Hey young musicians - are you thinking about going to music school? In a rather unusual pairing, Berklee College of Music is collaborating with C3 Presents to create the Lollapalooza Endowed Scholarship. The four-year, full tuition offer will be awarded to one eminent student after a circuit of auditions and interviews around the globe. With the Berklee World Tour heading to Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and all of the Americas, they've only allocated nineteen stops in the United States. more ›

In what appears to be a first in the growing music festival arena, Lollapalooza recently announced HackLolla, an exciting opportunity for software developers to create mobile, web and desktop applications to enhance the festival fan's experience. The coding challenge began on Friday and runs through June 24, with the chance to win flights, a hotel room and VIP tickets for 2 to Lollapalooza! more ›

We discovered yesterday that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is investigating C3 regarding their radius clause, included in the Lollapalooza contracts for bands. more ›

We started day two of Lollapalooza 2009 at the coveted Rock Star Brunch hosted by Playboy at The Hilton Chicago. There was an ample supply of delicious treats, a generous bar, and of course beautiful women parading around The Imperial Suites, chatting up barely awake media personnel. Rock Band, Playboy Twister, and a "Make Out Room" were just a few of the 11 a.m. activities available as we dodged flashing cameras and a plethora of video crews doing their best to capture all the action at this event that reached full capacity by noon or so. On to the festival itself, adorable Welsh outfit Los Campesinos! offered the early afternoon dose of adrenalin today with a herky-jerky, spastic multi-instrumental assault on a very respectably sized crowd. An insistent Sun and 90 plus degree temperature had replaced the previous day's relentless rain and a red-faced Gareth Campesino was in inspired form, delivering his share of the vocals with much vigor, and also finding time to pay tribute to Elliott Smith ("..would have been 40 this month..") and reminisce ("Our first ever U.S. show was at Lollapalooza..we have great memories.") more ›

Mustering up our last reserves of stamina, we headed to day three at Lollapalooza around 1 p.m. Now based in Brooklyn, Car Stereo (Wars) had quite a posse in tow and assisted by MC (and Austinite) Neiliyo, he ushered in an afternoon dance party with the intro to Def Leppard's "Rocket." Neiliyo was at his charismatic best, jumping on the speakers and jumping down to the photo pit, eventually inviting many in the crowd to join the dancers already on stage. The unyielding Sun might have deflated a few but the majority of the audience sweated heartily to remixes, samples, and mash-ups of everything from MGMT to Joy Division to Daft Punk and bits 'n' pieces of the themes from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Ghostbusters. And Michael Jackson. Plenty of Michael Jackson. more ›

For our first 36 hours in town, Chicago sure did feel like Austin. Sunny and warm for a day, then dull and drizzly the next, and with nearly triple digit temperatures forecast for the weekend, we might have still been in the Lone Star State. On Thursday evening, we took in an Austin-centric show at The Hideout, a brilliantly named secluded venue not too far from Wicker Park. Car Stereo (Wars) (who recently relocated to Brooklyn) and Neiliyo, along with Chicago's The Hood Internet had the audience bumping and dancing through the wee hours. Neiliyo was playing his second show in two nights in Chicago and seemed to have amassed quite a following, a female fan club even it seemed. After an abbreviated night's sleep, we dodged the rain and swung by The Music Lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel early on Friday only to find more fellow Austinites, this time Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears lapping up the attention of the cameras at the busy Dickies gifting room. Less than an hour later, the band's soulful blues 'n' funk was casting a bright light on the first legitimate crowd of Lollapalooza 2009 on a dreary day one. The rain might have kept many away during the festival's first afternoon but nothing could dampen the spirits of this audience as Black Joe and crew delivered much adrenalin via a scintillating set. Still feeling a tad homesick, we decided to check in on DJ Mel at Perry's, essentially a dance club amidst all the live stages. It was coming down relentlessly now but that was no hindrance to the fans as they bounced around, especially when the Austin DJ busted out the early Depeche Mode classic "Just Can't Get Enough." A sign of things to come perhaps? more ›

There's plenty of speculation about who C3 will book to replace Beastie Boys, who canceled their remaining 2009 tour dates yesterday morning. The Beasties were also scheduled to perform at Lollapalooza, and have been replace there by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Since Lolla and ACL are both C3 Presents productions, it seems likely that ACL will also get YYYs in the open headliner slot. more ›

Neiliyo is pretty hard to ignore when rapping along to hyper electronic dance beats while rockin' some Ray Bans, fratty attire and boat shoes sans socks. His popularity, charm and mastery of the mix table have landed him in the semi-finals for the Last Band Standing Contest. He's just an arm's reach away from the grand prize, a slot at Lollapalooza in August. Voting ends today for the semi-finals and the top two bands compete at the final event in Chicago. more ›

Austin DJ Car Stereo (Wars) (aka Chris Rose) is performing at Lollapalooza this year. He's also sharing a mashup of Lolla artists for free. Check it out, or watch with the accompanying video here. more ›

Austin 360 has confirmed (by cartoon) Pearl Jam as ACL '09 headliners. The band hasn't played in Austin since 1995, and will be supporting the release of their live album, Drop In the Park. We're also anticipating performances from the Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth, seeing as how their scheduled ACL tapings at KLRU are public knowledge, taking place between October 2-4. As for the rest of the lineup, we'll have to hang on until April 28. more ›

2009's Lolapalooza Festival will take place at Chicago's Grant Park between August 7-9. The lineup (which looks a lot like recent ACL fests) includes Radiohead, Kanye West, Wilco, Cat Power, the National, and Bloc Party. Depeche Mode, the Beastie Boys and a reunited Jane’s Addiction are expected to headline. Tickets are on sale tomorrow, get them here. [Ed. Note: Despite the web site's '2009' label, it appears as though all the information is from 2008. We'll keep you posted as lineup information becomes available.] more ›