8 acts our reviewers loved at Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza 2026 opened with warm sunshine on Thursday but the weekend soon brought rain and turned Grant Park into a mud pit. But neither winds nor rain nor Saturday’s delayed start prevented our critics from canvassing stages in search of the next big talents. After all, veterans of Lollapaloozas yore like to compare notes on which major acts they saw way back when, be it Lady Gaga or Charli xcx with early-in-the-day slots before making it big. Here are 8 up-and-coming performers that our…