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Also, how is Lil Uzi Vert #13 on this lineup? Can we stop considering streaming numbers a sign of success yet? I dont know anyone over 18 that thinks this guy is actually decent, the live vids on YouTube look brutal.
the dude's been around since at least 2015, not to mention he got a big boost in popularity after he did bad and boujee with migos. most of his fanbase are 18-25 year olds anyways, including me
There's definitely a little something for everybody but very little stand out. Sure if I'd like to see several of the acts here but when a lineup books SO much and it feels this light, that's a bad lineup. I mean I'd consider many smaller festivals over this. Also the fact that Bruno and The Weeknd top it turns me off as well. I'll probably never attend a Lollapalooza since I missed the days it was geared towards my tastes. Also the price is stupid.
Bleh. Not worth traveling more than a couple hours for, and committing for 4 days of this with the historically putrid crowd seems masochistic.
It's kinda funny that this gets said regularly about Lolla but as soon as something remotely negative is said about the Coachella crowds 20 people come out of the woodwork in this forum to say every festival crowd is the same and to stop caring about what other people do and how they act.
I don't know if I just have lower expectations for festivals now, but I don't think this is that bad. Seems like a pretty standard Lollapalooza lineup.
Post by Pepe Silvia on Mar 21, 2018 11:57:37 GMT -5
top 2 lines show promise, then you get to that post malone - khalid - lil uzi section and think "alright now get back to the good shit" and it never really does...
As always this would look better as a three day but it’s fine. Not great but not as awful as it’s been. Some nice stuff on the bottom like Stars, Curtis Harding, DJ Tate, Dream Wife etc.
I don't know if I just have lower expectations for festivals now, but I don't think this is that bad. Seems like a pretty standard Lollapalooza lineup.
Yeah it does. There’s a lot I don’t gaf about like Weeknd and Bruno Mars. And 400 seems really high for what you get here. It would be okay for 200 I think, but I don’t see it worth the money. Since there will be some overlap with the other LN fests (ACL, Voodoo), stuff I would see except I’ve seen so much of it already:
Jack White* Arctic Monkeys * Travis Scott* (maybe) The National Khalid (maybe) Portugal* Chvrches* St. Vincent* Excision* LL Cool J Gucci Mane Perry Farrell’s Kind Heaven Brockhampton Catfish & Bottlemen GVF Rebelution* Tycho* Playboi Carti (maybe) RKS Manchester Orchestra Blackbear Jungle Alina Baraz* Zomboy* Goldlink Bomba Estereo Troyboi* Big Wild* (maybe) Ekali Space Jesus* Medasin*
Don’t know much below that though School of Rock Allstars could be anyone. Recapping that, decent but not 400’s worth to me.
As always this would look better as a three day but it’s fine. Not great but not as awful as it’s been. Some nice stuff on the bottom like Stars, Curtis Harding, DJ Tate, Dream Wife etc.
With as many obvious misses like James Blake, Jenny Lewis, Anderson Paak and Father John Misty I would be afraid to see what this would like as a 3 day fest
In my opinion, Lolla so far still has a better lineup than the other main US festivals in 2018. Hopefully ACL can pull through with something exceptional.
It's kind of weird seeing The Weeknd #1 and Bruno Mars #2. Should be the other way around.
It's kinda funny that this gets said regularly about Lolla but as soon as something remotely negative is said about the Coachella crowds 20 people come out of the woodwork in this forum to say every festival crowd is the same and to stop caring about what other people do and how they act.
The Coachella crowds might be just as bad BUT HEY AT LEAST THEY HAVE TASTE
Bleh. Not worth traveling more than a couple hours for, and committing for 4 days of this with the historically putrid crowd seems masochistic.
It's kinda funny that this gets said regularly about Lolla but as soon as something remotely negative is said about the Coachella crowds 20 people come out of the woodwork in this forum to say every festival crowd is the same and to stop caring about what other people do and how they act.
They’re both fine. There is a difference between Lolla and camping fests though. You can take the train in from the suburbs every day and then go home to your mom every night at 10pm. Plus the maximum attendance is much higher. Ipso facto, significantly more 16-20 year olds at this fest. People who bitch about young people doing stuff they don’t like need to chill though.
I think the issue is most people know not to take ol’ @fartifyerhorny too seriously
Serious question: do some of y'all strictly go off reputation, age, and YouTube footage or do you actually listen to the music because there are some truly (horrendous) hot takes across this entire forum
whenever i see a name on a lineup i don't recognize i fly into a blind rage.
The talent booker is doing an AMA- highlights include him saying he really wanted REM to play this year but it didn't work out and that he reaches out to Daft Punk every year and that they'll be back one day
Bleh. Not worth traveling more than a couple hours for, and committing for 4 days of this with the historically putrid crowd seems masochistic.
It's kinda funny that this gets said regularly about Lolla but as soon as something remotely negative is said about the Coachella crowds 20 people come out of the woodwork in this forum to say every festival crowd is the same and to stop caring about what other people do and how they act.
All big festival crowds are terrible. A few are significantly more terrible than others. Deduce.
Question for everyone really. It’s brought up very frequently when festivals drop posters. Where’s all the female, or female led acts? Why do you think there isn’t more representation on lineups?
Question for everyone really. It’s brought up very frequently when festivals drop posters. Where’s all the female, or female led acts? Why do you think there isn’t more representation on lineups?
Thought the Lolla buyer guy made a good point, that there are a lot of female based smaller bands that are very good but arent necessarily at the top of the bill. This doesnt exactly work for this festival specifically but a lot of the music I have been listening to a ton recently has been by women bands that I think are really really good (Alvvays, US Girls, Kelly Lee Owens, Japanese Breakfast), but arent even close to popular enough to be in the top 6 rows of a Lolla lineup.
Question for everyone really. It’s brought up very frequently when festivals drop posters. Where’s all the female, or female led acts? Why do you think there isn’t more representation on lineups?
Thought the Lolla buyer guy made a good point, that there are a lot of female based smaller bands that are very good but arent necessarily at the top of the bill. This doesnt exactly work for this festival specifically but a lot of the music I have been listening to a ton recently has been by women bands that I think are really really good (Alvvays, US Girls, Kelly Lee Owens, Japanese Breakfast), but arent even close to popular enough to be in the top 6 rows of a Lolla lineup.
I think part of the problem is talent buyers and organizers saying "Oh female artists and female led groups? There aren't any big enough right now." That mantra feeds itself. Headliners are understandbly tougher but a top 15 with the first female act appearing at 15 seems like a big swing and a miss.
Question for everyone really. It’s brought up very frequently when festivals drop posters. Where’s all the female, or female led acts? Why do you think there isn’t more representation on lineups?
Thought the Lolla buyer guy made a good point, that there are a lot of female based smaller bands that are very good but arent necessarily at the top of the bill. This doesnt exactly work for this festival specifically but a lot of the music I have been listening to a ton recently has been by women bands that I think are really really good (Alvvays, US Girls, Kelly Lee Owens, Japanese Breakfast), but arent even close to popular enough to be in the top 6 rows of a Lolla lineup.
He also talked about how that Lolla was the first major festival to have Gaga, Florence, and the YYYs headline, which, while true, makes you wonder about why the shift is only occurring at the bottom if they've done it before. For example, if the headliners are shifting more pop than they have in previous years, why book Bruno Mars and not, to pull out a random example, Ariana Grande?
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Mar 21, 2018 20:08:23 GMT -5
On the one hand, there’s an industry wide problem with how women are treated in the music industry, how they’re brought up, who their music is marketed to, the genres they’re “allowed” to play (for lack of a better word) all factor in to why multi genre music festivals are generally male focused. You can’t expect one music festival to right all those issues. On the other hand, LiveNation is the biggest player in the industry and has their hands in every part of the process. They should be held to a higher standard than booking undercard acts who mostly fit in the same narrow genre while saying “oh well guess it didn’t happen this year” with the bigger names. They could singlehandedly make a big difference.
