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All good and fine. But Wayne is an ex-drug dealer.
No he's not. Don't believe what ever rapper tells you in their songs.
If Wayne was at Bonnaroo he would have to be on a stage, simply because of the crowd he would draw, but he doesn't have to be a headliner. Pre-headliner, maybe a Beastie Boys type set, or something similar.
And Furthur could easily be the Sunday headliner, or a prime latenight on a stage. But I don't think they could be as low as preheadliner or anything like that.
I'd take the Stones because I've seen the other two. Not that U2 and Radiohead aren't amazing live...
I think Bonnaroo books less jam bands from here on out to reach more people. A lot of festivals are starting to pop up and siphon business off of Bonnaroo.
Leave the jam stuff to Mountain Jam/Beale St/Wakarusa and book a wider variety.
U2 • Neil Young • Daft Punk • Widespread Panic • My Morning Jacket • Arcade Fire Robert Plant & The Band of Joy • The Strokes • Big Boi • The Roots & John Legend Primus • Gregg Allman • Ben Harper & Relentless7 • Fiona Apple • The Black Keys Deftones • STS9 • Cee-Lo Green • Warren Haynes Band • Lupe Fiasco • Bright Eyes The Charlie Daniels Band • Umphrey’s McGee • Galactic • DJ Shadow • Broken Bells Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Band • Gogol Bordello • Florence and the Machine Empire of the Sun • Yonder Mountain String Band • Drive-By Truckers • Iron & Wine Ghostland Observatory • Jimmy Eat World • Fleet Foxes • Street Sweeper Social Club
Trade U2 for Radiohead/Stones/Macca/Anyone with a pulse...
And trade WSP for Furthur/The Dead...
Trade someone slightly less awesome for Wilco...
Add Cold War Kids, The Watchmen, Mumford & Sons, & Portugal The Man (all of whom are likely)
And Gosh darn it... If MMJ and Bright Eyes are there what the heck is M. Ward doin that would be more important then a Roo MOF set???????????????????????
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Paul McCartney * The Rolling Stones Daft Punk * Furthur * Arcade Fire * Neil Young Jack Johnson * My Morning Jacket * Widespread Panic Ben Harper & Relentless 7 * Crosby, Stills, & Nash * The Strokes John Mayer Trio * Wyclef Jean * Trey Anastasio Band * John Legend & The Roots Sublime w/ Rome * Steve Miller Band * MGMT * The Wailers Primus * Eddie Vedder * Iron & Wine * Alice Cooper * Girl Talk Greg Allman * Deftones * Flying Lotus * Loretta Lynn * Wiz Khalifa OAR * Florence + the Machine * Galactic * Silversun Pickups * STS9 * 311 John Kay & Steppenwolf * Warren Haynes Band * Gogol Bordello * Atmosphere Cold War Kids * Major Lazer * Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings * Deathklok * Rusko deerhunter * Mumford & Sons * Slightly Stoopid * Rusko * Portugal. the Man * Jamey Johnson Matt & Kim * Preservation Hall Jazz Band * Flobots * Blue Oyster Cult * Pretty Lights Crystal Castles * Cage the Elephant * Rancid * Keller Willaims * Curren$y Delta Spirit * Skrillex * Flipsyde * Wavves * Against Me! * The Felice Brothers The Expendables * Bad Religion * Trampled by Turtles * Brand New * Dieselboy Alberta Cross * Little Big Town * Iration * The Budos Band * Straylight Run Those Darlins * Anthony Green * Man Man * Good Old War Bonnie Prince Billy * Jessica Lae Mayfield * Papadosio * Born Forty * Signal Home
Thursday: John Legend & The Roots-> Arcade Fire HL, Trey Anastosio Band LN Which Friday: Wyclef Jean-> John Mayer Trio -> Rolling Stones HL-> Daft Punk LN What Which closer: MGMT Saturday: Jack Johnson-> Ben Harper-> Neil Young-> Paul McCartney HL, which closer: The Strokes SAT LN: MMJ-Which after Paul, Widespread Panic-What. after MMJ Sunday: The Wailers-> Crosby, Stills, & Nash-> Further HL Which Closer: Steve Miller Band
a LN tent that starts towards the end of Daft Punk: Blue Oyster Cult-> Alice Cooper-> Deathklok Jacques Fresco would speak between the Stones and Daft Punk Jack Johnson would play early Saturday like Jimmy Buffet did with few opposition- like a daytime HL There'd be a superjam on Saturday LN from like 4am 'til Sunrise
EDIT: switched positioning around. and added a couple more acts.
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Paul McCartney * The Rolling Stones Daft Punk * Furthur * Arcade Fire * Neil Young Jack Johnson * My Morning Jacket * Widespread Panic Ben Harper & Relentless 7 * Crosby, Stills, & Nash * Deftones John Mayer Trio * Wyclef Jean * Trey Anastasio Band * John Legend & The Roots Sublime w/ Rome * Primus * Steve Miller Band * Iron & Wine * The Wailers * MGMT * Eddie Vedder Greg Allman * The Strokes * Flying Lotus * Loretta Lynn * Wiz Khalifa * Galactic Alice Cooper * Florence + the Machine * Silversun Pickups * STS9 John Kay & Steppenwolf * Warren Haynes Band * Girl Talk * Gogol Bordello Cold War Kids * Deathklok * Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings * Major Lazer * OAR deerhunter * Mumford & Sons * Slightly Stoopid * Rusko * Portugal. the Man * Jamey Johnson Matt & Kim * Preservation Hall Jazz Band * Flobots * Blue Oyster Cult * Pretty Lights * Crystal Castles Curren$y * Cage the Elephant * Rancid * Delta Spirit * Skrillex * Flipsyde * Wavves * Keller Williams Against Me! * 311 * The Felice Brothers * Little Big town * Bad Religion * Trampled by Turtles * Brand New Dieselboy * Alberta Cross * The Expendables * Iration * The Budos Band * Straylight Run * Those Darlins Bonnie Prince Billy * Man Man * Good Old War * Jessica Lae Mayfield * Papadosio * Born Forty * Signal Home
Thursday: John Legend & The Roots-> Arcade Fire HL, Trey Anastosio Band LN Which Friday: Wyclef Jean-> John Mayer Trio -> Rolling Stones HL-> Daft Punk LN What Which closer: MGMT Saturday: Jack Johnson-> Ben Harper-> Neil Young-> Paul McCartney HL, which closer: The Strokes SAT LN: MMJ-Which after Paul, Widespread Panic-What. after MMJ Sunday: The Wailers-> Crosby, Stills, & Nash-> Further HL Which Closer: Steve Miller Band
a LN tent that starts towards the end of Daft Punk: Blue Oyster Cult-> Alice Cooper-> Deathklok Jack Johnson would play early on Saturday like Jimmy Buffet did with few opposition- like a daytime HL Jacques Fresco would speak between the Stones and Daft Punk There'd be a superjam on Which friday LN from like 4am 'til Sunrise
this looks really good as far as the mid to low goes. glad im not the only one who is 99% certain Wiz Khalifia will be at Bonnaroo this. your top lines seem a bit too stacked tho imo.
Post by Mr.BelgianManders on Jan 14, 2011 4:37:49 GMT -5
U2 * Daft Punk * My Morning Jacket Eminem * Muse * Arcade Fire * Primus * The Black Eyed Peas Robert Pant & The Band Of Joy * Ben Harper & Relentless7 * Lenny Kravitz Incubus * John Legend & The Roots * CAKE * Gregg Allman
Fri What: Incubus * Eminem -> Daft Punk LN Fri Which: Ben Harper & Relentless7 -> Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy Sat What: Lenny Kravitz -> Muse -> U2 LN Sat Which: John Legend & The Roots -> The Black Eyed Peas Sun What: Gregg Allman Solo -> Arcade Fire -> My Morning Jacket Sun Which: Cake -> Primus
I really can't see them touring this summer. It makes no sense. They just finished a HUGE multi-leg world tour that went everywhere, usually multiple times. It was one of the highest-grossing tours of all time, and I've read in interviews that they're all very tired, and ready for a rest. Their shows are super high energy, and these guys aren't young anymore. Not even Young (/pun).
Now, I'm not saying you're lying about your information, but "AC/DC is going to have a big summer" does not equal going back on tour. They could be doing festival appearances, like they did at Download in the UK last year, but they could also be releasing a live album/DVD from the tour, or maybe finally releasing a Greatest Hits CD or something.
Also, that interview when Brian was talking about retiring but still needed to make festival appearances was specifically referring to last summer and Download, I remember it from Classic Rock magazine. Now, AC/DC could still possibly be at Bonnaroo, i'm just saying that there's nothing specific to point towards that. If they do announce retirement (which, if they waited until summer to announce, could be the "big summer" she was talking about), they make decide to do a few more one-off festival appearances, to say goodbye. To the best of my knowledge, AC/DC has never toured, except in support of an album, so I don't see them going on another tour right after this one just ended.
Sorry, that was kinda a lot...
Totally agree with everything you said and the explanation of "big summer". To add to it Johnson's wife could just be saying shit. They live near my brother in southern Florida and she does business with my brother's company. Her exact words to him, however, were; 2011 will be a big year and they will be playing in the states during the summer." generally she talks to him about London all the time but she specifically said big year, summer in the US so again she could be clueless, I don't know the woman from dick, But "that's what she said".
Against Me! - Sharon Jones & Dap Kings - Titus Andronicus - Cage The Elephant - Lupe Fiasco
Florence + The Machine - Ra Ra Riot - Jamey Johnson - Robert Randolph & Family Band
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ozomatli - The Pogues - Galactic - Matt & Kim - Cold War Kids
Iron & Wine - Citizen Cope - Taj Mahal Trio - Rebelution - Explosions In The Sky - Cut Copy
Ghostland Observatory - Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeros - Lotus - Delta Spirit
The Lee Boys - Drive-By Truckers - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue - Streetlight Manifesto
North Mississippi Allstars - Dead Kennedys - 7 Walkers - Soulive - Portugal. The Man
Big Sam's Funky Nation - Ryan Montbleau Band - Preservation Jazz Hall Band - Railroad Earth
Cradle Of Filth - EOTO - Trampled by Turtles - Das Racist - Ryan Bingham & Dead Horses
I actually like this a lot but A- I don't think Interpol would be as low as they are, certainly not behind Mumford and Sons I don't think. And B- Do Edward Sharpe and The Avett Bros. really have a reason to come back? It's not like either of them have risen in popularity since last year.
And B- Do Edward Sharpe and The Avett Bros. really have a reason to come back? It's not like either of them have risen in popularity since last year.
Avett Brothers seem to be doing the festival whore thing again this year. I've seen them on a bunch of different festival lineups. I didn't think we'd see them back at Roo this year but if they're playing festivals I could see Roo scooping them up again. Though I think it's doubtful....it's seemed more possible lately.
Just food for thought...I'm sure it's been mentioned in previous pages, but not in a while that I'm aware of...Bob Dylan is headlining Blues Fest in Australia in April. I just feel like that bodes well for him making an appearance at the farm. Personally I'd like to see him over most of the headliners that keep getting mentioned(MMJ, U2, Paul, etc.)
Just food for thought...I'm sure it's been mentioned in previous pages, but not in a while that I'm aware of...Bob Dylan is headlining Blues Fest in Australia in April. I just feel like that bodes well for him making an appearance at the farm. Personally I'd like to see him over most of the headliners that keep getting mentioned(MMJ, U2, Paul, etc.)
I wouldn't. Having seen him multiple times the past few years I always leave a bit disappointed. It's great seeing a legend but it's not that great that he can't perform anymore. His voice is pretty bad usually and he just sways back and forth on a keyboard.
If he were at Roo.....I'd maybe check him out if there were no conflicts......but definitely would rather MMJ, Paul, or even U2 (and i'm not a fan at all) over Dylan at this time. Just my opinion.
Also, not headliner speculation..but I'd love to see Buckethead as a LN tent act...saw him at a small bar show at The Rave in Milwaukee and he blew my mind...I know he's playing with a group right now but I can't remember the name. It's just a sweet show....definitely haven't ever seen someone do the robot while shredding guitar at the same time. It's pretty sweet.
EDIT: The group is Praxis...they're releasing a new album Jan 25th, but it has a ton of guest appearances like, Serj from SOAD, Iggy Pop, Killah Priest from the Wu, and a few others.
Post by rockinlamb on Jan 14, 2011 12:04:56 GMT -5
No Allman Brothers Band... but Greg Allman did confirm himself for Bonnaroo and New Olreans Jazz Fest in a USA Today interview. I love this time of year when groups just start doing the work for us.
Post by eddieshyne on Jan 14, 2011 12:19:23 GMT -5
I forget where i read it but praxis is def playing roo this year. If i find the link ill put it up if i can figure out how. Im not a computer guy. And also i saw Dylan at roo 04 and he played ALL new songs from his new album at the time. Very dissapointing
I forget where i read it but praxis is def playing roo this year. If i find the link ill put it up if i can figure out how. Im not a computer guy. And also i saw Dylan at roo 04 and he played ALL new songs from his new album at the time. Very dissapointing