I can’t say i knew who The Feelies were before sitting down on the lawn of the Pritzker Monday night, but I definitely know now. The energy this band exudes on stage is great, and their music just makes me want to dance. I will start my Feelies collection and try to learn more about them. It is just crazy that they called it quits 20 years ago and are back at it again.
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The rumors are flying and some of the ones that come from credible sources like Greg Kot at the Chicago Tribune sure make me all warm and fuzzy. Mr. Kot mentions four acts in this article ( Tribune Website ) The Killers, Tool, The Decemberists and Lou Reed; Do i need to say more?
If you must insist the Forums at lollapalooza.com has a compilation of the rumors and semi-confirmed, which include:
Of course non of this means anything untill they are written down in stone, but the sources seem solid, and I for one ( Bobby assures me of this ) believe Greg Kot is a good source, with good sources. The wait is killing me.
It almost seems like only last month that lollapalooza 2008 passed by ( I know its 2009 now but you know what I mean ). Well the dates for the 2009 shows are released ( 08/07/2009 – 08/09/2009 ) and the rumors online abound about who will be coming. So far I’ve heard:
Cold Play
Depeche Mode
Blink 182
Green Day
It would be awesome to see if Jane’s Addiction goes, on the smaller groups Grand Ole Party, Kings of Leon ( not so small anymore I guess since Sex on Fire, this would be a good step forward ).
I will keep wondering who else is coming.
link: lollapalooza.com
I tell you what, Metallica is the way to start your concert year. Sure it was at the end of the month and we had been waiting for it for a long time but it was worth it.
Let me start with the setlist:
And the encore:
As you can see they played a good amount of classic songs, but definitely showcase their new material, the playing was hard and fast as a Metallica show should be. Mind you we didn’t get good tickets but even up in the rafters the noise and the beat were pounding and heavy ( oh and i could feel the flames! ). Seeing Machine Head open, you get a sense of how hard it is to play on such a large stage for an audience that big! It seemed almost unfair for them, they looked so small, not to mention that the sound was muddled where we were … can you have muddled and too loud at the same time? well it seemed like that.
When Metallica jumped on stage you could see the potential brought forth in that kind of stage, with James moving around the stage to each microphone on the perimeter, and Robert Trujillo doing his troll under the bridge scaring the children walk around the stage ( that man is intimidating when he gets going ), Lars in the middle playing to the crowd and Kirk, well Kirk was just what you expect, the cool and collected guitarist, to cool for the rest of us ( he is mind you ).
Overall, despite hanging out with the pigeons in the rafters the show was phenomenal, enjoy the pictures.
of note: I would like to thank Nikon for not sponsoring this post, but making a camera that survived a fall and rolling under the stage pyrotechnics. I am glad Bobby Talamine didn’t hurt himself, but would have liked to see him flailing to the ground and thankful for rubber matting.
These lists are always subjective and you might disagree with my choices, and many people will. Being the new year and all I feel obligated to make my own.
Albums:
Songs:
, Vampire Weekend, One Day as a Lion, Death Cab for Cutie, Nine Inch Nails