Radiohead, Wilco, NIN rumored for Lollapalooza :: Music News :: Articles

The Internet has become the modern equivalent of a game of "whisper down the lane"—a juicy rumor may seem like reliable information, but at the end of the day, it's possible you and your neighbor will have entirely different ideas about what Sally did with those seashells by the seashore. If you know what we mean.

Over the past few months, the Internet has become a hotbed of activity for festival rumors—speculation on Coachella's line-up nearly crashed the festival's website in January, and the confirmation that All Points West was, in fact, happening in New Joisey only poured fuel on the already massively out-of-control fire.

Now, in typical broadband fashion, about 20 different names have been posed over the past few weeks as possible contenders for the 2008 Lollapalooza bill. A recent, optimistically-headlined post on the blog of Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot only strengthened speculation about the festival, which takes place in the Windy City over the weekend of Aug. 1-3. If the Tribune is right, Lollapalooza will quickly become the hot ticket of the season.

Some of the artists who have been thrown around as headliners? Everyone from Wilco to Nine Inch Nails to Billy Corgan and friends (er, the "Smashing Pumpkins") to Radiohead to the inevitable: Jack Johnson. On top of that, MGMT, Rhymefest, Bloc Party, Black Lips, Gogol Bordello, and Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings all have been mentioned.

Below, watch Pearl Jam's headlining performance at last year's Lollapalooza, some of which was censored by AT&T's coverage of the festival.