Lollapalooza 2008

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Фотографии с фестиваля Lollapalooza 2008

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Bloc Party (Kele Okereke)

Bloc Party perform on the first day of Lollapalooza 2008 in Chicago, Friday August 1. Wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt, frontman Kele Okereke told the crowd, “We’re from a cold wet island” - a reference to the punishing heat that characterised the Grant Park bash.Pic: Guy Eppel

Bloc Party at Lollapalooza 2008. Opening with 'Hunting For Witches' and closing with 'Helicopter', the band seemed to be wrong-footed by the absence of bassist Gordon Moakes (who has taken time out to look after his new baby), with many US bloggers and local publications printing scathing reviews.Pic: Guy Eppel

Bloc Party's Kele Okereke onstage at Lollapalooza 2008. The frontman nodded to the festival's early-'90s roots by playing a short burst of Nirvana's 'Heart Shaped Box', drawing cheers of recognition from the vast crowd.Pic: Guy Eppel

прорыв этого года - группа CSS

CSS take on some of the 75,000 strong crowd at Lollapalooza 2008. The band performed a hit-filled set which included tracks from their second album 'Donkey' on the Citi Stage on Friday (August 1).Pic: Guy Eppel

CSS frontwoman Lovefoxxx onstage, in red, at Lollapalooza 2008. The band made their long-awaited Lollapalooza performance on the opening day of the festival on Friday (August 1), one year after missing their allotted stage slot after they became stranded in New York's John F. Kennedy International airport.Pic: Guy Eppel

новая формация цыганской музыки - Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello's frontman Eugene Hutz brings some gypsy-chic to Lollapalooza 2008. The band gave an impressively exhilarating performance at the Chicago festival from the Main AT&T Stage before Bloc Party and headliners Radiohead on Day One of the event (Friday August 1).Pic: Guy Eppel

Gypsy folk-punkers Gogol Bordello wow punters from the Main Stage at Chicago's Lollapalooza Festival. The band look forward to a grueling touring schedule throughout the remainder of this year which will include shows in the States, Canada and Europe.Pic: Guy Eppel

Radiohead

Radiohead drew largely on new album 'In Rainbows' but also rolled out some of their greatest hits in their 24-song set - including 'No Surprises', 'The Bends', 'Paranoid Android' and 'Fake Plastic Trees' on the first day of the three day festival (August 1).Pic: Guy Eppel

Gnarls Barkley

Gnarls Barkley onstage at Lollapalooza 2008, Grant Park, Chicago, Sunday August 3. The band were backed by a school uniform-clad band in maroon vests and bowties for a set featuring 'Crazy,' 'Who's Gonna Save My Soul' and the Violent Femmes cover 'Gone Daddy Gone.'Pic: PA Photos

мега-талантливая Duffy

Duffy at Lollapalooza 2008, Saturday August 2. Her set included a cover of Solomon Burke’s 'Cry for Me', as well as non-album track 'Breaking My Own Heart'. She ended with the huge UK hit 'Mercy'.Pic: PA Photos

Мои любимые The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings at Lollapalooza 2008, Saturday August 2. Taking to the stage at 12.45pm, the Manchester duo nonetheless drew a 10,000-strong crowd. Later that evening they watched a DJ set by friends Does It Offend You, Yeah?Pic: Guy Eppel

MGMT

MGMT took to the stage at 3.30pm on the second day of Lollapalooza, jokingly telling the crowd, "We are Radiohead". At the end of their set they said, "It's summertime, enjoy it before it's gone."Pic: Guy Eppel

Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson at Lollapalooza 2008. In addition to bringing Phantom Planet onstage for a version of their hit 'California', Ronson ingratiated himself with the US crowd by declaring: “I’m not pandering here. But I finally got my American passport and citizenship so I can vote for Barack Obama.”Pic: PA Photos

Lollapalooza Festival 2008. Organiser Perry Farrell has hinted that he may take the festival overseas next year. He said: "I look at Lollapalooza as an incredible party machine and you have to go where you can put on the best party."Pic: Guy Eppel