Lollapalooza 2024: Balance of the best, the unusual and the weirdest

Paraphrasing the legendary Woodstock festival, “Three days of love and peace” took place from Friday to Sunday at the San Isidro Racecourse, where the ninth edition of the Lollapalooza Argentina.

The immense property has allowed, once again, to peaceful coexistence and comfortable movement of a crowd in the different sectors, walking comfortably from one giant stage to another – four in total – to see their favorite artists and browse among the others.

The key was an incessant parade of proposals in time rock, pop, urban and electronic musicalways starting at midday and continuing until just after midnight.

And although last week’s bad weather made us fear the worst, the organizers managed to set up everything in time and welcome the public below the intense weekend sun. Another omnipresent fear was mosquitos, which were conspicuous by their absence, perhaps due to previous fumigations. There were also no large puddles mudas everyone expected.

It’s true that this year perhaps there weren’t as convincing names as other editions, but still The response from the people was massive., which filled the venues on all three dates. In any case there were great characters, for example the singer SZA at the highest moment of his career, number one in the charts and digital platforms.

Below, a roundup of quasi’s best moments 36 hours of all music.

A parade of covers

Several artists resorted to the old and effective resource of creating their own version of another musician’s hit. Eighties rocker Daniela Milagros surprised psychopathic killer From Talking heads AND Sweet dreams From EurythmicJuliana Gattas pulled the forgotten song out of her sleeve in her solo show Weekend From DDTthe Mexicans of Grupo Frontera did it Heart From The authentic decadentsthe Puerto Rican storm made Unavoidable From Shakira (with whom he once composed songs), sang Trucha I learned with you From Armando ManzaneroPierce The Veil did Karma Police Radiohead, Limo Bizkit your money Behind the blue eyes The WHO.

underground rock

This year, the powerful generation that brought garage rock, grunge and rrriot back to the local scene arrived in Lolla. For example Donna Zebra, Winona Riders AND Nenagenixwho played energetic shows to a few hundred fans who arrived early to see them.

Ysy-A, the riskiest rapper

A few months after filling the Huracán pitch, the 25-year-old rapper Ysy-A He was encouraged to start his set with his side that he incorporates into tango. He had Cucuza Castiello and his son, violinist and double bass player, as guests. So yes, he used his very urban hits.

Children with nostalgia

Kidzapalooza’s lineup included names more suited to parents than kids, who still enjoyed the shows Plim Plim, Panama AND Topa.

The rock that doesn’t give way

Directly from the 90s there has been a succession of live successes by illustrious visitors such as The offspring, Blink-182 AND Limp Bizkit.. More from the 2000s and in an emo key, Thirty seconds to Mars He held a memorable concert in which a very inspired Jared Leto shone.

The indie that doesn’t fail

The Canadians of arcade firethe French duo Phoenix and the Irish Hozier They were attractive but did not arouse the fury of the masses. However, people began to come closer and thousands of people ended up applauding them. They, surprised and happy with the euphoria of the local public and the songs of “Olé olé olé!”

Obsolete electronics

To close, the classic formula of the festival is to focus on DJs, who were there this time Diplo, Beyond AND Jellyfish.

The most bizarre

Ca7riel & Paco They met after a break and instead of playing songs from their future album they decided to go on stage in a hotel jacuzzi, undress in the foam and put “play” on their album. They set up a party around them in the best “listening party” style.

The empire of pop songs

The popularity of groups and soloists with an almost classical format had more than worthy representatives in the former Salvapantallas Saint Celli, the duo Koino Yokanthe band The Tsar and the ultra popular Bandalo Chinesewho blasted the Flow level with blow after blow.

The advance of urban music

Emerging values ​​such as Ill Quentin, Mechayrxmeo, Coffee table and the producer/musician Fermin They demonstrated new, fresh and promising visions within the genre in which there were performances by undisputed figures such as FMK AND Bhavi. and from the outside Feedswith its drones and monster trucks.

rowing prize

Artists like it Jungle, Fletcher, Sam Smith AND Hozier They went from the smallest to the largest, until they conquered the entire audience. Something similar also happened with Argentina BlairBefore.

Consecration

Miranda! He is in a moment of unstoppable growth in his career. After filling several Gran Rex and Luna Park they moved to Ferro and on the second day they blew up Lollapalooza with practically the entire audience. They also announced two Movistar Arenas for June. Impressive and more than deserved: he has a lot of successes and overflowing charisma.