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Fairies danced with evil clowns, rock stars roiled seas of fans and zombies gathered en masse at the music-festival-slash-freak-show that became the Voodoo Art and Music Festival this Halloween weekend.

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Lollapalooza literally held its own on Sunday, the final day of a relaxing weekend of good music at Chicago's Grant Park.

If you're lucky, you got a ticket for Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Billy Corgan's show this Thursday at tiny Muddy Waters Coffee House in Santa Barbara with the band The Spirits in the Sky, part of a six-show Southern California mini-tour. This multi-generational super group will include Corgan and Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction on guitar, Mark ...

Final day of Lollapalooza and they saved the best for last! Highlights of the day: Jane's Addiction's frontman Perry Farrell performs during the final day of Lollapalooza 2009.

Instead of Woodstock, young people today have Lollapalooza, or what's left of it.

If there's anything quantifiable about Perry Farrell and the evolution of Lollapalooza is that the dude, and the festival, is destined for a crown in weirdness.

CHICAGO a * Lollapalooza kicks off on Friday in Grant Park, in what has become a staple of summertime in Chicago.

CHICAGO a * Lollapalooza kicks off on Friday in Grant Park, in what has become a staple of summertime in Chicago.

CHICAGO a * Lollapalooza kicks off on Friday in Grant Park, in what has become a staple of summertime in Chicago.

CHICAGO a * Lollapalooza kicks off on Friday in Grant Park, in what has become a staple of summertime in Chicago.

Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell said he was so devastated by the news that Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch had been diagnosed with cancer that he almost thought he wouldn't be able to perform at Lollapalooza this past weekend.

Lollapalooza can be summed up in one word: overwhelming. The festival, held in Chicago, Illinois, since 2005, has more than 130 bands playing throughout the weekend, including headliners Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon, Ben Harper, The Killers, Tool and Lolla founder Perry Farrell's recently reunited band, Jane's Addiction.

Share + Aug 7, 2009 11:21 am US/Central Lollapalooza kicks off on Friday in Grant Park, in what has become a staple of summertime in Chicago.

Throughout its many incarnations, Lollapalooza has always been inseparable, for better or worse, from Perry Farrell, the Jane's Addiction frontman who first organized the show as a going away tour, and now serves as a carnival barker of sorts for the annual lakefront rock festival.

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network 2009-08-04 03:03:10 - Rocker PERRY FARRELL is to create his own party venue at this weekend's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago, Illinois.

I realize that Perry Farrell is Mr. Lollapalooza, so it's hard to argue that his band Jane's Addiction doesn't deserve to headline Lollapalooza.

Off the program...Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell, , guitarist Dave Navarro and Eric Avery.

It just goes to show how little people in the industry understand the purpose and intent of copyright.

It's hard to summarise what makes you love a band. But a soul-gripping part of the magic comes from discovering them as a raw and wide-eyed teenager.