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Published 8/3/2008 by By Katie Hasty, Billboard at Hollywood Reporter

Two very different rock acts headlined at the same time on opposite ends of Chicago's Grant Park Aug. 2, closing the second day of Lollapalooza. Wilco and Rage Against The Machine helped draw the second sell-out crowd in a row to the event, a feat which had never happened in the previous three years. (link)

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