This will put to rest...

shadowcast

all the message boards about PJ playing later than 10pm at Lollapalooza. I personally think it is silly for the residents in the area to complain since all of the money the city get back is a slight price to pay for the noise. But Grant Park is in a very upper class neighborhood. I am going and I don't care how long they play. I will be there having a blast. Plus there are also a ton of other bands that I want to see as well. Anyway the article is below.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lollapaloozajun19,1,6883867.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true

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uglybabo

"Bob O'Neill, president of the Grant Park Advisory Council, said he would make sure that the music stops at 10 p.m. People have complained that they could hear recorded music played by the cleanup crews."

This is a direct quote from the article.

shadowcast

The annual Lollapalooza concert in Grant Park brings Chicago not only some great -- if loud -- music, but also $1 million a year to spruce up city parks.

The catch? Some neighbors say they can hear the pulsating beat in their living rooms.



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Several of those people showed up for a public hearing Monday night at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., to voice concerns about the concert, which is scheduled for Aug. 3-5 and expected to attract nearly 200,000 people over three days. Pearl Jam, Daft Punk and Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals are some of the dozens of acts scheduled to perform.

In response to residents' complaints, Lollapalooza organizers plan to turn five of the nine performance stages toward Lake Michigan to reduce the noise heard by nearby residents. Bob O'Neill, president of the Grant Park Advisory Council, said he would make sure that the music stops at 10 p.m. People have complained that they could hear recorded music played by the cleanup crews.

The stage changes weren't enough for Richard Ward, president of the New Eastside Association of Residents, who said he's frustrated because it appears to him that local and state agencies will not enforce noise ordinances.

"It's one thing to have three hours of music, but 39 hours?" Ward said.

Some residents said three days of loud music is a small price for the benefits that Lollapalooza's money will bring to city parks.

On Monday night, O'Neill outlined three projects in Grant Park that have been paid for with approximately $1 million generated by the 2005 and 2006 Lollapalooza concerts. About 1,600 crab apple and lilac trees have been planted in Hutchinson Field, one of the concert locations for Lollapalooza this year, and 200 trees were planted around the Lincoln Statue, near Buckingham Fountain.

In October 2006, the Chicago Park District approved a $5 million contract to host Lollapalooza in Grant Park for five years. At the time, parks officials said they would reassess the site, acoustics and noise concerns in planning this year's festival.

As part of the deal, at least 10 percent of the annual $1 million -- coming from Texas-based Capital Sports & Entertainment, which produces Lollapalooza -- will be spent in Grant Park starting this year. The rest will pay for improvements in neighborhood parks throughout the city.

Using money from Lollapalooza, the Park District has created the Solti Gardens on the west side of Grant Park just south of the Art Institute of Chicago. The gardens feature a bust of former Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Georg Solti.

pjalive21

i think we should just be thankful they are playing lollapalooza and be given 2 hours to play which is above average for bands at a festival...i dont see what there is to be negative about this at all...you have to respect the curfew and the people of the city and lollapalooza giving back like they are is a good thing so we can keep getting that festival for years and years