If solely the gang at Slash’s Lollapalooza set might have heeded Childish Gambino’s recommendation from the opposite night time — “If you just came here to hear your favorite song, go home and do that.” The chants for Guns N’ Roses songs all through the primary half of the set have been obnoxious at finest. While the group, that includes the distinctive vocalist Myles Kennedy and the equally enigmatic backing band The Conspirators, did ship on the requests with GNR’s “Nightrain,” the remainder of the set was actually the place consideration ought to be paid. Though Guns N’ Roses reformed in 2016 on the cheekily named “Never In This Lifetime” tour, throughout essentially the most tumultuous
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Janelle Monae Lollapalooza assessment: a hotshot, a heroine and
There was just one flaw in Janelle Monae’s excellent, indulgent, provocative Lollapalooza set on Friday night time — that she wasn’t a headliner. With all of the flak that nationwide pageant organizers have obtained for not reserving extra feminine expertise within the finale spot, Lollapalooza had the right probability to take action with Monae, who simply carried out the very best present of the weekend to date. Filled with geometric staging, participating video reels, 5 costume adjustments (together with Monae’s fabulous vagina pants from her “Pynk” music video) and fancy foot choreography, the set was — like Monae herself — subsequent stage. But it additionally had a objective. Opening with “Crazy Sexy Life” into