Lindeberg vest, the former Jane's Addiction frontman was getting ready to introduce , one of 130 bands on an all-inclusive playbill Farrell concocted for the three-day, only-in-the-Windy-City concert. A few feet away, his toddler son, Izzadore Bravo, was playing his ABC's on a pint-size guitar. "See, this is what I'm talking about.
Good job, Izzadore!"
Meanwhile, groups such as , , and Living Things made the press rounds, and , in head-to-toe black and smudgy eyeliner, kicked back with his post-grunge band, . But the real action, of course, was on Grant Park's eight stages, where the guitar licks of the and , and hip-hop beats of and Common, kept over 70,000 fans entertained.
Hometown favorite and Saturday's headliner hit a surly patch when his sound system malfunctioned. "I'm taking this tour around the world, and my own city can't get it right," he fumed. But all was forgotten a few moments later when his smash, "Gold Digger," blared from the speakers.
of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who headlined the 1992 Lollapalooza tour, was in a mellower mood. After performing the band's new hit, "Dani California," the Angeleno noted: "That song is about the dirt we hail from. But it's pretty great here, too.
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