Black Keys, Sabbath, Chili Peppers to headline Lollapalooza Aug. 3-5

Doomtree, Polica and Trampled by Turtles will represent Minnesota at the annual fest in Chicago.

April 11, 2012 at 1:31PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Black Keys/ Photo by Associated Press NYT

Color this year's Lollapalooza black and red.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Keys and the reunited original Black Sabbath are the headliners for the Aug. 3-5 festival in Chicago's Grant Park. It will be Sabbath's only North American show this year. Other big names include Jack White, Florence + the Machine, Avicii, Justice, At the Drive-In and Afghan Whigs, on tour for the first time in a decade.

This is the eighth year for Lollapalooza at Grant Park. The fest also played Brazil this year with a different lineup. Back in the 1990s, Lolla, the brainchild of Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction, was a touring festival.

Among the new names in Chicago are Alabama Shakes, fun., Of Monsters and Men, Oberhofer and Minnesota's own Doomtree, Polica and Trampled by Turtles.

More than 130 acts are scheduled. For details and ticket info, click here.

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