Bonnaroo 2009

MUSIC NEWS- Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has added a batch of add'l acts and a full comedy program to these years event. Updates include established artists such as Public Enemy and Ani DiFranco along with reggae mainstays the Itals and Wailing Souls, African superstars Amadou & Mariam, underground rapper Murs, metal favorites Shadows Fall and High on Fire, R&B ingénue Janelle Monáe, electronic soul duo Pretty Lights, bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice, and indie-world buzz bands Passion Pit...Read Full Story

What's one way to ensure your mega music festival is well attended in the middle of a recession? Book a reunited Phish.The jam band's legions of ardent followers sellout arenas in minutes, so with little difficulty they will flood the Tennessee fields of the Bonnaroo Music Festival, which begins Thursday and runs through Sunday.In its eighth year, Bonnaroo — arguably the country's biggest festival and the country's best, according to Rolling Stone — will have a distinctive Phish flavor.Oh...Read Full Story

Worlds are set to collide this summer when the forces of Al Green, Animal Collective and Bruce Springsteen descend upon the Bonnaroo Festival, which will either start a strange musical jam or erupt into an unholy genre war where no one will be safe. Either way, it’ll be interesting. Truth be told, I’m a little perplexed at the lineup, though not so vexed that I’m shocked. I had heard grumblings about this festival changing its…identity (right word?) and it appears 2009 will be the year...Read Full Story

The eighth annual Bonnaroo Music Festival offered, if nothing else, an expanded view of what it means to jam.Though Bonnaroo — held on a giant farm in the Tennessee hills — was founded as a roots rock, jam band festival, it years ago adopted a wider musical spectrum that draws from all genres. Bonnaroo's origins were easy to recall with Phish — today's pre-eminent jam band, reunited after a five-year hiatus — performing for the first time together at Bonnaroo, a festival founded in the image...Read Full Story

MUSIC NEWS -  Can't get to Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessess this year?  Don't worry, you'll still get to see music’s best of 2009 becuse the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival will be televised on June 20th on Fuse.  Featured artists in the festival include Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Snoop Dogg, Bruce Springsteen and more!  The eighth annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will be covered exclusively on Fuse through the week long Fuse Fest programming (June 15-19, see details below the break...Read Full Story

They were sure to be chanting "Bruuuuuce" at Bonnaroo Saturday night.Bruce Springsteen, one of the festivals two headliners along with Phish, was to take the main stage Saturday evening at the Tennessee music festival.It's a rare festival performance for Springsteen and the E Street Band, whose festival experience has mostly been in Europe. The band's guitarist Steven Van Zandt earlier said he looked forward to playing for those in the Bonnaroo audience that might not have heard of or simply...Read Full Story

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The Bonnaroo Festival is an annual four day music festival which will be taking place June 10th – 14th in Manchester, TN this year. The festival will feature headliners such as Bruce Springsteen, Phish, The Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, MGMT, Erykah Badu, Paul Oakenfold, Ben Harper the Mars Volta, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Al Green, Snoop Dog, Elvis Costello and many more. Like the Coachella festival in Southern California, many attendees of Bonnaroo camp out in RV rentals for the three-day event...Read Full Story

Whether your musical tastes lean toward Nine Inch Nails or Brad Paisley, there's something for you in Middle Tennessee as both the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester and the CMA Music Festival in Nashville run Thursday through Sunday.This year's Bonnaroo features Bruce Springsteen, Phish, the Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dog, Elvis Costello and many more.About 60,000 fans are expected to attend the festival, now in its eighth year.An hour north, the Country...Read Full Story

Phish might technically be a Bonnaroo rookie, but the band's first performance at the Tennessee music festival had the feeling of a homecoming.Phish was to perform a highly anticipated set Friday night, playing until the early morning hours. The Vermont-based band, which reunited earlier this year after a five-year hiatus, is a double headliner, also performing Sunday evening.All of the members of Phish — Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman and Page McConnell — have previously played...Read Full Story