After much controversy and anticipation, Lupe Fiasco‘s long awaited Lazers album will be released on March 8, 2011.

This comes after Fiasco accused the label of stalling the record’s release, which even lead to fan protests outside Atlantic’s New York headquarters dubbed Fiasco Friday a few weeks back.

Now that the album will see the light of day, we have a brand new single from Lazers titled “The Show Goes On”. The track, as you can plainly hear and as our friends at WindyCityRock pointed out, samples Modest Mouse’s “Float On” from their 2004 album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, and even bites the “Float On” chorus hook. You can purchase a download of “The Show Goes On” at Lupefiasco.com or stream it below:

Pitchfork Music Festival Day One is in the books. Below is a complete wrap up of all the day’s musical acts. Yesterday’s winners? I’d say Sharon Van Etten, Liars (Yes!) and Broken Social Scene. So sit back, relax and catch up on the Pitchfork Friday action. We’re doing it all again in less that 24 hours. Joy!

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 is only a few days away. Can you feel the excitement? What’s that? You don’t have tickets? Fear not. If you have a computer, you can join in on the fun!

Pitchfork has announced that for the fourth year in a row, Optimus will be the festival’s official webcast production partner. A link to the webcast can be found on Pitchforkmusicfestival.com/media.php once the fest powers up.

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Pitchfork has finally revealed the set times for their Pitchfork Music Festival set times for this July 17 – 19 in Chicago’s Union Park.

The best part about Pitchfork Fest’s planning is that, due to only three stages, they plan the set times very accordingly so that there’s almost no run-over on the main Aluminum and Connector stages. Want to catch Modest Mouse AND Broken Social Scene on Friday night? No problem. Simply turn to your right.

Finally, three-day passes for Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 have sold out as well as tickets for Sunday. No worries, you still have time to grab tickets to days one and two, or even catch Pavement back in Chicago on September 13 in Millennium Park (Tickets for that go on sale tomorrow morning!).

Get the full Pitchfork Fest 2010 schedule, via Pitchfork.com, after the jump.

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Pitchfork.com finally announced the full lineup for Pitchfork Festival 2010 on Thursday evening.

A partial lineup was announced in February and included headliners Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem and Pavement. Well, tonight’s additions make Pitchfork 2010 one of the most stacked editions of the fest ever.

One-half of OutKast Big Boi, Wolf Parade, Robyn, Diplo, Major Lazer, Beach House, Liars, Surfer Blood, WHY?, Neon Indian, the Tallest Man on Earth, Delorean, Real Estate, Free Energy, Sharon Van Etten, Local Natives, Washed Out, Kurt Vile, Best Coast, jj and Chicago’s own Netherfriends have all joined the three day event, which takes place at Chicago’s Union Park on July 16 – 18.

Three days passes sold out weeks ago, but single day passes are still available at Pitckforkmusicfestival.com for $40.

You can find the full lineup broken down by day after the jump.

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As promised, Pitchfork Music Festival have announced the first round or artists confirmed for this years’ festival, which will be held from July 16 – 18 at Chicago’s Union Park.

Modest Mouse has been confirmed for Friday, July 16. LCD Soundsystem and Raekwon will perform on Saturday, July 17. Finally, Sunday, July 18, offers the most confirmed acts with St. Vincent, Lightning Bolt, Sleigh Bells, Here We Go Magic, Cass McCombs and the highly rumored and anticipated Pavement reunion.

Tickets go on sale at 12 noon CST today at $40 for a single day pass and $90 for a three day pass. Purchase tickets at Ticketweb.com.