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Get that lollipop out of your mouth, quit your lollygagging, and prepare to LOL at the epic lineup for the 2008 Lollapalooza festive gathering. LOL at the sheer absurdity of seeing so many grade A acts in one 72-hour span, that is.

Lollapalooza returns to Chicago's Grant Park from August 1-3 this year, bringing with it much musical goodness. The fun includes previously speculated-over headline appearances by Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Kanye West, Wilco, and the Raconteurs, plus Gnarls Barkley, Cat Power, Broken Social Scene, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Bloc Party, Girl Talk, Battles, Grizzly Bear, Jamie Lidell, the Go! Team, the Cool Kids, Kid Sister, the Black Keys, and Mates of State.

Other goodness of note that has just come to light: Love and Rockets, Lupe Fiasco, the National, Explosions in the Sky, Okkervil River, CSS, Spank Rock, Black Kids, Black Lips, the Kills, Booka Shade, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Gogol Bordello, Amadou & Mariam, Rogue Wave, the Gutter Twins, Yeasayer, Dr. Dog, the Octopus Project, and Cadence Weapon.

Speaking of LOLs, the press release for this deal lists the hometown of Gnarls Barkley as "St. Elsewhere". Cute, guys.