When I think about the prospect of seeing Rage Against the Machine live, I can’t form real words. Their recorded music is so exciting that I can hardly imagine what it must be like to watch from a moshing crowd — when Zack de la Rocha calls out guilty parties at the end of “Know Your Enemy” or when Tom Morello makes you wonder how that sound came out of a guitar during several of their songs.

Eight years ago they broke up, and remained apart until last summer when they started playing concerts again. Now they have been confirmed as a headliner of Lollapalooza in Grant Park this August. I was all set on going to Pitchfork and Warped, a couple more affordable festivals (that still have some good looking lineups), but now I’m rethinking what I’m going to do.

Rage Against the Machine is one of my favorite bands and I never thought I would have a chance to see them live (and who knows if I’ll have another one, they could break up again at any time for all I know). On the other hand, right now a three day pass would run me $190. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have that kind of cash lying around.

I’ll probably end up going for a one day pass at the last second, although those will probably be more expensive than a three day pass to Pitchfork. We’ll see. Anyway, the whole Lolla lineup was announced today, the other headliners being Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails.

Also playing are Bloc Party, The Raconteurs, Kanye West, Wilco, Lupe Fiasco, Gnarls Barkley, The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, Tally Hall and a bunch of others. Check out lollapalooza.com for the full lineup.