Lineup Archive

Lollapalooza 2012 lineup

The Lollapalooza line-up page lists 126 acts for Lollapalooza 2012 across 7 stages. Headliners were Black Sabbath, The Black Keys, Avicii, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justice and Jack White. 98 acts appeared at Lollapalooza for the first time in our records. 3 other billed acts cancelled.

126acts
7stages
78%first time at Lollapalooza
Friday
Black Sabbath The Black Keys
Passion Pit Metric The Black Angels O Rappa
The Shins The Afghan Whigs Dr. Dog The Growlers M83 The Head and the Heart Tame Impala Yellow Ostrich Wax DJ Zebo Die Antwoord Sharon Van Etten Michael Kiwanuka First Aid Kit Wale Dawes Band of Skulls SBTRKT Blind Pilot The War on Drugs Anamanaguchi Animal Kingdom Dev thenewno2 Helena Dry the River Kevin Devine Haley Reinhart Ambassadors Bassnectar +7 more
Saturday
Avicii Red Hot Chili Peppers
Franz Ferdinand Delta Spirit Los Jaivas
The Weeknd Aloe Blacc Doomtree Bloc Party Tune-Yards Neon Indian Bear In Heaven JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound Orchard Lounge The Tallest Man On Earth JJ Grey & MOFRO JEFF the Brotherhood Milo Greene Frank Ocean Twin Shadow Washed Out Fun. Chairlift Givers FIDLAR Kopecky Family Band Walk Off the Earth LP The Dunwells Empires Moon Taxi Chancellor Warhol Laura Warshauer Santigold Calvin Harris +5 more
Sunday
Justice Jack White
Florence + The Machine J. Cole White Rabbits Oberhofer
At the Drive-In Sigur Ros Trampled by Turtles Bombay Bicycle Club Miike Snow Toro Y Moi The Walkmen Poliça Bowerbirds DJ Mel Amadou & Mariam Gary Clark Jr. The Devil Makes Three Mona Childish Gambino The Big Pink Of Monsters and Men The Gaslight Anthem Dum Dum Girls Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Hey Rosetta! Point to Infinity The Jezabels Yuna The Sheepdogs Imaginary Cities Overdōz Outasight Red Oblivion Kaskade +7 more

Friday lineup

Bud Light Stage

  1. 1Black Sabbath
  2. 2Passion Pit
  3. 3Metric
  4. 4The Black Angels
  5. 5O Rappa

Red Bull Soundstage

  1. 1The Black Keys
  2. 2The Shins
  3. 3The Afghan Whigs
  4. 4Dr. Dog
  5. 5The Growlers

Sony Stage

  1. 1M83
  2. 2The Head and the Heart
  3. 3Tame Impala
  4. 4Yellow Ostrich
  5. 5Wax

PlayStation Stage

  1. 1DJ Zebo
  2. 2Die Antwoord
  3. 3Sharon Van Etten
  4. 4Michael Kiwanuka
  5. 5First Aid Kit

Google Play Stage

  1. 1Wale
  2. 2Dawes
  3. 3Band of Skulls
  4. 4SBTRKT
  5. 5Blind Pilot
  6. 6The War on Drugs
  7. 7Anamanaguchi
  8. 8Animal Kingdom

BMI Stage

  1. 1Dev
  2. 2thenewno2
  3. 3Helena
  4. 4Dry the River
  5. 5Kevin Devine
  6. 6Haley Reinhart
  7. 7Ambassadors

Perry's Stage

  1. 1Bassnectar
  2. 2NERO
  3. 3Porter Robinson
  4. 4Madeon
  5. 5Zedd
  6. 6Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
  7. 7The White Panda
  8. 8Young Bloods

Saturday lineup

Bud Light Stage

  1. 1Avicii
  2. 2Franz Ferdinand
  3. 3Alabama Shakes (cancelled due to weather)
  4. 4Delta Spirit
  5. 5Los Jaivas

Red Bull Soundstage

  1. 1Red Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2The Weeknd
  3. 3The Temper Trap (cancelled due to weather)
  4. 4Aloe Blacc
  5. 5Doomtree

Sony Stage

  1. 1Bloc Party
  2. 2Tune-Yards
  3. 3Neon Indian (cut short due to weather)
  4. 4Bear In Heaven
  5. 5JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound

PlayStation Stage

  1. 1Orchard Lounge
  2. 2The Tallest Man On Earth
  3. 3JJ Grey & MOFRO
  4. 4JEFF the Brotherhood
  5. 5Milo Greene

Google Play Stage

  1. 1Frank Ocean
  2. 2Twin Shadow
  3. 3Washed Out
  4. 4Fun.
  5. 5Chairlift
  6. 6Givers
  7. 7FIDLAR
  8. 8Kopecky Family Band

BMI Stage

  1. 1Walk Off the Earth
  2. 2LP
  3. 3The Dunwells
  4. 4Empires
  5. 5Moon Taxi
  6. 6Chancellor Warhol
  7. 7Laura Warshauer

Perry's Stage

  1. 1Santigold
  2. 2Calvin Harris
  3. 3Skream & Benga
  4. 4B.o.B (cancelled due to weather)
  5. 5Paper Diamond
  6. 6Star Slinger
  7. 7Salva
  8. 8Chief Keef

Sunday lineup

Bud Light Stage

  1. 1Justice
  2. 2Florence + The Machine
  3. 3J. Cole
  4. 4White Rabbits
  5. 5Oberhofer

Red Bull Soundstage

  1. 1Jack White
  2. 2At the Drive-In
  3. 3Sigur Ros
  4. 4Trampled by Turtles
  5. 5Bombay Bicycle Club

Sony Stage

  1. 1Miike Snow
  2. 2Toro Y Moi
  3. 3The Walkmen
  4. 4Poliça
  5. 5Bowerbirds

PlayStation Stage

  1. 1DJ Mel
  2. 2Amadou & Mariam
  3. 3Gary Clark Jr.
  4. 4The Devil Makes Three
  5. 5Mona

Google Play Stage

  1. 1Childish Gambino
  2. 2The Big Pink
  3. 3Of Monsters and Men
  4. 4The Gaslight Anthem
  5. 5Dum Dum Girls
  6. 6Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
  7. 7Hey Rosetta!
  8. 8Point to Infinity

BMI Stage

  1. 1The Jezabels
  2. 2Yuna
  3. 3The Sheepdogs
  4. 4Imaginary Cities
  5. 5Overdōz
  6. 6Outasight
  7. 7Red Oblivion

Perry's Stage

  1. 1Kaskade
  2. 2Zeds Dead
  3. 3Big Gigantic
  4. 4Doctor P
  5. 5Little Dragon
  6. 6Nadastrom
  7. 7DJ Nihal
  8. 8Kid Color
On this bill

Their festival histories

Tame Impala 27 appearances · headlined 6× Bloc Party 25 appearances The Black Keys 25 appearances · headlined 7× Florence and the Machine 21 appearances · headlined 9× Franz Ferdinand 21 appearances · headlined 1× Red Hot Chili Peppers 21 appearances · headlined 19× Gary Clark Jr. 19 appearances Kaskade 18 appearances · headlined 2×

First time at Lollapalooza in 2012

AviciiBlack SabbathJack WhiteJusticeFlorence and the MachineFranz FerdinandLos JaivasO RappaOberhoferThe Afghan WhigsAloe BlaccAmbassadorsAnamanaguchiAnimal KingdomAt the Drive-InBear In HeavenBig GiganticBombay Bicycle ClubBowerbirdsCalvin HarrisChancellor WarholChief KeefChildish GambinoDevThe Devil Makes ThreeDie AntwoordDJ NihalDJ ZeboDoctor PDoomtreeDry the RiverDum Dum GirlsThe DunwellsEmpiresFidlarFirst Aid KitFrank OceanFun.Gary Clark Jr.Givers+58 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Waxlast played Lollapalooza in 199220 years
  2. M83last played Lollapalooza in 20057 years
  3. Red Hot Chili Pepperslast played Lollapalooza in 20066 years
  4. The Shinslast played Lollapalooza in 20066 years
  5. The Black Angelslast played Lollapalooza in 20075 years

Other festivals in 2012

Coachella 2012 36 sharedReading & Leeds 2012 20 sharedAustin City Limits 2012 27 sharedOutside Lands 2012 23 sharedGovernors Ball 2012 5 sharedNewport Folk 2012 10 sharedHangout 2012 16 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2012 11 shared
Next yearLollapalooza 2013Nine Inch Nails · The Killers · The Postal ServiceSee the lineup →

Questions about Lollapalooza 2012

Who headlined Lollapalooza 2012?

Black Sabbath, The Black Keys, Avicii, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justice and Jack White were the headliners of Lollapalooza 2012.

How many acts are on the Lollapalooza 2012 lineup?

The Lollapalooza line-up page lists 129 acts for Lollapalooza 2012 across 7 stages; 3 of thems cancelled. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Lollapalooza for the first time in 2012?

98 acts on the 2012 lineup had not appeared at Lollapalooza before in our records, including Avicii, Black Sabbath, Jack White, Justice and Florence and the Machine.

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. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.