Rumors have been floating around the internets for a while now about a collaboration between Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl, and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones. Now, a confirmation of sorts has come in the form of a last-minute announcement of a Lollapalooza aftershow to be held August 9th at the Metro, with the three bands’ logos on the flier. Apparently the three musicians call themselves Them Crooked Vultures, and have been working on a studio album for three years. So far nothing has been officially confirmed, but the cryptic post isn’t too hard to decode. (via Consequence of Sound)

So the line-up this year for Lollapalooza is pretty sweet, isn’t it? It’s HUGE. We can barely make out the names towards the bottom! For some weird reason we’ve got a handful of tickets, so if you’d like to attend (takes place August 7-9 at Grant Park in Chicago), shoot us an e-mail at contests@thetripwire.com with your contact info the best haiku you can summon. Make sure your poem’s beautiful and make sure it’s related somehow to the aforementioned lineup. Your deadline is July 20th. Erm.

At last, the Lollapalooza rumors are put to rest — Depeche Mode, Tool, The Killers, Beastie Boys, Kings of Leon and (of course) Jane’s Addiction will be headlining this year’s festival, along with an impressive cast of supporting bands, Lollapalooza organizers confirmed today.
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The early bird tickets for this years stacked Lollapalooza festival went on sale yesterday morning, and in the midst of all the hype of the reunited Jane’s Addiction, tickets are already selling fast — before the full line-up has even been announced. 
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