Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Festival, which comes to Manchester 6/7-10, just announced this year’s lineup on Spotify. This year, the headliners are Radiohead, the reunited Beach Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Phish. The bill also features tons of other big names: Bon Iver, the Shins, Aziz Ansari, the Avett Brothers, Feist, the Roots, Black Star, Major Lazer, St. Vincent, tUnE-YarDs, Ben Folds Five, Ludacris, Flying Lotus, Little Dragon, Battles, Danny Brown, Bad Brains, Yelawolf, SBTRKT, the Black Lips, Kendrick Lamar, the Antlers, the Joy Formidable, Das Racist, Kurt Vile, Kathleen Edwards, Laura Marling, Mogwai, the War On Drugs, EMA, Here We Go Magic, White Denim, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Also: Alice Cooper, which would be quite a thing to see.
Here’s the video reveal featuring ESPN’s John Anderson:
So: Who’s going? And how does this lineup stack up against previous years? For comparison’s sake, here’s 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.
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This is probably the first year I’ve ever said, “Man, I REALLY want to go to Bonnaroo!”
It is also the first year I can’t afford to go. And I live in Memphis. Bullshit.
i’ll just stop reading at ‘re-united beach boys.’
also, wow, mogwai’s just kinda buried there, aren’t they? guess no one cares anymore?
I also thought that was really strange…
I am interested to find out what everyone hates about this Bonnaroo line-up.
I am interested to find out what everyone loves about this Bonnaroo line-up.
Well, since you asked:
What I hate: It does not differ too much from Coachella or Sasquatch. Last year I would have gone to all 3; this year, I just do not see the point, same big bands (with the exception of the Beach Boys). Even the bands that differ just feel like their version of other festivals: Bad Brains instead of Buzzcocks (yeah yeah, I know they are different, but going with the old time punk theme), Mogwai instead of Explosions in the Sky.
What I love: This is still a fantastic festival, and the bands that do differ from the above two festivals are worth seeing, especially White Denim and The Antlers, both bands are just awesome live (and in general). Also, few people have the money to go to festivals across the US, so this is an awesome festival for those living on the East Coast.
If I were you, a person able to afford to go to THREE music festivals in one year, I would buy thousands of pillows, chairs, and blankets and build a fort-town.
If I were you, a person able to build a fort-town out of pillows chairs and blankets, I would be royalty of sleep.
I can see how the headliners might hit people hard, but I wouldn’t give up my Coachella post-hardcore and Mazzy Star reunions for this.
+1 for Coachella post-hardcore. I am ridiculously excited to see Refused, especially because they say they are going to play A New Shape of Punk in its entirety. Regardless, this has some pretty great bands that Coachella does not have, such as White Denim, The Antlers, and War on Drugs (who was just meh when I saw them live sadly, hopefully they are better).
I was hoping for both The Antlers and White Denim on the coachella lineup but take away them and the Beach Boys and I’m left with either bands I will see this year at Coachella: Radiohead, Bon Iver, The Shins, St. Vincent, Tune-Yards and Feist or bands I skipped last year: Foster the People, Two Door Cinema Club, Skrillex, Flogging Molly, The Joy Formidable, and Phantogram.
Darondo. If this isn’t your favorite part of this line up, then you haven’t heard his music. Fucking shocked when I read that.
After 2007 I declared myself “Bonna-Through.” The festival had become a sterling example of what my 12th grade government teacher called “tacky party enthusiasm,” a situation where the anticipation ancillary to a specific activity or event began to outweigh the merits of the specific activities or events. It seemed like the majority of kids going to the festival were going to Bonaroo to high and stagger around the camp site, maybe occasionally listening to some music. The festival had become primarily a party destination at the expense of being a musical event. It was a place for faux hippies (and also authentic ones who turn out to be giant, buzz-killing pieces of shit) to be seen running through the same tired lines that they never ceased to believe they were trailblazing. Maybe I, at the age of 22, was already making like Roger Murtaugh and getting to old for this shit.
Yet here I am, five years after my retirement, staring at the lineup and sending texts to old friends about possibly renting an RV. Perhaps it’s because for the first time I can remember, I have a genuine interest in seeing all three headlines (Thank god for no Widespread Panic). Maybe, although I’m bound to be disappointed, I’d be lying if I were to say that I’m not geeked out about seeing Brian Love play with the Beach Boys. Maybe, because, holy shit, Black Star is playing!!! Mabye because the last time Radiohead played in the middle of nowhere in Tennessee on a warm June night it was by far the best concert I’ve ever been to. Whatever it is, I’m tempted.
I have no idea why I typed Brian Love instead of Brian Wilson. Maybe watching too many Timberwolves games…
Kevin Love?
Yessir
(If you’re unaware, Kevin is Mike’s nephew.)
Would you be offended if I said I didn’t make it past “Bonna-Through”? The thumps seem to suggest that you made a great point.
Or the thumbs. Either one.
Ha! Unfortunately, either three days of music, dust, and no sleep in 90º heat, bad mushrooms, or a combination of all the above left me resorting to puns.
Understandable
Wait, was that June night where you saw Radiohead play Bonnaroo 2006? Because that’s when I saw them, and dear God, yeah, probably the best concert of my life too. Just the thought of that show made me instantly happy for a solid year after.
(Also, how the hell do people do drugs and drink at these things? I brought a big thing of liquor with the intent of polishing it off, and I didn’t even touch it, it was too damn hot.)
No Tyler? But what would Rubber Johnny think? Oh wait… what was I thinking using the word “think.” My bad.
This certainly won’t rock his socks
Rox His Sox? I think that’s how the kids say it.
There’s gonna be so many yuppies playing frisbee this year!
yuppies don’t play frisbee anymore. now they just get in the way when the hippie chicks are hula hooping.
Pitchfork and Lollapalooza had better have some awesome line-ups this year, because I live about 10 minutes from both of them. It would seem ridiculous to make the effort and investment in going to any other festival when two of them happen so close to me. That said, all of these fests so far look so good! Come on, Chicago fests, please please don’t suck. I’m stuck with you.
Check out the LollaLeaks twitter page. Metallica and The Killers weren’t particularly eye-catching, but Sonic Youth and Beck could be fucking incredible. Plus The Shins were listed, MIA playing in Perry’s, etc. Could be interesting if true.
Pitchfork Festival is usually all the stuff they liked from Coachella. I think you’ll be fine.
This was meant for Lucas above me. Apparently I can’t click correctly. Damn laptop trackpad.
First year for Coachella for me instead of Bonnaroo .. I’m sure both will be fun/great ..right?
Putting the Line-ups to the side for a minute, the reviews I have heard from my friends were that both Coachella and Lolla just didn’t measure up to Bonnaroo (Different friends: some went to coachella, some went to lolla, all have been to ROO). Every festival will have some great shows, but from the comparisons I have heard the other festivals just don’t live up to the overall Bonnaroo experience.
But when will we have a list of the drugs appearing at Bonnaroo?
Lost my friend for two days at Bonnaroo ’09 because he was in a tent doing opium. True story.
lol at the chili peppers touring behind this flop album of theirs.
Lol at the fact that I can’t go.
If we’re going to have ESPN employees announce festivals I demand that Lee Corso do the intro for P4k, and that he wears the Seminole headdress throughout. Synergy!
So what I’m getting is that people here don’t like sports or outkast. I thought more of you SG community.
Damn! Bonaroo’s looking good this year!!
Where’s Ke$ha and Nickelback?! What a ripoff. I’m out.