Lollapalooza Kicks Off As COVID Cases Surge

APTOPIX 2021 Lollapalooza Music Festival - Day 1
A couple kisses while fireworks illuminates the sky during the end of day one of the Lollapalooza music festival on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Grant Park in Chicago. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar) Associated Press
APTOPIX 2021 Lollapalooza Music Festival - Day 1
A couple kisses while fireworks illuminates the sky during the end of day one of the Lollapalooza music festival on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Grant Park in Chicago. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar) Associated Press

Lollapalooza Kicks Off As COVID Cases Surge

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Lollapalooza asked fans arriving for the festival to bring a copy of their COVID vaccination card or negative test results. Time Out Chicago editor Zach Long joins Reset to tell us what that looked like, and more about the lineup.

GUEST: Zach Long, editor at Time Out Chicago