I’m old enough to have cranked up the New Order and Cure records when they were new bands (but I’ve never seen them live!), so I’m well beyond caring what others think of my music. Of course, I’m also well beyond the study-the-liner-notes obsessive devouring of music that consumed me when I did, so I decided to make a Spotify playlist of the most recent music from every single Lollapalooza performer this year and, for the last several months, have listened to little else. I chose my schedule based on what my ears had grown to love, not on what my friends say is cool. So herewith, with minimal annotation, is where you’ll find me this weekend.
Friday
Noon-12:45pm
The Neighbourhood
Petrillo
1pm-1:45pm
Emeli Sande
Red Bull Sound Select
1:45pm-2:30pm
Icona Pop
Lake Shore
2:30pm-3:15pm
Smith Westerns
Red Bull Sound Select
3:15pm-4:15pm
Jessie Ware
Petrillo
4:15pm-5:15pm
Band of Horses
Bud Light
5:15pm-6:15pm
Imagine Dragons
Lake Shore
6:15pm-7:25pm
New Order
Red Bull Sound Select
7:25pm-8:25pm
Hot Chip
Lake Shore
8:45pm-9:45pm
Lana Del Ray
The Grove
Saturday
Noon-12:30pm
Family of the Year
The Grove
1:30pm-2:15pm
Little Green Cars
Lake Shore
2:15pm-3pm
Ben Howard
Red Bull Sound Select
3:20-4pm
Lukas Nelson & P.O.T.R.
BMI Stage
4pm-5pm
Local Natives
Red Bull Sound Select
5pm-6pm
Eric Church
Lake Shore
But I reserve the right to see Ellie Goulding instead. One of the absolute toss-ups of the weekend for me, and a completely different set of artists.
6pm-7:15pm
The National
Red Bull Sound Select
6:50pm-7:30pm
Blondfire
BMI
7pm-8:15pm
Dada Life
Perry’s Stage
8:15pm-10pm
Mumford & Sons
Red Bull Sound Select
Sunday
1pm-1:45pm
Alvin Risk
Perry’s Stage
1:45pm-2:30pm
Jake Bugg
Petrillo
2:30pm-3:30pm
Alex Clare
Bud Light
3pm-4pm
Lianne La Havas
Lake Shore
4pm-5pm
Tegan and Sara
Red Bull Sound Select
4:30pm-5:30pm
Art Department
Perry’s Stage
5pm-6pm
Alt-J
Lake Shore
5:30pm-6:30pm
The Vaccines
Petrillo
6:30pm-7;45pm
Vampire Weekend
Bud Light
7pm-8:15pm
Major Lazer
Perry’s Stage
8pm-10pm
The Cure
Red Bull Sound Select