Do you want to learn how to buy Lollapalooza tickets? This guide contains all the information you'll need for finding Lollapalooza's 2010 line-up, schedule and how to get tickets to the festival.

In 2010, the three-day Lollapalooza festival will be held between August 6th and August 8th in Chicago, Illinois. By February 2010, the early bird tickets for Lollapalooza had already been sold out. The line-up for Lollapalooza will be announced in April 2010.http://www.lollapalooza.com/press/index.html

The annual Lollapalooza festival began as a touring festival in 1991 and featured alternative rock bands like Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails. Over the years it began including an eclectic mix of performers including the bands Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, metal acts like Metallica, electronic acts like Daft Punk and hip-hop and rap artists like Kanye West, Snoop Dogg and JayZ. In 2005, Lollapalooza became a stationary festival held each year in Chicago.http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/07/lollapalooza-the-life-death-and-rebirth-of-the-storied-rock-fest/ The festival is held in Grant Park and includes over 100 bands and 8 stages.http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/event_landing/events/park_district/lollapalooza.html

In order to be notified about Lollapalooza's 'cheap' or 'golden' souvenir tickets, you'll have to sign up for the Lollapalooza newsletter and act fast as soon as the tickets are offered because they sell fast, within just minutes. The tickets are offered in limited numbers and the only way to be notified when these are available is to be a newsletter subscriber. To sign up for the mailing list and receive exclusive ticket announcements and offers, visit Lollapalooza.com. In past years these limited number tickets have cost only as much as $60 for 3 day passes. In 2006, the souvenir passes were just $45!http://www.lollapalooza.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=85901&mpage=1&key=𔾍

If you're lucky enough to get in on the cheap souvenir tickets, you'll also enjoy UPS 2-day shipping, which is free. You'll have to sign upon delivery to confirm delivery. The tickets cannot be sent to PO Boxes. These tickets will be shipped around the same time that the regular tickets go on sale.http://www.lollapalooza.com/tickets/boxofficeinfo/ticketfaq.html

Lollapalooza's Early Bird Tickets are sold well in advance. In August 2009, Lollapalooza Early Bird Tickets for 2010 were released and were immediately sold out. Aside from signing up for the Lollapalooza newsletter, you can also stay up to date about the festivals latest announcements by following Lollapalooza on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.http://www.lollapalooza.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/21/2010-early-bird-tickets-snapped-up/

Closer to the festival's actual dates, Lollapalooza will offer advance-price tickets and finally regular 3-day passes on their website. When you purchase the tickets directly through their website, you can opt for what is called "PrintPass Tickets" or you can have your tickets mailed to you via UPS. The ticket retail partner for Lollapaloooza is FrontGateTickets. After you purchase your tickets online, you'll receive an email with printing instructions. In order to print the tickets, you must have an updated version of Adobe Acrobat reader. The printed tickets can then be redeemed at the festival for a wristband.http://www.lollapalooza.com/tickets/boxofficeinfo/ticketfaq.html

When ordering Lallapalooza tickets online, you can opt to print them out of you can have them mailed via UPS. After buying the tickets you will receive an email confirmation which you should print and save. If you chose to have them sent by mail, be aware that the tickets will be mailed about a month before the actual festival no matter when you bought the passes.http://www.lollapalooza.com/tickets/boxofficeinfo/ticketfaq.html

VIP passes for Lollapalooza allow concert-goers to watch the festival from an elevated viewing platform that gives those with VIP passes access to the Lolla Lounges. The lounges are located to the north and south of Grant Park and include catered food, beverages and air conditioned bathrooms. In 2010, the festival announced that there would be VIP golf cart shuttles to bring people back-and-forth between the North and South Lolla Lounges.http://www.lollapalooza.com/tickets/vip/index.html If that isn't enough, the festival offers private VIP Cabanas that can accommodate a group between 25 and 45 people. The air-conditioned Cabana's come with a full service staff that serves drinks, an all day buffet and access to the Lolla Lounge viewing areas. For pricing, contact bhenley@C3presents.com.http://www.lollapalooza.com/tickets/cabanas/index.html