Lineup Archive

Lollapalooza 1996 lineup

The Lollapalooza line-up page lists 42 acts for Lollapalooza 1996 across 3 stages. The headliner was Metallica. 36 acts appeared at Lollapalooza for the first time in our records.

42acts
3stages
86%first time at Lollapalooza
Metallica
Soundgarden Ramones Rancid Shaolin monks Screaming Trees Psychotica Rage Against the Machine Cocteau Twins
Waylon Jennings Cheap Trick Violent Femmes The Tea Party Wu-Tang Clan Steve Earle Devo 311 Wild Strawberries Beth Hart Band Girls Against Boys Ben Folds Five Ruby Cornershop You Am I Soul Coughing Sponge Melvins Satchel Jonny Polonsky Fireside Chune Moonshake Lutefisk Capsize 7 The Cows Long Fin Killie Thirty Ought Six Varnaline Crumb +3 more

Full lineup

Main Stage

  1. 1Metallica
  2. 2Soundgarden
  3. 3Ramones
  4. 4Rancid
  5. 5Shaolin monks
  6. 6Screaming Trees
  7. 7Psychotica
  8. 8Rage Against the Machine (selected dates only)
  9. 9Cocteau Twins (selected dates only)
  10. 10Waylon Jennings (selected dates only)
  11. 11Cheap Trick (surprise guest act; selected dates only)
  12. 12Violent Femmes (selected dates only)
  13. 13The Tea Party (selected dates only)
  14. 14Wu-Tang Clan (selected dates only)
  15. 15Steve Earle (selected dates only)
  16. 16Devo (selected dates only)
  17. 17311 (selected dates only)
  18. 18Wild Strawberries (in Canada; selected dates only)

Side Stage

  1. 1Beth Hart Band
  2. 2Girls Against Boys
  3. 3Ben Folds Five
  4. 4Ruby
  5. 5Cornershop
  6. 6You Am I
  7. 7Soul Coughing
  8. 8Sponge
  9. 9Melvins
  10. 10Satchel
  11. 11Jonny Polonsky
  12. 12Fireside

Indie Stage

  1. 1Chune
  2. 2Moonshake
  3. 3Lutefisk
  4. 4Capsize 7
  5. 5The Cows
  6. 6Long Fin Killie
  7. 7Thirty Ought Six
  8. 8Varnaline
  9. 9Crumb
  10. 10Flesh Fetish
  11. 11Pitbull Daycare
  12. 12The Sneaches
On this bill

Their festival histories

Metallica 12 appearances · headlined 12× Rage Against the Machine 11 appearances · headlined 5× Steve Earle 9 appearances Violent Femmes 7 appearances Devo 6 appearances · headlined 1× Cornershop 5 appearances Girls Against Boys 5 appearances Rancid 5 appearances

First time at Lollapalooza in 1996

Metallica311Cheap TrickCocteau TwinsDevoRamonesRancidScreaming TreesShaolin monksSteve EarleThe Tea PartyWaylon JenningsWild StrawberriesWu-Tang ClanBen Folds FiveBeth Hart BandCapsize 7ChuneCornershopCrumbFiresideFlesh FetishJonny PolonskyLong Fin KillieLutefiskMelvinsMoonshakePitbull DaycareRubySatchelThe SneachesSoul CoughingSpongeThirty Ought SixVarnalineYou Am I

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Violent Femmeslast played Lollapalooza in 19915 years
  2. The Cowslast played Lollapalooza in 19924 years
  3. Soundgardenlast played Lollapalooza in 19924 years
  4. Rage Against the Machinelast played Lollapalooza in 19933 years
  5. Girls Against Boyslast played Lollapalooza in 19942 years

Other festivals in 1996

Reading & Leeds 1996 5 sharedNewport Folk 1996
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Questions about Lollapalooza 1996

Who headlined Lollapalooza 1996?

Metallica was the headliner of Lollapalooza 1996. The source marks no headliners, so these are the first acts listed on the main stage each day.

How many acts are on the Lollapalooza 1996 lineup?

The Lollapalooza line-up page lists 42 acts for Lollapalooza 1996 across 3 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Lollapalooza for the first time in 1996?

36 acts on the 1996 lineup had not appeared at Lollapalooza before in our records, including Metallica, 311, Cheap Trick, Cocteau Twins and Devo.

Source: Wikipedia, "List of Lollapalooza lineups by year" (revision 1381523646), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. This year's source marks no headliners, so the first act listed on the main stage each day is shown as the headliner. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.