LOLLAPALOOZA

The four-day event takes place in Chicago in early August.

Events that attract more than 10,000 people would need board approval under the proposed policy change.

The agreement to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago through 2033 provides little in the way of long-term park infrastructure improvements.

Starting next year, up to 115,000 people per day will be allowed in. Before, attendance was called at 100,000 per day.

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Officials have touted but have not yet released the new contract for Lollapalooza to remain in Chicago for at least another 10 years.

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The Kidzapalooza stage returned to Lollapalooza for the first time since 2019 this year.

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Lollapalooza's current contract with the Chicago Park District ends this year.

Chicago cannabis dispensaries are expecting record sales this weekend during Lollapalooza, with Verilife running shuttle buses every 20 minutes between its River North store and Grant Park for festivalgoers to stock up.

Lollapalooza opens in Grant Park on Thursday under a hazy blue sky, with fans excited for Metallica and a protest against Mayor Lightfoot's curfew for teens.

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More than two years into a crisis that sent lodging revenues plummeting, Lollapalooza is filling Chicago hotel rooms.

Lollapalooza's contract for this year's festival was quietly executed without any public discussion or vote.

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One thing that the pandemic took away from us up until this summer has been music festivals, and thankfully for music lovers across the world, festivals are back and there are many you can pick from.

One festivalgoer said he later tested positive for COVID-19 but never spoke with contact tracers.

With the music lineup changing until almost the last minute, the fest’s bill through Sunday includes Chicago’s own Smashing Pumpkins, Lupe Fiasco, Run the Jewels and Flaming Lips.

Live Nation's Joe Berchtold said 2022 "will be bigger than 2019 was," noting that the company's concert pipeline is up double digits from two years ago.

Lollapalooza, also held on park district property, required proof of vaccine or negative COVID test.

Live Nation to require vaccine, negative COVID-19 tests by artists, audience FILE PHOTO: Live Nation Entertainment, one of the country's largest ticket promoters, is joining other concert promoters and will require artists and audience members to be vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test. (Eric Broder Van Dyke/Getty Images)Live Nation Entertainment, one of the country’s largest ticket promoters, is joining other concert promoters and will require artists and audience members to be vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test. >> Read more trending news“Vaccines are going to be your ticket back to shows, and as of October 4th we will be following the model we developed for Lollapalooza and requiring this for artists, fans and employees at Live Nation venues and festivals everywhere possible in the US,” Michael Rapino, president and CEO of Live Nation Entertainment, told NBC News. Live Nation will also require all of its employees to be vaccinated, not just show a negative test, to visit an event, venue or company office. AEG Presents said Thursday it will require proof of vaccination for entry to its venues and events.

As of Wednesday, no hospitalizations or deaths have been reported in relation to the music festival, Chicago's public health commissioner said.

Chicago’s top health official announced on Thursday that roughly 200 Lollapalooza attendees have tested positive for COVID-19 so far in the aftermath of the four-day live music festival.

Cannabis Sales Illinois Lollapalooza FILE - In this July 29, 2021 file photo, fans gather and cheer on day one of the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago. The four-day music festival, which started two weeks ago, drew about 385,000 people to a lakefront park. Festival goers had to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test and city officials said about 90% were vaccinated. Arwady said the number of positive cases included those who tested positive after or during Lollapalooza, which could include people who might have arrived already infected. For instance, 13 Chicago residents who tested positive reported attended Lollapalooza on or after the day their symptoms began.

Chicago health officials say they've found 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, but aren't yet reporting any hospitalizations or deaths.

Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths. “Nothing unexpected here,” Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said at a news conference.

It is one of the first major outdoor fall festivals to be canceled as coronavirus cases spike in Louisiana and across the country.

“As of right now, it’s an experiment in progress," one physician said of the COVID-19 risks of attending Lollapalooza.

Cannabis Sales Illinois Lollapalooza FILE - In this July 29, 2021 file photo, fans gather and cheer on day one of the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago. Illinois dispensaries sold a record $127.8 million in recreational marijuana in July, with a big boost coming from out-of-state fans who converged on Chicago for the Lollapalooza music festival. “Summer tourism and the Lollapalooza attendees were strong contributors to July’s out-of-state sales,” Erkes said. Total sales reached $1.03 billion last year, including $669 million in recreational weed and more than $366 million in medical marijuana sales. Illinois has not yet released its medical marijuana sales figures for July.

CHICAGO — (AP) — Illinois dispensaries sold a record $127.8 million in recreational marijuana in July, with a big boost coming from out-of-state fans who converged on Chicago for the Lollapalazoo music festival. Because recreational marijuana was legalized in Illinois in January 2020, pot was legal in the state during Lollapalooza for the first time in the festival's 30-year history. In July, Illinois’ 110 dispensaries sold a record 2.8 million recreational weed products. Total sales reached $1.03 billion last year, including $669 million in recreational weed and more than $366 million in medical marijuana sales. Illinois has not yet released its medical marijuana sales figures for July.

Illinois dispensaries sold a record $127.8 million in recreational marijuana in July, with a big boost coming from out-of-state fans who converged on Chicago for the Lollapalooza music festival.

Chicago officials also defended claims about COVID-19 safety at Lollapalooza.

Lollapalooza welcomed thousands of people to Chicago for a four-day music festival. Attendees had to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test within 72 hours. But does that mean outdoor music festivals are safe?

The rapper made insulting comments about gay men and people with HIV at the Rolling Loud music festival one week earlier.

Infectious disease experts worry that precautions were insufficient, and infections may have spread among the 100,000 daily audience Fans were tightly packed and generally unmasked at the Lollapalooza Music Festival, at Grant Park in Chicago. Photograph: Amy Harris/Invision/AP The Lollapalooza music festival in downtown Chicago will probably cause a surge in Covid-19 infections, said public health experts, after tens of thousands of people gathered there this past weekend. The four-day festival

The fallout comes after DaBaby's comments at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami last month.

CHICAGO — (AP) — Rapper DaBaby was cut Sunday from Lollapalooza's closing lineup following crude and homophobic remarks he made last week at a Miami-area music festival. Lollapalooza organizers tweeted Sunday that rapper Young Thug would perform at 9 p.m. instead. "With that in mind, DaBaby will no longer be performing at Grant Park tonight." Festival organizers didn't immediately reply to a request for comment. In recent days, artists including Madonna, Questlove and Elton John have denounced remarks DaBaby made during a performance last Sunday at Miami's Rolling Loud Festival.

Rapper DaBaby has been cut from the final day of Lollapalooza's lineup following crude and homophobic remarks he made last week at a Miami-area music festival.

Young Thug, previously slated for 4 p.m. on the T-Mobile stage, will take DaBaby's spot, with Chicago rapper G Herbo taking over T-Mobile stage afternoon duties on Day 4 of Lollapalooza.

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Lollapalooza opened Saturday for what is typically the busiest day of the four-day festival, with the sun out, temperatures rising and new rules in place requiring masks in all indoor spaces on festival grounds. Headliners are Megan Thee Stallion and Post Malone.

We’ll be at Lollapalooza all weekend long. Follow along for day 3 updates from our team at the festival.

The CDC is warning that vaccinated Americans can transmit the Delta variant as easily as the unvaccinated, sparking worry for Chicago's Lollapalooza festival.

We’ll be at Lollapalooza all weekend long. Follow along for day 2 updates from our team at the festival.

Audiences members will also be required to wear masks inside theaters.

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Health experts say some COVID spread is pretty much inevitable, and they're worried about concertgoers carrying the virus home with them.

We’ll be at Lollapalooza all weekend long. Follow along for day 1 updates from our team at the festival.

Lollapalooza and COVID-19 CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 04: Fans are evacuated from Grant park due to an approaching storm during 2012 Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 4, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The four-day musical extravaganza kicked off its 2021 celebration on Thursday, July 29, but festivalgoers must provide either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of attempting to gain entry. >> Read more trending newsEveryone attending has to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test (test taken within 72 hours). Officials in the Netherlands were shocked after a much smaller two-day music festival attended by roughly 20,000 people earlier this month - and with safeguards similar to Lollapalooza’s in place - resulted in nearly 1,000 COVID-19 cases, CNBC reported. More coronavirus pandemic coverage:>> Coronavirus: How long between exposure to the virus and the start of symptoms?

Crowds of a few dozen young concertgoers congregated at the Lollapalooza entrances well before 11 a.m. Few masks were seen.

The four-day event starts Thursday and is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees after missing last summer because of the threat of the coronavirus.

The hordes of people expected to descend on Chicago’s Grant Park for the Lollapalooza music festival this week will be required to show proof that they’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19 or tested negative for the disease within the last three days.

The three-time Grammy winner criticized the Recording Academy on Tuesday after he was severely snubbed after having one of the years biggest albums with After Hours and being tapped as the Super Bowl halftime headline performer. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. “We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position,” the singer said in a statement. This is an extraordinary moment in time and the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show is going to be an extraordinary experience with an extraordinary performer.”Roc Nation and Emmy-nominated producer Jesse Collins will serve as co-executive producers of the halftime show. “We are thrilled to have The Weeknd join us in Tampa Bay on the Pepsi Halftime Stage,” said Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s chief media and business officer.

FILE - The Weeknd performs on day three at Lollapalooza in Grant Park in Chicago on Aug 4, 2018. The Weekend, nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards will perform at the awards show on Aug. 30. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - The Weeknd performs on day three at Lollapalooza in Grant Park in Chicago on Aug 4, 2018. The Weekend, nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards will perform at the awards show on Aug. 30. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK – Chart-topping Grammy winners The Weeknd and Roddy Ricch are set to perform at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards this month. MTV announced Tuesday that Colombian singer Maluma and Latin boy band CNCO will also perform at the Aug. 30 event, which was originally to take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. This year’s VMAs introduces two new categories reflecting the current pandemic times: best music video from home and best quarantine performance.