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Paul McCartney, The Front Bottoms, Metallica, More To Play Lollapalooza 2020

Paul McCartney, The Front Bottoms, Metallica, More To Play Lollapalooza 2020

Not even COVID-19 can kill Lolla.

On Tuesday, the Chicago based music festival stunned everyone when they revealed that Lollapalooza was still going down, but things are different this time around. Due to the coronavirus running rampant across the country, Lolla 2020 is going to be virtual, taking place Thursday, July 30, to Sunday, August 2, on YouTube. And yes, it’s gonna be free.

The lineup features a wide range of acts, such as The Cure, Porno For Pyros, Jane’s Addiction, Paul McCartney, LL Cool J, IDLES, The Front Bottoms, A$AP Rocky, Tenacious D, and Metallica. “Original live performances” will take place over the four-day event and will include artists like H.E.R., The Neighbourhood, Vic Mensa, Alison Wonderland, and Louis The Child. Check out the full lineup below.

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Lolla 2020 will have special appearances from guests like former First Lady Michelle Obama, b-boy dancer Crazy Legs, Chuck D of Public Enemy, rapper PineappleCITI, and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

Created back in 1991, Lollapalloza originally was Jane’s Addiction’s farewell tour. The festival ran until 1997 and came back in 2003. 2004’s festival was cancelled but it came back annually in 2005. Artists who’ve played the festival in the past include Siouxsie And The Banshees, Pearl Jam, Archers Of Loaf, Beastie Boys, Hum, Devo, The Prodigy, Queens Of The Stone Age, Dashboard Confessional, The Reverend Horton Heat, Jack’s Mannequin, Kanye West, The Gaslight Anthem, Lady Gaga, The Pretty Reckless, At The Drive-In, Kendrick Lamar, Skrillex, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Third Eye Blind, Highly Suspect, CKY, and Ariana Grande.

Carly Rae Jepsen, Hatsune Miku, Fatboy Slim, More To Play Coachella 2020

Carly Rae Jepsen, Hatsune Miku, Fatboy Slim, More To Play Coachella 2020

Holy shit I’m impressed.

The lineup for this year’s Cochella festival was unveiled late last night around 10 EST, featuring so many amazing acts and bands. We learned yesterday that Rage Against The Machine, Travis Scott, and Frank Ocean would be headlining, as well as performances from Lana Del Rey, Flume, and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.

Now added to this incredible lineup are artists and bands like Canadian punk group PUP, film composer and ex-Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman, YouTuber turned musician Joji, Mongolian metal band The HU, pop artist Carly Rae Jepsen, K-pop act BIGBANG, Russian ska punk band Ленинград, legendary DJ Fatboy Slim, rap duo Run The Jewels, and Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, to name a few. Check out the lineup below.

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You probably noticed that there’s one band missing: My Chemical Romance. While the reunited emo rock band were announced for the festival yesterday, it seems it’s no longer so. No word yet as to why.

Presale tickets go on sale Monday, January 6 at 3 p.m. EST on their website. Weekend 1 passes have already sold out, so it’s best to get these tickets ASAP. Coachella 2020 takes place Friday, April 10 to Sunday, April 12, and Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19, 2020 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif..

Past performers include The Chemical Brothers, Jane’s Addiction, Björk, Hot Hot Heat, Wilco, Thrice, Daft Punk, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, Paul McCartney, Muse, Two Door Cinema Club, Refused, The Postal Service, AFI, Bad Religion, Halsey, Beyoncé, Vince Staples, and The 1975.

Vampire Weekend, Portugal. The Man, Toto, More To Play Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival 2019

Vampire Weekend, Portugal. The Man, Toto, More To Play Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival 2019

The lineup for the seventh Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival is here!

Taking place in Downtown Las Vegas in late September, the festival will feature a multitude of artists from numerous genres like hip-hop (Gunna, Rae Sremmurd, SAINt JHN), alternative (flora cash, Tash Sultana, Walk The Moon), pop (bülow, Carly Rae Jepsen, Madison Beer) and EDM (Jonas Blue, Slushii, YUNG BAE).

Headlining this year’s festival are Chance The Rapper, The Black Keys, Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Vampire Weekend, Zedd, Lil Wayne, Portugal. The Man, RÜFÜS Du Sol, and Janelle Monáe. Others like Oliver Tree, A R I Z O N A, Hot Chip, Toto, Of Monsters And Men, Sheck Wes, Kacey Musgraves, Die Antwoord, The Aces, and Phantogram will be appearing during the four-day festival.

Check out the full lineup below.

Tickets for Life Is Beautiful 2019 go on sale Thursday, April 25, at 1 p.m. EST or 10 a.m. PST. Life Is Beautiful 2019 takes place Friday, September 20 to Sunday, September 22.

Created back in 2013, the festival in the past has had appearances by Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness, Panic! At The Disco, Weezer, Third Eye Blind, Slightly Stoopid, and Mt. Joy.

Blink-182, Judah & The Lion, SYML, More To Play Outside Lands 2019

Blink-182, Judah & The Lion, SYML, More To Play Outside Lands 2019

The California-based music festival Outside Lands announced their 2019 lineup that features numerous bands spanning multiple genres.

The 12th annual Outside Lands will have acts like Paul Simon, Childish Gambino, twenty one pilots, The Lumineers, Flume, Blink-182, Kygo, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Leon Bridges, Kacey Musgraves, and Lil Wayne as headliners. Also performing the festival include RL Grimes, Counting Crows, Judah & The Lion, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Boyfriends, DJ Koze, SYML, Better Oblivion Community Center, The Neighbourhood, and half•alive, to name a few. Check out the full lineup below.

Outside Lands 2019 Lineup

Tickets for the festival go on sale Thursday, March 28 at 10 a.m. PST. The festival takes place at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., from August 9 to the 11.

Outside Lands was created in 2008 and has featured artists like Beck, Tenacious D, Social Distortion, Metallica, Atlas Genius, Kanye West, Elton John, Third Eye Blind, Lorde, and Carly Rae Jepsen.