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The Pitchfork Music Festival kicks off its 2008 edition this weekend at Union Park, and we've been highlighting some of the "can't miss" acts of the weekend on Chicagoist over the next few days. Today we'll tackle eight acts from the sold-out Sunday line-up. But before we do, you should know that Saturday and Sunday are completely sold out and there are only a few walk-up tickets that will be available for tomorrow's show. If you waited too long though, you can still catch a few of the acts -- Fleet Foxes, Extra Golden, Boban Markovic, and A Hawk and a Hacksaw -- for FREE starting at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Now on to Sunday's highlights.

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Sure, you may be hungry like the wolf for the Duran Duran show tonight (get it? Hungry like the wolf? Duran Duran? No? Nothing?), but the big show we're excited about this weekend is taking place at The Metro Saturday night. Hip-hop legends The Wu-Tang Clan hit the stage in support of their new record, The 8 Diagrams, their first record since 2001's Iron Flag and since the 2004 death of ubiquitous member Ol' Dirty Bastard (RIP).

Got the itch to do something fun tonight, given the unseasonably warm weather? We feel you. Options: One of Chicagoist's favorite charities, Mustaches for Kids, has its kick-off get together tonight at Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap, 41 East Superior St. The "growing season" starts Nov 19, so tonight's get-together is all about planning and making pals. 'Stachey! The International Interior Design Association has its Bizarre Bazaar in the Teknion Showroom on the 10th floor of...

Don’t forget: you have until the end of the day to enter our Intonation Fest giveaway. We’re throwing you two weekend passes to the Union Park festivities on June 24th and 25th featuring a lineup that includes The Streets, Ghostface Killah, Lady Sovereign, Bloc Party, Robert Pollard, Blue Cheer, Roky Erickson, Lupe Fiasco, Rhymefest, Annie, Tyrades, and a host of other acts spanning several music genres. Click here to enter or click here to buy...

Yesterday, Intonation Fest organizers announced the final addition to the lineup for this summer’s two-day rock party in Union Park from June 24th through the 25th. And Chicagoist wants to give you tickets to see him. Former Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah will perform on Saturday in support of his new album Fishscale, which, like Wu-Tang, ain’t nothin’ to fuck wit. As reported here and elsewhere, Austin psych-rock legend Roky Erickson will also make a...

Chicagoist has loved hip-hop music ever since we got a cassette tape of the Beat Street soundtrack and we called it "breakdancing music." We love it so much that we often spend our hard-earned money to go see our favorite rappers live in concert. But this is an unrequited love, because rappers routinely put on the worst live performances of any musicians. Just ask some fans who went to see Ghostface Killah at Joe's on Weed Street last night who now have staples in their heads.

The once mighty Wu-Tang Clan are, sadly, all starting to go their separate ways. RZA is now off scoring movies – like Tarantino’s Kill Bill – and, with cohort GZA, busy making cameo appearances with Bill Murray ("Bill Murray!") in Jim Jarmusch movies and on segments of Chappelle’s Show. Method Man can currently be seen on the silver screen - and alongside Tom Arnold - in Soul Plane and the small screen in Fox’s Method & Red. (The latter show will probably be canceled after a few episodes. Isn’t that Fox’s standard procedure with sitcoms these days?) Ol’ Dirty Bastard is out of jail and on Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella label. Ghostface Killah, meanwhile – now just innocently known as Ghostface, probably to appeal to the kids – continues to forge on and actually make music. He’ll bring his powerful MC skillz – Chicagoist hereby promises to never write that word again – to the House of Blues tonight. Tickets are $22.