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Lollapalooza, the onetime roadshow colossus that launched a million imitationpaloozas, announced the lineup for its third go as static bandjam in Chicago's Grant Park August 3-5. It is, to say the least, impressive. See:

Pearl Jam, Daft Punk, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Muse, Iggy & the Stooges, Modest Mouse, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, Satellite Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snow Patrol, the Roots, Patti Smith, Kings of Leon, the Black Keys, Regina Spektor, Spoon, Lupe Fiasco, TV on the Radio, Pete Yorn, G. Love & Special Sauce, Paolo Nutini, Amy Winehouse, LCD Soundsystem, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Silverchair, Femi Kuti, Yo La Tengo, the Hold Steady, Jack's Mannequin, Stephen Marley, Sound Tribe Sector 9, M.I.A., Slightly Stoopid, Blonde Redhead, Sparklehorse, Sean Lennon, !!!, Blue October, Son Volt, Motion City Soundtrack, Polyphonic Spree, Peter Bjorn & John, Silversun Pickups, CSS, the Rapture, the Wailers, Roky Erickson, Tapes n Tapes, Heartless Bastards, the View, the Cribs, the Fratellis, Ghostland Observatory, Tokyo Police Club, Rhymefest, Soulive, Cold War Kids, Annuals, Fields, Electric Six, Jim Noir, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Sam Roberts Band, Black Angels, Charlie Musselwhite, Aqueduct, Juliette & the Licks, Dios, Viva Voce, David Vandervelde, Los Campesinos!, Chin Up Chin Up, Ryan Shaw, Colour Revolt, Satin Peaches, Illinois, Arckid, Mickey Avalon, The 1900s, Bang Bang Bang, Bound Stems, High Class Elite, Carey Ott, Matt Roan.

Admit it, the band you're most excited about is Silverchair. You're going to tell everyone it's Daft Punk, but we know the truth.

Lolla organizers, who recently announced they'd stick it out in Grant Park until at least 2011, have quite a shrewd pair of listen-holes. Of course, you the festgoer will still have to pay $165 for the privilege (or $195, when the "earlybird pricing" falls back), and walk over a mile between stages, and maybe accidentally hear the strains of Slightly Stoopid or Ben Harper.

Still, as U.S. festivals go, Perry's got August in Chicago on lock. July in the Chi, however? We run that shit.