“[The electronic themed] Perry’s Area is indicative of it what I’m trying to do—take dance music out of just one zone and put it onto the mainstage,” Farrell said. “I can’t tell you who’s gonna be headlining this year, but one of the headliners is a dance act. One of my ideas to go along with that—since Lollapalooza [in Chicago] ends at 11 o’clock—was to bring the show over the weekend into the after party realm. The later the night goes, the more it plays into the world of house music and dance music in general.”
Given that there are very few electronic acts big enough to fill a headlining Lollpalooza slot, Relix Magazine speculates Daft Punk, The Prodigy or Deadmau5. Seeing as James Murphey has retired LCD, that is probably out. I call Girl Talk to be the dance act headliner, mainly because I know nothing about Dance acts.
Farrell, who will be in Chile next month for the international debut of Lollapalooza, currently has a new Jane’s Addiction album in the works. Though he’s very excited about the two festivals planned this year instead of one, he only looks forward to the future of the Lollapalooza franchise: “Look man, I’ve got plans for next year that are going to be state of the art and they’re a separation from what was happened over the last 20 years.”
Lollapalooza tickets are expected to officially go onsale in May, with an announcement on the lineup slated for April 24th , however at some point this week fans will be able to get $60 early bird tickets off the site. It is unknown for certain when these tickets will be onsale.
Happy Birthday, Perry Farrell!
When it came time for Jane's Addiction to call it quits, Farrell staged the first Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for the band in the summer of 1991 (that tour also featured Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Living Colour, Ice-T and Body Count, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band, Violent Femmes and Fishbone). With the band in his rearview, Farrell formed a new combo called Porno for Pyros (which also featured Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins). The group released its first self-titled album in the spring of 1993 to big sales, mostly on the back of the heavy-rotation single "Pets" (a fantasy narrative about aliens visiting Earth and keeping humans captive as house pets). The band toured extensively and also notched a high-profile slot at Woodstock '94 (that was the one with the mud, not the one with the bonfires).
Their second album Good God's Urge was even more eclectic and envelope-pushing, and it also rocked a little bit harder than the debut. Released in the spring of 1996, Good God's Urge dove deep into darker sonic soundscapes and found Farrell focusing even more of his lyrical energy on mythology and the supernatural. The single "Tahitian Moon" is emblematic of Good God's Urge, as it features a blistering guitar riff, some island grooves and Farrell's ethereal voice. It's a killer song with a great video, and it's a perfect way to celebrate Farrell's birthday.
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