The lineup for the ninth Lollapalooza has been announced — as has the accompanying magazine/"collector's guide" — but not before creator Perry Farrell smoked up some hash and issued a statement: "The theme of the magazine, like this year s festival, will embody the spirit of solar gypsies on a traveling caravan." Wait, seriously, dude? Because that was my New Year's Resolution, to embody the spirit of solar gypsies. Sweet. The caravan is totally optional, but what the hell.

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Lollapalooza Magazine Issue #2 Available July 14th

The Lollapalooza Festival — the archetype for combining youth culture in music, art, fashion, technology and politics — pioneered the modern music festival and will bring back the same passion, inspiration and over the top inventiveness once again to Lollapalooza Magazine Issue #2, the collector s guide to the Lollapalooza experience. Lollapalooza Magazine will re-launch July 14th as the tour kicks off and will be sold exclusively at the festival (close to half a million attendees projected on 30+ dates). As announced earlier, this year s line up will include Morrissey, The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Polyphonic Spree, Sonic Youth and The String Cheese Incident amongst others to be announced at a later date.

Lollapalooza Magazine has been designed to not only guide concertgoers through the festival s many facets, but to imaginatively entertain and educate readers. To wit, last year s Lollapalooza Magazine included everything from a delectable fashion shoot with Paris and Nicky Hilton dressed as past performers of the tour to think pieces on nano-technology and an in-depth piece on domestic and foreign affairs with System Of A Down s Serj Tankian and Audioslave s Tom Morrello.

Perry Farrell, Jane s Addiction front man and Lollapalooza creator, remarks, The theme of the magazine, like this year s festival, will embody the spirit of solar gypsies on a traveling caravan. This theme will be presented through our traditional coverage of youth culture and trends: music, art, fashion, technology and politics.

Limited promotional copies of Lollapalooza Issue #1 are available to new and returning participants. If you d like further info on the magazine, media kits will be made available upon request.

Please contact Kashy Khaledi (kashy@lollapalooza.com, (310) 345-6493.) and/or Andy Hunter (andy@lollapalooza.com, (323) 839-6204.) for any additional inquiries.