Perry Farrell originally planned for giant burrito at first-ever Lollapalooza for all attendees to share

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Perry Farrell had originally planned for a giant burrito at the first Lollapalooza for all attendees to share, a new book revealed.Last week (March 25), the book Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival was published.

The oral history paperback details the ambitious and bizarre conception of the touring music festival by Farrell, who had originally conceived it as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction.To promote the book, authors Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock appeared on Rolling Stone podcast Rolling Stone Music Now to discuss the facts stranger than fiction in the book.Beaujour and Bienstock discussed how Farrell aimed for a communal environment at the festival, which was unique at the time for touring around the country, instead of being held at a fixed venue on a string of dates.Part of the experience, Farrell envisioned, was to include a giant burrito meant to be shared by all festivalgoers.

Farrell was “obsessed” with the idea, Beaujour revealed. “It’s truly the most prodigious health hazard you could think of, but that was what he was really going for,” Beaujour said.The authors revealed more tidbits from the book, including how Farrell and Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro had already “come to blows” on day one of the tour – “Dave Navarro [told us], ‘I didn’t even know that it was a Jane’s Addiction farewell tour.’ He was like, ‘I thought we were just touring!’” Bienstock revealed.Others include how the gear of Nine Inch Nails “literally melted in hot weather” because all of it was plugged “into one electrical outlet”.