Lolla 2008 photos

Kanye West

8:30 p.m. AT&T stage
Having obviously learned his lesson from the two-hours-late Bonnaroo incident, Kanye West started his set fashionably late at 8:35 p.m. sans any big introduction from Barack Obama (sorry, Internet rumors). Bursting on stage in a cloud of blue and purple, claps of strobes and foreboding synthesizers he grabbed the audience and never let go. West performed all his hits and played on audience emotions as he called for onlookers to “Scream for my mama” (who passed away Nov. 2007) as he fell to the floor. West has an obvious flair for the dramatic and through full-throttle swagger and production he channeled it in the best way possible, leading Lollapalooza out with a bang.
--Erin Osmon