Sure, Lollapalooza has found a home in the Windy City, but with this year's star-studded lineup and absolutely gorgeous weather, it's no shock to meet people from all across the country, and all around the world while traipsing the festival grounds. Enjoy the first part of our festival faces gallery, and meet some of our newest pals in Grant Park. PHOTOS AND REPORTING BY STEVE AQUINO, JAMES MONTELEONE, ERICA FUTTERMAN, AND KAREN CHAN
Names: Travis Jones, Brenda Wendt, CJ Rockfeller, Chain Vandelay
Ages: 23, 23, 21, 23
Hometown: Adelaide, Australia
Occupations: Carpenter, nanny, volunteer firefighter, helicopter pilot
"Our flight was 29 hours total. We stopped in London so it was 22 hours to there and about 7 to Chicago."
Names: Lee Michaels
Ages: 26
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Occupation: Computer software tech
"The only problem we had getting here was we picked United as our airline."
Name: Mallory Below
Age: 20
Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI
Occupation: Student
Took a train from Pontiac, Michigan and "had to endure four hours of annoying high schoolers" before getting to Chicago.
Name: Rachel Medina
Age: 20
Hometown: Munster, IN
Occupation: DJ/student
Rode the train and got off at the wrong stop, "ended up in the ghetto."
Name: Ben Magel, Amanda Schroeder
Age: 29, 25
Hometown: Iowa City, IA
Occupations: Retail grocery manager, barista
"Drove 300 miles."
Name: Brian Lemon
Age: 34
Hometown: Washington, DC
Occupation: Video production
"It was an 11-hour drive by myself."
Name: Zoe Kazurinsky
Age: 18
Hometown Cronulla, Australia
Occupation: Student
"My parents are divorced, so I live part-time in Australia and came up to visit friends and go to Lollapalooza."
At Lollapalooza '06, Spin is on the ground with our college correspondent program. Eight college students -- four writers, four photographers -- earned the opportunity to cover the festival for SPIN.com, live, all weekend long. Sound appealing? Stay tuned to SPIN.com for future opportunities to apply for our college correspondent program!
