Plus: BSS, Cat Power, Gnarls, Raconteurs, Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk, Lidell, Go! Team, Battles?

The big names apparently picked to play Lollapalooza 2008, confirmed according to the Chicago Sun-Times, ought to give even the most discerning concertgoer plenty to smile about.

Or brood about: if what the Sun-Times tells us is true, previously mentioned Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are indeed playing, as are the reemergent Rage Against the Machine. Other goodies: Kanye West, Wilco, the Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, Cat Power, Broken Social Scene, Stephen Malkmus (the Sun-Times doesn’t indicate whether he’ll be joined by the Jicks), Bloc Party, Girl Talk, Battles, Grizzly Bear, Jamie Lidell, the Go! Team, the Cool Kids, Kid Sister, the Black Keys, and Mates of State.

With so many must-sees on one festival lineup, overlap of course becomes an issue. Let’s just hope all these fine people are collectively playing against, um, Blues Traveler and G. Love & Special Sauce.

Lollapalooza 2008 takes over Chicago’s lovely lakeside Grant Park from August 1-3, and Perry Farrell is scheduled to make the official lineup announcement on Monday, April 7.