Well, this was the second year I went to Lollapalooza, and the first year I went for all three days. Last year, Kim and I went up for the third day to see Mark Ronson's set, and ended up catching G. Love, Gnarls Barkley, Mark Ronson, Blues Traveler, and Kanye West while we were at it, along with a few other random bands on the side stages. After the bomb-ass experience of going for one day, it was obvious we would have to go for all three this year. Kim wasn't able to make it up for all three days, but Ben and I went, and it was awesome!
The first day was rainy and nasty out. We went down there and spent like 5 hours in the rain, in shorts (and me in my bikini top and a sheer button down shirt.) We caught a few bands, including Manchester Orchestra, Heartless Bastards, and STS9, before deciding to peace out for the day. Sadly, this meant me missing The Decemberists and Ben missing Depeche Mode, but with it only being the first day, we figured the next two days would make up for it.
And oh boy, did they ever! Day 2 was sunny and hot, as Lolla should be. We got there in time to catch the very end of the Delta Spirit set (who are amazing by the way) and that set the tone for the whole day. We spent most of the time sitting over by the BMI stage (one of the smaller ones) in the shade, watching the bluegrass-y bands play. Langhorne Slim was probably my favorite -- totally amazing. We stuck around for the Joe Pug and Blind Pilot shows, which meant missing Perry Farrell's DJ set, but that's alright. We went to the other end of the park to watch Glasvegas (not impressed) before heading back the other way to check out Ben Harper and Relentless7. For the headliner that night, we went over the Perry's (where the DJ's were) and caught the end of Diplo's set, which was great, and watched the beginning of Bassnectar. Once people got really effing weird (we were kinda close to the front) we went and stood in the back during Yeah Yeah Yeahs for about half an hour.
Yesterday, though, was fucking awesome. Kim came up in the morning and we all got there at like two o'clock. A little late, but it was so hot and humid, I'm glad we weren't there all day. We hung around the BMI stage again and watched The Greencards (intense fiddling!) before heading over to get into the crowd for The Raveonettes. We caught some of Kaiser Chiefs from where we were, and I really am not a fan. But I did get to hear "Oh My God," which is one of the songs Mark Ronson did on his album Version. That was neat. But we stuck around and heard The Raveonettes for like half an hour, then beebopped over to the other end of the park to catch the last part of Dan Deacon's set. The crowd was SO intense, and it smelled horrible. But it was really a dank set. He had a whole marching band on stage with him! After he was done, we shot down to the front of that stage because after Vampire Weekend performed across the field, Cold War Kids were playing, and I had to be down front for that. We ended up like two or three rows back, which was amazing. We could see Vampire Weekend from where we were, so while I wish I had been closer, for the sake of Cold War, it was worth it. After Cold War's AWESOME set, we went across the field and stayed in the back during Snoop Dogg's performance, which was really great. It was a lot of fun dancing like an idiot. Then, after catching a little of MSTRKRFT's set, we decided to take off and get showered up, cause we were SO effing disgusting.
But it was worth the dirt.
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