
Performers at this Event
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff Remove performer from this event
It's one of the music industry's great ironies that today, outside of reggae circles, Jimmy Cliff is perhaps better known for his film appearances than his music. Even after a string of hits, the singer never quite managed to break into the mainstream, although he seemed poised for international stardom during the late '60s/early '70s....
Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler Remove performer from this event
A New York-based blues-rock quartet formed in 1988 by singer/harmonica player John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, bassist Bobby Sheehan, and drummer Brendan Hill, Blues Traveler were part of a revival of the extended jamming style of '60s and '70s groups like the Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin....
Devo
Devo Remove performer from this event
One of new wave's most innovative and (for a time) successful bands, Devo was also perhaps one of its most misunderstood. Formed in Akron, OH, in 1972 by Kent State art students Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo took its name from their concept of "de-evolution" -- the idea that instead of evolving, mankind has actually regressed, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society....
Social Distortion
Social Distortion Remove performer from this event
The enduring L.A. punk band Social Distortion has overcome numerous personnel shifts, the demise of the Los Angeles hardcore scene that spawned them, and the heroin addiction of singer/guitarist/bandleader Mike Ness to achieve a measure mainstream acceptance for their rootsy, hard-hitting punk without compromise....
Soundgarden
Soundgarden Remove performer from this event
Soundgarden was a seminal Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called grunge. Despite starting years earlier, and having a sound that more closely resembled Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin than their contemporaries, they are usually considered one of the ‘big four’ of the ’90s Seattle grunge bands, along with Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam....
The National
The National Remove performer from this event
Although formed during the post-punk revival of the late '90s, the National took inspiration from a wider set of influences, including country-rock, Americana, indie rock, and Britpop. The lineup began taking shape in Ohio and officially cemented itself in New York, with baritone vocalist Matt Berninger joining forces with two sets of brothers -- Scott (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums), and Aaron (guitar) and Bryce Dessner (guitar)....
Stars
Stars Remove performer from this event
Sharing a fondness for sophisticated soul and pop artists like the Smiths, New Order, and Marvin Gaye, vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman formed Stars in Toronto. Along with friends Evan Cranley (also of Big Rude Jake) and Amy Millan (who contributed to the soundtrack for the film Drowning Mona), the band relocated to New York City before returning to Canada, this time settling in Montreal....
Green Day
Green Day Remove performer from this event
Out of all the post-Nirvana alternative bands to break into the pop mainstream, Green Day were second only to Pearl Jam in terms of influence. At their core, Green Day were simply punk revivalists who recharged the energy of speedy, catchy three-chord punk-pop songs....
The Ettes
The Ettes Remove performer from this event
Serving up a sexy but undeniably fierce mix of pop smarts and garage rock power, the Ettes are vocalist/guitarist Lindsay "Coco" Hames, drummer Maria "Poni" Silver, and bassist Jeremy "Jem" Cohen, a trio of New Yorkers who became Los Angelenos....
Spoon
Spoon Remove performer from this event
With their heady blend of precision punk and serpentine classic rock (the band has drawn comparisons to everyone from the Pixies and Sonic Youth to Elvis Costello and Tom Petty), enigmatic, Texas-based indie pop outfit Spoon went from underground press darlings to one of the genre’s premier commercially and critically acclaimed alternative rock acts....
Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples Remove performer from this event
Born in 1940 in Chicago, Mavis Staples achieved wide recognition as lead singer for the Staple Singers. She first recorded solo for Stax subsidiary Volt in 1969. Subsequent efforts included a Curtis Mayfield-produced soundtrack on Curtom, a disappointing nod to disco for Warner in 1979, a misguided stab at electro-pop with Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1984, and an uneven album for Paisley Park....
Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq Remove performer from this event
He is a standard bearer for what folks call ‘old school’ music, a contemporary artist continuing a time-honored tradition that goes back to the ‘60s and ‘70s. From his early days as a member of the groundbreaking ‘80s group Tony! Toni! Toné! through his work as an award-winning producer of such artists as Joss Stone, The Roots, Snoop Dogg, John Legend among many others and his own solo albums, the multi-talented Raphael Saadiq has kept the faith....
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu Remove performer from this event
She grew up listening to '70s soul and '80s hip-hop, but Erykah Badu drew more comparisons to Billie Holiday upon her breakout in 1997, after the release of her first album, Baduizm. The grooves and production on the album are bass-heavy R&B, but Badu's languorous, occasionally tortured vocals and delicate phrasing immediately removed her from the legion of cookie-cutter female R&B singers....
AFI
AFI Remove performer from this event
Although they didn't reach platinum status until 2003, hardcore punk revivalists AFI originally formed in 1991, when the band's four founding members -- vocalist Davey Havok, guitarist Markus Stopholese, bassist Vic Chalker, and drummer Adam Carson -- were attending high school in Ukiah, CA....
Switchfoot
Switchfoot Remove performer from this event
After gaining a foothold in the contemporary Christian music scene, Switchfoot went mainstream with 2003's The Beautiful Letdown, a double-platinum album that straddled the line between sacred and secular rock music....
Jamie Lidell
Jamie Lidell Remove performer from this event
British producer Jamie Lidell became as widely recognized for his effective neo-soul vocals and performances as for his earlier career as a producer of groovy experimental techno. After some EP releases for labels such as Mosquito and an appearance on the Mille Plateaux-released Industrialsamplecoregouchbeat compilation, Lidell collaborated with equally well-known techno producer Cristian Vogel as Super_Collider in 1999....
Nneka
Nneka Remove performer from this event
Born in Nigeria and based in Germany, Nneka is a stylistically diverse, politically inclined English-language neo-soul singer reminiscent of Erykah Badu. Born Nneka Egbuna in Warri, Nigeria, in 1981, she immigrated at age 19 to Hamburg, Germany, with plans to study anthropology....
Los Amigos Invisibles
Los Amigos Invisibles Remove performer from this event
A performance-oriented Latin dance band from Venezuela heavily indebted to funk and disco (with a dash of acid jazz), los Amigos Invisibles made a big splash in their homeland in 1995 with their debut album, A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band, which featured odd Japanese animé-style artwork....
Slightly Stoopid
Slightly Stoopid Remove performer from this event
Illustrating the perfect underground success story (and a testament to the new music model), Slightly Stoopid, and their label Stoopid Records, has become a case study in how to ‘make it' without the aid of radio or MTV circa the early 21 st century....
B.o.B.
B.o.B. Remove performer from this event
Sometimes it pays to be different. Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, a city known for its outcasts, B.o.B is truly out of the ordinary. At just 19 years old, the rapper - born Bobby Ray Simmons - has become a breath of fresh air in Atlanta’s snap and trap-obsessed scene....
The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers Remove performer from this event
The Vancouver indie rock supergroup the New Pornographers features the talents of Zumpano's Carl Newman, the Evaporators' John Collins, Destroyer's Dan Bejar, cartoonist/filmmaker Blaine Thurier, drummer Fisher Rose, and guest vocalist Neko Case....
The Strokes
The Strokes Remove performer from this event
Equally inspired by classic tunesmiths like Buddy Holly and John Lennon and the street-smart attitude and angular riffs of fellow New Yorkers Television and the Velvet Underground, the Strokes were also equally blessed and cursed with an enormous amount of hype -- particularly from the U....
The Walkmen
The Walkmen Remove performer from this event
The Walkmen feature three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater and two from the Recoys. When Jonathan Fire*Eater disbanded in 1998, the group took the remainder of their Dreamworks funding and established an uptown rehearsal space in New York City that doubled as a 24-track recording studio where they use a wide variety of vintage equipment....
Minus the Bear
Minus the Bear Remove performer from this event
With catchy song titles like "Hey, Wanna Throw Up? Get Me Naked," "Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!!," and "Lemurs, Man, Lemurs," it's hard not to be at least a little bit curious about this Seattle-based quintet....
Metric
Metric Remove performer from this event
Metric are a band with an eclectic, adventurous outlook, whose music encompasses elements of synth pop, new wave, dance-rock, and electronica and whose hometown has vacillated between Toronto, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, and London over the course of the group's existence....
Hot Chip
Hot Chip Remove performer from this event
Hailing from London, Hot Chip entered the picture with the release of their 2000 debut, Mexico. The EP was issued by Victory Garden Records, a label owned and operated by members of London's resident lo-fi psychedelic rock institution Southall Riot....
Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello Remove performer from this event
Combining elements of punk, Gypsy music, and Brecht-ian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tell the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music was spun out of black market tapes of the Birthday Party and Einstürzande Neubauten in his native Ukraine....
The Black Keys
The Black Keys Remove performer from this event
It’s too facile to call the Black Keys counterparts of the White Stripes: they share several surface similarities -- their names are color-coded, they hail from the Midwest, they’re guitar-and-drum blues-rock duos -- but the Black Keys are their own distinct thing, a tougher, rougher rock band with a purist streak that never surfaces in the Stripes....
Chromeo
Chromeo Remove performer from this event
Electro-funk duo Chromeo formed in Montreal in the early 21st century, a project of former hip hop producers Dave One and Pee Thug (news flash: not their given names). Dave handled guitars and vocals; Pee was the talkbox-wielding synth specialist....
The Dirty Projectors
The Dirty Projectors Remove performer from this event
In 2002 David Longstreth released The Graceful Fallen Mango under his own name. A year later, The Glad Fact reintroduced his experimental rock project as "Dirty Projectors,” a moniker he's kept longer than any particular lineup....
Rogue Wave
Rogue Wave Remove performer from this event
Rogue Wave formed in 2002 when a newly-unemployed Zach Rogue left his San Francisco home, visited friends in New York City, and returned to California with nearly a full album's worth of textured, cerebral indie pop....
Cut Copy
Cut Copy Remove performer from this event
Australian indie electronic group Cut Copy take many of their cues from contemporaries like Air, Daft Punk, and LCD Soundsystem, but with a distinctly pop sensibility that draws on classic AM radio pop singles from the 1970s and '80s, with elements of vintage disco and synth pop that appeal to song-based listeners as well as the club kidz....
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire Remove performer from this event
A combination of indie rock muscle and theatrical, unapologetic bombast turned Arcade Fire into indie royalty in the early 2000s. Originally comprised of Régine Chassagne, Richard Parry, Tim Kingsbury, and brothers William and Win Butler, the group formed during the summer of 2003, after Win spotted Chassagne singing jazz standards at a Montreal art exhibit....
Ike Reilly Assassination
Ike Reilly Assassination Remove performer from this event
Hard luck stories. Everybody's got them or heard them, but it takes a special mind and wit to share them with the lyrical dexterity and aplomb that have become the hallmarks (and trademarks) of Ike Reilly's critically-lauded records....
MUTEMATH
MUTEMATH Remove performer from this event
Taking cues from several decades of alternative rock, Mute Math (also known as MUTEMATH and MuteMath) fuse together New Order's synth-dance epics, the Stone Roses' shambling shuffle, Radiohead's chilliness, Air's ambient pop, and the booming vocals of mainstream pop/rock....
Wolfmother
Wolfmother Remove performer from this event
Truly a band out of time, the Australian power trio Wolfmother were conceived in 2000 -- about 30 years too late, considering that the musicians' psychedelic brand of proto-heavy metal sounded similar to the late-'60s/early-'70s craft of Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath....
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear Remove performer from this event
Grizzly Bear began as a home recording project for Boston-bred experimentalist Edward Droste, the son of an elementary school teacher, who laid the groundwork for the band's otherworldly debut album on a small hand-held tape recorder while holed up for 15 months in his Greenpoint, Brooklyn, apartment....
The Cribs
The Cribs Remove performer from this event
Yorkshire, England's the Cribs feature three brothers: vocalists/guitarist Ryan Jarman, bassist/vocalist Gary, and drummer Ross. The trio began playing together at an early age, making their debut at a family party in the late '80s when twins Gary and Ryan were nine years old and Ross was just five....
Blitzen Trapper
Blitzen Trapper Remove performer from this event
Blitzen Trapper's music went through various genres with each record, bouncing from indie folk to art rock to experimental folk before settling into a rich, dusty brand of Neil Young-inspired alt country....
Balkan Beat Box
Balkan Beat Box Remove performer from this event
With a group of musicians rotating around the Israel-born New Yorkers Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat, Balkan Beat Box plays Mediterranean-influenced music that incorporates traditions from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and New York electronica....
Semi Precious Weapons
Semi Precious Weapons Remove performer from this event
Semi Precious Weapons is the creation of Chicago born gay/ambisexual singer/songwriter Justin Tranter, a charismatic frontperson with a long history of outrageous performances. Tranter fell under the spell of Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid when he was a boy, and after seeing Courtney Love and Hole perform, his course was firmly set....
Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit Remove performer from this event
Playing clever but purposefully naïve pop in the manner of the Vaselines, the Twilight Sad, and the Clean, Frightened Rabbit sound a good bit bolder than their moniker would suggest, though it suits their lively but nervous musical personality....
The Morning Benders
The Morning Benders Remove performer from this event
Equally indebted to the Shins and Brian Wilson, the Morning Benders mix sunny pop songcraft with jangling guitars, collegiate wit, and a contemporary indie ethic. Frontman Chris Chu launched the group as a solo project in 2005, using a single microphone and laptop to record his first batch of songs....
Matt & Kim
Matt & Kim Remove performer from this event
Keyboardist Matt Johnson and drummer Kim Schifino create the giddy, punky pop music of Matt & Kim. The two came together in 2004 while attending the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and sessions for their debut album began two years later after a spring tour with Meneguar....
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap Remove performer from this event
With their choirboy vocals and panoramic pop/rock sound, the Temper Trap began building an audience in Melbourne, Australia, where the band first rose to local acclaim after playing St. Jerome's Laneway Festival in March 2006....
Wild Beasts
Wild Beasts Remove performer from this event
England's Wild Beasts were founded as a duo in 2002 by Hayden Thorpe (guitar, vocals) and Ben Little (guitar). Originally called Fauve, the group was joined by drummer Chris Talbot in 2004 and changed its name to Wild Beasts....
These United States
These United States Remove performer from this event
Combining Devendra Banhart's "new weird American" eccentricity, Flaming Lips-influenced electronic bells and whistles, and a Wilco-esque twanginess, These United States create a musical melting pot that blends together a wide array of influences....
The Band of Heathens
The Band of Heathens Remove performer from this event
Formed in Austin, TX, the Band of Heathens became a band totally by accident. Songwriters Colin Brooks, Gordy Quist, and Ed Jurdi were all doing regular sets at Momo's in Austin when they began sitting in with each other, eventually making the whole thing one big show that they called the Good Time Supper Club, which was essentially three singer/songwriters in the round backed by a solid rhythm section of John Chipman on drums and Seth Whitney on bass....
The Kissaway Trail
The Kissaway Trail Remove performer from this event
Frequently compared to the elaborate orchestral sound of the Arcade Fire (in fact, the same artist designed their album cover), the Kissaway Trail hails from Odense, Denmark, and includes Thomas Fagerlund (vocals, guitar), Søren Corneliussen (vocals, guitar), Daniel Skjoldmose (guitar, keyboard), Rune Pedersen (bass), and Hasse Mydtskov (drums)....
Phoenix
Phoenix Remove performer from this event
The French group Phoenix draw elements from their eclectic '80s upbringing to arrive at a satisfying synthesis of rock and synthesizers. Vocalist Thomas Mars, bassist Deck d'Arcy, and guitarist Christian Mazzalai were a garage band based out of Mars' house in the suburbs of Paris....
My Dear Disco
My Dear Disco Remove performer from this event
Outside their university's classroom walls, after the textbooks had been closed for the night, a small group of students would come together for late-night dance parties. In the ceremonial musk of their college house basement, the sounds of Miles Davis and Alice Coltrane faded into the beats of Daft Punk and Michael Jackson....
Rebelution
Rebelution Remove performer from this event
Formed in Santa Barbara, California by a group of college music class chums, Rebelution was built from diverse musical backgrounds united by a shared passion for reggae. The band first garnered attention in the local college rock circuit, going on to score radio play in key markets in Southern California....
Skybox
Skybox Remove performer from this event
Skybox is the vehicle of Chicago musicians Tim Ellis, Christian Fields, Mike Holtz and Sean Brennan. In 2006 the band released Arco Iris, their debut record, which garnered a nationwide cult following the breakthrough success of the song "Various Kitchen Utensils"....
The Dodos
The Dodos Remove performer from this event
Originally formed in 2006 as Dodobird by multi-instrumentalist Meric Long, unpredictable San Francisco indie rock duo the Dodos acquired their new moniker with the arrival of Logan Kroeber, a fellow West Coast artist whose penchant for experimental drumming and progressive metal melded perfectly with Long's interest in West African Ewe drumming and country blues fingerpicking....
Health
Health Remove performer from this event
Not to be confused with the similarly named indie electronic band from Los Angeles, Health are a quintet from Greensboro, NC, and they play traditionally minded music with a spacy, post-rock experimental edge that keeps them from being just another group of Uncle Tupelo wannabes....
Deer Tick
Deer Tick Remove performer from this event
John McCauley, the songwriter behind the Deer Tick moniker, grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, where he began his career by teaching himself to play drums, guitar, piano, and pedal steel....
MGMT
MGMT Remove performer from this event
Finding an unlikely middle point between Suicide's hostile, proto-electro punk art noise and the sardonic, pop-friendly sound of the Flaming Lips, MGMT started as electroclash musical terrorists but quickly grew into an eclectic, brainy pop group with psychedelic overtones....
Company of Thieves
Company of Thieves Remove performer from this event
Company of Thieves are rooted in Chicago, IL, where vocalist Genevieve Schatz and guitarist Marc Walloch launched the co-ed indie rock group after striking up a friendship at Union Station....
Yeasayer
Yeasayer Remove performer from this event
The music of Brooklyn's Yeasayer is an eclectic, genre-bending journey into pop, rock, Middle Eastern and African musics, folk, and dub. Vocalist/keyboardist Chris Keating and vocalist/guitarist Anand Wilder were both raised in Baltimore, where they honed their vocal skills in a barbershop quartet and played in a high-school band, Sic Transit, before leaving town to attend different colleges....
American Bang
American Bang Remove performer from this event
Playing raucous, strutting hard rock with a classic sense of style and contemporary sweat and swagger, American Bang are a four-piece band from Nashville whose existence proves there's still room for rock in the world's capital of country music....
Foxy Shazam
Foxy Shazam Remove performer from this event
Foxy Shazam's music is an unhinged, maniacal mix of piano, guitar, howling vocals, double-kickdrum percussion, and rock & roll theatrics. The quintet hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, where bandmates Eric Nally (vocals), Loren Turner (guitar), Daisy (bass), Sky White (piano), and Joe Halberstadt (drums) first joined forces in 2004....
Jukebox the Ghost
Jukebox the Ghost Remove performer from this event
Pianist Ben Thornewill, guitarist Tommy Siegel, and drummer Jesse Kristin first came together in 2003 as undergraduate students at George Washington University. Sporting a quirky, brainy pop sound that took its cues from the likes of Ben Folds and They Might Be Giants, the three logged several years together under a different name, The Sunday Mail, before re-branding themselves Jukebox the Ghost in 2005....
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill Remove performer from this event
Cypress Hill were notable for being the first Latino hip-hop superstars, but they became notorious for their endorsement of marijuana, which actually isn't a trivial thing. Not only did the group campaign for its legalization, but their slow, rolling bass-and-drum loops pioneered a new, stoned funk that became extraordinary influential in '90s hip-hop -- it could be heard in everything from Dr....
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga Remove performer from this event
Glamorously gaudy, a self-made post-modern diva stitched together from elements of Madonna, David Bowie, and Freddie Mercury, Lady Gaga was the first true millennial superstar. Mastering the constant connection of the internet era, Gaga generated countless mini sensations through her style, her videos, and her music, cultivating a devoted audience she dubbed "Little Monsters....
Drive By Truckers
Drive By Truckers Remove performer from this event
The blurring of the lines between the personal and the musical has always been an integral part of what this band does and part of what sets it apart from the corporate music machines that dominate so much of pop-culture in the name of what used to be called Rock and Roll....
The Soft Pack
The Soft Pack Remove performer from this event
For a band whose lineup has only really been cemented this year, The Soft Pack formerly known as The Muslims have already accomplished a breathtaking amount. From San Diego but now based in Los Angels CA, the 20-something quartet, which features Matt Lamkin on vocals, co-founder Matty McLoughlin on guitar, David Lantzman on bass and Brian Hill on drums, create a fresh, razor-sharp, no-frills sound....
The Big Pink
The Big Pink Remove performer from this event
London residents Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell formed the Big Pink in their home studio, where the two musicians began mixing the droning soundscapes of Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine with the lush electronics of M83....
Wavves
Wavves Remove performer from this event
Named for his fear of the ocean, Wavves, the skuzzy project of San Diego slacker Nathan Williams, is a blend of distorted no-fi and refined sunshiny melodies. Charmingly messy, most of his lyrics, while difficult to decipher, generally revolve around the subjects of weed, boredom, and the beach -- when he isn't poking jabs at the gloomy subculture of goth rock (a common theme, found in "Goth Girls," "California Goths," "Summer Goths," "Surf Goths," and "Beach Goths")....
Dawes
Dawes Remove performer from this event
California-based roots rock band Dawes consists of brothers Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith (lead vocals/guitar and drums, respectively), Wylie Weber (bass), and Alex Casnoff (guitar)....
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Cymbals Eat Guitars Remove performer from this event
An indie rock band from New York City, Cymbals Eat Guitars made their critically acclaimed full-length album debut in 2009. Founded one year prior, the band is comprised of Joseph D'Agostino (aka Joseph Ferocious; vocals, guitars), Matt Cohen (guitar), Neil Berenholz (bass), Matthew Miller (drums), and Daniel Baer (keyboards)....
Hockey
Hockey Remove performer from this event
Merging the studied cool of the new wave revivalist movement with the sleek textures and commanding rhythm of electronic pop, Hockey burst out of the Portland, OR music scene in 2009 to become cult favorites in the United Kingdom on the strength of a handful of live appearances and a self-produced demo EP....
The xx
The xx Remove performer from this event
Atmospheric English indie pop group the xx formed in London in 2008 around the talents of Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim, Baria Qureshi, and Jamie Smith, when the bandmembers were still in high school....
The Antlers
The Antlers Remove performer from this event
Evolving from Peter Silberman's bedroom recordings to a fully realized band, for Brooklyn-based the Antlers, what started out as a solo lo-fi folk project progressed quickly into a colossal-sounding chamber pop group....
Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons Remove performer from this event
Inspired by folk, rock, country, and bluegrass, the London-based Mumford & Sons feature singer/guitarist/drummer Marcus Mumford, vocalist and banjo/Dobro player Winston Marshall, vocalist/keyboardist Ben Lovett, and vocalist/bassist Ted Dwane....
Harlem
Harlem Remove performer from this event
Led by two vocalists who alternate between guitarist and drummer roles, indie rock trio Harlem play spirited, rickety garage rock with a heartfelt passion and a knowing smirk. Sharing a mutual admiration for Darby Crash’s troglodyte on-stage antics, Tucson, AZ buddies Curtis O’Mara and Michael Coomers started making purposely sloppy punk music in high school....
Freelance Whales
Freelance Whales Remove performer from this event
The handclapping indie pop of Freelance Whales was born on the streets and subways of New York City after the band's formation in Queens at the end of 2008. After amassing a collection of miscellaneous instruments, including a harmonium and waterphone, frontman Judah Dadone enlisted the help of fellow musicians Kevin Read, Doris Cellar, Jake Hyman, and Chuck Criss to realize his D....
Warpaint
Warpaint Remove performer from this event
A Los Angeles quartet dealing in sparse, atmospheric art rock, Warpaint originally consisted of sisters Jenny Lee Lindberg and Shannyn Sossamon (on bass and drums, respectively), as well as Emily Kokal and Theresa Wayman on vocal and guitar....
Shawn Fisher
Shawn Fisher Remove performer from this event
“When I started to write my own songs, I tried to just take in everything I heard and learn from it,” says Shawn Fisher. “It wasn’t until a few years later that I really began to figure out my own way of saying things....
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros Remove performer from this event
Formed in 2007 by Ima Robot frontman Alex Ebert after a brief period of existential crisis, the cultish 11-piece indie rock outfit Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros draw their inspiration from the communal musical communities that peppered Southern California (specifically Laurel Canyon) with positive vibrations during the '60s and early '70s....
Location & Nearby Info
Grant Park
337 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 742-7648
Reviews & Comments
USER REVIEWS
(no rating) Nov 20, 2008 - Riot13 on Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa - Worst Show I've Ever Seen - Calgary, AB

I just got back from the Lady Gaga show at Tequila and I must confess, it was the worst show I have ever seen in my life (and I have been to hundreds of shows)!

My friend and I got there early to make sure we got good seats so we arrived at 7:00pm and waited. Doors opened at 8pm but for whatever reason, they had blocked off the stage area so the people who came later on (well after 8pm), ended up getting all the good seats when they finally removed the curtains at 9pm.

No matter, we thought we'd order a few drinks but for some reason, the bartenders apparently can pocket their own tips out of your change there without letting you know! The first bartender pocketed $1 of my change, the second pocketed $0.50. I had not realized they had done this the first time around and had given him more tips!

Someone in line had mentioned that Lady Gaga wasn't gonna be on stage until about 11:30pm so we waited it out, looking forward to the show. 12:30am rolls around and she finally took to the stage.

The sound was extremely low and we could not hear from where we were (and this was a small club)! We moved closer to the front and found she was lip-synching to a soundtrack (and very poorly at that). She appeared to be stumbling all over the place, almost falling when her dancers lifted her up, and dropped her microphone a few times. We figured she was drunk or drugged up on something. No word of a lie, she performed 3 songs and ended the night! The local radio station had advertised this was gonna be a full set but that is usually more than just 3 songs! She was on the stage for no more than 10 minutes before she dove into the crowd and appeared to have passed out. Her dancers struggled to get her out of the crowd and carried her off the stage.

That was 6 hours of my life I will never get back.

Jun 27, 2008 - Acorn on Devo
These guys are not aging well

They look like bags of lard on stage

Apr 09, 2008 - runout_groove on F~~k Buttons

Mar 13, 2008 - Smiling Muse on MUTEMATH
Fun Live - Lots of Energy!

Saw these guys perform at HP Pavilion last night during a quick 20 minute set. It was clear that they really enjoyed jamming together, and the lead singer was doing handstands and flips off his keyboard. Must have a limber spine!

Couldn't really understand the words because the sound was a little off. I'd like to see them again at a smaller venue.

Nov 21, 2007 - Bingo Book on Slightly Stoopid
Selling themselves short!

I mean really, I think they can be a little less modest. They're really stupid.

Nov 15, 2007 - Bingo Book on Green Day
Not Consistant, but better than consistantly bad.

This band has followed me since childhood and I have to admit the music was good for a while, then bad, and it is starting to get good again, but just like how I grew out of the 80's, it might be a good idea for them to grow out of the 90's.

Nov 14, 2007 - UnfoldingDream on Social Distortion
Still one of my favorites

Whether it's Johnny Cash covers or their own songs, Social Distortion has a sound that remained largely intact even after their transition to a mainstream audience and that continues to resonate years after the band came on the scene.

Icon_656
Top 50
Reviewer
411 reviews
May 25, 2007 - pobrien on Blues Traveler
Still great music

Hot Tickets Ticket More »

Other Events
6/2 11:00a SELF Magazine's Workout in the Park
6/8 10:00a Chicago Blues Festival
6/9 10:00a Chicago Blues Festival
6/10 10:00a Chicago Blues Festival
6/10 5:00p Chicago Blues Festival
8/3 12:00p Lollapalooza
8/4 8:00a Red Hot Chili Peppers - Lollapalooza 2012 - Saturday
8/4 11:00a Lollapalooza
8/5 11:00a Lollapalooza
10/7 7:30a American Lung Association Chicago Marathon Charity Team