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Gallery: Lollaplooza 2017

The four-day festival takes over Chicago’s lakefront park and turns up the volume thanks to Ryan Adams, Arcade Fire, Muse, Ron Gallo, Warpaint, Cage the Elephant, and others.

Chris Kies
By Chris KiesAug 29, 2017
Chris Kies
Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and occasionally writing an artist feature. Other than that, he enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.
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Temples’ James Bagshaw

Temples’ frontman/guitarist loves Gretches. For most of the band’s set, he bounced between a 12-string Chet Atkins Country Gentleman and this 1963 Tennessean—including for the closer “Shelter Song.”

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