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Lil Uzi Vert Missed His Lollapalooza Birthday Set, But Joined Major Lazer And Dropped A Surprise EP
Lil Uzi Vert missed his own Lollapalooza set on Friday after stormy weather led organisers to cancel it, on a day that also marked the rapper's 31st birthday. Despite the cancellation, he still appeared at the Chicago festival, surprising fans by joining Major Lazer onstage to perform "Just Wanna Rock", and marked his birthday by releasing a surprise new EP.
The festival cited weather issues for pulling his set, though an onstage announcement referred instead to "travel complications". The surprise EP, Maverick "Almost Forever", is his first project since 2024's Eternal Atake 2 and arrived exactly ten years after his 2016 mixtape The Perfect LUV Tape.
In short
- Weather cancelled Lil Uzi Vert's Lollapalooza set on his birthday
- He still joined Major Lazer onstage at the festival
- Surprise-released EP Maverick "Almost Forever", his first since 2024
Explained simply
Lollapalooza is a large annual music festival held in Chicago, with performances scheduled across several stages. Lil Uzi Vert is an American rapper known for songs including “Just Wanna Rock”; Major Lazer is a dance music group.
Uzi’s 2016 mixtape The Perfect LUV Tape helped establish his career, and his 2024 album Eternal Atake 2 was his most recent project before the new EP. Festival performances can be disrupted by weather or travel problems, which may affect artists’ schedules and whether sets go ahead.