This summer, Lollapalooza is expanding to four days as the iconic festival celebrates its 25th anniversary!
To help celebrate, we will be taking a look at each year of the festival and what was going on in the world of Chicago sports at that time.
Today is all about the year 2006.
Dates: August 4 - 6
Locations: Grant Park, Chicago, IL
Lollapalooza artists: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ween, Sleater-Kinney, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Adams, Mute Math, Kanye West, Common, Gnarls Barkley, The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Wilco
Notable Chicago sports moment: Bears draft Devin Hester in the 2nd round of the NFL Draft and he will go on to become one of the most dynamic players in team history.
How Chicago sports teams fared in 2006:
Bulls: 4th in Central, lost to Heat in First Round 4-2
Cubs: 6th in NL Central
White Sox: 3rd in AL Central
Blackhawks: 4th in Central
Bears: 1st in NFC North, lost Super Bowl to Colts 29-17
Fire: 3rd in East, lost Conference Semi-Finals to Revolution 2-4
Check out the rest of the #Lolla25 countdown here.
Four-day passes for #Lolla25 go on sale March 22 at 10 a.m. but we are giving away passes now here!