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 Bonnaroo sends a friend request to its “everyone else” list.

There are some gems. Girl Talk is slated to be there (though I feel he should be playing in some seedy club located in a dirty basement that isn’t his…it would at least feel better), as well as Wilco and the Mars Volta.

Oh, and some band named Phish. That’s right. Get your weed ready because the music won’t seem right without it.

Am I wrong?  Or doesn’t this list seem a bit off. Maybe I’m over thinking things. Or maybe I’m just bitter since I can never afford to go.

Check out the list after the jump.

2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Confirmed Artists:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 Shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov’t Mule
Andrew Bird
Band of Horses
Merle Haggard
MGMT
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The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury Band
of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross

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