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Lollapalooza festival kicks off today

Daft Punk                                                              Pic: Anoulay Tsai

Daft Punk Pic: Anoulay Tsai

NME.COM is coming live from Chicago all weekend

Lollapalooza kicks off today (August 3) in sunny Chicago, and NME.COM is here to bring you the best coverage of the festival all weekend long.

Today begins with performances from The Fratellis, MIA, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem and Daft Punk.

Later this weekend, Interpol, CSS, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Cribs and Muse will all play the veteran US festival, which was created and is curated by Perry Farrell.

Watch this space for the best coverage from Grant Park, including interviews with your favourite bands, photos, backstage news and reviews from all the best bands performing at Lollapalooza 2007.

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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