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"A fall without a World Series, a spring without a Weekend at\nBernie&amp;apos;s sequel and now a summer without Lollapalooza. Say it\nain&amp;apos;t so. Once thought to be an impregnable franchise, the\nseven-year-old summer festival was unable to secure enough\nupper-echelon acts to make this year&amp;apos;s Lollapalooza road-worthy, so\nit won&amp;apos;t rock out at all.\n&amp;quot;We felt that we couldn&amp;apos;t put out a solid enough tour in keeping\nwith previous years,&amp;quot; says Lollapalooza co-organizer Ted Gardner.\n&amp;quot;It would have been detrimental to us and the artists that would\nperform.&amp;quot; However, rather than kill Lollapalooza altogether,\nGardner expects the festival to make its return next summer. &amp;quot;We\nshall rise again,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;We shall be the Phoenix.&amp;quot;\nLollapalooza&amp;apos;s descent can be traced from its aberrant,\ncritically-panned Metal-palooza package two years ago, which\nfeatured Metallica, Soundgarden and the Screaming Trees, to last\nyear&amp;apos;s Lousy-palooza, chock full of commercial stiffs like Orbital,\nTricky and James. This year, a handful of prominent modern rockers\nlike Jane&amp;apos;s Addiction, Green Day, Garbage, the Foo Fighters,\nMarilyn Manson and Radiohead turned down headlining slots. Jane&amp;apos;s\nwaffled about their decision for four months, reportedly holding up\nthe recruitment process, before ultimately declining the offer;\nGreen Day and Garbage plan to embark on their own tours; the Foo\nFighters have planned a light touring schedule this summer;\nManson&amp;apos;s album was delayed past the Lollapalooza launch date; and\nRadiohead will begin work on another record.\nUp until Thursday night, the fate of Lollapalooza this summer\nwas still in doubt. Two artists, whom Gardner refuses to identify,\nhad given a tentative thumbs up to performing, provided a\nformidable lineup was in place. Scott Weiland is believed to be one\nof the artists, while the other is unknown; however, Gardner was in\ndiscussions with Everclear and rapper Busta Rhymes about joining\nthe festival.\nIf Lollapalooza does in fact rise again, it won&amp;apos;t be without a\nfacelift. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re gonna get rid of all that crap in front of the\nhouse,&amp;quot; Gardner says, referring to the eclectic, multi-cultural\nfood court, kitschy jewelry and hemp apparel stands. &amp;quot;Let the\npromoters look after that. They know their local people. The way I\nsee it is kids like hot dogs, they like popcorn and they like\npizza. Guatemalan wrist bands were great in the early days, but\nthey just don&amp;apos;t cut it any more.&amp;quot;\nSeven years after its inception, the festival responsible for\nimbuing tours like H.O.R.D.E., Lilith Fair, Ozzfest and Warped with\ncredibility, is in hibernation. Still, Gardner is proud\nLollapalooza didn&amp;apos;t compromise its name. &amp;quot;I think if we were to do\nit this year, that would be the death if it came off as being weak\nor insipid,&amp;quot; he says."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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