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Lollapalooza 1995 lineup

The Lollapalooza line-up page lists 76 acts for Lollapalooza 1995 across 3 stages. The headliner was Sonic Youth. 72 acts appeared at Lollapalooza for the first time in our records.

76acts
3stages
95%first time at Lollapalooza
Sonic Youth
Hole Cypress Hill Pavement Sinéad O'Connor Elastica Superchunk Moby Beck
The Jesus Lizard The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Coolio Yo La Tengo Doo Rag Possum Dixon Poster Children Brainiac The Coctails Geraldine Fibbers The Dambuilders Laika The Pharcyde Helium St. Johnny Built to Spill Redman Dirty Three Mike Watt Versus Hum Blonde Redhead The Roots Blowhole The Zeros Pork Queen Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments Sabalon Glitz Tuscadero Psychotica +37 more

Full lineup

Main Stage

  1. 1Sonic Youth
  2. 2Hole
  3. 3Cypress Hill
  4. 4Pavement
  5. 5Sinéad O'Connor (July 4 – July 15; bowed out due to pregnancy)
  6. 6Elastica (July 23 – August 3, August 10 – August 18; replaced Sinéad O'Connor)
  7. 7Superchunk (August 5; subbing for Elastica)
  8. 8Moby (August 6 – August 9; subbing for Elastica)
  9. 9Beck
  10. 10The Jesus Lizard
  11. 11The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Side Stage

  1. 1Coolio (July 4 – July 19)
  2. 2Yo La Tengo (July 4 – July 19)
  3. 3Doo Rag (July 4 – July 13)
  4. 4Possum Dixon (July 4 – July 13)
  5. 5Poster Children (July 4 – July 13)
  6. 6Brainiac (July 14 – July 19)
  7. 7The Coctails (July 14 – July 23)
  8. 8Geraldine Fibbers (July 14 – July 28)
  9. 9The Dambuilders (July 20 – July 28)
  10. 10Laika (July 20 – July 28)
  11. 11The Pharcyde (July 20 – July 28)
  12. 12Moby (July 18 – July 31)
  13. 13Superchunk (July 26 – August 3, August 6)
  14. 14Helium (July 29 – August 3)
  15. 15St. Johnny (July 29 – August 3)
  16. 16Built to Spill (July 29 – August 6)
  17. 17Redman (July 29 – August 6)
  18. 18Dirty Three (August 5 – August 19)
  19. 19Mike Watt (August 5 – August 19)
  20. 20Versus (August 5 – August 19)
  21. 21Hum (August 9 – August 16)
  22. 22Blonde Redhead (August 9 – August 19)
  23. 23The Roots (August 9 – August 19)
  24. 24Blowhole (July 4, George, WA)
  25. 25The Zeros (July 5, Vancouver)
  26. 26Pork Queen (July 5, Vancouver)
  27. 27Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments (July 14, Columbus)
  28. 28Sabalon Glitz (July 15, Chicago)
  29. 29Tuscadero (July 25, Boston)
  30. 30Psychotica (July 28, NYC)
  31. 31Patti Smith (July 28, NYC)
  32. 32Pavement (August 5, Subbing for Mike Watt in Atlanta)
  33. 33Portastatic (August 5, Atlanta)
  34. 34Porno For Pyros (August 14, Irvine, CA)
  35. 35Gary Young's Hospital (August 17, Sacramento, August 18, Mountain View)
  36. 36Overpass (August 18, Mountain View)
  37. 37Beck (acoustic, generally)

Lab Stage

  1. 1Strapping Young Lad (July 5, Vancouver)
  2. 2Clod Hopper (Mountain View)
  3. 3Pet (July 5, Vancouver)
  4. 4Evil Roy Slade (July 5, Vancouver)
  5. 5Crankshaft (July 5, Vancouver)
  6. 6DDT (July 5, Vancouver)
  7. 7Shallow (July 10 – August 17)
  8. 8Solid Frog (July 19, Detroit)
  9. 9Used (July 19, Detroit)
  10. 10Bright Black (July 20, Detroit)
  11. 11Breech (July 20, Detroit)
  12. 12Voodoo Libido (July 20, Detroit)
  13. 13Coltrane WRECK (July 22, Cleveland)
  14. 14Queue Up (July 22, Cleveland)
  15. 15Killer's Favourite Cartoon (July 23, Toronto)
  16. 16Upper Crust (July 25, Boston)
  17. 17Tree (July 25, Boston)
  18. 18Spring Heel Jack U.S.A. (July 26, Hartford)
  19. 19Mung (July 26, Hartford)
  20. 20Royale Crown (July 26, Hartford)
  21. 21Billy Lamont & Mike Peters (The Alarm) (July 28 NYC)
  22. 22Dandelion (July 30, Philadelphia)
  23. 23The Trip (July 30, Philadelphia)
  24. 24Cracker Snatch (July 30, Philadelphia)
  25. 25Swim (August 9, Austin)
  26. 26Lucifer Wong (August 9, Austin)
  27. 27UFOFU (August 10, Dallas)
  28. 28REO Speedealer (August 10, Dallas)
  29. 29Prom (August 10, Dallas)
  30. 30Porno For Pyros (8/15 Irvine, CA)
  31. 31Groovie Ghoulies (August 17, Sacramento)
  32. 32Crash And Britany (August 17, Sacramento)
  33. 33Extra Fancy (2 dates, maybe Phoenix/LA?)
On this bill

Their festival histories

Beck 22 appearances · headlined 3× The Roots 13 appearances Cypress Hill 9 appearances · headlined 1× Moby 9 appearances · headlined 2× Pavement 9 appearances Sonic Youth 9 appearances · headlined 1× Blonde Redhead 8 appearances Yo La Tengo 7 appearances

First time at Lollapalooza in 1995

Sonic YouthBeckElasticaHoleThe Jesus LizardThe Mighty Mighty BosstonesMobyPavementSinéad O'ConnorSuperchunkBilly Lamont & Mike Peters (The Alarm)Blonde RedheadBlowholeBrainiacBreechBright BlackBuilt to SpillClod HopperColtrane WRECKCoolioCracker SnatchCrankshaftCrash And BritanyThe DambuildersDandelionDDTDirty ThreeDoo RagEvil Roy SladeExtra FancyGary Young's HospitalGeraldine FibbersGroovie GhouliesHeliumHumKiller's Favourite CartoonLaikaLucifer WongMike WattMung+32 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Porno for Pyroslast played Lollapalooza in 19923 years
  2. The Coctailslast played Lollapalooza in 19932 years

Other festivals in 1995

Glastonbury 1995 2 sharedReading & Leeds 1995 4 sharedNewport Folk 1995
Next yearLollapalooza 1996MetallicaSee the lineup →

Questions about Lollapalooza 1995

Who headlined Lollapalooza 1995?

Sonic Youth was the headliner of Lollapalooza 1995. 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 1995 lineup?

The Lollapalooza line-up page lists 76 acts for Lollapalooza 1995 across 3 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Lollapalooza for the first time in 1995?

72 acts on the 1995 lineup had not appeared at Lollapalooza before in our records, including Sonic Youth, Beck, Elastica, Hole and The Jesus Lizard.

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.