Lollapalooza co-founder Ted Gardner lifeless at 74
by: Cameron DeFaria
Jan 7, 2022
Achieved music supervisor and Lollapalooza co-founder Ted Gardner has died at age 74. The Australian native handed away on December 28, 2021 surrounded by household after having battled a long-term sickness. Gardner co-founded Lollapalooza alongside Jane’s Dependancy frontman Perry Farrell in 1991. He turned Jane’s Dependancy’s full-time supervisor simply two years previous to Lolla’s debut, having initially launched his profession in Australia working with Males at Work whereas accompanying them on their first North American tour opening for Fleetwood Mac. In 1992, Gardner established a administration firm alongside his spouse, Nikki Brown, whose notable roster boasted acts resembling Queens of the Stone Age, The Verve, Device, The Cramps, and The Brian Jonestown Bloodbath. In a latest tweet of remembrance, Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Bloodbath wrote,
“The funniest story he instructed me was of a gathering when @lollapalooza went mega, and he walks in and @perryfarrell goes ‘ted, we received Metallica to headline’ he goes ‘fuck, you simply wrecked this pageant.’ Perry goes ‘ted, they’re on speakerphone now’ Phone ‘hello ted’ Face with tears of pleasure.”
Ted Gardner will likely be dearly missed. Keep tuned for pending particulars relating to Lollapalooza’s 2022 installment in July.
Featured picture: Anton Newcombe
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