Lollapalooza is an annual American four-day music festival held in Grant Park in Chicago. It originally started as a touring event in 1991, but settled permanently in Chicago in 2005. Music genres inc
Miley Cyrus during the Attention Tour at Lollapalooza Brasil 2022
Lollapalooza with the Chicago skyline backdrop
Lollapalooza welcome sign in Grant Park, Chicago
An empty Lollapalooza stage (Chicago)
Jane's Addiction was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1985. The band's best known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Perry Farrell, bassist Eric Avery, drummer Stephen Perkins and guitar
Lollapalooza
…of the longest-running in the United States. Lollapalooza was conceived and created in 1991 as a farewell tour by Perry Farrell, singer of the group Jane's Addiction. The first Lollapalooza tour had a diverse collection of bands and was a commercial success. It stopped in more than twenty cities in North America…
Classic and final lineup of Jane's Addiction; Clockwise from top-left: Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins and Eric Avery
Founding members Eric Avery (left) and Perry Farrell (right) performing with the band in 2009
Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, of whom Navarro was concurrently the guitarist of at the time, replaced Avery on bass during their first reunion in 1997, and played bass on two new songs on that year's compilation album Kettle Whistle. He had previously played the Trumpet on the Nothing's Shocking track "Idiots Rule" in 1988.
Original bassist and co-founding member Eric Avery rejoined the band during their third reformation in 2008 before leaving the band again in 2010.