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Lollapalooza Chile

Lollapalooza Chile
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Genre Alternative rock, heavy metal, hip hop, electronic, punk rock
Frequency Annually
Location(s) O'Higgins Park, Santiago, Chile (2011–Present)
Years active 7
Inaugurated April 2, 2011; 6 years ago (2011-04-02)
Most recent April 1–2, 2017
Website
lollapaloozacl.com

Lollapalooza Chile is the Chile–based version of the popular music festival Lollapalooza /ˌlɒləpəˈlzə/ which is held in Santiago, Chile.

The annual festival launched in April 2011 in Santiago’s O'Higgins Park and features alternative rock, 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 São Paulo in 2012. Lollapalooza Chile returned to Santiago in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. the fifth edition is scheduled for the 19 and 20 of March 2015. It is 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.

Lollapalooza Chile has featured a range of international artists such as The Killers, Jane's Addiction, Kanye West, Deftones, Fatboy Slim, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Flaming Lips, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Björk, MGMT, Tinie Tempah, Sublime with Rome, Foster the People, Calvin Harris and Armin Van Buuren. The 2013 lineup included The Black Keys, Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, Keane, Deadmau5, A Perfect Circle, Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, and many others.


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