Lollapalooza: Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon played to a very different Lollapalooza than they’ve played in the past. Instead of the ten or so fans that Caleb mentioned during the festivals traveling days and the mediocre afternoon crowd back in 2007, they played to roughly 40,000 screaming fans as one of this years six headliners opposite the park from Depeche Mode. With a headlining spot, the brothers (plus cousin) got to really dig into their catalog this time and pulled plenty of songs from all four of their discs which pleased both avid and casual fans. Caleb mentioned that Chicago is one of his most favorite cities in the world, “so I’m gonna get drunk tonight,” he remarked. I have a feeling he wasn’t sipping on wine up there…

After getting through the sing-a-long “Sex On Fire” Caleb thanked the crowd again for “making us [Kings of Leon] a bigger band than we really are.” Somewhat of a double edged sword, Caleb isn’t exactly happy with the huge crowds that are showing up to see the Southern rockers as he’s mentioned in multiple interviews with Rolling Stone and Mojo to name a few. After dedicating the show to a girl named Louise (sp?) whom the band met during the day they launched into current single “Use Somebody” only to follow up with a crowd pleasing “Black Thumbnail” and Caleb kicking the microphone off the stage. Awesome.

Kings of Leon Setlist for Lollapalooza:

1. Be Somebody
2. Taper Jean Girl
3. My Party
4. Molly’s Chambers
5. Red Morning Light
6. Fans
7. Closer
8. Crawl
9. Four Kicks
10. Charmer
11. Sex On Fire
12. The Bucket
13. Notion
14. On Call
15. Slow Nights, So Long
16. Knocked Up
17. Manhattan
18. Use Somebody
19. Black Thumbnail