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For a fun comparison, this is Lollapalooza ten years ago. If today’s lineup made just you just go “hmm”, this one probably will too. (Also let’s hope there’s no out of nowhere pop stars appealing to teenagers who, I don’t know, got booked at #7! That would be embarrassing!)
For a fun comparison, this is Lollapalooza ten years ago. If today’s lineup made just you just go “hmm”, this one probably will too. (Also let’s hope there’s no out of nowhere pop stars appealing to teenagers who, I don’t know, got booked at #7! That would be embarrassing!)
Zedd probably playing the same set he played in 2014 again in 2024
Telegraph is always trying to push the end of the UK content at me, and I don't ever click on it. I really don't care what they think. They exist to overdramatize shit and promote British conservatism. The headline is funny, but it's kind of bullshit in that there is actually decent stuff on the lineup that wouldn't be at a kid's birthday party. Yeah, it's plenty of soft, wimpy and weak acts, but there's lots of good on there too. I guess they were going for a snap/clickbait appeal.
Telegraph is always trying to push the end of the UK content at me, and I don't ever click on it. I really don't care what they think. They exist to overdramatize shit and promote British conservatism. The headline is funny, but it's kind of bullshit in that there is actually decent stuff on the lineup that wouldn't be at a kid's birthday party. Yeah, it's plenty of soft, wimpy and weak acts, but there's lots of good on there too. I guess they were going for a snap/clickbait appeal.
For a fun comparison, this is Lollapalooza ten years ago. If today’s lineup made just you just go “hmm”, this one probably will too. (Also let’s hope there’s no out of nowhere pop stars appealing to teenagers who, I don’t know, got booked at #7! That would be embarrassing!)
this was my first lolla (and music festival!) when I was 17, then I joined the moment the day after.
For a fun comparison, this is Lollapalooza ten years ago. If today’s lineup made just you just go “hmm”, this one probably will too. (Also let’s hope there’s no out of nowhere pop stars appealing to teenagers who, I don’t know, got booked at #7! That would be embarrassing!)
this was my first lolla (and music festival!) when I was 17, then I joined the moment the day after.
I will still defend this lineup bc of nostalgia.
That Outkast show was so much fun. I remember having a really good time at Chance and Arctic Monkeys too.
Has anyone ever climbed so high on lineups and then been as thoroughly forgotten as Krewella?
damn, that's impressive. didn't realize they ever got that big lmao. i'm guessing lolla was trying to make up for the all male top 4 lines minus Lorde.
2014 was also the last year before c3 sold to Livenation. This lineup always felt like the bare minimum on something that they could sell 3 days out with the cheapest.
2012-2013 and 2015-2016 were decent Lolla years. 2014 was an abomination.
Lately I’ve been getting Facebook ads for TAEFR, some sort of live music/all inclusive vacation package company. The performers advertised have gone from anodyne to more controversial over time, with the last one I saw being Robin Thicke. As you can imagine, the online commentariat are thrilled:
Ok I actually did some digging into the above claim because that particular person is from Finland; I can only find one recent death at a Finnish music festival and it was during a stage collapse at Sonisphere 2010. I also found one record of a random stabbing attack at Ruisrock 2016 that appears to have gotten very limited media coverage (that person survived). I did find some Finnish language media about metal festival security guards saying it was easier to work metal festivals but I didn’t do much translating of them so whatever.
But anyway, regardless, every once in a while you’ll see a comment like this from an aggrieved metal fan acting like they are the most oppressed musical minority on earth and it’s just funny to me because my thought process goes “Why is this random Scandinavian so mad about metal fans being considered violent? Nobody thinks that. Oh right because they burned down a bunch of churches and one of them murdered a gay guy in the 90s. That’s right!”
Post by 3post1jack1 on Jul 2, 2024 11:43:09 GMT -5
i think, generally speaking, any music genre that is smaller and more dedicated, thus attracting less lookey-loos, is friendlier than your average multi-genre or hugely popular genre show. you can chalk most of this up to big vs small, but even at these larger metal fests in europe i think people are just happy to be with "their people". that sense of belonging makes everybody more comfortable and easy-going.
all that to say i don't think it's the genre itself that inspires conflict, it's the genre's place in the culture. like EDM is the hot shit right now and there are billion huge general EDM fests, and it appears those types of fests attract a lot of doofuses who don't know how to act.
anecdotally, over the past 20 years or so the friendliest crowds i've experienced have been at metal shows. whether it's meshuggah in a club or metallica in a stadium.
anecdotally, over the past 20 years or so the friendliest crowds i've experienced have been at metal shows. whether it's meshuggah in a club or metallica in a stadium.
I have always felt the “safest” and most comfortable at a metal show. And there is never a line for the ladies room.
