Lollapalooza: 30+ Years of Headliners/Notable Acts
Lollapalooza was first launched on July 18, 1991. Originally launched as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction, the festival has had a unique history from its initial run from 1991…
Lollapalooza was first launched on July 18, 1991.
Originally launched as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction, the festival has had a unique history from its initial run from 1991 to 1997. It was then revived in 2003, canceled in 2004 but has been active from 2005 to today. In the video below, Jane's Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell offers a brief history of the festival.
Perry talks about the definition of the word "Lollapalooza" and says, "I thought about that and I went, 'I can take all these different elements of music and art and lifestyle and swirl them together and make something wonderful.' So, I thought it was the perfect name."
Lollapalooza 2024
This week, the 2024 Lolla lineup was unveiled. As with previous years, its lineup is incredibly diverse.
Taking place August 1-4, the headliners include SZA, Tyler, the Creator, blink-182, The Killers, Future x Metro Boomin, Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez and Skrillex.
Other notable acts on the lineup include deftones, Renee Rapp, Pierce the Veil, Sexyy Red, Two Door Cinema Club, Destroy Boys, Cults, Cannons, Waterparks, In This Moment, Militarie Gun, Hanabie and many more.
Lollapalooza 2024 lineup poster. (Live Nation)
Lollapalooza has definitely evolved over time from a traveling festival to its current multi-day extravaganza in Chicago’s Grant Park. The festival's partnership with the City of Chicago helps give back to the host city. Per a Live Nation press release, " ... Organizers created the Lollapalooza Arts Education Fund, a $2.2M donation to support arts and education in Chicago Public Schools."
The press release notes the festival supports other local nonprofits. They include Community Goods and Yollocalli, the Sueños Festival Job Fair, the African American Heritage Festivals, Teens in the Park Fest, Black Culture Fest, and Musically Fed.
So, how has the festival fared musically over the course of three decades? Here’s a look at past headliners and other notable acts from years past.
1991
Mark Metcalfe/Getty ImagesJane’s Addiction, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Living Colour, Nine Inch Nails, Ice T & Body Count, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band.
1992
MTV/Getty ImagesRed Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, Lush, Rage Against The Machine, Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog.
1993
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesPrimus, Alice In Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Toll, Rage Against The Machine.
1994
Evan Agostini/Getty ImagesSmashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars, A Tribe Called Quest, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Green Day, The Flaming Lips, Luscious Jackson, The Black Crowes.
1995
Karl Walter/Getty ImagesSonic Youth, Hole, Cypress Hill, Beck, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Coolio, The Roots, Patti Smith, Moby.
1996
Getty ImagesMetallica, Soundgarden, Ramones, Rancid, Rage Against The Machine, Violent Femmes, Wu-Tang Clan, 311.
1997
David McNew/Getty ImagesDevo, The Prodigy, Tool, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Beck, Eels.
2003
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesJane’s Addiction, Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, The Donnas, The Distillers, Kings Of Leon, Thirty Seconds To Mars.
2005
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesWeezer, Primus, Cake, Liz Phair, Dashboard Confessional, Billy Idol, Pixies, The Black Keys, Spoon.
2006
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesRed Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West, The Raconteurs, Common, Coheed and Cambria, Queens of the Stone Age, Wolfmother.
2007
MJ Kim/Getty ImagesMuse, Pearl Jam, Daft Punk, Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Interpol, The Roots, Iggy & the Stooges, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem.
2008
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesRadiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Kanye West, The Black Keys, The Raconteurs, Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Mark Ronson, Flogging Molly.
2009
Scott Legato/Getty ImagesDepeche Mode, The Gaslight Anthem, Tool, Snoop Dogg, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lou Reed, Jane’s Addiction, Eric Church,
2010
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesLady Gaga, Green Day, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Wolfmother, The Strokes, The Black Keys, Arcade Fire, MGMT, The National.
2011
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMuse, Eminem, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, The Cars, Walk The Moon, Foster The People, Coldplay, Death From Above 1979.
2012
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesBlack Sabbath, Avicii, The Black Keys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Jack White, Aloe Blacc.
2013
Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesNine Inch Nails, Kendrick Lamar, Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Mumford & Sons, The Cure, Ghost, Imagine Dragons.
2014
Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesArctic Monkeys, Interpol, Eminem, Outkast, Kings of Leon, Cage The Elephant, Fitz and the Tantrums, Calvin Harris, Spoon, Skrillex, Childish Gambino.
2015
Ken Ishii/Getty ImagesPaul McCartney, Metallica, Florence and The Machine, Sam Smith, Alabama Shakes, Twenty One Pilots, Gary Clark Jr.
2016
Rachel Murray/Getty ImagesRadiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, LCD Soundsystem, J.Cole, Lana Del Rey, Future, Ellie Goulding, Haim, The 1975, Chris Stapleton.
2017
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMuse, The Killers, Chance The Rapper, Arcade Fire, Cage The Elephant, Blink-182.
2018
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesJack White, Arctic Monkeys, The National, Vampire Weekend, Portugal, The Man, Chvrches, St. Vincent, Walk The Moon, Perry Farrell’s Kind Heaven, Greta Van Fleet, Franz Ferdinand.
2019
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThe Strokes, Childish Gambino, Twenty One Pilots, Ariana Grande, The Chainsmokers, Tame Impala, J Balvin, Lil Wayne, Kacey Musgraves, Gary Clark Jr., Tenacious D.
2020
Santiago Bluguermann/Getty ImagesTook place online due to the coronavirus pandemic and featured replays of notable past performances from the festival's history.
2021
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMiley Cyrus, Tyler The Creator, Post Malone, Foo Fighters, Illenium, Marshmello, Journey, Dababy, Kaytranada, Roddy Ricch, Megan Thee Stallion, Brockhampton, Playboi Carti, Jack Harlow, Limp Bizkit, Modest Mouse.
2022
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesMetallica, Green Day, Dua Lipa, J. Cole, Lil Baby, Machine Gun Kelly, Kygo, J-Hope, Porno for Pyros, Jazmine Sullivan, Glass Animals, Big Sean
2023
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesRed Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish, Karol G, Kendrick Lamar, The 1975, Odesza, Tomorrow x Together, Lana Del Rey.
2024
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for CoachellaSZA, Tyler, the Creator, blink-182, The Killers, Future x Metro Boomin, Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez and Skrillex. Other notable acts on the lineup include deftones, Renee Rapp, Pierce the Veil, Sexyy Red, Two Door Cinema Club, Destroy Boys, Cults, Cannons, Waterparks, In This Moment, Militarie Gun, Hanabie and many more.
