Lollapalooza celebrated its 20th year in Chile a few weeks ago with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers, Jane’s Addiction, Cat Power, Flaming Lips, Kanye West and others. This morning the line-up for the American 20th year festival was announced – to be held August 5-7 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Those hoping the festival – which has taken to booking arena acts in recent years – would return to its “alternative nation” roots got Coldplay, Eminem, Foo Fighters and Muse instead…
Still there’s no shortage of interesting artists to check out, including My Morning Jacket, Local Natives, Lykke Li, Ween, Cee-Lo Green, Big Audio Dynamite, Arctic Monkeys, Black Lips, Sleigh Bells, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Bright Eyes, Explosions in the Sky, OK Go, The Kills, Deadmau5, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley and Nas, Death From Above 1979, Cold War Kids, The Mountain Goats, Best Coast, Crystal Castles, White Lies, Wye Oak, The Drums, Smith Westerns, The Naked and Famous, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Noah & The Whale. and Two Door Cinema Club…
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