Ella Narag

Over 100,000 festival goers crowded the fields of Grant Park, going back and forth between different stages in high humidity levels and even higher temperatures for a chance to see 48 different performances.  Hozier and Megan Thee Stallion were headlining on Thursday. Other performances included Flo, Benson Boone, Kesha, Tyla and many others.    Blondshell...

Starting with “Eat Your Young” and ending with crowd-favorite, “Take Me To Church,” Irish singer-songwriter Hozier drew a massive crowd at the northernmost stadium of Lollapalooza during its opening night.  Taking Bud Light stage at 8:30 p.m., Hozier sang “Eat Your Young” — the title track of his latest EP and included in his last...

Power and production closed out Lollapalooza on its second day at the T-Mobile stage with SZA’s performance, which completely blew away the fans who were there. The earthy stage setup saw SZA sitting on an ant, in a cave and atop a crooked tree throughout the set. Starting off with “Seek & Destroy,” SZA came...

Rocking an electric guitar in the middle of the IHG stage, Briston Maroney poised comfort and charm to his audience during his Saturday afternoon set. The set saw a sizable crowd who nodded along to the riffs of the guitar and drums solos.  Maroney started with an unreleased song — a bass and drum-heavy song...

Playing a new, unreleased track and going back to hits from almost a decade ago, Hippo Campus delivered a performance audience members will go back to remember throughout their lives. The phrase “core memory” — a cultural term based on “Inside Out” regarding an experience providing such an integral part of one’s personality it almost...

As the fourth and final day of the festival came to a close, the sun was high, the skies were blue and Lollapalooza attendees posed for photos in front of the iconic sign one last time.  Headlining on Sunday were Melanie Martinez and Blink-182, who played at the Bud Light and T-Mobile stages, respectively. Other...

Blink-182 performed songs “Up All Night,” “Aliens Exist” and “MORE THAN YOU KNOW,” and a number of crowd members visibly and audibly...

Thrice Lollapalooza veteran Two Door Cinema Club returned to the festival’s stages on Sunday, performing at IHG Hotels & Resorts at 7:45 p.m. to a packed and captivated crowd.  First appearing at Lollapalooza in 2011 again in 2013, the Irish band is no stranger to the Chicago crowds. But since a decade has passed since...

One thousand beds and 184 properties make up Roland Realty — the popular leasing company known for its creation of students’ beloved Seniorland. Sitting on First Street, its office sees prospective tenants enter through its doors each year in hopes they will have a property passed down to them. Roland Realty has amassed a large...

In a talk titled “How did Global Events Shape the 2024 Presidential Election?” four University political science professors revealed that foreign policy did not, in fact, heavily shape the 2024 presidential election.  “I was shocked by the results of the election,” said Nathan Knoll, event attendee and senior in LAS. “I had professor Grossman as...