Chance the Rapper is on top of the bill for this year’s Lollapalooza, which announced its lineup at 6 AM. It’s the latest part of the victory lap for the Chicago music hero, after-school educator, and Chicago Public Schools advocate since he won three Grammys for his Coloring Book mixtape last month. Few things say cultural domination like headlining the largest music festival in your own hometown. Not that Chance has much competition. The other headliners suggest Lollapalooza organizers are struggling with 2000s alternative-rock nostalgia; the Killers, Muse, and Arcade Fire fill out the rest of the headlining spots. All three acts have performed at Lollapalooza twice previously since the festival transitioned from a nationwide tour to settle in Grant Park back in 2005 (this year is also Chance’s third go-round too). None of the top rock acts scream excitement, and the Killers in particular suggest nothing more than irrelevance. The Las Vegas band hasn’t put out a proper album in five years, unless you can call their 2016 Christmas compilation Don’t Waste Your Wishes a worthwhile endeavor.
Thursday, August 3: MuseLorde Cage the ElephantWiz KhalifaPorter RobinsonLiam GallagherMigosSpoonLil Uzi Vert Jon Bellion George Ezra Capital CitiesKaytranadaBaauer The DrumsA-Trak Tritonal Gryffin CRX Temples SuicideBoys Hippo Campus Honne Cheat Codes Kevin Devine Paper Diamond Middle Kids The Hunna Oliver Tree JainThe O’My’s Declan McKenna Unlike Pluto Atlas Genius Arizona Gibbz Pham Michael Blume Elohim StanajKweku Collins Max
