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The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival is coming to Chicago's Union Park from July 18-20. We've already had the pleasure of announcing 26 of the artists who will perform, including Public Enemy doing the classic It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Mission of Burma playing their post-punk masterpiece Vs., Animal Collective, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, Ghostface and Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan, and Vampire Weekend-- a lineup that we hope sent you scrambling to secure tickets.

Well, what if we told you that Spoon, Les Savy Fav, and the Dodos will also be appearing? And, what's more, that's not a hypothetical...Spoon, Les Savy Fav, and the Dodos actually are appearing at the festival. And performing rock music, too, not just getting onstage to wave or flash a Macca-style thumbs-up or tell you who to vote for in November-- they'll have guitars and everything.

With those three artists now on the bill, the festival lineup to date is (latest additions starred):

Friday, July 18:
Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back"

Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Mission of Burma performing Vs.
+ one more to be announced

Saturday, July 19:

Animal Collective
Jarvis Cocker
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
Fleet Foxes
Jay Reatard
No Age
Atlas Sound
Extra Golden
The Ruby Suns
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
+ many more!

Sunday, July 20:

* Spoon *
Dinosaur Jr.
Spiritualized
M. Ward
Ghostface and Raekwon
* Les Savy Fav *
The Apples in Stereo
Boris
Dirty Projectors
Cut Copy
* The Dodos *
King Khan & His Shrines
El Guincho
Fuck Buttons
+ many more!

Plus, as we've mentioned before, the Pitchfork Music Festival is thrilled to remind you that its new radio partner, KEXP, will broadcast live from Chicago in the days leading up to the festival. KEXP DJs John Richards and Cheryl Waters will do their shows from the festival grounds on Saturday and Sunday, and throughout the weekend KEXP will air select live festival performances.

Tickets for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival are on sale now, and they're going fast. As in previous years, we've worked to ensure you get the most bang for your buck. Three-day passes run $65, two-day passes for Saturday and Sunday go for $50, and individual day passes can be yours for $30. If you like seeing awesome bands outdoors in the summertime in one of the world's great cities and don't want to spend a lot of money doing it, you can buy your tickets here.