CMU reports the following news about things Farrell.
...First up Farrell indicates he personally wanted to give ticket sales more
time to pick up before swinging the axe on the tour, indicating frustration that the money men behind the festival were so quick in calling things off when ticket sales were slow.Farrell: "Last year, walk-ups [on the day ticket sales] very much improved our final counts, and this year, we felt walk-ups were even more important. One reason is that with the economy in such a poor state, people don't cast their money that far into the future. Rather, they spend their money much closer to show time. Last year, we sold out many of our shows and played to 20-25,000 people at times. This year, we never got a chance to launch our marketing or the bulk of our press campaign. Our campaign was beautiful and strong. We had aligned with MoveOn.org. We were set to reach out to millions of young voters. We were cut off."
Continuing Farrell indicated he was considering some kind of alternative
event involving some of the musicians booked to play Lollapalooza.."
Article comments
1 - Bob A. Booey
Perhaps someone could do some research to remind us of last year's lineup, but I'm fairly certain this year's was far better.
2 - Kurt Nordstrom
Guess we can say that Lollapalooza has "Moved On" ;)
3 - Nyx
The "money men" and the republicans are one and the same. The GOP had this cancelled because it's an election year and they couldn't afford the bad publicity of MoveOn being allied with the tour.