Aftershows are a tradition of Lollapalooza and a fan favourite, as artists every year fill different venues throughout Chicago before or after they perform at the festival itself. The 2018 edition will feature 55 performances from over 110 artists, in 16 different venues from Tuesday, July 31 to Sunday, August 5. This year acts who will be doing aftershows include CHVRCHES, Dua Lipa, Franz Ferdinand, The Wombats, Billie Eilish, and new addition to the Lollapalooza lineup Carly Rae Jepsen, just to name a few.
Barrie, Ontari-OH! Say Hello to Hedley
Hedley took their HELLO tour to Barrie, Ontario Monday night playing to a capacity Molson Centre, and the fans adored every part of the show. The band had a great production, nice wide clean stage, with vivid lighting rig and video boards. The sound was so clean and clear – the band really set it up well. That’s what happens when a multi-platinum band tours across Canada. And this show is damn good.
Grease: LIVE, almost, better than the original!
When I first heard that they were planning to remake Grease for a live television event I admit I kinda cringed. Firstly Grease is one of my all time favourite movies and secondly Hollywood hasn’t had much success, in my opinion, when it comes to live TV remakes of classic musicals. First came Carrie Underwood’s train wreck of a remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Sound of Music and second came the equally bad rendition of Peter Pan, I didn’t even bother with The Wiz. I simply couldn’t bear the thought of watching Hollywood destroy Grease (like the sequels weren’t bad enough).
