Chris Cornell R. I. P.

How shocking!  So glad I got to see him a few times!  Here are a few pictures I took at their very first reunion show at Lollapalooza in Chicago!  R.I.P.

CAGE THE ELEPHANT played well at the SONY stage

Ric O. was taken by the crowd's response as the band hit the stage...

LOLLA turns 20!

My kids had a good time....and that is the important thing! I have since calmed down :) I have to say though...I have attended several LOLLAPALOOZAS in the past and this was the most disorganized of the bunch! FRONT GATE TICKETS promised me that my vouchers for Collectible badges (Which I paid extra for..PLUS shipping) was good. We get to the park and not one employee of ten knew what a collectible, 3-d badge was or where I could get them. I never did get them BUT I promise I will get my $ back. The main South stage already had some mud and moisture before the two serious storms blew through later. THE CARS were very good! The South stage had a stench that smelled like the RHINO/ELEPHANT house at BROOKFIELD ZOO....I don't think the crowd pot smell helped it either. I can imagine what it smelled like after the two rains! Perry Farrell kind of let us down this year...

The area I am standing on was completly flooded a few hours later! Lots of FOO!

THE CARS were really good!

CAGE THE ELEPHANT on the SONY stage

Two major rain storms blew through!

City security

Millenium park at night

LOLLA 2011 lineup!

Another SOUNDGARDEN shot I took...

XJAPAN on ABC NIGHTLY NEWS tonight!

When Josh and I got to Lollapalooza, we saw a band called XJAPAN. We weren't quite sure what they were all about. Their music was sort of Heavy metal hair band rock and the lead singer had an Early 1970's Elvis look. Well, ABC NEWS (National) did a news story on the band's drummer Yoshiki tonight on the 5:30pm nightly news. They said the band is "Bigger than the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen combined" and Yoshiki is one of the biggest stars there and is featured on credit cards, jewelry, he has his own racing team and even a YOSHIKITTY doll (A HELLO KITTY doll). Yoshiki said he saw KISS as a kid and that decided his future. They showed LOLLAPALOOZA and you could see Josh and I in the crowd shot at the side of the stage. Josh reminded me, we were also on the big screen during the SOUNDGARDEN show and they may release the show on DVD/BLU RAY. There is going to be a big article on SOUNDGARDEN in the next ROLLING STONE too.

SOUNDGARDEN

There were thousands and thousands of people watching this show! It closed out LOLLAPALOOZA 2010! The picture above was the band hitting the stage to start the show...

Chris came over by us...

Official T-shirt of LOLLAPALOOZA

We were at LOLLAPALOOZA for the reunion of SOUNDGARDEN and so were about 200 photographers from around the world!

WOLFMOTHER

One of the BEST acts of LOLLAPALOOZA and we had a great view of the show!

Andrew Stockdale of WOLFMOTHER