The second day of Lollapalooza Brazil brought rock from different generations to the event's stages, from the festival's founders to new names in alternative music.
This Saturday, the 25th, the original plan was to bring the nostalgic pop punk of Blink-182 as the headliner, but the band canceled their participation after Travis Barker Twenty One Pilots stepped in , known for their fiery performances and already established popularity with Brazilian audiences.
Wikimetal 's coverage , the day for the rock musicians in attendance began with Pitty Brian May and Mick Jagger 's favorite , the British artist Yungblud , and then by the band responsible for the festival's existence: Jane's Addiction .
See our coverage and exclusive photos by Renan Facciolo below. Read the review of the first day of the event here .
Pitty thrills and gets everyone dancing in a show packed with classics.
At 2:40 PM, Pitty took to the Adidas stage to a crowd that sang along in emotional choruses to every word of the artist's classic songs.
After touring Brazil alongside Nando Reis , the singer from Bahia is now preparing to celebrate two decades since the release of "Admirável Chip Novo" with a new tour across the country between April and July . "We'll be seeing each other a lot on the road this year, you know?" she reminded the fans present.
At Lollapalooza , there was room for recent songs from his career, with a sequence of "Ninguém É de Ninguém," the classic "Memórias," and "Setevidas" right at the beginning of the show, navigating through the many sounds explored in his discography, including a remote participation from Baiana System in "Roda."
Even so, the show's biggest explosion came during Pitty's career classics, heavily featured in the setlist, with the audience singing every word, creating emotional moments that spoke volumes about the artist's importance in Brazilian rock.
Yungblud surprises with a noisy show and rockstar attitude.
Despite areas for improvement regarding the distribution of heavier, often isolated, music artists, Lollapalooza Brazil is certainly not a place for closed-minded "old-timers" of rock. The festival's mix of sounds and colors allows you to discover artists you would never hear live under other circumstances – and you might be pleasantly surprised, as in the case of Yungblud.
While the British singer's sound may not be classified as rock in the most conservative sense, being categorized as "pop punk," there's undeniable weight and attitude in his music, which has already won over major icons of the genre. Mick Jagger praised Yungblud's "post-punk" attitude , saying he brings "a bit of life" to rock n' roll, while Brian May even lectured fans who turned their noses up at the newcomer, comparing his experience to what Freddie Mercury went through.
Yungblud showed his true colors as soon as he stepped onto the stage, playing loudly, running around and jumping non-stop throughout the performance. With a surprisingly heavy and raw live sound, even on more pop-oriented studio tracks, the musician displayed all the rockstar attitude necessary to justify the crowd jumping and singing in front of the Chevrolet stage: he learned to say "open more" in Portuguese to ask for mosh pits (even though they didn't form), threw himself into the audience, and knew how to command the crowd. The live experience with Yungblud proves that Jagger and May weren't wrong.
A show can't be made solely from a good setlist – and Jane's Addiction didn't quite ring a bell at Lollapalooza.
The band of Lollapalooza creator Perry Farrell made another appearance at the festival that was supposed to be just Jane's Addiction's farewell tour, but has become an international brand with editions in various parts of the world.
Without Dave Navarro , unable to tour due to long-term COVID-19 complications, the band took to the Chevrolet Stage at 5:50 PM with Josh Klinghoffer on guitar as a substitute. At a great time and with a large crowd in front of the Chevrolet Stage, the band showcased the undeniable quality of their repertoire, guided by Farrell's finely tuned and distinctive voice.
Despite this, most of the audience watched the show with polite interest, without clapping along to the excellent drum beats. With the exception of a few scattered, enthusiastic fans dancing intensely, their hands raised closer to the stage, interactions only came at the end of each song, without much enthusiasm from the audience for the frontman's interactions, who spoke about his love for Brazil and how special that night was, creating a puzzle in each sentence.
Just like in the band's solo show last Thursday, the 23rd, the cabaret dancers from the cover of the album Nothing's Shocking are represented on stage by dancers. Unlike the effect in the intimate venue (read the review here ), however, their presence at Lollapalooza is lost on stage and doesn't bring anything more edgy or engaging to the show, not even to justify the outdated attitude.
Jane's Addiction's show at Lollapalooza Brazil was flawless in many aspects, from the ferocious solos to the rhythmic bass, from the powerful drums to the vocalist's precise screams, but not even a great setlist was able to captivate the audience this Saturday.
All the organic emotion that was lacking for much of the show was saved for the end, when the band paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins, drummer of the Foo Fighters and "one of the best musicians in the world," in Farrell's words before beginning the intense, heartfelt, and human tribute, which ended far too soon. At that moment, photos of the band with Hawkins were displayed on the screen, and previous quotes from the Jane's Addiction vocalist ("We love Brazil, we love the ocean, and we love surfing") were explained.
Taylor Hawkins died exactly one year ago, on March 25th, just before performing at the Lollapalooza festivals in Colombia and Brazil.
