Tag: Lollapalooza

Video: New Order debuts new song 'Drop the Guitar' at Lollapalooza Chile

Video: New Order debuts new song ‘Drop the Guitar’ at Lollapalooza Chile

New Order, which began making noise about recording new music not long into its current reunion, finally treated fans to some of that work this past weekend during the band’s slot at Lollapalooza Chile, debuting a new 6-minute number that bears the working title of “Drop the Guitar,”

New Order, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith to play annual Tibet House benefit in New York

New Order, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith to play annual Tibet House benefit in New York

New Order returns to American soil this March to perform at the 24th annual Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert, joining Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Joe Walsh and more at New York City’s Carnegie Hall to raise money for the nonprofit educational institution that’s dedicated to preserving Tibetan culture.

Video: The Cure at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full webcast of band's 2-hour headlining set

Video: The Cure at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full webcast of band’s 2-hour headlining set

The Cure wrapped up its short “Great Circle Tour” with a headlining performance at the Lollapalzooza festival in Chicago on Sunday night, delivering a 2-hour, 26-song set — and for Robert Smith and Co., that’s a pretty gig — heavy on the band’s more poppy material. Check out the full webcast here.

Video: Nine Inch Nails at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full 100-minute webcast

Video: Nine Inch Nails at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full 100-minute webcast

Trent Reznor went full circle Friday night in Chicago, bringing his resurrected Nine Inch Nails back to Lollapalooza some 22 years after the band played the then-traveling tour’s inaugural year. This time, instead of landing a daytime slot under the hot sun, NIN headlined the festival’s first night.

Video: Bernard Sumner and The Killers cover Joy Division's 'Shadowplay' at Lollapalooza

Video: Bernard Sumner and The Killers cover Joy Division’s ‘Shadowplay’ at Lollapalooza

While New Order’s set at Lollapalooza in Chicago was not part of the festival’s webcast last night, those watching the livestream did catch a glimpse of Bernard Sumner when he joined The Killers onstage — as he’s been known to do in the past — to help the band perform its souped-up cover of Joy Division’s “Shadowplay.”

LIVE: Lollapalooza webcast featuring The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and more — full schedule

LIVE: Lollapalooza webcast featuring The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and more — full schedule

Can’t make it to Chicago this weekend for Lollapalooza? Don’t worry, you can still see the three-day festival — well part of it, anyway — thanks to weekend-long livestream of the event, which will feature webcasts of performances by The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and more.

The Cure to perform in Mexico between Austin City Limits appearances this October

The Cure to perform in Mexico between Austin City Limits appearances this October

The Cure will return to Mexico — site of the band’s epic 4-hour, 50-song performance in an earthquake-rattled stadium on Robert Smith’s birthday this past April — for an arena concert in Monterrey on Oct. 8, the first date to emerge between the band’s headlining slots at the two-weekend Austin City Limits Music Festival.