Over the weekend, Lollapalooza had its first sell-out since making the city its home in 2005, the Chicago Tribune reported. With ticket sales at a grand total of 225,000 over three days, it looks like the festival is officially here to stay.

With a stellar lineup already in place for Day 1, fans reportedly clamored at the gates of Grant Park on Friday (8/1), chomping at the bit to see bands such as Bloc Party [ tickets ], Cat Power [ tickets ], Rogue Wave [ tickets ], Gogol Bordello [ tickets ], The Go! Team [ tickets ], Mates of State [ tickets ], Duffy [ tickets ], and The Black Keys [ tickets ] to name a few. The crowds packed themselves in like sardines despite sweltering temperatures. Pitchforkmedia.com reported that The Kills set was cut short when singer Alison "VV" Mosshart was overcome by the heat.

Even though Gogol Bordello was lucky to have a more shaded aspect, their performance was noted to have generated a few extra degrees of heat. Ever kinetic frontman Eugene Hütz, always full of surprises, apparently included some unique percussion by placing a metal bucket over his mic and hitting it with a drumstick.

Some critics panned Bloc Party's performance; the disappointment appeared to be specific to lack of volume and a truncated set. With festivals of this scale technical issues are not uncommon, and it's also worth mentioning that Bloc Party's bass player was only a stand in. Yet there appears to be no shortage of praise for Bloc Party's drummer Matt Tong from those who attended the performance.

RollingStone.com dubbed headliners Radiohead [ tickets ] "the kings of Lollapalooza." The band's set was dominated by new material, and was reportedly was met with an enthusiastic reception from the crowd of 75,000.

Radiohead Set List:
01. 15 Step
02. Airbag
03. There There
04. All I Need
05. Nude
06. Arpeggi
07. The Gloaming
08. The National Anthem
09. Faust Arp
10. No Surprises
11. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
12. Reckoner
13. Lucky
14. The Bends
15. Everything In Its Right Place
16. Fake Plastic Trees
17. Bodysnatchers

- encore -
18. Videotape
19. Paranoid Android
20. Dollar and Cents
21. House of Cards
22. Optimistic

- 2nd encore -
23. 2+2=5
24. Idioteque

LiveDaily photographer Tim Mosenfelder was on the scene and captured some shots of the music and atmosphere.