{"id":56394,"date":"2024-08-06T11:14:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=56394"},"modified":"2024-08-12T11:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:25:33","slug":"thats-a-wrap-lollapalooza-2024-ends-with-thrilling-undercards-and-most-anticipated-headlining-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=56394","title":{"rendered":"That’s A Wrap! Lollapalooza 2024 Ends With Thrilling Undercards And Most Anticipated Headlining Sets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Christopher David<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final day of Lollapalooza brought some thrilling undercards and one of the most anticipated headlining sets of the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chicago\u2019s own Slow Pulp (by way of Madison, Wisconsin) delivered a smooth mid-day set, highlighting tunes from their 2023 album Yards, and vocalist Emily Massey fits right in with the current \u201890s revival of female-fronted indie pop outfits.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Last Dinner Party was right at home on the Lolla stage, and the band\u2019s dramatic stage presence and lush sound made good on all the hype surrounding them.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Door Cinema Club took the stage to a backdrop of stunning visuals that were conspicuously absent from their Metro set the night before, and San Diego post-punkers Pierce the Veil helped set the stage for what was to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But it was the kings of smartass, hook-drenched pop punk, Blink-182, who owned Sunday in the end.\u00a0 Smack in the middle of their monster stadium tour supporting 2023 album One More Time<\/em>\u2014their first in 12 years with founding member and guitarist Tom Delonge back in the fold\u2014Blink made good on their legacy of mom jokes and undeniable anthems to teen angst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joking around about everything from Chicago\u2019s \u2018pizza cakes\u2019 to banging every crowd member\u2019s mother, Blink left it all on the stage, from drummer Travis Barker\u2019s legendary bombast (and levitating drum kit, taking a page from the books of many stadium greats before them) to the rapport between bassist Mark Hoppus and Delonge and a cast of thousands when it came to the setlist, which saw new tunes \u201cMore Than You Know\u201d and \u201cDance With Me\u201d melding seamlessly with crowd singalongs \u201cAll the Small Things\u201d and fan favorite\/rarity \u201cNot Now.\u201d  They even dug into their non-Blink repertoire, touching on +44\u2019s \u201cWhen Your Heart Stops Beating\u201d and Boxcar Racer\u2019s \u201cThere Is.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the band closed with \u201cOne More Time\u201d – their surprisingly emotional take on Hoppus\u2019s recent illness and collective brushes with mortality – it would have been hard for anyone in attendance to not feel good for a trio that has defied the odds of their era, continuing forward with a body of work that most bands would kill for\u2014and, most importantly, having a blast doing it.  There couldn’t have been a more apt closer for a weekend-long party like Lollapalooza – until 2025, keep edging\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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