Lollapalooza 2016: The lineup is announced for its 25th year
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
Headliners for the music festival Lollapalooza will include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, LCD Soundsystem, and Radiohead this year.听
This summer's music festival at Chicago's Grant Park will be held from July 28 to July 31. Other acts will include Lana Del Rey, Major Lazer, J. Cole, Jane鈥檚 Addiction, Haim, and The 1975. Also performing at the festival are Chris Stapleton, Future, Ellie Goulding, Disclosure, Flume, and M83.
Lollapalooza is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year (an extra day was added as a bonus). The musical festival,听featuring hip-hop, alternative rock, and EDM, among other genres, was originally created by Perry Farrell of Jane鈥檚 Addiction as a festival that toured the United States and Canada, before it settled in Chicago in 2005.听
Even though the California festival Coachella remains the most popular music festival, ranking as the , Lollapalooza, staff notes, was a "festival pioneer." has called听Lollapalooza a "beloved stalwart."
As American music festivals such as Bonnaroo, Electric Daisy Carnival, Firefly Music Festival, and Governors Ball have all gained popularity, Lollapalooza continues to stand out from the pack. Last year, it tied its own record by drawing 300,000 festival-goers and music critics have noted with approval that the lineup of featured artists continues to adapt to the changing preferences of its youthful attendees.
"The festival has reinvented itself as a mainstream hodgepodge that mirrors the smartphone playlists of its young audience," writes 听
noted last year that the festival continues to combine a good amount of genres for its lineup and that it "contains a commendable amount of musical diversity that is stoking our anticipation." Mr. Lipshutz also noted that last year's event lacked "a major rap draw," but praised those behind Lollapalooza for selecting the group Florence + The Machine as one of the 2015 headlining groups.
鈥淚t's a win for one of rock's most reliable voices, and for everyone who has noticed how few female performers appear at the top of these lineups,鈥� he wrote.听
