By Staff on April 10th, 2012 in

Lollapalooza 2012 takes places August 3-5th in Chicago’s Grant Park. According to Chicago Sun-Times, Black Sabbath will top this year’s bill, performing their only North American tour date of 2012. They’ll be joined by fellow headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, The Black Keys, Justice, and Avicii.
Other heavyweights include At the Drive-In, Sigur Rós, Florence and the Machine, The Shins, The Afghan Whigs, The Weeknd, M83, Passion Pit, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino, Miike Snow, The Gaslight Anthem, Alabama Shakes, J. Cole, and Metric.
Also playing are Delta Spirit, tUnE-yArDs, The Tallest Man on Earth, Die Antwoord, Dr. Dog, Dawes, SBTRKT, The Walkmen, Neon Indian, Gary Clark Jr., Sharon Van Etten, Polica, The War on Drugs, Doomtree, White Rabbits, Washed Out, Of Monsters and Men, Tame Impala, Bowerbirds, The Temper Trap, The Black Angels, Bear In Heaven, Chairlift, Oberhofer, First Aid Kit, and JEFF the Brotherhood.
The festival’s electronic stage, Perry’s, will also return, boasting a lineup that includes Bassnectar, Kaskade, Santigold, Calvin Harris, Nero, Knife Party, Little Dragon, Skream & Benga, Zeds Dead, Big Gigantic, Sub Focus, Porter Robinson, and Star Slinger.
Three-day and VIP passes are currently on sale via the festival’s website.
Alabama Shakes, At The Drive-In, Avicii, Bassnectar, Bear In Heaven, Big Gigantic, Black Sabbath, Bloc Party, Bowerbirds, Calvin Harris, Chairlift, Childish Gambino, Dawes, Delta Spirit, Die Antwoord, Doomtree, Dr. Dog, First Aid Kit, Florence and The Machine, Frank Ocean, Franz Ferdinand, Gary Clark Jr., J. Cole, Jack White, Jeff the Brotherhood, Justice, Kaskade, Knife Party, Little Dragon, Lollapalooza, M83, Metric, Miike Snow, Neon Indian, Nero, Oberhofer, Of Monsters and Men, Passion Pit, Polica, Porter Robinson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Santigold, SBTRKT, Sharon Van Etten, Sigur Ros, Skream + Benga, Star Slinger, Sub Focus, Tame Impala, The Afghan Whigs, The Black Angels, The Black Keys, The Gaslight Anthem, The Shins, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Temper Trap, The Walkmen, The War on Drugs, The Weeknd, tUnE-yArDs, Washed Out, White Rabbits, Zeds Dead
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