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Looking into Lollapalooza 2009 - Picks to Click

Breaking Down the Lineup (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) Aug 7-9, 2009
By Farnia Ghavami on August 1, 2009
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Lollapolooza brings over 140 acts over a 3-day period to Chicago and has slated notables like the Kings of Leon, The Killers, Tool, Depeche Mode and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I expect Grant Park to be packed this weekend, but we’ll see if it’s worth the $210 ticket price. The fans who expected to see old school great Beastie Boys live again are definitely disappointed but who goes to Lollapalooza for a hip-hop act? If the price of admission for the entire weekend is not an issue, then Lollapalooza is well worth it. If you get to see 15 bands in 2009, then it would equal out to $14 a band for the 3-day period. That’s a great deal considering the headliner’s each day would go for at least $35-$60 a ticket alone.
 
Friday’s lineup stands out the most if you want to choose one day to attend and can get the day off work. Do it for Fleet Foxes alone, I promise you won’t be dissappointed. No doubt the hipsters will come out for Animal Collective and Arctic Monkeys but Saturday’s lineup leaves much to be desired compared to Friday and Sunday. Friday has booked the most versatile lineup of the festival with electro, indie rock, folk  and pop. Friday’s scheduling makes it easy to stick around and see it all without running across 100 thousand people in less than 10 minutes. Sunday has always been a good day for Lollapalooza and this year seems to be on track, with one of my favorites, Band of Horses booked at the 7-8pm slot at the Playstation stage. The Budweiser stage is filled with great acts all day, with Kaiser Chiefs, Neko Case, Lou Reed and ending with Jane’s Addiction. As a hip-hop head, this year’s lineup is very weak and I don’t expect much from this festival. Atmosphere tops my list by far and Snoop Dogg can really just retire like Brett Favre at this point. I think I retired Doggystyle about a decade ago and how Snoop-a-Loop can last on stage for an hour suprpises me.
 
That said, here are GroundUp’s picks to click
 
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