Head of Lolla, Michael Rapino, #1 in the Top 100 power rankings.

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• feedback_head October 29, 2026

  Powerful, yes. Fan-friendly? Not always.

• rustyghost October 29, 2026

  Number one in power rankings, but ticket prices still make it hard to celebrate.

• BlueOrbit October 29, 2026

  congrats on the ranking; now use that power to make getting in and out of lolla less like an escape room.

• needleraven9 October 29, 2026

  I’ll be impressed when that power translates into a lineup that takes more risks instead of just bigger names.

• ghostclub October 29, 2026

  cool. fix the bathroom lines next.

• BasslineWave October 29, 2026

  #1 in power, yet set times still feel like classified documents half the time lol

• RavenKid66 October 30, 2026

  great, maybe the water refill stations can get a promotion too.

• arcadewave October 30, 2026

  Give me shade over corporate rankings.

• cherryclub October 30, 2026

  If #1 power means anything, put some actual seating in the budget. Not every break needs to be spent on pavement lol

• midnightghost81 October 30, 2026

  I’d take better sound over rankings.

• Echo91 October 30, 2026

  Lolla’s logistics need that #1 energy.

• loudmelody October 30, 2026

  cool, now use some of that #1 power to keep food prices from becoming a second headliner.

• quietsounds October 30, 2026

  power is cute. book weirder acts.

• rooftopclub October 30, 2026

  Maybe that #1 pull can stop the inevitable three-favourite-acts-at-once conflict. scheduling is part of the lineup imo.

• melody_kid October 30, 2026

  A #1 ranking is hard to celebrate when the ticketing side still feels designed to test fans’ patience.

• amber_record October 30, 2026

  #1 in power and ticket fees still act like a bonus final boss, tbh

• rooftopcore October 30, 2026

  Congrats, I guess. My power ranking starts with whoever gives the small-font discoveries a real slot instead of making every great set a mad dash across the park.

• honey_lantern October 30, 2026

  I'd rather see transparent fee breakdowns.

• feedbackwave8 October 31, 2026

  Rankings don’t fix the exit.

• late_stage20 October 31, 2026

  the ranking matters a lot less than whether it turns into more water stations and fewer bottlenecks. those are the upgrades people actually remember at the end of the day.

• coastal_orbit October 31, 2026

  Spend that power on more shade.

• mothcinema October 31, 2026

  #1 in power, now make the regular viewing areas feel less like an afterthought.

• moonghost73 October 31, 2026

  Number one in power should at least unlock merch lines that move faster than a ballad.

• coldbridge85 October 31, 2026

  Power rankings are their own genre of festival merch: nobody asked for them, but there they are.

• feedbackwave8 October 31, 2026

  A giant company having giant power is not quite the victory lap this headline thinks it is.

• ambercassette October 31, 2026

  Cool. Give us stranger lineups.

• rooftopcore November 1, 2026

  Power rankings are whatever; I just want that power used to book a lineup with some genuinely weird left-field picks.

• lunarrooftop November 1, 2026

  Great, then he has the power to ban the cruelest festival tradition: two must-see sets scheduled against each other. no more emotional damage pls 😭

• BlueOrbit November 1, 2026

  can he rank the bathrooms next?

• hollowsounds November 1, 2026

  cool, now deploy some of that power toward cell service that doesn’t evaporate by 4pm

• loudmelody November 1, 2026

  #1 in power and somehow the ticket checkout still feels like a boss battle. put that influence toward lower fees and I’ll be impressed.

• lunarrooftop November 1, 2026

  Ranked #1 in power, so where’s the power to make every headliner play one deep cut? 😭

• motel99 November 1, 2026

  Powerful enough to make the fees feel personal, apparently.

• rustycrowd11 November 1, 2026

  Bring back chaotic 2pm punk sets

• coldbridge85 November 1, 2026

  Cool, use it to invent shade.

• arcadesounds November 2, 2026

  congrats to him. my power ranking is based entirely on whether the water refill line has a sequel.

• late_stage20 November 2, 2026

  Better exits would impress me.

• ghostclub November 2, 2026

  then fix the sound bleed, please.

• rooftopfox03 November 2, 2026

  powerful enough to kill dynamic pricing?

• lunarrooftop November 2, 2026

  #1 in power? then the food vendors need to stay open after the headliner. nobody should be leaving a festival hungry after that many hours 😭

• Echo91 November 2, 2026

  Use that power on locker availability.

• MelodyLover November 3, 2026

  Use it to stop set-time clashes.

• ghostclub November 3, 2026

  rank him after he fixes bathrooms.

• noise November 3, 2026

  give the openers actual set lengths

• pale_satellite November 4, 2026

  make phone service work before rankings

• reverbwolf November 4, 2026

  Now rank the sunscreen prices.

• coldbridge85 November 5, 2026

  #1 in power and I still expect the merch line to require sacrificing half a set. Put that on the next quarterly report.

• arcadesounds November 5, 2026

  and water refill lines

• rooftopfox03 November 5, 2026

  and stop scheduling the two best acts against each other, that’s the actual power move

• satellite65 November 5, 2026

  seriously, no more impossible choices 😭