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LOLLAPALOOZA ANNOUNCE LINEUP 2011 Eminem, Foo Fighters and Coldplay will headline this year's 20th anniversary Lollapalooza festival. The US alternative rock event brings together three of the biggest acts on the planet to play in Chicago from August 5 to 7 this year. Organiser Perry Farrell, of the band Jane's Addiction, told Rolling Stone magazine: "I wish I was 20, but unfortunately it's my festival that's 20. I just feel so fortunate that I was able to make something so wonderful for the musicians and the audience. "It's just astounding where it has evolved to. In 1991, we had seven groups and we were performing on dirt fields." Other acts confirmed for the festival include Cee Lo Green, Arctic Monkeys, Deftones, Tinie Tempah, deadmau5 and Muse. Lollapalooza was one of the first events to offer a diverse bill to fans, with heavy metal, punk, dance and hip-hop acts all playing on the same stage, and it has often found and championed upcoming bands, giving them one of the first breaks of their career. Speaking of his eclectic choice of who plays, Perry added: "A lot of this music - we'll call it festival music - it's still not popular music. "If you look at pop, pop is one thing. Festival music is another, and it still holds true that we're looking to book acts that are critically acclaimed and have credibility. It's just very interesting that it's become its own working organism." The festival has also greatly expanded during its 20 years and now boasts over 100 acts playing over its 3 days on its main and newly added dance stages. Here's the full lineup: Eminem Foo Fighters Coldplay Muse My Morning Jacket Deadmau5 A Perfect Circle Cee Lo Green Damian Marley & Nas The Cars Ween Bright Eyes Arctic Monkeys Big Audio Dynamite Deftones Beirut Explosions in the Sky Death From Above 1979 Ratatat Crystal Castles Flogging Molly Atmosphere Cold War Kids Lykke Li Cage The Elephant OK Go Local Natives The Kills White Lies Portugal the Man Two Door Cinema Club Ellie Goulding Delta Spirit Beats Antique The Mountain Goats Sleigh Bells Manchester Orchestra Smith Westerns Best Coas t Grace Potter & The Nocturnals The Drums Black Lips Fitz & the Tantrums The Pains of Being Pure at Heart City and Colour Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses Cults Noah & The Whale Sam Adams J. Roddy Walston and the Business Tinie Tempah Lissie Dom The Vaccines Foster the People Titus Andronicu Mayer Hawthorne & the County Chico Trujillo The Naked and Famous Phantogram Rival Schools Friendly Fires Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Repta Maps & Atlases Fences Tennis An Horse Young the Giant Los Bunkers Imelda Bay Grouplove Wye Oak The Joy Formidable Lord Huron Disappears Walk the Moon Gold Motel Iration Ryan Leslie Tab the Band Skylar Grey Christina Perry Black Cards The Pretty Reckless Boy & Bear Patrick Stump Kids These Days Young Man The Kingston Springs Lia Ices The Chain Gang of 1974 Ximena Sarinana Typhoon Electric Touch Kerli Ruby Jane Julia Eastern DJ Mel | |
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