I’m not exactly sure whose idea it was, my daughter’s or mine. She had recently gone to a Radiohead concert in Charlotte and had proceeded to go out and buy all their music and I had noticed that Wilco, one of my favorites, was scheduled to appear at Lollapalooza this year. We were definitely going to the Midwest to visit family in Michigan and Chicagoland and one of us suggested taking in Lollapalooza while in Chicago.

My wife and other daughter had little interest but did not object to Dad and daughter attending the festival together. We went online and bought two three- day passes and then convinced a couple other friends with daughters to meet up with us. The result was three Dads in their mid-fifties with their teenage daughters spending three great days visiting and listening to music in one of the world’s great cities. I wasn’t a stranger to music festivals but had never been to anything on the scale on this year’s Lollapalooza.  Read more »

Just less than a week after a stellar performance at the iconic Glastonbury festival, which silenced critics and the likes of Oasis front-man Noel Gallagher who deemed hip-hop “not right” for the concert, Jay-Z delivered another memorable show as O2 Wireless Festival’s Thursday headliner. With the help of super-producer Mark Ronson, and the British-based electro-pop band Hot Chip, this year’s 02 lamented itself as one of London’s premiere festivals.  Read more »