Remember those reports about a possible Lollapalooza lineup leak last week? It turns out they were exactly correct. Eminem, Kings of Leon, the Arctic Monkeys and Skrillex will be among the headlining acts at the 2014 variant of the Chicago music festival. The event released its official schedule Wednesday morning.
Two of the names at the top of the list are fairly familiar to those who frequently attend the festival. Kings of Leon headlined the festival during 2009 and Eminem received top billing during 2011. It's interesting that the headliner who should've been most obvious to guess, Outkast, wasn't among the names leaked last week. The rap duo is performing at 40 festivals as part of its "comeback tour," so it's not all that surprising the pair is playing Lollapalooza as well.
Although hip-hop seems to be the genre of choice for the festival based on Eminem and Outkast's preeminence on the lineup, EDM is showing its increased influence as well. Skrillex was among the big names leaked, and the official lineup reveals that Calvin Harris, Zedd, Sebastian Ingrosso and Krewella also get fairly high billing on the lineup list.
Other big acts playing Grant Park this year include Lorde, The Avett Brothers, Foster The People, and Nas, who may do something similar to his planned Coachella show and perform his iconic album Illmatic from front-to-back to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
We're sorry if the lineup seems tempting, because you may already be out of luck. All three-day passes sold out before the lineup became official. There are single-day passes for sale, but who knows when the formal schedule will be released. You could theoretically buy three single-day passes if you have the money. Good luck.
