Lollapalooza will announce its schedule Tuesday and here’s how the headliners will shake down: Coldplay and Muse on Aug. 5, Eminem and My Morning Jacket on Aug. 6, and Foo Fighters and Deadmau5 on Aug. 7.
Photos: Lolla lineup
Single-day tickets ($90) also go on sale Tuesday, so concertgoers will now be able to choose which day to attend the three-day 20th anniversary festival in Grant Park. Three-day passes ($215) went on sale a few months ago and the lineup was announced in April.
In an effort to dissipate some of the massive crowds that have congregated near the main stage in recent years, Texas-based promoters C3 Presents will offer fans more options throughout the festival until closing time.
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Lollapalooza will double the size of a stage devoted to DJs and electronic music at this year’s festival Aug 5-7 in Grant Park.
The plans were revealed in an interview with Charlie Jones, one of the partners of Texas-based promoters C3 Presents, who said the electronic-music area has proven to be the fastest growing musical attraction at the festival since Lollapalooza’s 2005 debut in Grant Park.
To accommodate the growth, the Perry’s Place stage will be moved to a softball field west of Columbus Avenue on the festival’s southern end across from Hutchinson Field, where the main stage is located. The tented Perry’s stage will be designed to accommodate more than 15,000 fans, double the size of last year’s location farther north.
The lineup for the festival will be announced Tuesday, but the Tribune has reported that Girl Talk has been booked for Lollapalooza, a likely headliner for the Perry’s Stage.
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