Lollapalooza Chile is the

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-based version of the popular music festival Lollapalooza (). It is held in

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, Chile.

History

The annual festival launched in April 2011 in

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and features

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, heavy metal, punk rock and hip-hop bands from both Chile and abroad. It was the first edition of Lollapalooza to take place outside of the United States and was followed by the launch of Lollapalooza Brazil in

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in 2012. Lollapalooza Chile has been held in Santiago since 2011. It's managed by Chilean production company Lotus Productions in partnership with Lollapalooza founder and Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, and drew crowds of approximately 100,000 in 2011 and 115,000 in 2012. The Flaming Lips - Lollapalooza Chile 2011

The Flaming Lips - Lollapalooza Chile 2011

Acts

Lollapalooza Chile has featured a range of international artists such as

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, Jane's Addiction,

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, Fatboy Slim,

Thirty Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, ...

The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals), Derek Brown (k ...

Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, ...

, Foo Fighters, Björk, MGMT,

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, Foster the People, Calvin Harris and Armin Van Buuren. The 2013 lineup included

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, Pearl Jam,

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, Keane,

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, A Perfect Circle,

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, and many others. Foofighters chile

The festival has also provided an important platform for Chilean music and rock, and shows by Chilean artists have drawn some of its biggest crowds.Chilean bands played the most popular shows at Lollapalooza
thisischile.cl, 4 April 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2013. Featured bands have included

Chico Trujillo Chico Trujillo are a New cumbia band merging cumbia, ska, reggae and rock, among other styles. The band formed in 1999 in Villa Alemana, Zona Central, Chile, following a tour that lead singer – known as "Macha" – undertook with his then ...

, Anita Tijoux,

Los Bunkers Los Bunkers (Spanish for ''The Bunkers'') is an alternative rock band from Concepción, Chile, formed in 1999 by brothers Álvaro and Gonzalo López, Mauricio Basualto, and brothers Francisco and Mauricio Durán. They are well known in their c ...

, Javiera Mena, Francisca Valenzuela, Joe Vasconcellos, Gepe, Fernando Milagros,

Juana Fe Juana Fe is a Chilean musical band that mixes popular Latin American rhythms such as salsa and cumbia with Jamaican ska. Alongside other New Chilean Cumbia bands such as La Mano Ajena, Tizana and Chico Trujillo, they form part of the new wave o ...

and

Los Jaivas Los Jaivas is a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, psychedelic, and progressive rock styles formed in 1963 in Viña Del Mar, Chile. They are considered one of the most important and influential artists of all time in Latin America. ...

. The Chilean contingent of the 2013 lineup included

Banda Conmoción ''Banda Conmoción'' are a Chilean ensemble band who mix cumbia and gypsy music with genres such as ska and cha-cha-cha. They are part of the new Latin-American fusion movement and emerged in the early nineties along with groups like Chico ...

, Gepe, De Saloon and

Chancho en Piedra Chancho en Piedra is a Chilean funk rock band, considered influential in the popularization of alternative rock in Latin America. They are commonly described as similar to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but are also known for their unique sound an ...

. Lollapalooza Chile has also provided a springboard for Chilean artists such as Los Bunkers, Chico Trujillo and Anita Tijoux to play at the original Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.

Lineups by year

2011

In mid-November 2010, the American musician Perry Farrell announced that the twentieth version of Lollapalooza festival would be held for the first time outside the United States; The site chosen was the Parque O'Higgins in Santiago, Chile, on 2 and 3 April 2011. The event gathered approximately 100,000 people between the O'Higgins Park Ellipse, the Movistar Arena and the Theater Dome. The organization had many problems, one of them being the cancellation of the

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show due to health problems of one of its band members. Problems escalated when Lotus announced that tickets would not be refunded under any circumstances. Added to this, the organizers did not program another band to replace the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but as time passed they were able to present other artists. Edward Sharpe , , Magic Twins , - ,

, ,

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, ,

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, ,

Bomba Estéreo Bomba Estéreo is a Colombian band founded in Bogotá in 2005 by Simón Mejía. Their music has been described as "electro tropical" or "psychedelic cumbia". History 2005–2008: Career beginning and ''Vol. 1'' The origins of the group go back t ...

, , , - , , , Francisca Valenzuela , ,

Zeta Bosio Héctor Juan Pedro Bosio Bertolotti (born 1 October 1958) better known by his stage name Zeta Bosio, is an Argentine rock musician, record producer and disc jockey (DJ), better known as the bassist of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. He was ...

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2012

When the lineup was first revealed it was very poorly received by many festival fans, there were only a few big-name artists such as Björk, MGMT,

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and Foo Fighters, but by the time the festival finally started many popular artists such as

Calvin Harris,

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and Foster the People, among others were in the lineup. This new version of the Festival showed various improvements, such as security, a wider selection of food posts, better information regarding the festival itself and a better atmosphere.

2013

The lineup was very well received by the people as it brought many quality, big-name artists such as Pearl Jam, Keane,

Kaiser Chiefs Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, ''22'', in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band h ...

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, Passion Pit,

Two Door Cinema Club Two Door Cinema Club are a band from Bangor, Northern Ireland. The band formed in 2007 and is composed of three members: Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths), Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Kevin Baird (bass, syn ...

, Of Monsters and Men, A Perfect Circle, Hot Chip and Foals, and many others. On January 28, 2013, Lotus released the schedules of each artist on ''Facebook'', with the participation of fans through "likes", which served to open the "curtain" with the schedules of each stage on their website.

2014

Lollapalooza Chile 2014 was the fourth version of this popular festival in the country. It was held in the

in Santiago on 29th and 30 March of that year. The final attending number of spectators estimated by Lotus Productions was around 160,000 people, about 80,000 in total. "In pursuit of the ultimate band of Kidzapalooza", sponsored by Lotus Productions and Coca-Cola Chile, the competition was intended to encourage the participation of young people across Chile between the ages of 14 and 18 years old encouraging them to participate with their own band for the grand prize to appear in the official scenario of Kidzapalooza during the 2014 Lollapalooza Chile Festival. To participate, each band had to send a home video (uncut) of 90 seconds, where all members appeared playing and/or singing. This video had to be sent, together with information of the band, between October 24 and December 22, 2013. The winning band was Mangoré.

2015

The line up was released on November 16, 2014. Jorge Gonzalez, ex leader of a Chilean 80's rock band known as

Los Prisioneros Los Prisioneros ("The Prisoners") were a Chilean rock/pop band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, in 1983. They are considered one of the most important Chilean bands, and arguably the strongest musical influences that Chile has made to Latin Ame ...

cancelled his presentation after suffering a stroke on February 8, 2015. On March 2, it was confirmed that his replacement would be Ana Tijoux.

2016

The sixth version of Lollapalooza Chile was held on 19–20 March 2016. The official 2016 lineup was released on October 6, 2015 and their headliner were; Eminem,

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, Mumford and Sons.

2017

The seventh version of Lollapalooza Chile was held on 1–2 April 2017. The official 2017 lineup was released on September 28, 2017, headliners will be; Metallica,

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and

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. It was the edition with most attendance in the history of Lollapalooza Chile with 85.000 peoples per day. A few days before the festival, was officially revealed a new stage called "Aldea Verde Stage" who is in the Green Spirit Area.

2018

The eighth version of Lollapalooza Chile was held on 16–18 March 2018. It was the first time that the festival was realized in three days. Also, Lollapalooza made an expansion of the park giving to the fans new zones for walk. This version received more than 80,000 attendees per day. This edition was one of the most criticized due to the logistical problems that the festival had due to the electric storms that affected Buenos Aires, Argentina (most of the bands were playing at Lollapalooza Argentina in the same weekend), that affected the arrival of several artists on Saturday and Sunday, even having to cancel some shows and move others. Days before the festival begins, it was announced that

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would not be able to play at the festival, in his replacement

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was confirmed.

2019

The ninth version of Lollapalooza Chile was held on 29–31 March 2019. It is the edition with the most quantity of artists on the lineup that was released on 21 November 2018, it have more than 120 artists. A new expansion it's coming to the park for the ninth edition and also a new stage it's going to be announced on the few weeks. In total, there will be eight stages, three more than the Argentinian and Brazilian editions. The headliners of the 2019 lineup are

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, Lenny Kravitz,

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and Tiesto. The lineup also include names like

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, Steve Aoki, Portugal. the Man,

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, Odesza,

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, Snow Patrol,

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Greta Van Fleet Greta Van Fleet is an American rock band from Frankenmuth, Michigan, formed in 2012. It consists of Kiszka brothers Josh (vocals), Jake (guitar) and Sam (bass guitar, keyboards); and Danny Wagner (drums). They were signed to Lava Records in M ...

Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 20 ...

and many others.

2022

The tenth version of Lollapalooza Chile was held on 18–20 March 2022.

References

External links

Lollapalooza's Chile official website
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