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Lollapalooza has released its 2023 lineup, and Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, J.I.D., and a host of others are set to perform at the annual festival.
The annual three-day festival will take place August 3 – 6 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Additional performers include A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Lil Yachty, Tems, Joey Bada$$, Key Glock, Ken Carson, Zack Fox, Mavi and a slew of others. Presale for tickets will begin on the festival’s website on Thursday (March 23) at 10 am CT.
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Lollapalooza 2022 was just as stacked with rap royalty, and included performances from J. Cole, Doja Cat, Lil Baby, Big Sean, YG, Don Toliver, Cordae, Denzel Curry, Coi Leray, Blxst and Maxo Kream, among others.
Last year’s festival also made headlines when Lil Durk suffered a serious face injury during his performance. The OTF leader required a trip to the hospital following an onstage explosion during his set at Lollapalooza on July 30. He announced shortly after the injury that he would be taking a break to focus on his health.
“Due to the incident that happened at Lollapalooza in Chicago on stage, I’ma take a break & focus on my health,” he wrote in the caption. “I finished my performance yesterday for my fans. Appreciate y’all.”
In other Lolla news, Drake previously shut down Lollapalooza Argentina with a monstrous, albeit brief, performance this past weekend, most of which was captured on one lucky fan’s cellular device.
On Sunday (March 19) a video clip surfaced of the Toronto rap star appearing to take a fan’s phone during his Lollapalooza set. The video shows Drake taking the phone, spinning around a few times, before he finally faces the camera once again, and turns his back to reveal an insane crowd behind him.
However, it doesn’t seem like all Drizzy’s fans were happy with the show. Apparently, he cut the live feed of his performance moments before he began, upsetting his loyal fans tuning in.
On Saturday (March 18), according to Tracklist, Drake canceled the broadcast moments before it started and only performed for 40 minutes. According to fans, headline acts usually perform for an average of 90 minutes. Many of Drake’s fans who were either at home or in person at the festival took to Twitter to voice their disdain regarding the ordeal.
Lizzo has made it clear that she never abandoned her album Love in Real Life.
The “Juice” artist recently responded to rumors that the project had been cancelled after fans expected it to arrive last year. Rather than putting out the album at the time, Lizzo instead released the mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling in June.
During a new conversation with Billboard, the “Truth Hurts” singer explained that the album itself was never scrapped and is still the same body of work she plans to release on June 5 under its new title, B**ch.
“I think the biggest misconception about my album is that I shelved Love in Real Life when I didn't,” she said. “(B**ch) is technically the same album. I just changed the name. The music is the same.”
Lizzo shared that the main difference between the earlier version of the project and the upcoming release was taking away the original title track, which eventually led to the album being renamed.
“When you change the name of something, it changes its destiny,” the singer explained. “Like, when I went from Melissa to Lizzo, it changed my destiny.”
“When this album went from Love in Real Life to Bch, it changed the trajectory of its past,” she continued. “I do think that I feel like I can express myself the way that I want to express myself right now through Bch. I think Love in Real Life was really sombre and a little bit more introspective, and I think B**ch is a little bit more empowered and self actualised and bold.”
Before the newly titled album arrives, Lizzo has already released the singles B**ch and Don’t Make Me Love U.
The artist had previously spoken about stepping away from Love in Real Life during an earlier interview with Vulture, saying the project “just wasn't what I was feeling right now”.
She also mentioned that much of the album had originally been written back in 2022.
“By 2025, I've changed, the world has changed so much, and so much has happened,” she said. “I was like, ‘I need to do s**t differently, and I don't know what it is, but I'm going to just start following my instincts.’”
