Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, made surprise guest appearances at several shows, speaking to the crowds about the loss. Frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead in Seattle, Washington four days later on April 8, 1994. Nirvana was scheduled to headline but officially pulled out on Ap, amid rumors that the band was on the verge of breaking up. Green Day was removed from stage at the performance at Walnut Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC for encouraging general admission audience members to rush the stage and overwhelm the reserved seating area. Several of the artists, including Green Day and Cypress Hill, skipped at least one Lollapalooza date to appear at Woodstock '94 instead. The Flaming Lips performed in The Revival Tent in Denver, going so far as dragging an upright acoustic piano across 100 yards of grass to do so. The poetry tent was actually called "The Revival Tent" at the time. Poet Tracie Morris, among others, was hired by Lollapalooza to perform in the spoken word tent for the New York to Texas leg of the tour. read poetry on all three stages at the Denver show, and poet Jason Stoneking also performed a poem on the Denver main stage. Madd Vibe) and members of Fishbone performed in the poetry tent with the Beastie Boys at the Shoreline show in CA. Juliette Torrez, a poet and promoter from New Mexico, organized the poetry offerings.
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