Strokes Playing Lollapalooza, Album Out In September

It looks like it's going to be even more difficult to get tickets to this year's Lollapalooza (as if it isn't already hard enough). That's because The Strokes have confirmed they'll headline the Chicago festival this summer.

Singer Julian Casablancas told the Chicago Tribune the New York rockers would top the bill on one of the dates. Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Soundgarden and Green Day are also rumoured to play this year's festival, but the lineup has yet to be announced.

Lollapalooza 2010 takes place Aug. 6 to 8 at Chicago's Grant Park.

As for the follow-up to 2006's First Impressions Of Earth, Casablancas says the long-awaited album will be out in September.

"I've written a lot of melodies for it, but the other guys have also contributed a lot more: melodies, choruses, parts," he told the Chicago Tribune. "It's way more collaborative. So it'll have a different feel than our other albums."

In the meantime, Casablancas is still on the road supporting his Phrazes For The Young debut solo album. He'll wrap up that tour at the end of April.

You can see The Strokes on June 13 at Newport, England's Seaclose Park as part of the Isle Of Wight Festival. They'll also pay this year's Hurricane Festival and Southside Festival in Scheesel, Germany and Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany in June.

In the meantime, you can see Casablancas here:

March 23 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
March 24 New York, NY @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
March 26 Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
March 27 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
March 28 Baltimore, MD @ Ram's Head Live!
March 30 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
April 1 Montreal, QC @ Le National
April 2 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
April 3 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues Cleveland
April 5 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
April 6 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
April 8 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
April 9 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre
April 10 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
April 12 Houston, TX @ House Of Blues Houston
April 13 Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues Dallas
April 14 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
April 18 Indio, CA @ Empire Polo Club (Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival)
April 21 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
April 22 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
April 23 Des Moines, IA @ People's
April 25 Columbia, MD @ The Blue Note
April 26 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
April 27 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
April 29 New Orleans, LA @ Republic