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Lollapalooza 2010
A year after playing the parent fest, Dhani Harrison brought thenewno2 to a near-capacity crowd at Kidzapalooza this afternoon.
Dad George Harrison’s genes are readily evident in Dhani’s vocals, but the band’s no Beatles descendant. Their set started a bit behind schedule, but thenewno2 delivered their high-energy acoustic-guitar pop with aplomb.
The band debuted a new song for the assembled families, which may be called “Happens All the Time,” judging by the chorus. Catchy hook, but not much more happening there so far. (The martial snare work could be toned down a bit.)
After overcoming a sound outage, Harrison said, as he did last year, that he was sorry for the earlier rain, and it was because they hadn’t arrived earlier. Here comes the son?
But it was all right, as thenewno2 kicked into the third song of their short set, a cover of “Psycho Killer,” which was perhaps an odd Kidza choice, but well-performed nonetheless, giving a better hint of Harrison’s vocal chops and getting the crowd to sing along.
Harrison then brought out Lolla founder Perry Farrell along with Porno for Pyros’ Peter DiStefano, who’d earlier played his traditional fun rock set with Kidza mastermind Tor Hyams.
Farrell, DiStefano and Harrison then jammed on an old Pyros number, “Pets,” crooning to the kiddies about getting “fucked up.” (Hey, it’s rock n roll, people. And they’re just words.)
Farrell then introduced “Sweet Jane,” saying they wanted to be like him when they grew up until they met him face to face and then didn’t want to be like him so much anymore, an allusion perhaps to Reed’s prickly performance at Lolla last year.
Perry nailed it—”it’s classical music, kids!”—and showed how a rock star should come into the land of Kidz. “It sounded like I ripped my pants,” Farrell shouted at the end of the brief Porno for Pyros reunion. “But I didn’t!”
Well done, sir.
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