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Meet your tour guides:
In order to walk the talk, Billy and Meighan are off to Detroit and their first stop on the tour in a new 2003 Toyota Prius hybrid. Says Billy: “We're going to see if we can make it all the way to Detroit on one tank of gas. WOOHOO! Wish us luck!” |
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Slideshow! Check out some pictures from the tour. |
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Tales from the road! 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Wrap-Up |
What's a lollapalooza?
According to our dictionary, it's old-time American slang for "something outstanding of its kind."
As for Lollapalooza with a capital L, well, think of it as a travelling Gen-X Woodstock. The show, first launched in 1991, is back on the road after a five-year layoff.
What's this have to do with the Sierra Club?
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| Lollapalooza founder and Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, center, with the Sierra Student Coalition's rock journalist Meighan Davis on left and SSC photographer Crystal Durham on right. |
Lollapalooza has committed this year's tour to promoting alternative energy solutions. A number of the vendors and tabling organizations are environmentally oriented, there to help educate concertgoers about everything from the destructive Bush energy bill to ways to make your own house, car, and home appliances more energy efficient.
As a forward-looking organization, we know that the power to effect change comes from the youth. Lollapalooza is an opportunity to reinvigorate the Sierra Club activist community with some new blood to combat environmental challenges, not just this year but years into the future.
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| Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 in Detroit. |
Billy and Meighan will hit four shows on their road trip, tabling at each of the following venues:
July 18: DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI (Detroit)
July 19: Pittsburgh, Post-Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA
July 20: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Cleveland)
July 23: PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
All Sierra Club Lollapalooza 2003 photos courtesy Crystal Durham/Sierra Student Coalition. Sierra Club collection; all rights reserved.