I don't understand your post at all...I was at the show and primarily went because Tool was going to be there although I was there for the entirety of the 3 days. Where I was, within 100 feet of the stage so further back than where I assume you were if you were camping out all day, everyone was extremely polite and were loving the show.If you're in the pit at a Tool concert you have to expect to be pushed around. This was my 6th time seeing them in concert and in all of my previous 5 shows I spent the entire time in the pit usually within arms length of the security barrier so I have some experience with this. If you can't handle the pushing and shoving (which to me is second only to the music) then it's really quite simple just to stand a little ways back. You generally hear the music better and sometimes even have a better view because you're not looking down the whole time trying to defend your territory.Personally, I loved the festival and depending on the lineup would definitely attend another in the future.
Front page? Rly? I would respect Farrell more if he had just gone straight into being a promoter and left the music making to actual music lovers and musicians. He was just a business man from day one. Nothing indi or creative about the guy. But he did make lots of money and fooled most of you.
From my research, he's not been doing Lollapalooza for 18 years - and the concert has mutated into a gross exaggeration of what it used to be. Mr Ferrel sold the franchise in 1996 to William Morris Agency. He then put his time/money into the ENIT (Energy Knitting) project - which sadly failed. Now he's back as an easily digestible icon for a generation too young to remember or too self-absorbed to care about what actually happened. He doesn't own s**t. If anyone owns the festival it's the corporate sponsors. Full story: <a class="user" href="http://www.planckstudios.com/news/2007/aug/04/where-my-lollapalooza/" rel="nofollow">http://www.planckstudios.com/news/2007/aug/04/wher ...</a>
ssquared22Aug 12, 2009
Glad to see that he's found a way to turn his event into a summer destination.
phairohAug 12, 2009
I don't understand your post at all...I was at the show and primarily went because Tool was going to be there although I was there for the entirety of the 3 days. Where I was, within 100 feet of the stage so further back than where I assume you were if you were camping out all day, everyone was extremely polite and were loving the show.If you're in the pit at a Tool concert you have to expect to be pushed around. This was my 6th time seeing them in concert and in all of my previous 5 shows I spent the entire time in the pit usually within arms length of the security barrier so I have some experience with this. If you can't handle the pushing and shoving (which to me is second only to the music) then it's really quite simple just to stand a little ways back. You generally hear the music better and sometimes even have a better view because you're not looking down the whole time trying to defend your territory.Personally, I loved the festival and depending on the lineup would definitely attend another in the future.
quantum459Aug 13, 2009
So 10 more years of terrible bands at a terrible concert?
8fansAug 13, 2009
Front page? Rly? I would respect Farrell more if he had just gone straight into being a promoter and left the music making to actual music lovers and musicians. He was just a business man from day one. Nothing indi or creative about the guy. But he did make lots of money and fooled most of you.
planckstudiosAug 13, 2009
From my research, he's not been doing Lollapalooza for 18 years - and the concert has mutated into a gross exaggeration of what it used to be. Mr Ferrel sold the franchise in 1996 to William Morris Agency. He then put his time/money into the ENIT (Energy Knitting) project - which sadly failed. Now he's back as an easily digestible icon for a generation too young to remember or too self-absorbed to care about what actually happened. He doesn't own s**t. If anyone owns the festival it's the corporate sponsors. Full story: <a class="user" href="http://www.planckstudios.com/news/2007/aug/04/where-my-lollapalooza/" rel="nofollow">http://www.planckstudios.com/news/2007/aug/04/wher ...</a>
shnarfAug 13, 2009
hipster hell hole
zeroAug 13, 2009
Jesus and Mary Chain wasn't exactly underground.
zeroAug 13, 2009
He is rich beyond belief and always in a good mood. If drugs did that to him where do I get some?
waxcrashAug 13, 2009
Sounds like you aren't familiar with Perry. On many occasions he has said he is bi.