Bonnaroo Lineup Announced
The line up for this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, to take place from June 11-14 in Manchester, Tennessee, has been announced. And as the headliner heavy artist list indicates, this year the organizers are taking no chances that ducats will go unsold for the 80,000 a day capacity camping festival. Reunited jam band Phish - whose full tour went on sale this past Friday, with demand crippling Live Nation's new ticketing system - will play two shows. Like Phish, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will make their only U.S. festival appearance of the year there.
And the other marquee names who will play the four day Tennessee fete make it clear that more than ever Bonnarroo, which last year hosted Metallica and Kanye West, is stretching beyond its jam nation roots. Also on the schedule: Erykah Badu, Nine Inch Nails, Merle Haggard, Bon Iver, Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello, Animal Collective, Lucinda Wiliams and Neko Case. The full list of bold faced names is here
Last week, the lineup was annouced for Coachella, which goes off in the California desert from April 17-19 and whose acts include Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse and Philadelphia's Dr. Dog. That list is here.