Now that it’s officially spring, festival season is literally right around the corner. Today, Lollapalooza announced the line up for its 25th year festival! Instead of the traditional three days, this year the Chicago based festival will stretch out over four days with Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, LCD Soundsystem, and J. Cole as headliners.

As far as hip-hop goes, Future, Vince Staples, Mac Miller, Flatbush Zombies, Cozz , Bas, D.R.A.M. and many more will be hitting the stage. Chicago natives, Vic Mensa and Saba will also be there to put on for their hometown. R&B acts, Bryson Tiller and Tory Lanez will be there to serenade your girl.

Lollapalooza will be taking place on July 28th until July 31st in Grant Park. Tickets will be available for purchase at 10 AM CST on the official site. Checkout the full lineup above.

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Coachella
April 10-12, April 17-19
India, CA

Everybody is talking Coachella, if you can afford the “That’s My Mortage” price for the tickets, you can enjoy a great show outside and this year line-up includes
Drake, FKA Twigs, Vic Mensa, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, Run The Jewels and more.

Broccoli City Festival
April 25
Washington, DC

Happening on the Southside of Washington , DC Broccoli City Festival is a festival celebrating an organic lifestyle through music,art,dance,good food,and community activations.
2015 Lineup includes: Erkyah Badu, Joey Bada$$, Tink, Kalichus and more

CounterPoint Festival
May 22-24
Kingston Dawns, GA

2015 Line-Up includes The Roots,ILoveMakonnan, Chet Faker

Governor’s Ball NYC
June 5-7

If you can’t make Coachella I suggest just hitting New York for Governors Ball.

Bonnaroo
June 11-14
Manchester , TN

One word Kendrick Lamar, TPAB live .

Lollapalooza
Chicago, IL

In the heart of Illinois, lays one of the biggest festivals Lollapalooza This year’s line-up is crazy and Eminem did bring out Rihanna last year.

The Roots

The place to be , The Roots never disappoint. A mini hip-hop reunion. We love how this year Rae Sremmurd is on the line-up.

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Friday, July 31st: Paul McCartney, The Weeknd, Alt-J, Alabama Shakes, Kaskade, Dillon Francis, Gary Clark Jr., Flying Lotus, Hot Chip, the War on Drugs, Father John Misty, DJ Snake, Sylvan Esso, MS MR, Tove Lo, Glass Animals, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, First Aid Kit, DJ Mustard, James Bay, Broods, MisterWives, What So Not, Sxa, Jamestown Revival, Philip Selway,Young Thug, Coasts, Destructo, Borns, Badbadnotgood, Mighty Oaks, Bear’s Den, Peking Duk, Black Pistol Fire, Spookyland, Bully, Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Kyle Thornton & the Company, The New Pacific, Daye Jack, The Pop Ups, Q Brothers, School of Rock AllStars, The Jimmies, Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips.

Saturday, August 1st: Metallica, Sam Smith, Alesso, Tame Impala, Kid Cudi, Brand New, Carnage, G-Easy, Walk the Moon, Tyler the Creator, The Tallest Man on Earth, Banks, Chet Faker, Sturgill Simpson, Death From Above 1979, Toro y Moi, Charli XCX, Django Django, Boys Noize, Delta Spirit, RL Grime, Givers, Ryn Weaver, Travi$ Scott, Caked Up, Hermitude, Wet, Holychild, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Zella Day, Mr. Eden, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas, Snbrn, Ellie King, Beat Connection, Mick Jenkins, Raury, Jack Novak, Pell, White Sea, Hippo Campus, Coin, Danny Weinkauf, School of Rock Allstars, The Jimmies, Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips, The Helmets.

Sunday, August 2nd: Florence + the Machine, Bassnectar, Of Monsters and Men, A$AP Rocky, TV On The Radio, Nero, twenty one pilots, Nicky Romero, Kygo, Marina and the Diamonds, FKA Twigs, Lord Huron, Gogol Bordello, Stromae, Odesza, Logic, The Chainsmokers, Wild Belle, Twin Peaks, Angus & Julia Stone, George Ezra, Strand of Oaks, Moon Taxi, Shakey Graves, Galantis, Night Terrors of 1927, Alison Wonderland, Circa Waves, DMAs, Sheppard, Mako, Skylar Spence, the Wombats, Halsey, Lion Babe, Black Tiger Sex Machine, Vérité, Jacklndn, Zebra Katz, the Lonely Biscuits, SirenXX, In the Whale, Atarah Valentine, The Pop Ups, Danny Weinkauf, Motown Pete, Q Brothers, School of Rock Allstars

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As the music world waits for the official release of Jhene Aiko‘s debut album, Souled Out, Jhene took a breather during this months Lollapalooza festival to sip some tea. This particular photo is apart of PaperMag‘s Summer Tour Diary Series where they follow some of their favorite bands and DJ’s during this years hottest tours. They caught up with Jhene and snapped some cool photos before her set at Lollapalooza.

Souled Out is set to be released September 9th,but she’s already given us a glimpse of what is to come with singles such as “To Love & Die,” produced by James Fauntleroy and “The Pressure.” She’s also been releasing snippets of the albums singles via her Instagram. Take a look at Jhene’s tour diary at www.papermag.com.

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For Childish Gambino’s first time performing at (and attending) Lollapalooza, he was greeted with a super-unisonous reaction from the crowd during the chorus of his single “Outside.” Backed by a live band playing multiple guitar-riffs for bridges leading into his verses, Gambino left his passionate performance on the stage.

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