Lollapalooza Line-up Leak is FAKE!
By Lisa Fumagalli
Recently a Twitter user by the name of @Lollaleaks posted the supposed Lollapalooza line-up for 2012. They recently admitted in a Tumblr.com post that this post was simply an experiment.
Recently an anonymous Twitter user whose supposed "leaks" of the 2012 Lollapalooza headliners got a lot of attention from concert-goers and media outlets alike. Apparently @Lollaleaks was "fucking with (us)" and simply wanted to see if "one ‘anonymous’ person could throw a random line-up on the internet and get people to believe it?” You can read the Tumblr post here where @Lollaleaks annouces the fraud. When the inital "leak" happened Perry Farrel, creator of Lollapalooza, had some choice comments when vent his anger via twitter. Perry called @Lollaleaks “a red tick", "a fraud” and said they had “a small penis.” Farrell also tweeted that the 2012 Lollapalooza line-up “has not been finalized.”
Lollapalooza 2012 "Leaked" Headliners
Metallica, Beyonce, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Beck, Sonic Youth, Justice, Chromeo, Bassnectar
Other "Leaked" Acts
The Shins, M83, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Gotye, At The Drive-In, Garbage, Missy Elliott, Guided By Voices, Sleigh Bells, Passion Pit, Korn, Skrillex, M.I.A., Calvin Harris
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