Posted on 04/18/2005 4:49:06 PM PDT by qam1
Capital Sports & Entertainment Inc. knows something about comebacks. After all, cyclist Lance Armstrong is its marquee client.
Now, the Austin management and marketing firm is resurrecting Lollapalooza, a touring musical extravaganza that dominated U.S. concert venues in the early 1990s.
Founded in 1991 by Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, Lollapalooza toured for seven successful summers, encapsulating youth culture for Generation X in the same way Woodstock did for hippies in the 1960s.
But in 1998, the tour was canceled because of poor ticket sales. After a five-year absence, the festival attempted a comeback in 2003, which culminated in more lackluster ticket sales.
By 2004, before a 16-city tour could hit the road, Lollapalooza was again canceled, with some venues selling fewer than 1,000 tickets each for the two-day event.
Just as it appeared the festival would be dead forever, Capital Sports & Entertainment got the chance to revive Lollapalooza.
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I just wanted to see Janes Addiction coz at the time I thought they rocked
Yeah it was 100 bucks In San diego
I had fun , but wouldnt repeat it
Thanks for the ping. The first Lollapalooza was pretty cool; Jane's Addiction rocked. The second was ok and I didn't bother after that. I wasn't into any of the line-ups after the 2nd.
Until they had Woodstock again - brought to you by Pepsi.
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