Lollapalooza Tour Cancelled (anti-Bush crowd can't sell tix)

Fox News ^ | 6/22/04 | AP

[gathersnomoss]

No, "Gargling Girls" was here heart stopping debut. It was hard to beat.

[gathersnomoss]

here = her....so much for that punch line.

[perez24]

I bet the Styx/Peter Frampton tour won't have this problem.

Oh wait, they play better music!!!!

[steplock]

"Fans who bought tickets will get full refunds"

Hahahahhaa!~ Sure they will!

[GovernmentShrinker]

It's all Bush's fault, of course, that all these lefty fans are unemployed and can't afford to buy the tickets they desperately want.

[eyespysomething]

It was good back then, no?

It has gone downhill, rapidly picking up speed, in the last 5-6 years.

[dead]

Morrisey? Geez, if I want to hear a sixty-year-old man whine and moan, I can go kick my dad.

[dead]

Flaming Lips are great, but there's no way I'd sit through the rest of those losers to hear them.

I'll catch them on their own tour.

[Southack]

That's a lousy lineup. The best "new" bands out right now are Jet, POD, Puddle of Mud, White Stripe, etc.

[af_vet_rr]

Lot of rumors that Led Zeppelin would go back on tour. Their ticket sales would easily dwarf just about any band that came around in the past 10 years or so.

[StriperSniper]

Don't forget Disturbed. :)

[Buell_X1-1200]

When I saw this thread, that's what I thought "It's still around?". Have to admit I went twice. Those years were a little hazy, but the only bands worth mention were:

1994
Smashing Pumpkins
Beastie Boys
George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars

1995
Cypress Hill
Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Sonic Youth closed out the 1995 show, and from what I remember, they had a pretty good stage show.

[Stew Padasso]

Yeah, those other bands are boring. Have you been to the Flaming Lips website? You can listen to their entire CD (most recent release) online. It is pretty slick.

[Stew Padasso]

"That's a lousy lineup. The best "new" bands out right now are Jet, POD, Puddle of Mud, White Stripe, etc."

Those bands get the air time. IMO the *best rock* bands out right now can only be seen sparingly on MTV2. Bands like Clutch, Damageplan etc.

Clutch in particular is fun as hell.

[Dan from Michigan]

Lollapalooza? That was big....15 years ago.

Grunge is dead. Time to bury it....

[petercooper]

Lollapalooza is soooooooooooooooooo 90's.....

[Constitution Day]

Wow, another Flaming Lips fan on FR.

Who woulda thunk it?

[goldstategop]

In liberal California its a flop? Wow, I must say if they find no takers in a heavily Blue State, this is good news indeed. We needed it!

[dirtboy]

HA! This is their "exciting lineup"?

That's a roster of some of the most whiny, annoying performers in music today.

[Notforprophet]

I forget what year it was I went, but the lineup then included Metallica and Soundgarden, which is the only reason I bought tickets and sat in 105 degree heat all day.

NFP