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.
