On its Twitter feed late Tuesday night, the North Coast Music Festival tantalizingly promised that more acts for the fest would be announced and, as of midnight Wednesday, they did not disappoint. North Coast tweeted that joining the already in-place likes of De La Soul, Jakob Dylan, Flying Lotus, The Chemical Brothers and Disco Biscuits will be Lupe Fiasco, The New Deal, Holy Ghost, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Calude VonStroke and The New Mastersounds. All of these acts will no doubt be dropping serious sonic science on the masses set to invade Union Park over Labor Day weekend. more ›

In case you missed our reminder last night, advance general admission Lollapalooza tickets are on sale now for $190. Once these are gone, you'll have to shell out $215 for your three-day pass. This year's edition of the festival is August 6th through 8th. more ›

On Wednesday, Sweet Lou shook up his batting order, dropping last year's leadoff man Alfonso Soriano to the 2 hole and replacing him with Ryan Theriot at the top of the order. Part of the reasoning behind the move is that Piniella wants to get Soriano accustomed to not leading off, in hopes that management will pull off a blockbuster trade that would land leadoff specialist Brian Roberts from Baltimore in exchange for Ronny Cedeno, Sean Gallagher, Donnie Veal, and RHP prospect Jose Ceda (and potentially Jason Marquis and Baltimore OF Jay Payton). That sounds like a pretty lopsided deal, considering that the Cubs are offering three of their top pitching prospects, but it might represent one of the last pieces of the puzzle – and it would give Piniella a reason to stop his incessant tinkering with the lineup. more ›