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KOURY ANGELO, 2; JOSH BRASTED/FILMMAGIC; KOURY ANGELO; 247PAPS.TV/SPLASH NEWS; JOHNNY NUNEZ/GETTY IMAGES FOR REMY MARTIN; STANo
Chance
played
for one
of the
biggest
Lolla
crowds
ever.Despite a vicious rainstorm
that forced Muse offstage
after just three songs
andcutshortLorde’sset,
this year’s Lollapalooza
fest in Chicago still
featured stunning
performances by the
Killers, Arcade Fire and Lil
Yachty. The highlight was
hometown hero Chance
theRapper,whoplayed
Lollapalooza for the third
time and thanked
everyone from his mum to
the stage managers to
“the security niggas”.Lolla
Rocks
UNCAGED“I forgot the lacy
redundiesinmyhotel,”says
Cage the Elephant’s Matt
Shultz of his provocative
Lolla stage outfit.TOP-DOWN TOVE Swedish
pop star Tove Lo briefl y
fl ashed the crowd during her
set: “No one’s getting hurt
from me showing my tits.”FAREWELL TO
A FRIEND
Machine Gun
Kelly honoured
the late Chester
Bennington with
an emotional
cover of Linkin
Park’s 2003 hit
“Numb”. “Love
you more than
you will know,”
he tweeted.WHAT
FRIENDS
ARE FOR
Elton John
and Bono got
together in
France after
they both
wrapped up
European tours.
U2 are headed
back to the U.S.
this month for
more Joshua
Tree shows, and
are reportedly
ready to drop
their next LP.FLY THE
FLANNY
Aussie rapper
and TV regular
Briggs on the
set of former
Triple J DJ Matt
Okine’s new
comedy series
The Other Guy
(available to
watch now on
Stan), where
he plays Dog
Murphy, a serial
pest/bully
who’s made it
his mission to
harass Okine’s
character.