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oh well My lunch break is over. back to the daily grind. please don't hold your breathe until wed. i Most desperately care for you all and wouldn't want your brains to turn to Jello.
anybody mention black eyed peas yet? they are playing the super bowl. that could be your surprise headliner. they'd also be the worst headliner in bonnaroo history.
anybody mention black eyed peas yet? they are playing the super bowl. that could be your surprise headliner. they'd also be the worst headliner in bonnaroo history.
So what I gather from this thread is that you guys are willing to latch onto an unfounded guess that Buffalo Springfield will be there, and that somehow Further is a *prime* headliner.
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First off, I have neither read nor heard anything about either Buffalo or Further, other than in this thread. Yet somehow everyone is talking about it...why? Based on someone that has all of 5 posts. Come on guys, your better than that right?
Secondly, I don't see how Further is a headliner that will draw a crowd. Last year had Jay Z (huge draw=money) and Stevie (legend=money)
^ furthur is made up of grateful dead founding members bob weir and phil lesh. ever hear of them? i wouldn't call them a "prime" headliner but could easily draw a pretty good crowd sunday night. a significant amount of people leave by then and the great big lawn at the what stage never seems to be full on sunday nights.
There is no way Buffalo Springfield, MMJ, and Further are the top 3 headliners.
There are so many possible headliners out there. As mediocre as the headliners were last year, they definitely cost a lot more money than that prediction.
For some reason I am buying into this White Stripes talk. If not Roo, then perhaps Lolla snagged them.
If this sunshine person is right about 3/5 I would like to think we have MMJ, Arcade Fire OR the Stripes, AND Further OR Buffalo Springfield.
I would be pretty pissed if White Stripes played Lolla and not Roo..I mean, Jack lives in Nashville for christs sake. Then again it'd give me a decent reason to find a way to Lolla for one day.
^ furthur is made up of grateful dead founding members bob weir and phil lesh. ever hear of them? i wouldn't call them a "prime" headliner but could easily draw a pretty good crowd sunday night. a significant amount of people leave by then and the great big lawn at the what stage never seems to be full on sunday nights.
I know Further, I get who they are and what they represent. I wouldnt be opposed to them at the festival, but am completly against the idea of them being a 'top 3' headliner. Let alone the Sunday headliner.
As much as i despise DMB, they have a very rabid following that AC entertainment obviously wants to cater to. DMB, Jay Z, and Stevie are Popular with the 20 something crowd, One of the biggest hip hop stars of the last 10 years, and a living legend...What is Further? A band made up of Dead members who the masses will not associate with.
If they land on the bill i would not shy away from their performance, but to headline would not bring crowds imo.
so a couple people on CoS are calling these the headliners: u2, prince, furthur, panic
and these the co-headliners: trey, cheese, a perfect circle, lil wayne, mmj
not sure what they mean by co-headliners, i'm assuming they mean late night stages, what stage pre-headliners and which stage closers before the headliner
first off: the budget. they don't have it. unless they're severely killing the undercard secondly: u2 and prince in the same year? not gonna happen third: the 4 biggest jam bands/incarnation of jam bands in the same year? not gonna happen
I could easily make an account on COS or Inforoo and claim to know someone who knows someone, and i have a feeling it would be believed and repeated numerous times before anyone pointed out it might be complete bullshit.
I beginning to think that this is how the headliner booking is going!
"Too many headliners!" "U2?" They're doing Magnetic Mountain. "Radiohead?" Albums not ready. "Buffalo Springfield?" Yes no maybe no. "Paul McCartney" Nope. "Prince?" Doesn't play outside. "Oh, dear... Green Day?" Not unless the Clash already did it. "Arcade Fire?" Never on a weekend...
"Someone get Mickey Hart and Grace Slick on the phone. Tell 'em it's Itchycoo 2..."
Last Edit: Feb 1, 2011 2:16:22 GMT -5 by johninathens - Back to Top
The White Stripes have huge name recognition and have headlined fests like Glasto before. Coming back from hiatus they'd be a pretty big draw, but not a massive draw that a Jay-Z or a Stevie would bring you.
"I mean, Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes everybody liked. They left that to the Bee Gees." "this whole situation has just turned his whole life upside down face."
2012: RHCP, Phish, Beach Boys, Aziz, The Roots, Alice Cooper, Superjam, Blackstar, The Word, Luda, Flogging Molly, Spectrum Road, Umphrey's, Black Lips, Gary Clark Jr., Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Trampled By Turtles
Post by johninathens on Feb 1, 2011 2:26:03 GMT -5
Btw, just for fun:
1/31 "acoustic or electric?" - Dylan 1/26 "1960's or 1970's?" - the Stones 1/24 "Something Good: Wanda Jackson with Jack White Live at Williamsburg Music Hall last Friday." - Wanda Jackson w/ Jack White 1/19 "How do you like to listen to music… Headphones or car stereo?" Dr. Dre 1/18 "How cool is…The Dead Weather’s guitars?" - Bo Diddley (guitar) 1/10 "Miss the Black Keys on SNL? Check it out now..." - Black Keys 1/6 "Robert Plant Word Jumble" - Band of Joy
There are my guesses for some of the random Facebook posts over the last few weeks.
1/31 "acoustic or electric?" - Dylan 1/26 "1960's or 1970's?" - the Stones 1/24 "Something Good: Wanda Jackson with Jack White Live at Williamsburg Music Hall last Friday." - Wanda Jackson w/ Jack White 1/19 "How do you like to listen to music… Headphones or car stereo?" Dr. Dre 1/18 "How cool is…The Dead Weather’s guitars?" - Bo Diddley (guitar) 1/10 "Miss the Black Keys on SNL? Check it out now..." - Black Keys 1/6 "Robert Plant Word Jumble" - Band of Joy
There are my guesses for some of the random Facebook posts over the last few weeks.
How do you get the Stones and Dylan from those posts? And maybe thats exactly what they are, random posts? Also, Bo Diddley is dead
"I mean, Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes everybody liked. They left that to the Bee Gees." "this whole situation has just turned his whole life upside down face."
2012: RHCP, Phish, Beach Boys, Aziz, The Roots, Alice Cooper, Superjam, Blackstar, The Word, Luda, Flogging Molly, Spectrum Road, Umphrey's, Black Lips, Gary Clark Jr., Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Trampled By Turtles
"I mean, Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes everybody liked. They left that to the Bee Gees." "this whole situation has just turned his whole life upside down face."
2012: RHCP, Phish, Beach Boys, Aziz, The Roots, Alice Cooper, Superjam, Blackstar, The Word, Luda, Flogging Molly, Spectrum Road, Umphrey's, Black Lips, Gary Clark Jr., Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Trampled By Turtles
I beginning to think that this is how the headliner booking is going!
"Too many headliners!" "U2?" They're doing Magnetic Mountain. "Radiohead?" Albums not ready. "Buffalo Springfield?" Yes no maybe no. "Paul McCartney" Nope. "Prince?" Doesn't play outside. "Oh, dear... Green Day?" Not unless the Clash already did it. "Arcade Fire?" Never on a weekend...
"Someone get Mickey Hart and Grace Slick on the phone. Tell 'em it's Itchycoo 2..."
Not that I disagree in the non-likelihood of him playing at Roo, but Prince does play outside. He headlined Coachella a few years back.
Furthur or WSP * Neil or Prince * White Stripes or AF * MMJ * Primus *
Seems the most logical to me, but who can tell what is or what isn't anymore. Come on line-up!!!
Tough calls, each. But there are no losers among these options. Kinda like, Jugger or CursedLono to host "Silent Disco".
Whether they play separately or together, you're still looking at a legendary Tenth Roo Superjam! Maybe not classic "headliners" in the Radiohead sense, but still . . .
THAT's a tent I'm highlighting immediately on my schedule. Regardless of who's playing on other stages.
Prince / Muse / Furthur / My Morning Jacket / The Strokes / Massive Attack
Fri: Muse what - Massive Attack LN which Sat: Prince what - My Morning Jacket LN what Sun: Furthur what - The Strokes which
If Muse headlines I would move The Strokes into the What pre-headliner spot, I think that would be a good pairing. I see Death Cab filling the indie Sunday Which closer spot this year.
So who else can we fill into the Bonnaroo formula?
Choose 1 - Classic Rock Choose 2 - Jam bands Choose 2 - Modern/Indie bands
My early guesses:
Choose 1: Paul McCartney, Prince, U2 Choose 2: Neil Young*, Widespread Panic, Further, My Morning Jacket, Phish Choose 2: White Stripes, The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, Muse
*I know Neil is classic rock but I don't see his name being the huge #1 draw for a poster.