Lollapalooza

Vampire Weekend braces for bright lights with big-idea 'City' album

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Ezra Koenig wanted to be clear about this: The frontman of Vampire Weekend was not comparing his band to the Beatles. "What we're talking about is making me think like a fan, which is a little bit dangerous because it could come across as me trying to...

Robin Finck rejoins Nine Inch Nails ahead of summer tour

2013-05-18 07:16:00

Two days after Eric Avery revealed in a Facebook post that he'd left the band in order to "focus on my musical life here in L.A.," Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails announced Friday that Robin Finck had rejoined the influential industrial-rock group....

Eric Avery pulls out of upcoming Nine Inch Nails tour

2013-05-15 12:55:00

Trent Reznor needs a new bass player. Eric Avery, the former Jane's Addiction bassist who was to take part in Nine Inch Nails' summer tour, has left the influential industrial-rock group. Avery announced his departure Wednesday in a Facebook post,...

Coachella 2013: Dinosaur Jr., now Dinosaur Sr.

2013-04-21 19:10:00

Jay Mascis plays the most satisfyingly whiny, teen-angst-filled laments on his guitar. The sound — like a weary, taut wail — perfectly matches his sorrowful, oddly atonal voice. His once-black hair is still long and still hangs in his face....

Coachella 2013: Ticket woes and a quick sell-out for Weekend 1

2013-01-29 13:10:00

Tickets for the first weekend of this year's� Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival reportedly sold out within 15 minutes, even as computer users reported widespread issues in attempting to purchase weekend passes. Long wait times and site crashes...

Coachella 2013: Blur, Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline

2013-01-24 22:09:00

Last year the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival used technological trickery to make it look as if Tupac Shakur had been brought back to life. So what do you do for an encore to one of pop music’s biggest magic shows? Coachella organizers have...

Pearl Jam to play concerts in Chicago and Canada in July

2013-01-24 15:17:00

Though it's one of the most obsessively bootlegged bands on the planet, Pearl Jam has played only sporadically in North America over the last few years, and that doesn't appear set to change in 2013: On Wednesday, the long-running Seattle group...

No mystery here: Soundgarden is back

2012-11-27 06:00:00

Of all the bands that emerged from Seattle's so-called grunge scene in the early 1990s — think of the moody, flannel-clad likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains — none was harder to pin down than Soundgarden. Brutish but thoughtful,...

Lollapalooza's expansion to Israel is on hold

2013-01-21 15:24:00

Lollapalooza, the former touring festival that re-established itself as a destination event after landing in Chicago in 2005, has been aggressive in recent years in expanding its brand internationally. Lollapalooza has already ventured into South...

Black Sabbath to release new album, '13,' in June

2013-01-13 08:34:00

The Iron Men are back. Following a tumultuous year in which guitarist Tony Iommi was treated for lymphoma and drummer Bill Ward quit due to a contract dispute, Black Sabbath announced Saturday that it's set to release a new studio album in June....

Soundgarden announces three-date theater tour

2012-11-01 13:42:00

Two weeks before the release of its first studio album in 16 years, Soundgarden announced a brief North American theater tour that will bring the Seattle grunge veterans to L.A.'s Fonda Theatre on Nov. 27. The band is also to play shows in Toronto and New...

A world of music at Flights and Sounds Summer Festival in O.C.

2012-08-04 00:00:00

Bluegrass legend Del McCoury has been touring for more than 40 years, but the 73-year-old still likes to shake it up when he performs. "I do an all-request show where the audience shouts out what they want to hear. The band doesn't know what we are...

Childish Gambino at Lollapalooza in Grant Park.

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Bloc Party at Lollapalooza in Grant Park.

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Lollapalooza in Grant Park.

2013-04-29 00:00:00