Lollapalooza has grown from Perry Farrell's modest-in-comparison summer tour in 1991 into a massive music fest that takes place each August in Chicago's Grant Park. Here's the Lollapalooza 2011 lineup:
HEADLINERS:
Coldplay
Formed by front man Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland in 1996, Coldplay broke big in 2000 with their monster hit "Yellow" and went on to become one of the most commercially successful bands in the world, selling over 50 million albums.
Deadmau5
Deadmau5 (pronounced "dead mouse") a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman, is a Canadian DJ known for his trademark costume mouse head (he even had a mirrored one made for the Grammy Awards) and has won numerous awards for his skill at composing dance tracks.
Eminem
Eminem, a.k.a. Marshall Mathers, is one of the most successful rap artists of all-time and his most recent album, Recovery, was the top selling album of 2010.
Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl was not about to let the sudden suicide of Nirvana band mate Kurt Cobain derail his music career, and he released the Foo Fighters self-titled debut album in 1995, playing every single track. Grohl then went on to recruit other musicians and the Foo Fighters have arguably become even more popular than Grohl's previous band.
Muse
Muse formed in England in 1994 and enjoyed much success overseas, but it wasn't until their 2006 album Black Holes that the group began to really catch on in the United States, and the current album, The Resistance, won a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
My Morning Jacket
While My Morning Jacket may not be a household name, they're big in the alt-emo music circuit which Lollapalooza has courted for years.
A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle is a "supergroup" formed by Tool front man Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Billy Howerdel. Their current lineup also features former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, drummer Josh Freese, and bassist Matt McJunkings.
ALSO FEATURING:
An Horse
Arctic Monkeys
Atmosphere
Beats Antique
Beirut
Best Coast
Big Audio Dynamite
Black Cards
Black Lips
Boy & Bear
Bright Eyes
Cage the Elephant
The Cars
Cee Lo Green
The Chain Gang of 1974
Chico Trujillo
Christina Perri
City and Colour
Cold War Kids
Crystal Castles
Cults
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley & Nas
Death From Above 1979
Deftones
Delta Spirit
Disappears
DJ Mel
Dom
The Drums
Electric Touch
Ellie Goulding
Explosions in the Sky
Fences
Fitz & The Tantrums
Flogging Molly
Foster the People
Friendly Fires
Gold Motel
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Grouplove
Imelda May
Iration
J. Roddy Walton And The Business
The Joy Formidable
Julia Easterlin
Kerli
Kids These Days
The Kills
The Kingston Springs
Lia Ices
Lissie
Local Natives
Lord Huron
Los Bunkers
Lykke Li
Manchester Orchestra
Maps & Atlases
Mayer Hawthorne & the County
The Mountain Goats
The Naked and Famous
Noah & The Whale
OK Go
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Patrick Stump
Phantogram
Portugal.The Man
The Pretty Reckless
Ratatat
Reptar
Rival Schools
Ruby Jane
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
Ryan Leslie
Sam Adams
Skylar Grey
Sleigh Bells
Smith Westerns
TAB the Band
Tennis
Tinie Tempah
Titus Andronicus
Two Door Cinema Club
Typhoon
The Vaccines
Walk the Moon
Ween
White Lies
Wye Oak
Ximena Sariñana
Young Man
Young The Giant
PERRY'S STAGE
(Electronic DJs and MCs)
12th Planet
Afrojack
Ana Tijoux
The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 1977
Busy P
Chuckie
Collie Buddz
Daedulus
Feed Me
Girl Talk
The Glitch Mob
Jackmaster
Jay Electronica
Joachim Garraud
KiD CuDi
Kyle Lucas & Captain Midnite
L1ght
Lady D
Midnight Conspiracy
Modeselektor
PerryEtty vs Chris Cox
Pretty Lights
Savoy
Skrillex
Super Mash Bros.