What began in 1991 as a small farewell tour for Perry Farrell and Jane’s Dependancy has since grow to be one of many world’s foremost music festivals: Lollapalooza. And in a brand new Paramount+ docuseries titled Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza, the rock star and his friends are giving an oral historical past of the way it all went down — as teased within the undertaking’s new trailer, which Billboard is solely premiering.
From ’90s rockers to hip-hop stars, Lolla gathers most of the visionaries who had been concerned in among the very first Lollapalooza excursions. “It felt like a revolution,” Trent Reznor of 9 Inch Nails recollects within the trailer, talking on the pageant’s beginnings as an anti-establishment, for-the-people musical melting pot.
“We had all been underground bands, however that was altering,” provides Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers frontman Flea, whereas Rage Towards the Machine’s Tom Morello tells the digital camera, “That was the Declaration of Independence of the choice nation.”
As time went on, Lollapalooza stored innovating — and in doing so, its personal reputation started to overshadow its underground roots. “When the automotive’s going actual, actual quick, it will get tougher and tougher to leap out,” Farrell remarks within the trailer. “We had been a sufferer of our personal success.”
Additionally featured within the undertaking are Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Ice-T and Chicago native Probability the Rapper, who muses within the new clip, “Lolla picks nice folks [to perform] when nobody’s heard of them.”
Lolla can also be positive to function outdated and up to date footage of Lollapalooza performances by the years, with clips of Inexperienced Day, Billie Eilish, Marshmello and dozens of extra acts showing within the trailer. Now a world phenomenon with annual offshoots in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, France, Sweden and India, Lollapalooza was the primary pageant to combine genres on its billing, develop to a number of days and introduce a second stage. This 12 months, the occasion shall be headlined in August by SZA, Tyler, the Creator, Blink-182, The Killers and extra.
Directed by Michael John Warren, the three-part collection drops solely on Paramount+ Might 21. It first premiered on the 2024 Sundance Movie Pageant in January.
Watch the trailer for Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza above.
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