Chicago 'sLollapalooza 2020 will not take place in-person after the city announced that it was canceling special events through Labor Day.- The festival, which had not yet announced its 2020 line-up, will instead take place virtually from July 30 — Aug. 2.
- Other concerts and festivals, including Lollapalooza's Argentina and Chile festival events, have been postponed or canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid continuing concert postponements and cancelations, Chicago's famous Lollapalooza is going virtual in 2020 after the city announced on Tuesday that it was canceling special events through Labor Day, per the Chicago Tribune.
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"We wish we could bring Lollapalooza to Grant Park again this year, but we understand why things can't move forward as planned," an announcement posted on the festival's website reads. "The health and safety of our fans, artists, partners, staff and community is always our highest priority."
Lollapalooza, which typically takes place in Chicago's Grant Park, had not yet revealed its 2020 line-up, nor had tickets officially gone on sale. The festival will be replaced by a "weekend-long virtual event" running from July 30 — Aug. 2, which will include performances from "the city and beyond" in addition to archival footage from past Lollapalooza festivals and never-before-seen footage from the 1990s, with a full schedule set to come next month.
Since the advent of the novel coronavirus pandemic, music festivals around the world have been canceled, postposted, or modified to suit virtual avenues. That includes events like Lollapalooza Argentina and Lollapalooza Chile, which were both postponed to the fall, or South by Southwest, which was canceled. Some virtual events have moved into fill the void: there have been music festivals in Minecraft, Travis Scott concerts in Fortnite, a slew of artists performing sets from their own homes, and K-pop groups like NCT 127 communing with fans virtually during live concert events.
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