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Well, it's that time of year again. Time for all the various lineups for the annual music fests to pop up. I already covered Ozzfest. Now it's Lollapalooza and Warped tour's turn.

First let's cover Warped. Every year I usually go to Ozzfest or Warped, those all day outdoor concerts need some recovery time and they are usually too close together for me to feel up to going to both . I need some time for my sunburn to heal and all that. Anywho, Warped has been attracting some good bands the past few years, and the ticket prices are fantastic. This year I'm thinking Warped might beat out Ozzfest. Take a look at the lineup:



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AFI
Aiden
The Academy Is
Against Me!
Alexisonfire
Amber Pacific
Anti Flag
Armor For Sleep
ASG
Billy Talent
The Bled
Bouncing Souls
Bullet For My Valentine
Buzzcocks
The Casualties
Die Hunns
Down To Earth Approach
Dropping Daylight
The Early November
Eight Fingers Down (Bbq Band)
Emanuel
Emery
Every Time I Die
The Fall Of Troy
Flashlight Brown
From Autumn To Ashes
From First To Last
The Fully Down
Gatsbys American Dream
The Germs
Greeley Estates
Gym Class Heroes
Hellogoodbye
Helmet
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Less Than Jake
The Living End
Moneen
Motion City Soundtrack
Mute Math
Nofx
Over It
Paramore
The Pink Spiders
Pistolita
Plain White T's
Protest The Hero
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Reggie & The Full Effect
Rise Against
Riverboat Gamblers
Saosin
Say Anything
Saves The Day
Senses Fail
Silverstein
The Sounds
State Radio
Stretch Arm Strong
The Sunstreak (Bbq Band)
Thursday
Underoath
Valient Thorr
Voltera


AFI, Against Me, Anti-Flag, Bullet for my Valentine, Buzzcocks, Every Time I Die, From Autumn to Ashes, The Germs, Helmet, Joan Jett, Rise Against. There are a bunch of good bands this year, and the tickets are usually in the $30 range. Good times.

Now for Lollapalooza. I'm not sure if I'll go to this or not. If I do, I'm going to pace myself. My feet seriously hurt that second day last year. Plus, I'm going to get a room in a nice hotel. One with room service and a bar. The tickets are $130 for a three day pass, so this will not be a cheap weekend by any stretch or the imagination. It will cost me a bunch of money. Not just the tickets, but the food and room and whatever else I decide to do besides hang out at lollapalooza. There are a few bands I wouldn't mind seeing though, and the whole fest had a fun vibe to it I kinda liked.


Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kanye West
Manu Chao
Wilco
Death Cab For Cutie
The Raconteurs
The Flaming Lips
Ween
Queens of the Stone Age
The Shins
Common
Matisyahu
Ryan Adams
Umphrey's McGee
Sonic Youth
Thievery Corporation
Sleater-Kinney
Nickel Creek
Blues Traveler
Broken Social Scene
The New Pornographers
Iron & Wine
Poi Dog Pondering
Coheed And Cambria
The Secret Machines
Eels
Panic! At the Disco
The Disco Biscuits
She Wants Revenge
The Dresden Dolls
Reverend Horton Heat
The Smoking Popes
Andrew Bird
Gnarls Barkley
Stars
Cursive
Blackalicious
Editors
Lyrics Born
Lady Sovereign
Hard-Fi
Calexico
Nada Surf
Feist
Aqualung
The Frames
The Hold Steady
The Go! Team
Mates of State
Pepper
Particle
The Redwalls
Mute Math
Wolfmother
Sparta
The Subways
Of Montreal
Blue October
Jeremy Enigk
Living Things
Sound Team
The M's
Hot Chip
The Benevento-Russo Duo
Matt Costa
The New Amsterdams
deadboy & the Elephantmen
Sybris
Anathallo
The Burden Brothers
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Manishevitz
Husky Rescue
The Towers of London
Ohmega Watts
Boy Kill Boy
Jim Noir
The Standard
Be Your Own Pet
Elvis Perkins
Trevor Hall
Midlake


Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age, Sonic Youth, Coheed and Combria, Eels, The Dresden Dolls, Nada Surf. I'd be willing to by a ticket just to see the dresden dolls since they are coming to Chicago on April 7th, and I have to work the next day . I'm not sure yet if I'll go to this. We'll see. I guess it all depends on who I know that's going. This is a party weekend, and its no fun with nobody to party with.