Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Hangout Fest & GoogaMooga (pics); GoogaMooga coming to Chicago next?

May 20, 2013

YYYs @ GoogaMooga 2013

We’ve already posted photos from the first two bands (The Darkness and The Flaming Lips) to play the Great GoogaMooga kickoff concert on Friday (5/17). Here are a set from headliners Yeah Yeah Yeahs who were the only band to actually get to play after sunset. A few shots of Chairlift, who played two different DJ sets that day and who will perform in the same location of the park this summer, are also in this post.

Did you go on Friday? How was your GoogaMooga experience?

Right after playing GoogaMooga, YYYs hopped down to Gulf Shores, Alabama to play the 2013 Hangout Fest on Sunday (5/19).

“About halfway through the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Hangout Music Festival set, frontwoman Karen O took a moment to make a special announcement before playing the band’s 2004 breakout single “Maps.” “This is dedicated to Stevie Wonder,” she called out to the thousands of fans who showed up to catch the Yeah’s set. The iconic R&B star was slated to follow the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on the Hangout Stage as the weekend’s headliner.” [MTV]

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Despite not having the most successful event either this year (rain) or last year (lines), a Channel 12 report claims GoogaMooga will be back in 2014. Meanwhile, BV Chicago reports that GoogaMooga might be coming to Chicago in August.

More Yeah Yeah Yeahs photos are below.

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