Jane’s Addiction Beastie Boys Among Lollapalooza 2009 Headliners
Lollapalooza is coming full-circle this year.
The recently reunited Jane’s Addiction, fronted by festival founder Perry Farrell, will headline this year’s edition for the first time since the event debuted in 1991. The other headliners announced by promoters Tuesday are Depeche Mode, Tool, the Killers, Beastie Boys, and Kings of Leon.
They join more than 100 performers confirmed for the festival, which will take place at Chicago’s Grant Park from Aug. 7 to 9.
According to Billboard, Lollapalooza 2009 will give dance and electronic music fans more bang for their buck by offering a nightclub-style stage called “Perry’s.” A bevy of DJs are slated to make appearances, including Bassnectar, MSTRKRFT, Simian Mobile Disco, KiD CuDi and A-Trak.
For ticket information and a full lineup of confirmed performers, check out the festival website here.
Jane’s Addiction did play Lollapalooza a second time, but without bassist Eric Avery, when the annual travelling show was revived in 2003 following a six-year hiatus. Poor tickets sales forced the event to be cancelled in 2004, but it was brought back the next year in its current format as a weekend-long festival in Chicago.
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