Lollapalooza Cancelled!
Interest spikes in next year's festival as Farrell announces addition of his own crying stage

In what can only be considered one of the most depressing comments so far on the state of independent music, all dates on this year's massive (and massively reported on) Lollapalooza tour have been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. In a statement on the Lollapalooza website this morning, tour organizer and all-around freak Perry Farrell made the following statement: "My heart aches along with the bands, and all of our employees, whose hard work developed one of the most exciting and important tours that this nation was to see. My heart is broken."

In a slightly more informational statement, co-founder Marc Geiger stated, "I am in utter disbelief that a concert of this stature, with the most exciting line-up I've seen in years did not galvanize ticket sales. I'm surprised that given the great bands and the reduced ticket prices that we didn't have enough sales to sustain the tour. Concert promoters across the country are facing similar problems. Many summer tours are experiencing weak ticket sales." The tour was scheduled to launch July 14th in Auburn, Washington.

What exactly this means to the 30 or so acts-- among them Modest Mouse, Morrissey, Sonic Youth, and The Flaming Lips-- that will now have no summer tour schedule is unclear, although several of the bands in question had already scheduled dates in between their Lollapalooza appearances. What it means to those of you who had already bought tickets to Lollpalooza is somewhat more clear-- you're getting your money back. But not your trusting good nature.

Lollapalooza: http://www.lollapalooza.com