Lollapalooza 2023 Preview

Karol G, 8:40 PM – 10:00 PM

Hit Columbian reggaeton & Latin trap rapper Karol G is a true crossover artist, from “China” to team-up with Nicki Minaj on hit single “Tusa”. She comes to Lollapalooza behind this year’s Mañana Será Bonito.

Carly Rae Jepsen, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Three words: “Call Me Maybe”. With that song, the third-place finisher of the 2007 season of Canadian Idol (the version where even the Simon Cowell clone is polite) reached massive fame, with what became the best-selling single worldwide in 2012. Carly Rae Jepsen (QRO photos at a festival) is still a pop star, but one of those alt-Canadian ones – the kind who’d be on Broadway in Cinderella. She comes back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’18) right after the release of The Loveliest Time.

Sofi Tukker, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern form house duo Sofi Tukker (QRO photos at a ’21 festival). They’re a favorite for team-ups (QRO team-up single review) and commercials, and bring their jungle-pop back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival).

Joy Oladokun, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Mixing everything from folk to R&B is Joy Oladokun (QRO photos at a ’22 festival), who returns for her second Lollapalooza in three years (QRO photos at a festival) behind this year’s Proof of Life.

The Beaches, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

2018’s Juno Award winner for Breakthrough Group of the Year, Toronto’s The Beaches (QRO photos) come to other Great Lakes beach city (QRO photos at a festival).

Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage

Carola, 8:00 PM – 8:40 PM

Pretty sure this is the Brazilian DJ Carola, and not the Swedish Eurovision winning singer of the same one name…

Noah Kahan, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Check out the folk-infused pop of Noah Kahan (QRO photos at a ’23 festival), coming to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a ’22 festival) behind last year’s Sick Season (QRO photos from this summer).

Franc Moody, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

The duo of Ned Franc and Jon Moody, a.k.a. Franc Moody, come from London to Chicago for Lollapalooza.

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Clinton Kane, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Pony Bradshaw, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM

Bacardí Stage

The Rose, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Recently, Lollapalooza has been stretching across the Pacific for K-Pop, and a great pick for ’23 is The Rose (QRO ’22 live review), who have grown from their indie roots to trans-continental success.

Key Glock, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM

Young Dolph protégé Key Glock comes up the Mississippi from Memphis behind this year’s Glockoma 2.

Men I Trust, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM

Montreal brings the very indie electro-pop of Men I Trust (QRO photos in Montreal), who are Untourable (QRO photos in Chicago).

Brakence, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM

From Columbus is the Ohio State hyper-pop “Dropout” Brakence.

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Jessie Murph, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

Ax & The Hatchetmen, 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM

Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners, 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM

Finish Ticket, 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM

Lesly Reynaga, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

BMI Stage

Kidd Kenn, 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM

Isabel Larosa, 5:40 PM – 6:20 PM

Chri$tian Gate$, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM

Austin Meade, 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM

Beauty School Dropout, 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM

Arath Herce, 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM

Kidzapalooza

Divinity Roxx, 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM

The Happiness Club, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

School of Rock, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Elena Moon Park, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Perry’s Stage

Diplo, 8:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Born in Mississippi of all places, Thomas Wesley Pentz – Diplo (QRO photos) – has become a true ‘citizen of the world’, discovering & spreading everyone from Americans Amanda Blank and Santigold to Sri Lanka’s M.I.A. and Brazil’s ‘baile funk’, as well as working with big name artists like Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Madonna, Usher and even Beyoncé! He’s also best known for being one-half of the acclaimed Major Lazer (QRO photos at a festival), as well teaming up with Skrillex as Jack Ü (QRO photos).

He was even mock-played by James Van Der Beek as a hilarious idiot in VICELAND’s What Would Diplo Do? – and what he would do is play Lollapalooza again (QRO photos at a festival).

Dom Dolla, 7:15 PM – 8:15 PM

Aussie house music comes to Perry’s in the form of Dom Dolla.

Timmy Trumpet, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Sydney’s Timmy Trumpet brings jazz and, yes, trumpet into his dance music – and his single “Narco” has been a hit in the States thanks to being used as entrance music by The New York Mets’ (currently injured) all-star closer, Edwin Diaz.

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Acraze, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

J. Worra, 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Disco Lines, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Carola, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

TBA, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

Coinbase Stage

Lainey Wilson, 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM

Lollapalooza brings the next generation of country music with Lainey Wilson (so next-gen she was a viral TikTok trend…).

Rema, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM

Another international musical trend that Lollapalooza is bringing is Nigerian’s massive scene, such as Benin City’s Rema.

Spacey Jane, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

And how about some Western Australia indie-rock with Spacey Jane? Here Comes Everybody.

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Dope Lemon, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Bad Neighbors, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM

T-Mobile Stage

Billie Eilish, 8:45 PM

Just try to catch electro-pop sensation Billie Eilish (QRO photos at a festival), who turned a lot of heads and hips with her debut single “Ocean Eyes” and EP Don’t Smile at Me, and then debuting at #1 in 2019 with the hit “Bad Guy” and WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (QRO’s #1 Album of 2020, duh). She has since become one of, if not the, biggest stars on the planet (QRO photos), from the No Time To Die Bond theme song (QRO review) to playing the Democratic Convention with “My Future”. “Future”, fellow single “Therefore I Am” (QRO review), and much more came together in 2021 for killer follow-up Happier Than Ever (which also saw Eilish go blonde) (QRO photos at a festival).

COVID canned her massive tour 2020 tour, and in the meantime she did some great livestreams (QRO photos at a taping), but she’s since come back to the road for giant gigs. Just watch out for her hordes of screaming female fans (QRO photos in Chicago) as she returns to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’18) to headline.

Portugal. The Man, 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM

Lollapalooza draws from very farther up north with Alaska/Portland’s Portugal. The Man (QRO photos at a festival). The rambling grunge outfit garnered new fans with 2007 sophomore release Church Mouth (QRO review), and its unhinged alt-rock (QRO live review), though slipped somewhat since then, even while finally playing Europe (QRO photos at a European festival) and becoming a festival favorite (QRO photos at a festival).

Their major label debut In the Mountain In the Cloud (QRO review) was more psych-lite, but they still bring it live (QRO live review), and even went Down Under (QRO photos at a festival) after 2013’s release of follow-up Evil Friends (QRO review), hitting both the festival circuit (QRO photos at a 2013 festival) and live gigs (QRO 2013 live review). They come to Tampa (QRO photos at a festival) touring 2017’s hit Woodstock (QRO review), which has vaunted them in popularity (QRO photos at a 2018 festival) thanks to big, Grammy-winning hit, “Feel It Still”. Now they’re back on the road (QRO photos at a festival just before everything shut down) and come to Chicago (QRO photos at a ’22 festival) for their fifth Lollapalooza, just after the release of Chris Black Changed My Life (QRO review).

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Newjeans, 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM

Lovejoy, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Matt Maltese, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Beauty School Dropout, 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Charlotte Sands, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Pony Bradshaw, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Junior Mesa, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Christian Gates, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

The 1975, 8:45 PM – 10:00 PM

Manchester’s The 1975 (QRO photos at a festival) turned heads with their Sex EP in 2012, even though it wasn’t very good (QRO review), they have kept that up (QRO photos at a festival) as the second coming of INXS with last year’s Being Funny In a Foreign Language. They play Lollapalooza for a third time (QRO photos at a festival).

Thirty Seconds To Mars, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

It would have been easy for pretty boy actor Jared Leto to go the pretty boy actor route (literally played “Angelface” in 1999’s Fight Club, but don’t talk about Fight Club…), but he has done different things, like his Oscar-winning portrayal of a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club, to forming 30 Seconds to Mars (QRO live review) with guitarist Tomo Milićević and drummer/brother Shannon Leto. Of course, he only moved into the emo-heartthrob arena, hardly a huge jump, but of course has found huge success and huge crowds of fans (QRO photos). They play Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) for a third time, a month before putting out It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day. It’s Morbin’ Time! (QRO photos at a festival)

Big Wild, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

After a trip to Big Sur in California, Boston DJ Jackson Stell became Big Wild, and plays Lollapalooza for a third time.

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Ekkstacy, 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Sincere Engineer, 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM

Ninajirachi, 8:00 PM – 8:45 PM

It’s more than “Pure Luck” that Australian DJ Ninajirachi is playing Lollapalooza ’23 twice (see below).

Foals, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Oxford, England’s Foals (QRO photos at a festival) have managed to at least outlive the backhanded compliment label of ‘internet buzz band’, even with 2010’s well-received sophomore release Total Life Forever (QRO review) or 2013’s follow-up Holy Fire, but you should really see & judge for yourself (QRO live review) as they come back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) for a fourth time (QRO ’22 photos), behind 2015’s What Went Down (QRO review) 2019’s Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 (QRO review) & Part II (QRO review), and last year’s Life Is Yours (QRO review).

beabadoobee, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Filipino-British beabadoobee (QRO photos at a ’22 festival) built up her own following with five self-released EPs, bringing her (QRO ’22 photos) to her successful debut full-length, 2020’s Fake It Flowers, and a slew of ‘next big thing’ awards that she’s been living up to (QRO live review), including at festivals (QRO photos at a ’23 festival).

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Giant Rooks, 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Junior Mesa, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM

Bacardí Stage

Knocked Loose, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Because Lollapalooza ’23 isn’t just for pretty pop, get in the pit with the hardcore of Knocked Loose (QRO ’22 photos).

Ken Carson, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM

Atlanta rap comes up to Chi-Town in Ken Carson, behind last year’s X.

Declan McKenna, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM

From winning Glastonbury Festival’s Emerging Talent Competition to his U.K. hit sophomore record Zeros, Declan McKenna (QRO photos in the U.K.) returns to Lollapalooza (QRO ’23 photos).

The 502s, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM

The folk orchestra of Florida’s The 502s ask, Could It Get Better Than This?

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Sueco, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

Cafuné, 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM

Loveless, 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM

Cydeways, 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM

Tyler Christian, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

BMI Stage

Tiacorine, 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM

Talk, 5:40 PM – 6:20 PM

Charlotte Sands, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM

Annie DiRusso, 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM

Somadina, 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM

Hemlocke Springs, 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM

Kidzapalooza

School of Rock, 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM

The Happiness Club, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Elena Moon Park, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Divinity Roxx, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Perry’s Stage

Subtronics, 8:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Philly dubstep DJ Subtronics first got notice thanks to his collaboration with GRiZ on “Griztronics”, and followed it up with his mixtape series Now That’s What I Call Riddim, now playing his second Lollapalooza in three years.

Svdden Death, 7:45 PM – 8:15 PM

Southern California artist Danny Howard, a.k.a. Svdden Death, broke out with “Sell Out”, his 2019 collaboration with marshmello, and now plays his second Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival).

Diesel, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

One of, if not the, most-loved personalities in basketball is Shaquille O’Neal. The giant known worldwide as just Shaq is a celebrity even outside of sports, including movies & music, and returns to DJ at Lollapalooza as ‘Diesel.’

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Armnhmr, 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Emo Nite, 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Ray Volpe, 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM

Blanke, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Hairitage, 12:40 PM – 1:15 PM

Ninajirachi, 12:00 PM – 12:35 PM

Coinbase Stage

Jessie Reyez, 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM

From writing for the likes of Calvin Harris and Kehlani, not to mention collaborating with Eminem, pop singer Jessie Reyez (QRO photos) has hit it big on her own, and now returns to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival).

Sabrina Carpenter, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM

Sabrina Carpenter (QRO photos at a ’23 festival) has risen at a young age from acting to music, because “Can’t Blame a Girl for Trying”, with already her fifth full-length in last year’s Emails I Can’t Send.

Peach Pit, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

The “chewed bubblegum pop” of Vancouver’s Peach Pit head across the continent, as they come to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a ’22 festival) behind this year’s third full-length, From 2 to 3.

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Band-Maid, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Loviet, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

T-Mobile Stage

Kendrick Lamar, 8:45 PM

Lollapalooza is headlined by the return of hip-hop hit Kendrick Lamar (QRO photos at a festival), who got notice with his 2010 mixtape, Overly Dedicated, and lived up to the hype (QRO photos at a festival) in 2012 with debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city – he’s got no “Fuckin’ Problems” (QRO video). He won a Grammy with 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly – and followed that up that year with the even more acclaimed Damn, that not only won him another Grammy, was on like every best-of end-of-the-year list (QRO’s Top Albums of 2017), but also got this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first non-jazz or classical work to earn the accolade. After a hiatus, last year saw him top the charts again with Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.

Fred again.., 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM

Frederick John Philip Gibson has written for everyone from Demi Lovato to Ed Sheeran, and become a big name DJ in his own right as Fred again..

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Tems, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

Sudan Archives, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Skizzy Mars, 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM

Somadina, 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Ekkstacy, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Isabel LaRosa, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Friday Pilots Club, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Talk, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Tomorrow x Together, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM

One of the K-pop scene’s fastest emerging bands as has been Tomorrow x Together, who plays their second Lollapalooza in a row (QRO photos at ’22 Lollapalooza), now headlining the Bud Light Stage!

Maggie Rogers, 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM

Maryland’s Maggie Rogers (QRO photos at a festival) broke out when her single “Alaska” was played to Pharrell Williams at an NYU master class. She’s since become a big name in her own right (QRO photos) with 2019’s full-length debut Heard It In a Past Life and last year’s Surrender. She’s been playing bigger & bigger stages (QRO photos at a festival the weekend prior), and now comes to Lollapalooza for a third time (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’17).

Sylvan Esso, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

Durham, North Carolina indie-pop duo Sylvan Esso (QRO photos outdoors) moved up very fast (QRO photos at a festival) since the release in 2014 of their eponymous debut full-length, with well-titled follow-up What Now (QRO review) out 2017 and Free Love (QRO review) last year. They come back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) behind last year’s No Rules Sandy (QRO review), because they never stop starting (QRO photos at a ’22 festival)!

Tom Odell, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Check out the lovely folk-pop of Britain’s Tom Odell (QRO photos in the U.K.), who plays Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) behind last year’s Best Day of My Life.

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Pardyalone, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

Benson, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM

Spinning at Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage is Melbourne’s Benson.

NIKI, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM

You’ve got your J-Pop, your K-Pop – how about some I-Pop, i.e., from Indonesia, in the form of NIKI?

Ivan Cornejo, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Regional Mexican music has recently been booming north of the border, so take this chance to check out the seventeen-year-old phenom Ivan Cornejo.

The Linda Lindas, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Punk rock stills speaks to the kids – kids like The Linda Lindas (QRO photos at a festival). Just teenagers (even tweens), the four girls were winning lots of fans, from Bikini Kill to Amy Poehler, even before blowing up last year thanks to their viral kiss-off hit “Racist, Sexist Boy”, and now come to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a ‘22 festival) behind last year’s debut full-length, Growing Up.

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Friday Pilots Club, 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM

Bacardí Stage

The Garden, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Twin brothers Wyatt & Fletcher Spears form The Garden.

Alex G, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM

When he’s not playing guitar for Frank Ocean, Alexander Giannascoli shortens his name to Alex G (QRO photos at a festival) on records like on last year’s God Save the Animals, now returning to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’19).

Morgan Wade, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM

Just before the release of her third record, check out the country Psychopath Morgan Wade at Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival).

Jean Dawson, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM

Catch the Mexican-American experimental pop of Jean Dawson.

Suki Waterhouse, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

Model/actress/fashion entrepreneur Suki Waterhouse (QRO ’23 photos) also makes music, and now comes to Lollapalooza.

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Mavi, 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM

Arlie, 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM

Usted Señalemelo, 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM

Kosine x Frayne Vibez, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

BMI Stage

Ari Abdul, 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM

Aidan Bissett, 5:40 PM – 6:20 PM

Danielle Ponder, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM

Windser, 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM

Arcy Drive, 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM

Los Aptos, 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM

Kidzapalooza

Q Brothers, 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM

Special Guest, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Imagination Movers, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Sam Moran, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Alphabet Rockers, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Perry’s Stage

Pusha T, 8:45 PM – 9:45 PM

Pusha T (QRO photos at a festival) began as one-half of Clipse with his brother No Malice, but has since headed out on his own, signing to GOOD Music and releasing his debut My Name Is My Name in 2013. He comes to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a ’22 festival) behind 2018’s Grammy nominated Daytona and last year’s It’s Almost Dry.

Meduza, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Italian producer trio Meduza are so modern they once did a set from San Marino livestreamed on Twitch.

Nora En Pure, 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM

The South African-Swiss DJ and deep house producer Daniela Niederer, a.k.a. Nora en Pure, come to Lollapalooza.

AC Slater, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

DJ AC Slater – not the Saved By the Bell character – returns to Lollapalooza.

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Solardo, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Knock2, 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM

Bonnie x Clyde, 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Remk, 12:40 PM – 1:20 PM

Benson, 12:00 PM – 12:35 PM

Coinbase Stage

Yung Gravy, 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM

Out of the same Soundcloud rapper scene as Chief Keef and bbno$ (QRO ’22 photos with bbno$) has come hit Yung Gravy, who returns to Lollapalooza.

Destroy Lonely, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM

The stylish rapper Destroy Lonely asks, If Looks Could Kill…

The Knocks, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Electronic duo Ben ‘B-Roc’ Ruttner and James ‘JPatt’ Patterson form The Knocks (QRO photos at a festival).

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Zack Fox, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Hoosh, 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM

T-Mobile Stage

ODESZA, 8:45 PM

Harrison Mills & Clayton Knight managed to put out their debut as electronic duo ODESZA (QRO photos) while still in their senior year way back in ’12 with Summer’s Gone, and come back to headline Lollapalooza again (QRO photos headlining Lollapalooza ’18) off of last year’s The Last Goodbye, and big live show (QRO photos at a 2018 festival) – including lots of drums  (QRO photos at a festival).

J.I.D, 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM

Praise & success has followed rapper Deston Choice Route, a.k.a. J.I.D, since his 2017 debut album The Never Story and the following year’s follow-up DiCaprio 2, now returning to Lollapalooza.

The Revivalists, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

New Orleans seven-piece Americana rock band The Revivalists (QRO photos at a ’22 festival) have been reviving N’Orleans rock in such hit singles as platinum “Wish I Knew You” and “All My Friends”. Look for their friends to shimmy on up to Chicago to catch their return to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a ’23 festival).

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Thee Sacred Souls, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Motherfolk, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

Michelle, 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Sarah Kinsley, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Rose Linn, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Umi, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Josh Fudge, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Lana Del Rey, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM

It wasn’t easy going for Lana Del Rey, who even after toiling in obscurity only to make it big, found haters to go with that success. But she’s since become a massive artist with a slew of hit albums, most recently this year’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, and returns for a third Lollapalooza, to headline.

Rina Sawayama, 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM

Anglo-Japanese singer Rina Sawayama (QRO photos) has crossed the globe to critical & commercial acclaim – was even in John Wick Chapter 4!

Lil Yachty, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

Lil Yachty has risen from being a model in a Kanye West fashion line debut (at Madison Square Garden…) to his debut full-length, Teenage Emotions, with his self-described “bubblegum trap” style (QRO photos at a festival). He comes back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’17) behind this year’s Let’s Start Here.

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Neil Frances, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

UPSAHL, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Ian Asher, 7:45 PM – 8:30 PM

Joey Bada$$, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM

Gabriels, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Bakar, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM

Husbands, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM

Bacardí Stage

L’Impératrice, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM

The nu-disco of Parisian L’Impératrice (QRO ’22 photos) comes to Chicago.

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DPR Ian + DPR Live, 7:45 PM

Poolside, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM

Umi, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM

Holly Humberstone, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

Michelle, 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM

Ella Jane, 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM

Little Stranger, 12:50 PM – 1:30 PM

Chicago Made, 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

BMI Stage

Rosa Linn, 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM

Madeliné Edwards, 5:40 PM – 6:20 PM

Josh Fudge, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM

Big Boss Vette, 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM

The Red Clay Strays, 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM

Harry Edohoukwa, 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM

Kidzapalooza

Alphabet Rockers, 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM

Special Guest, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Q Brothers, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Imagination Movers, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Sam Moran, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Perry’s Stage

Louis the Child, 8:45 PM – 9:45 PM

While their name & electronica might make you think of France, duo Louis the Child (QRO photos at a festival) actually hails from a high school in suburban Chicago. They make it back to their hometown festival (QRO photos at Lollapalooza ’19), now behind 2020’s hit dance debut full-length, Here for Now.

Alan Walker, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

The North Sea brings the British-Norwegian DJ Alan Walker back to Lollapalooza.

Afrojack, 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM

The Netherlands’ Afrojack is one of the hottest DJs in the world, coming back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) after representing his country at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.

Gorgon City, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

Catch charting North London electronic garage duo, Gorgon City, as they play Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) behind 2021’s Olympia.

Wax Motif, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Australia’s Danny Chien, a.k.a. Wax Motif (QRO photos at a festival), brings his G-House back to Lollapalooza.

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Matroda, 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Dillon Nathaniel, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Ian Asher, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

Coinbase Stage

The Backseat Lovers, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Utah’s Backseat Lovers (QRO live review) are Waiting To Spill (QRO review) back at Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a ’23 festival).

Maisie Peters, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Catch The Good Witch Maisie Peters (QRO ’22 photos) at Lollapalooza.

Magdalena Bay, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Los Angeles’ own synth-pop duo Magdalena Bay (QRO photos at a ’22 festival) are known for their TikTok videos & DIY visuals, because this is a Mercurial World.

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The Happy Fits, 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM

Sarah Kinsley, 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM

T-Mobile Stage

Red Hot Chili Peppers, 8:30 PM

How can you be into music and not know the Red Hot Chili Peppers (QRO photos at a ’22 festival)? RHCP (QRO photos) emerged from the same sweaty Los Angeles eighties music scene that gave birth to Jane’s Addiction & more, and the Peppers (QRO photos) mix alt-rock with the funkified bass of the one-and-only Flea plus the sexy energy of singular frontman Anthony Kiedis. Along with drummer/Will Ferrell-look-alike Chad Smith and guitarist John Frusciante, the band racked up awards and record sales with such classics as Mother’s Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, “Higher Ground”, “Under the Bridge”, and much more. Frusciante left in 1992 to be replaced by Jane’s Addiction’s own Dave Navarro, before Frusciante returned in 1999 for the band’s biggest selling record ever, Californication.

More recently, Frusciante has left again, to focus on his solo work (QRO review), replaced by upgraded touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer for 2011’s I’m In You (QRO review) and 2017’s year’s strong The Getaway (QRO review). But of course, Frusciante came back, ‘cause ain’t nothin’ stoppin’ the Red Hot Chili Peppers (QRO photos), who come back to Lollapalooza (QRO photos at a festival) for fifth time (including once in the nineties) to headline (QRO photos headlining a ’23 festival), touring (QRO ’22 live review) behind this year’s Ultimate Love and Return of the Dream Canteen.

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

The Bronx’s Artist Julius Dubose (his actual first name is “Artist”) brings his hip-hop, boogie, and hoodies as A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, back at Lollapalooza.

Mt. Joy, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Enjoy the indie-rock of Mt. Joy (QRO photos), who have emerged from the troubles of the COVID pandemic with 2020’s sophomore studio album, Rearrange Us, and now return to Lollapalooza (QRO ’23 photos).

Dehd, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Chicago’s own indie-rock Dehd (QRO photos at a Chicago festival) come to Lollapalooza behind last year’s Blue Skies.

Ingrid Andress, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

Country musician Ingrid Andress had the unfortunate luck to debut in 2020, right as COVID shut everything down, but the 2021 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist has kept it going, with last years’s sophomore Good Person.

Windser, 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Los Aptos, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Arcy Drive, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Usted Señalemelo, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Aidan Bissett, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM