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'''Lollapalooza 1994''' | '''Lollapalooza 1994''' was the fourth annual [[w:Lollapalooza|Lollapalooza]] festival and part of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' larger [[Rock Invasion tour|''Rock Invasion'' tour]]. The band had the headlining spot. Originally [[w:Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] was scheduled to headline, reportedly being offered nearly $10 million to do it.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jeff|last=Craig|title=Cobain conspiracy?|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991109094228/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsN/nirvana.html|date=February 7, 1997|accessdate=July 24, 2020}}</ref> However, Cobain turned it down, and the band officially dropped out of the festival on April 7, 1994. [[w:Kurt Cobain|Kurt Cobain]]'s body was discovered in Seattle the next day. Cobain's widow, [[Courtney Love]], made guest appearances at several shows, usually taking time from [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] given to her by [[Billy Corgan]], including the [[The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-08-01|Philadelphia show at FDR Park]].<ref name="history">Grimes, Taylor and Longton, Jeff. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/lollapalooza/2007/story.jsp "Lollapalooza History Timeline"]. ''[[w:Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. 2007.</ref> | ||
Despite the added pressure on the Pumpkins following Nirvana's backing out of the festival and Cobain's subsequent death, Lollapalooza 1994 turned out to be one of the festival's most successful years, and reassured the Pumpkins' leadership in the rock scene.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-09-ca-13528-story.html</ref> | Despite the added pressure on the Pumpkins following Nirvana's backing out of the festival and Cobain's subsequent death, Lollapalooza 1994 turned out to be one of the festival's most successful years, and reassured the Pumpkins' leadership in the rock scene.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-09-ca-13528-story.html</ref> | ||