Perry Farrell contemplates life after 25 Years Of Lollapalooza

Perry Farrell contemplates life after 25 years of Lollapalooza

As we look forward to the European sister of the infamous Lollapalooza, the Jane’s Addiction frontman discusses the continuing success of a festival that was never meant to be.

Lollapalooza, one of the biggest music festivals in America and on the cusp of its 25th anniversary, wasn’t meant to last beyond its first year in 1991. And now that it has, its co-founder, Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell, says it may finally be time for him to move on.

“The idea that you can protect yourself from people who want to make millions of dollars off your idea — you better have a suit of armor,” says Farrell of how Lollapalooza has grown from a one-and-done six-week traveling festival into a multimillion-dollar franchise over a quarter-century.

It was conceived as a Jane’s Addiction farewell tour that also included other underground bands and artists such as Living Colour, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Rollins Band, Nine Inch Nails, the Butthole Surfers and Ice-T. It was a risky move that turned into a profitable tour. When it finished, Farrell was ready to press the “delete” button, but “the record industry loves success. They wait for something to hit, they go to the hilltops. They go right to next year — hey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers want to do it (in 1992). I didn’t have much else to do that year, I knew I was going to put Jane’s down for a time, and I figured why not? I was up for another party.”

Official website:
www.lollapaloozade.com

Lineup by day:
http://www.lollapaloozade.com/en/lineup-by-day-2/