SPIN likes to bring you
news on who will play festivals rather than who might, but a
pretty solid tip-off as to who's headlining Lollapalooza has begun to appear in
Chicago. If you live in the Windy City, like the AV Club and Tumblr blog Wine + Pop do, you might have seen
a couple of "cryptic" Lollapalooza poster ads during your morning
commute through the Logan Square and Clark/Lake blue line stops. The ads
feature the above song lyrics from four acts: Jack White (from his first Blunderbuss single, "Love
Interruption"), Die Antwoord (from their blechy track "I Fink U Freeky"),
Justice (from their hit "D.A.N.C.E."), and the Weeknd (his third
mixtape Echoes of
Silence's "Initiation").
All the ads have the
hashtag "#Lolla" printed at the bottom, too, so the campaign can only
mean one of three things: someone just paid a lot of money to punk the city of
Chicago and the entire Internet (not to mention are about to get a whole lot of
heat from C3, Lollapalooza's organizers); the folks at Lolla are just being
cruel to diehard Die Antwoord fans; or these four acts are about to be
officially announced as headliners, via that #Lolla hashtag. The full lineup is
supposed to be announced on April 11.
Lollapalooza 2012 will
take place August 3-5 in Chicago's Grant Park. Three-day passes are already on
sale, so while you're waiting for the lineup announcement, check out the candid portraits SPIN took at last year's fest.
Other rumors include: M83, Bloc Party, The Shins and The Temper Trap
