Lollapalooza isn’t releasing its official schedule until sometime in June, but with a little Googling you can get a rough idea of which bands will play each day of the festival. When the initial lineup was announced, I assumed Radiohead would play the same role that Pearl Jam played last year and close out the festival Sunday night. They’re riding the wave of a great new album and haven’t been to town in more than two years. But according to Radiohead’s Web site, they’ll be playing Lollapalooza on Friday, Aug 1, making opening night a must.

Apparently, I’m not the only one who’s overly eager to see the lineup. Some genius on the Lollapalooza forum has visited every participating band’s official site and compiled a fairly thorough breakdown of all three days. Of course, this is unofficial and incomplete. Some of the major bands such as Wilco, Rage Against the Machine and Kanye West have yet to list a specific date. But here’s a look at how it’s shaping up.

Friday, Aug. 1
Radiohead
The Raconteurs
Bloc Party
The Black Keys
Cat Power
Gogol Bordello
CSS
Mates of State
Rogue Wave
The Go! Team
Grizzly Bear
The Cool Kids
Black Lips
Black Kids
Louis XIV
Manchester Orchestra
Noah and The Whale
Your Vegas
Bang Camaro

Saturday, Aug. 2
Broken Social Scene
Lupe Fiasco
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Explosions in the Sky
Brand New
Toadies
Dierks Bentley
Battles
Devotchka
Jamie Lidell
Gutter Twins
MGMT
Booka Shade
Foals
De Novo Dahl
Margot & the Nuclear So So’s
Steel Train
Innerpartysytem
The Postelles
DJ Bald Eagle
Witchcraft

Sunday, Aug. 3
Nine Inch Nails
Gnarls Barkley
Iron & Wine
Flogging Molly
G Love & Special Sauce
Blues Traveler
John Butler Trio
Brazilian Girls
Chromeo
Saul Williams
The Weakerthans
The Whigs
Kid Sister
Office
Octopus Project
Newton Faulkner
Eli Paperboy Reed
the blakes
Tally Hall
White Lies
Wild Sweet Orange
Ha Ha Tonka

Who's going to close it out? Nine Inch Nails? Kanye? Rage Against the Machine?

And a couple of other heads ups...

Tickets for My Morning Jacket’s Oct. 9-10 shows at the Chicago Theatre go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 16 (with a presale May 15).

An Internet presale began this morning (May 14) for tickets to the Rock the Bells Festival July 19 at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park. Tickets for the show officially go on sale May 16. Rock the Bells boasts an impressive line-up of past and present hip hop legends with A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Nas, Mos Def, Method Man, Redman and The Pharcyde all sharing the bill.

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