My Morning Jacket Get Shot by Lollapalooza Crowd

Posted on Aug 5th 2007 9:00PM by Benjy Eisen
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In matching purple tuxedos, My Morning Jacket opened their Day Three Lollapalooza performance with what was sure to be a unique set -- even for them -- with crowd pleasures 'What a Wonderful Man' and 'Off the Record,' the latter of which went into its customary jam as the entire Chicago Youth Symphony took their seats on the stage. But they weren't the only guests. Perry Farrell joined MMJ, asking the crowd, "Are we dreaming?" as he took the stage. The festival's founder then asked the crowd to take out their cell phones and cameras to record the show, "to make sure this isn't a dream." As if that weren't instruction enough, Farrell revealed that the audience should submit their footage to Current TV, to be compiled into a video for the band at a later date.

My Morning Jacket then launched into 'Gideon,' from their breakthrough album 'Z,' with orchestra in tow. A collaboration in the making that Farrell claimed would be one of the greatest in Lollapalooza history, the orchestra remained on stage for the rest of the set, augmenting tunes such as 'One Big Holiday' and 'Wordless Chorus,' with classical accompaniment, while frontman Jim James rocked a Flying V. The band closed with a cover of Curtis Mayfield's 'Move on Up,' and the crowd gladly took up the task at hand, taking many photos to ensure that no, Mr. Farrell, it was not a dream.

Lollapalooza 2007 Photos