CSE tries to revive concert event (Lollapalooza)

MSNBC ^ | 4/18/05 | Chantal Outon

[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.

[Mr. K]

woodstock wannabe's yelling "lookit me~! lookit me~!"

[pissant]

I think they need to revive the Lilith Fair, for all of us male lesbians....

[speed_addiction]

It was killed in 2004 when it was revealed to be nothing more than a Bush Bashing, Liberal Wankfest.

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[Army Air Corps]

Never cared about Lollapalooza when it started and I could care less about it now. Woodstock was just a drug-induced hippie sex-fest and Lollapalooza was an angst ridden GenX rehash. Sure, I enjoyed the music from some of the bands who played in Lollapalooza, but the event was, for me, as appealing as cleaning a tiger's litterbox.

[BurbankKarl]

lame

[sharktrager]

The problem has been not the style of music, but the acts.

They filled the tour with names from the past that were in the past for good reasons, instead of hot new alternative acts and arena filling monsters.

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that you can't sell tickets for a show if the bands would be lucky to fill a good sized bar.

[t_skoz]

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[weegee]

Lollapaloser missed their day in the sun. Better single day/weekend events have established themselves.

Their last 2 tours (and last year's was cancelled) mimicked a good bit of Cochella each year.

Should have tacked a new name on it and sold it as "the people who BROUGHT YOU..."

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[mylife]

I was at the first lollapalosta. good show

Janes Adiction
Living color
Ice T and body count

Shitty Libs in charge of the program, they deprived us of food and water, forced us to buy the items at huge mark ups....and get this..

I was actually tormented by a water vendor in the heat of the sun to sign a "pro choice" Petition for the right to buy a $5 bottle of water L0L

I flipped her off.

Lolpalosa is a Loosa


There is a reason they are losing money

[RepoGirl]

I went to the first Lollapalooza. I barely remember the show, since I was only there, really, to see Nine Inch Nails.

NIN performed in the middle of the day. Strobe lights, smoke machines just don't have the same effect in the afternoon. Looked like Trent and the boys were having one heck of a cook out on stage...

Mostly, Lollapalooza was all hype. All I encountered were drunken frat boys and halfwits who cared MORE about getting hammered than the "social justice" message of the gig. I wonder how many people really fell for that crap and how many just smiled, nodded and said, "PARTAY!"

Again, I just wanted to see Trent Reznor. They put on a darn good show...

and then I went home. What a boring, silly non-life changing event.

[mylife]

L0L I forgot about NIN

They were good too

I think tickets were 100 bucks

It was a rip off

[mylife]

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[RepoGirl]

One hundred bucks? Were tickets that expensive?

Yeah, gosh... maybe they were, I was thinking like $75 or something, but I saw the Florida show.

This was back in '91, I guess... so I was, what--23 or something? Even I knew the whole "brave new world" angle was horse sh*t. The promoters were really pushing the whole progressive, liberal agenda. It was the 90s answer to Woodstock, well--until they revamped Woodstock in the late 90s.

All I have to say is what a bunch of pinheads. Such vapid, insipid pinheads.

[mylife]

Lollaooloza was the first time I went to a show and felt "ripped"

I felt violated with the PC Crap