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If you haven’t heard of “Band of Skulls,” you will very soon. These UK rockers had the first ever global iTunes “Single of the Week” back in April for their debut song “I Know What I am,” and they just keep taking the rock world by storm.

The trio were voted Best Live Band at Toronto’s NXNE festival in June and are fresh off Lollapalooza. Twi-hards may already know “Band of Skulls” has been confirmed to be included alongside Radiohead and Muse in the upcoming “New Moon” Soundtrack, out in November.

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To celebrate their 50th Anniversary, Island Records is teaming up with andPOP.com to give you a chance to win a pair of tickets to the annual Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park, Chicago and a $100 gas card to help get you there!

If a weekend full of live music with mega-stars The Killers, Beasties Boys and Tool (to name a few) wasn’t quite enough then you’re in luck because Island Records is also hooking up the Grand Prize winner with the entire Killers’ catalog, as well as albums from Noisettes, Airborne Toxic Event, and Ida Maria.

The prizing isn’t over yet… Island Records is also giving away custom Zippo lighters and music download cards with the top 50 Island songs from the past 50 years to 25 runners up!

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Lollapalooza is coming full-circle this year.

The recently reunited Jane’s Addiction, fronted by festival founder Perry Farrell, will headline this year’s edition for the first time since the event debuted in 1991. The other headliners announced by promoters Tuesday are Depeche Mode, Tool, the Killers, Beastie Boys, and Kings of Leon.

They join more than 100 performers confirmed for the festival, which will take place at Chicago’s Grant Park from Aug. 7 to 9.

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