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Throwback to a few weeks ago chicagoreader.com/music/concer...

Those off-the-charts ticket prices for the Guts tour might have something to do with this. If you’re only interested in Lollapalooza because you want to see a big name or three—Rodrigo, pop star Sabrina Carpenter, K-pop act Twice—then $415 for a four-day pass doesn’t look like such a terrible deal. Live Nation bears most of the responsibility for this mess: Now that the company has made its shows at United Center or Soldier Field so expensive that you’ve gotta sublet your apartment for months to afford one, Chicago’s biggest music festival seems almost reasonable by comparison. Of course, Lollapalooza still has its powerful defenders: If you’re a politician desperately trying to seem cool, a Chicago tourism group that spends too much money devising nonsense slogans, or the conservative editorial board of a local daily newspaper, you might find it in your heart to praise the festival’s economic footprint. But I don’t like live music more because it’s profitable, especially when fans’ money gets funneled to people who aren’t the musicians
aug 28, 2025, 9:14 pm • 4 0

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