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I am so sad. Fuck, I was really hoping to make it to one of his shows soon. There goes a bucket list item that won't ever be fulfilled now :/
But more than that, just such a devastating loss for the music scene and world in general. RIP Prince
Know how you feel- I had 2 tickets in a shopping cart for his last Toronto show (less than a month ago), but I couldn't justify the price with my wedding coming up in August... so much regret right now. Unreal.
Not the time you will want to her it but at least you've got David Gilmour coming up to take the sting off it.
Yeah, the only positive I'm taking away from all these deaths is that I'm even more grateful now that I got to see DG and Paul McCartney while they're still performing.
Fuck this wedding diet though: today, I'm eating burritos and watching Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories.
Post by Paroxysm714 on Apr 21, 2016 16:18:58 GMT -5
I'm real torn up about this one, just as much as when Bowie died. So thankful my wife snagged us tickets for last week's show at the the Fox. We told ourselves we needed to go because you never know how long legends will be around. RIP Prince.
Post by potentpotables on Apr 21, 2016 16:56:51 GMT -5
The night that the only girl I've ever loved broke up with me was also the first time I saw Prince live. Our last happy moment together was dancing to Purple Rain.
I saw him twice last summer - drove 9 hours for the Louisville show and went to the DC late show (where Stevie played 4 songs with him) and didn't get home until 4am.
I'm gutted. I'm crying tears in my hotel room right now.
Post by 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕒 on Apr 21, 2016 17:10:04 GMT -5
I am in utter shock and disbelief. My grandma and I used to listen to Prince together all the time when I would stay at her house on the weekends. She passed away years ago but whenever I listen to his music I can feel her in my heart. Gonna be spinning him all night, thinking of all the awesome times my grandma and I had listening to his music. </3
The night that the only girl I've ever loved broke up with me was also the first time I saw Prince live. Our last happy moment together was dancing to Purple Rain.
I saw him twice last summer - drove 9 hours for the Louisville show and went to the DC late show (where Stevie played 4 songs with him) and didn't get home until 4am.
I'm gutted. I'm crying tears in my hotel room right now.
WHY DIDNT I FUCKING GO TO THAT DC SHOW THAT YOU INVITED ME TO?
I am obviously feeling so so regretful right now... I just really thought there'd be other chances. Blehhhhhh
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Post by notdarkyet on Apr 21, 2016 17:21:20 GMT -5
I was at the first Louisville show last year as well. Also saw him in 2004 with the person who I loved more intensely than anyone I almost certainly ever will in my lifetime. We had been together for 4 years at that point and the relationship was a realization of my wildest dreams, an affirmation that dreams really can come true. The year following that though she left me and it messed me up in a big way. More than a decade has passed since then and while it took several years to even consider moving on, the relationship I am in now is far more healthy and happy even if it isn't as absurdly passionate as my younger, naive self was capable of. She married a year or two ago and since then we've lost touch but I don't think about it very much since I've got my own life to think about. Point is you've got to carry on and recognize all the potential and opportunities that await you. Many of which you wouldn't be aware of or act upon if you were tied down.
On separate notes I hadn't heard about the Stevie appearance and am insanely jealous of that and also wonder if your avatar is a salute to Norm McDonald or Will Ferrell? His career has taken a downturn but love Norm MacDonald and personally feel he is super underrated.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Apr 21, 2016 17:28:36 GMT -5
I wish they (Prince and/or his label) weren't so strict about his catalog/clips on Youtube. Every article being shared only has the same few performances to choose from. I hope his label/estate loosen the grips and release a bunch of videos that they used to fight on Youtube. I've even gotten a strike because I shared Jim James and the Roots doing a Prince cover in the past.
I remember watching him on SNL and the Grammy's and it was mindblowing. This was before I really understood how talented of an artist he was and thought he was just the weird sex guy who has a symbol for a name. I'd love to revisit those types of clips and discover more that I had been missing.
The night that the only girl I've ever loved broke up with me was also the first time I saw Prince live. Our last happy moment together was dancing to Purple Rain.
I saw him twice last summer - drove 9 hours for the Louisville show and went to the DC late show (where Stevie played 4 songs with him) and didn't get home until 4am.
I'm gutted. I'm crying tears in my hotel room right now.
WHY DIDNT I FUCKING GO TO THAT DC SHOW THAT YOU INVITED ME TO?
I am obviously feeling so so regretful right now... I just really thought there'd be other chances. Bless
Post by dreamingtree on Apr 21, 2016 19:55:59 GMT -5
It's unlike me to get really upset about a musician's death, but I cried tonight. Not as much ugly cry/can't breathe sobbing as Jerry Garcia, but damn this was a shock. I expected that I would get to see him in my lifetime at some point.... So very sad
I just happened to drive past Paisley Park minutes before the news broke. Bacon told me while I was at the store with my dad and I didn't believe it because there were no cops or news vans or anything. I know because I asked my dad what the round building out back was so we both looked that way. By the time we finished our errands, had lunch, and drove back, there was a crowd outside and flowers lining his fence. So sad.
TMZ is reporting that he was treated for an opiate overdose when he was hospitalized last week. I really hope that's unrelated, but it's hard to imagine that it's not. =/
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when we were young, my sister and i would force our parents to watch us perform while purple rain played on the tv behind us. we would dress in the most sparkly things we could find and do a choreographed routine to "i would die for 4 u." that's the one i remember most. we've continued to annoy them with this performance into adulthood, just me and my sister, my best friend. today, she burst through my front door after work, hugged me so hard and we just cried together. we turned on his music, danced and cried. and it was beautiful. i've had so many of these moments with the most important people in my life, with his music in the background. but it was never just in the background. he was really something special.
when we were young, my sister and i would force our parents to watch us perform while purple rain played on the tv behind us. we would dress in the most sparkly things we could find and do a choreographed routine to "i would die for 4 u." that's the one i remember most. we've continued to annoy them with this performance into adulthood, just me and my sister, my best friend. today, she burst through my front door after work, hugged me so hard and we just cried together. we turned on his music, danced and cried. and it was beautiful. i've had so many of these moments with the most important people in my life, with his music in the background. but it was never just in the background. he was really something special.
That was a beautiful story, Beebs; thanks for sharing <3
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
The First Avenue all night parties are actually happening all weekend starting at 11; I'll definitely be there on tomorrow or Saturday if anyone else is planning on going.
I live two hours from Louisville and when he announced playing a few shows there last year I tried so hard to get a ticket and they sold out instantly. I remember seeing someone on here saying keep checking, you never know if they might sell a few more here and there. So the next day at 8:55 a.m. I went onto the live nation app just to check and saw that tickets for a second day of shows were going on sale in five minutes. It was fate. Right place right time. I got two tickets and part of me was left in Louisville that night after Prince absolutely melted me for over two hours. Easily in my top 3 shows of all time. It's been less than a day but I can honestly say that living in a world where you know he isn't here anymore makes it a little tougher and it doesn't feel as bright. R.I.P. to a king who was known as a Prince.
The First Avenue all night parties are actually happening all weekend starting at 11; I'll definitely be there on tomorrow or Saturday if anyone else is planning on going.
I hear that they are still partying at First Ave. this morning.