Lollapalooza: Hey, It’s This Weekend

Perry Farrell’s takeover of Chicago’s Grant Park is taking place right now, and the skies seem to have cleared in time for Radiohead to headline tonight’s installment of the weekend-long fest. Sadly, I will not be making my second trip to Chicago in three weeks, so here instead are some news items of note trickling out of the Windy City.

• For the first time in its four-year stint as a single-city, multi-day festival, Lollapalooza has sold out a day; “primary market” tickets for today’s bill are all gone, thanks in no small part to the presence of Thom Yorke & Co. Of course, Craigslist still provides. [Jim DeRogatis] • Also, it’s really freakin’ hot–so hot that the longest lines aren’t for beer, but for water. Sacrilege! [Time Out Chicago] • Probably not helping the lines: If the temperature hits 90 degrees or higher, water will be free. [WBEZ]

• People who live right near Grant Park don’t see their location as a boon. In fact, they’re getting the hell out of town, and they want to hightail it out of there so badly that they’re not even putting their apartments up for an overpriced Craigslist sublet! [Chicago Tribune] • Pete Wentz is having a bunch of parties at the Chicago outpost of Angels & Kings this weekend, and while the parties will not include a Fall Out Boy show, they will include the wrap party for FNMTV. The wrap party already? [a homeboy’s life] • Mark Ronson is claiming that his Lolla set may be the last time he ever performs songs from Version, I guess to try and pry some tension away from his Lindsay Lohan-snogging sister. [NME] • Select performances are streaming live, but if you’re under 13, get your parent or guardian’s permission! (And please, don’t send any nudes to people claiming to be Thom Yorke, even if he does swear up and down that it’s for a viral-video contest.) [AT&T Blue Room