Poor ticket sales have prompted the cancellation of this year's Lollapalooza tour. The festival was to visit sixteen venues starting July 15th in Auburn, Washington, with two dates of different music for each stop. But facing potential losses of millions of dollars, organizers pulled the plug.

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Morrissey, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, the String Cheese Incident, the Flaming Lips, the Pixies, Wilco, Modest Mouse and the Polyphonic Spree were among the more than thirty bands scheduled to take part in the tour.

"My heart aches along with the bands, and all our employees, whose hard work developed one of the most exciting tours this nation was to see," organizer Perry Farrell said. "My heart is broken."


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