LOLLAPALOOZA

Starting next year, up to 115,000 people per day will be allowed in. Before, attendance was called at 100,000 per day.

Lollapalooza security guard posts bogus mass shooting threat so she could get out of work early

The 21-year-old man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has pleaded not guilty, a week after prosecutors announced he faces 117 felony counts in the attack. (Aug. 3)

Officials have touted but have not yet released the new contract for Lollapalooza to remain in Chicago for at least another 10 years.

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The Kidzapalooza stage returned to Lollapalooza for the first time since 2019 this year.

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Lollapalooza's current contract with the Chicago Park District ends this year.

Chicago cannabis dispensaries are expecting record sales this weekend during Lollapalooza, with Verilife running shuttle buses every 20 minutes between its River North store and Grant Park for festivalgoers to stock up.

Lollapalooza opens in Grant Park on Thursday under a hazy blue sky, with fans excited for Metallica and a protest against Mayor Lightfoot's curfew for teens.

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More than two years into a crisis that sent lodging revenues plummeting, Lollapalooza is filling Chicago hotel rooms.

Lollapalooza's contract for this year's festival was quietly executed without any public discussion or vote.

It’s hot out this summer, so we don’t blame you for not hoping on the first flight to Chicago so you can stand in the middle of the hot city at a music festival surrounded by Gen Zers.

One thing that the pandemic took away from us up until this summer has been music festivals, and thankfully for music lovers across the world, festivals are back and there are many you can pick from.

One festivalgoer said he later tested positive for COVID-19 but never spoke with contact tracers.

With the music lineup changing until almost the last minute, the fest’s bill through Sunday includes Chicago’s own Smashing Pumpkins, Lupe Fiasco, Run the Jewels and Flaming Lips.

Live Nation's Joe Berchtold said 2022 "will be bigger than 2019 was," noting that the company's concert pipeline is up double digits from two years ago.

Lollapalooza, also held on park district property, required proof of vaccine or negative COVID test.

As of Wednesday, no hospitalizations or deaths have been reported in relation to the music festival, Chicago's public health commissioner said.

Chicago’s top health official announced on Thursday that roughly 200 Lollapalooza attendees have tested positive for COVID-19 so far in the aftermath of the four-day live music festival.

Chicago health officials say they've found 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, but aren't yet reporting any hospitalizations or deaths.

Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths. “Nothing unexpected here,” Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said at a news conference.

It is one of the first major outdoor fall festivals to be canceled as coronavirus cases spike in Louisiana and across the country.

“As of right now, it’s an experiment in progress," one physician said of the COVID-19 risks of attending Lollapalooza.

Illinois dispensaries sold a record $127.8 million in recreational marijuana in July, with a big boost coming from out-of-state fans who converged on Chicago for the Lollapalooza music festival.

Chicago officials also defended claims about COVID-19 safety at Lollapalooza.

Lollapalooza welcomed thousands of people to Chicago for a four-day music festival. Attendees had to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test within 72 hours. But does that mean outdoor music festivals are safe?

The rapper made insulting comments about gay men and people with HIV at the Rolling Loud music festival one week earlier.

Infectious disease experts worry that precautions were insufficient, and infections may have spread among the 100,000 daily audience Fans were tightly packed and generally unmasked at the Lollapalooza Music Festival, at Grant Park in Chicago. Photograph: Amy Harris/Invision/AP The Lollapalooza music festival in downtown Chicago will probably cause a surge in Covid-19 infections, said public health experts, after tens of thousands of people gathered there this past weekend. The four-day festival

The fallout comes after DaBaby's comments at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami last month.

Rapper DaBaby has been cut from the final day of Lollapalooza's lineup following crude and homophobic remarks he made last week at a Miami-area music festival.

Young Thug, previously slated for 4 p.m. on the T-Mobile stage, will take DaBaby's spot, with Chicago rapper G Herbo taking over T-Mobile stage afternoon duties on Day 4 of Lollapalooza.

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Lollapalooza opened Saturday for what is typically the busiest day of the four-day festival, with the sun out, temperatures rising and new rules in place requiring masks in all indoor spaces on festival grounds. Headliners are Megan Thee Stallion and Post Malone.

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The CDC is warning that vaccinated Americans can transmit the Delta variant as easily as the unvaccinated, sparking worry for Chicago's Lollapalooza festival.

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Audiences members will also be required to wear masks inside theaters.

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Health experts say some COVID spread is pretty much inevitable, and they're worried about concertgoers carrying the virus home with them.

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Crowds of a few dozen young concertgoers congregated at the Lollapalooza entrances well before 11 a.m. Few masks were seen.

The four-day event starts Thursday and is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees after missing last summer because of the threat of the coronavirus.

The hordes of people expected to descend on Chicago’s Grant Park for the Lollapalooza music festival this week will be required to show proof that they’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19 or tested negative for the disease within the last three days.

The city is likely to reach 200 new average daily cases soon.

As delta variant surges, Chicago's Lollapalooza is a mistake waiting to happen. And it will be a canary in a coal mine for the rest of the country.

It remains pretty safe for most fully vaccinated people in the Chicago area to continue to go maskless, but there are exceptions, according to a top Cook County health official.

Featuring DJs Ron Trent and Duane Powell, the event required attendees to bring their official vaccination card and an ID during will call prior to the 1 p.m. concert.

Lollapalooza will return to Grant Park at full capacity July 29-Aug. 1, organizers announced Tuesday. The lineup will be revealed at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with tickets going on sale at noon at www.lollapalooza.com.

The NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday, Nov. 12 that the three-time Grammy winner will perform at the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. “We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position,” the singer said in a statement. This is an extraordinary moment in time and the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show is going to be an extraordinary experience with an extraordinary performer.”Roc Nation and Emmy-nominated producer Jesse Collins will serve as co-executive producers of the halftime show. “We are thrilled to have The Weeknd join us in Tampa Bay on the Pepsi Halftime Stage,” said Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s chief media and business officer.

FILE - The Weeknd performs on day three at Lollapalooza in Grant Park in Chicago on Aug 4, 2018. The Weekend, nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards will perform at the awards show on Aug. 30. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)

Post Malone performs during the first day of Lollapalooza Buenos Aires 2018 at Hipodromo de San Isidro on March 29, 2019, in Buenos Aires. (CNN) - Post Malone is headed for his second No. Music industry experts expect his latest release, "Hollywood's Bleeding," to launch with 475,000 to 500,000 album unit sales in the US this week, reports Billboard. If those sales do happen, it will score Malone the second-largest week for any album in 2019 in equivalent album units. Ariana Grande currently holds the biggest streaming week of 2019 with 307 million on-demand audio streams for "Thank U, Next."

Chef Jimmy Bannos Jr. on how Lollapalooza boosts business The Chicago-based chef discusses the festival and how his restaurant is one band's favorite in the city.

Malia Obama rocks out at Lollapalooza music festival After turning 16 last month, the president's oldest daughter made new friends at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago. Accompanied by the Secret Service, Malia stayed through Chance the Rapper's finale. Gayle King reports.