Last month, when early-bird tickets went on sale for the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza, they sold out in minutes on the strength of rumored headliners like Eminem and the Foo Fighters. Today the full lineup was announced, and we're happy to see some Noisey artists will be representing in Chicago. The British indie-rock upstarts the Vaccines are flying over for the occasion, and Cults (who is playing in Brooklyn this week at our launch party) will also be there. This year's line-up is way more solid than previous years'. Might be worth it to shell out the $215 fee to spend a burnt-out weekend with My Morning Jacket, Damian Marley & Nas, Atmosphere, Cold War Kids, Lykke Li, the Kills, Beirut, Death From Above 1979, Ratatat, Crystal Castles, Explosions in the Sky, Sleigh Bells, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the Drums, Smith Westerns, and Dom… [Official Site]
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