The Lollapalooza 2012 Lineup has just been announced.
The festival will kick off August 3 at Grant Park in Chicago, IL and offer up some of the best names in music.
Lollapalooza was originally created by Perry Farrell in 1991 as the farewell tour for his band Jane’s Addiction.
“His idea morphed into a larger-than-life musical roadshow that would bring music, culture, and community to fans all over the continent. Before the Internet, there wasn’t a great way to get music from up-and-coming bands to the fans,” reads Lollapalooza.com.
“Farrell’s festival did it with flair, pulling together diverse acts like Nine Inch Nails andIce-T for a culture-spanning celebration the world had never seen.”
Since its inception, Lollapalooza has been providing music lovers days of top entertainment. It’s come along way over the years, making a home in Grant Park in 2005, and expanding to include over 130 artists from hip-hop, electronica, reggae, indie, rock, modern roots and more.
This year’s lineup is as follows:
Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Jack White, Florence + The Machine, At The Drive-In, Bassnectar, Avicii, The Shins, Justice, Passion Pit, Kaskade, The Weekend, Sigur Ros, Bloc Party, Calvin Harris, Miike Snow, The Afghan Whigs, M83, Franz Ferdinand, Frank Ocean, Nero, J.Cole, Childish Gambino, Delta Spirit, Santigold, Metric, Zeds Dead, The Temper Trap, Wale, Big Gigantic, Die Antwoord, Dawes, Tune-Yards, Skream & Benga, The Head & The Heart, The Big Pink, Twin Shadow, The Tallest Man On Earth, Toro Y Moi, Fun, Little Dragon, Dr.Dog Of Monsters And Men, Gary Clark Jr., Alabama Shakes, The Gaslight Anthem, SBYRKT, Amadou & Mariam, Porter Robinson, The Walkmen, Tame Impala, Band Of Skulls, JJ Grey and Mofro, Madeon, Neon Indian, Zedo, Dum Dum Girls, Paper Diamond, Washed Out, Aloe Blacc, Trampled By Turtles, Bear In Heaven, Blind Pilot, Chairlife, The Black Angels, Yellow Ostrich, Gives, Polica, Bombay Bicycle Club, Sharon Van Etten, White Rabbits, Doomtree, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Devil Makes Three, Oberhofer, Star Slinger, The War On Drugs, Michael Kiwanuka, O Rappa, Bowerbirds, Orchard Lounge, Mona, The Growlers, Hey Rosetta!, Jeff The Brotherhood, Anamanaguchi, First Aid Kit, Wax, Fidler, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Milo Greene, Los Jaivas, Kopecky Family Band, The Jezebels, Nadastrom, LP, DJ Nihal, Yuna, The White Panda, Walk Off The Earth, Animal Kingdom, Dev, Salva, The Sheepdogs, The Dunwells, DJ Mel, Empires, Kevin Devine, Dry The River, Helena, Haley Reinhart, Imaginary Cities, Overdoz, Ambassadors, DJ Zebo, Thenewn02, Moon Taxi, Chancellor Warhol, Laura Warshauer, Red Oblivion and Kid Color.
