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Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd ... Kanye West's late night performance at Bonnaroo was delayed nearly two hours, angering the festival crowd who responded by chanting "Kanye sucks" and pelting the empty stage with glow sticks ... West had been scheduled to take the main stage at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival at 2:45 a.m. Sunday morning. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Musicians try to get out the vote at Bonnaroo Jun 16, 2008
(AP) - Bonnaroo, the annual central Tennessee music festival, is better known for dancing and campsite carousing than political activism ... Headcount is a nonprofit organization that's working to get people registered to vote and it does almost all of its work at festivals and concerts like Bonnaroo ... He says fans at Bonnaroo and other festivals are now more receptive to talking about voter registration. (KOLD.com, AZ)
Hot Fun in the Summertime: Bonnaroo returns to Tenn. amid increasingly crowded festival season Jun 16, 2008
Hot Fun in the Summertime: Bonnaroo returns to Tenn ... Hot Fun in the Summertime: Bonnaroo returns to Tenn ... When the tens of thousands of music-crazy fans gather in the Tennessee countryside this weekend for Bonnaroo, they'll be part of not just one of the summer's biggest music festival, but a nationwide revival. (Yahoo News)
Pearl Jam wows Bonnaroo Jun 16, 2008
(AP) -- Pearl Jam wowed the Bonnaroo crowd with a three-hour performance late Saturday, returning the band to the grand stage of a music festival ... There were no mishaps at Bonnaroo, though, and Vedder's faith in festivals appeared to be restored ... Pearl Jam was the main stage headliner Saturday at the annual Bonnaroo Music Festival, which is held on a giant 700-acre site south of Nashville. (The Palm Beach Post)
Beckinsale demands bottom double Jun 16, 2008
FOX23 News This Morning. Last Update: 5:54 am. (FOX23.com, OK)
U2 Trumps Mariah, Kanye At Grammy Awards Jun 16, 2008
Pearl Jam capped its headlining slot Saturday at Bonnaroo with an impassioned rendering of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," with frontman Eddie Vedder urging the sprawling throng to vote for change this coming November. Music veterans like Phil Lesh, Levon Helm and B.B. King showed the younger generation a thing or two on the second day of Bonnaroo, offering a strong contrast to performances by rockers like Pearl Jam and rappers like Kanye West. (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)
Infotainment Jun 15, 2008
Free WillieManchester: Willie Nelson performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2008. AP. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Jun 15, 2008
Bonnaroo opens with Metallica, Chris Rock ... Bonnaroo opens with Metallica, Chris Rock ... - Bonnaroo began in earnest Friday with the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by Metallica. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
B.B. King given key to the city at Bonnaroo Jun 15, 2008
B. B. King performs at the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tenn ... - B.B. King was awarded the key to the city Saturday at the Bonnaroo Music Festival ... King, 82, took a wheel chair to get to the stage at Bonnaroo, the annual festival held in the Tennessee countryside south of Nashville. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Pearl Jam wows Bonnaroo with 3-hour performance Jun 15, 2008
Pearl Jam wowed the Bonnaroo crowd with a three-hour performance late Saturday night, returning the band to the grand stage of a music festival ... There were no mishaps at Bonnaroo, though, and Vedder's faith in festivals appeared to be restored ... Pearl Jam was the main stage headliner Saturday at the annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which is held on a giant 700-acre site south of Nashville. (International Herald Tribune)
Missing Bonnaroo? Tune in Jun 15, 2008
That's not uncommon this weekend at the Bonnaroo Arts and Music festival going on in Manchester, Tenn ... He's a radio DJ and, right now, he's jamming along with a recording by Modest Mouse, a band that isn't even playing Bonnaroo ... Hammel works for Nashville's Lightning 100 FM-WRLT. But, on Friday, he's doing a guest spot on Bonnaroo Radio, the official station of the arts and music festival. (AL.com)
Metallica, Chris Rock make odd Bonnaroo pair Jun 14, 2008
Bonnaroo fans walk past the Sonic Village stage at Bonnaroo Music and Arts FestivalonJune 13 in Manchester, Tenn ... - The smorgasbord of Bonnaroo began in earnest Friday with a packed slate highlighted by the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by Metallica ... It was to be the first appearance for both at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, held annually south of Nashville on a 700-acre countryside site. (MSNBC -- Music)
Bonnaroo 'all about the music, all about people' Jun 14, 2008
Bonnaroo 'all about the music, all about people ... - Bonnaroo, the arts and music festival that turns one Tennessee town into a musical megalopolis, kicked off with more than 80,000 people converging on the 700-acre farm to begin a weekend filled with loud music, hot days and sleepless nights ... Though the festival didn't officially start until Thursday, five Huntsville-area friends decided to start their Bonnaroo weekend a bit early. (AL.com)
Plant and Krauss to continue their partnership Jun 13, 2008
Plant and Krauss are working together through July 19, when the tour wraps in Nashville (they also stop at the Bonnaroo Music Festival on Sunday). And both said that theyre enjoying the opportunity to expand and enhance their musical partnership on the road. (MSNBC -- Music)
Listen Up: Live from Bonnaroo Jun 13, 2008
Bonnaroo 2008 - Listen Up - USATODAY.com ... set to fire off some snarling political punk on Saturday, the Thursday night performance from Nashville/Knoxville rock soldiers Superdrag may go down as the most punk rock moment of Bonnaroo 08, and possibly to date ... Coffee Country police reported by this afternoon, and Murfreesboro police busted one Bonnaroo-bound guy yesterday who had more than on him. (USA Today -- Life)
My Morning Jacket Plans New Year's At MSG Jun 13, 2008
The group is one of the centerpieces of this weekend's Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn. where it will play a midnight to 3 a.m. set on Saturday morning. (Billboard.com)
Portsmouth band, The Press Project, playing at Bonnaroo ... right about now Jun 13, 2008
Portsmouth band, The Press Project, playing at Bonnaroo ... The Press Project is scheduled to play the Bonnaroo music and arts festival today in Manchester, Tenn ... Rolling Stone magazine added the Bonnaroo festival to its list of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock n roll. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Bonnaroo opens amid summer festival revival Jun 12, 2008
In this June 16, 2007 photo, fans cheer at the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tenn. Bonnaroo, arguably the country's biggest music festival, kicks off Thursday with a slate headlined by Pearl Jam, Metallica, Kanye West and Chris Rock ... When the tens of thousands of music-crazy fans gather in the Tennessee countryside this weekend for Bonnaroo, theyll be part of not just one of the summers biggest music festival, but a nationwide revival. (MSNBC -- Music)
Today is the day for heavy traffic between Nashville and Chattanooga Jun 12, 2008
That's because this is the first day of the Bonnaroo (BAHN'uh-roo) Music and Arts Festival on a former farm near Manchester, where at least 80,000 people are expected. The event, 1 of the premier concerts in the country, ends Sunday. (WREG.com, TN)
Bonnaroo brings festivals back from the dead Jun 12, 2008 NEPA concert spots Jun 9, 2008 A hot time at country music's fan festival Jun 9, 2008 XM Teams Up with NBC for 'Nashville Star Radio' Jun 7, 2008 Sizzling summer music festivals Jun 6, 2008 Mastodon Stretches Out On 'Creepy' New Album Jun 5, 2008 Salon's guide to summer music festivals Jun 5, 2008 Small concerts an option for the cash-strapped Jun 4, 2008 Federated Media Partners with Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival Jun 4, 2008 Summer's Hottest, Must-Not-Miss Shows Jun 3, 2008 Metallica's New Website Gives You A Mission May 31, 2008 New Sigur Ros Album Due In Late June May 28, 2008 Touring music acts make stops online May 23, 2008 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will air in June on national Fuse network May 21, 2008 Fuse will be first to broadcast Bonnaroo May 20, 2008 Fuse Becomes Exclusive TV Partner of 2008 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival May 20, 2008 Lars Ulrich Talks New Metallica Album: 'It's More Like Some Of Our Earlier Records' May 17, 2008 Ulrich Promises 'Dynamic' New Metallica Album May 16, 2008 Pearl Jam Plans To Let New Songs 'Grow Up' May 16, 2008 Ulrich Reveals Metallica Tour Plans at L.A. Benefit May 16, 2008 Payback had hits, misses May 9, 2008 Summer concerts preview: These are the five to see live May 9, 2008 My Morning Jacket Reveal Headlining Tour May 9, 2008 Festival makes blues enjoyable May 8, 2008 Outdoor festivals May 8, 2008 Metallica, The Offspring Lead Weenie Roast Lineup May 6, 2008 Vegoose Festival Won't Return For 2008 May 6, 2008 Decibel | On the road May 5, 2008 Bands of gold May 4, 2008 Ten summer festivals and concerts that you might not know about May 2, 2008 Concert industry banking on a festive, diverse summer Apr 23, 2008 Growth spurt: Rock festivals booming Apr 21, 2008 There are plenty of choices Apr 21, 2008 Allman Brothers Out, Widespread Panic In Apr 19, 2008 There's a message with the music at Green Apple Festival Apr 18, 2008 Widespread Panic Subs For Allmans At Bonnaroo Apr 18, 2008 Metallica's Lars Ulrich Really Did Like The Sword; Plus Velvet Revolver, Divine Heresy & More News That Rules, In Metal File Apr 18, 2008 New folks at Newportrock festival's traditions Apr 17, 2008 Summer Music Festival Business Heats Up Apr 16, 2008 My Morning Jacket Set For 'SNL,' Euro Tour Apr 15, 2008 MGMT, 'The Best New York Band About,' to Follow up Triumphant South by Southwest Appearances With Performances at This Year's Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lolapalooza Festivals Apr 15, 2008 Music fests made for summertime Apr 13, 2008 Get the Lez out Apr 11, 2008 PR Newswire Summary of EntertaiNet Copy, Thursday, April 10, 2008 Apr 11, 2008 Mike Doughty Apr 10, 2008 Going Greene Apr 6, 2008 Linkin Park Announces Projekt Revolution 2008 Lineup Apr 4, 2008 'Idol'-related alerts: Phil Stacey, Josh Gracin Apr 4, 2008 Concert industry fights back with fests Mar 29, 2008 Beck, Primus, Ben Harper join Outlands lineup Mar 25, 2008 Grunge Rock Band Pearl Jam Coming To Hampton Roads Mar 21, 2008 Aimee Mann Sets Date For Seventh Album Mar 19, 2008 Fans asked to create Radiohead video Mar 18, 2008 Radiohead, Petty sign on for new fest Mar 18, 2008 My Morning Jacket Wail On New Songs, Plus Clipse, Vampire Weekend, Playboy Bunnies & More: South By Southwest '08 Mar 15, 2008 Classy debut from Vampire Mar 7, 2008 O'Brien's blog Mar 6, 2008 OurStage Announces Strategic Partnership with AOL Music Mar 6, 2008 For 55-year-old Beatle Bob, the concerts never stop Mar 5, 2008 Radiohead, Petty, Johnson Set For San Fran Festival Mar 3, 2008 OurStage Supports Portland-Area Indie Artists Feb 28, 2008 Mich. sees birth of Rothbury festival Feb 20, 2008 Vedder to tour solo for Into the Wild album Feb 16, 2008 Vedder Heads West For Spring Solo Shows Feb 16, 2008 Feedback: Week's music buzz Feb 15, 2008
Bonnaroo helps bring festivals back from the dead - CNN.com ... Bonnaroo helps bring festivals back from the dead ... (AP) -- When the tens of thousands of music-crazy fans gather in the Tennessee countryside this weekend for Bonnaroo, they'll be part of not just one of the summer's biggest music festival, but a nationwide revival. (CNN -- Showbiz)
AT&T to Deliver Exclusive Webcast of the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Jun 10, 2008
ATeliver Exclusive Webcast of the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival ... ATeliver Exclusive Webcast of the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival ... AT (NYSE: ) announced today that the company will deliver the exclusive webcast of the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival () via the AT room (). (PR Newswire)
Fresh off playing two sets during the iconic Bonnaroo festival, the rotating cast of Lesh s friends Larry Campbell, Jackie Greene, Steve Molitz, and John Molo will certainly be warmed up to play through the night. June 22, Toyota Pavilion, Brooks with Rodney Atkins and James Otto Country s biggest duo, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, return to the pavilion after last playing there in 2006. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
His is from the CMA fest; others will follow from Bonnaroo, Essence, Pemberton and Virgin Fest. Posted. (USA Today)
XM is also the leader is live broadcasts, bringing fans performances from the top music festivals and events across the country, including The CMA Music Festival, FarmAid, Bonnaroo, South by Southwest, Austin City Limits Festival, and many others. More than 900 country performers have come through XM's Nashville studios for live performances, interviews and more. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is held on June 12-15 on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tenn ... "Our sensibilities as producers," says Bonnaroo co-founder Rick Farman, "has always been to make the concert bigger than the concert, to make it an event and include a lot of different elements that we're passionate about." ... At Bonnaroo, where VIP admission is $1,169. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Fans are likely to get a taste of new Mastodon material during the band's set at Bonnaroo next weekend ("We can't wait any longer," Dailor admits). Afterward, Mastodon will return to Atlanta to continue work with O'Brien before embarking on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem tour July 9 in Seattle. (Billboard.com)
Don't miss: In true Bonnaroo form, this year's festival is chock-full of crusty old rockers, but it's the non-sandal-wearing part of the lineup that looks most promising ... Special features: This year's Bonnaroo offers stand-up comedy, a kids tent, and yoga classes, where something called "Spiritual Gangster Yoga" will be available to "rock yogis from all walks of life with its Hip Hop Power." If you understand what that means, we're sure you'll enjoy it. (Salon)
Festivals like Lollapalooza in Chicago and Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn. draw enormous crowds with enormous names: Radiohead, Kanye West, Mark Ronson and Gnarls Barkley. (Northeastern News, MA)
Were proud to be working with Federated Media, said Rick Farman, co-founder of Superfly Productions, the co-producers of top-tier music festivals such as Bonnaroo and Outside Lands ... With the incomparable pedigree of its producers, Outside Lands is set to be a dynamic event with the broad range of entertainment and amusement options youd expect from the partnering of the co-founders of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival with one of the most successful promoters in Northern California.... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The two-month tour concludes on June 13 in Cincinnati, Ohio, before West heads to Bonnaroo. Oxegen Festival. (ABC News)
You can get it by itself, with a CD, or as part of the Mission: Metallica Platinum offer that will include access to downloads of full live shows, ringtones and a chance to win all-inclusive trips to see Metallica at this year's Bonnaroo, Ozzfest and Reading festivals, as well as an album listening party at the band's headquarters. If you're the world's biggest Metallica fan, you can get the album download, a limited-edition set of five vinyl LPs, a lithograph and everything included in Mission:... (ChartAttack)
(Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival)June 16: New York (Grand Ballroom)June 20: Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany (Southside Festival)June 22: Scheesel, Germany (Hurricane Festival). Ne-Yo the artist is busy these days, touring with Alicia Keys and preparing for the Aug. 15 release of his third Def Jam album, "Year of the Gentleman." But Ne-Yo the songwriter is equally busy, including with a Lindsay Lohan track he promises will "surprise.". (Billboard.com)
Kanye West: The always interesting Chicago rapper is currently on tour and will be playing big venues all summer, including a performance at Bonnaroo. At , West posts numerous times a day in his own brand of blogging that aptly reflects his, well, let's say uniqueness. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will air in June on national Fuse network - Nashville Business Journal ... Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will air in June on national Fuse network ... Middle Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will get some national on-air exposure this year. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Bonnaroo to be televised nationally for first time on Fuse. NEW YORK Music fans who can't trek to Tennessee for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts festival still have a chance to see the action: Fuse TV is televising parts of the three-day extravaganza, its first national TV exposure ... Acts ranging from Kanye West to Metallica to Pearl Jam are slated to perform at Bonnaroo, the yearly event that is held on a farm in Manchester, TN. The event will also feature comedians including Chris Rock and Janeane... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Fuse Becomes Exclusive TV Partner of 2008 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival: Financial News - Yahoo ... Fuse Becomes Exclusive TV Partner of 2008 Bonnaroo Music & Arts FestivalMonday May 19, 4:00 pm ET ... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fuse, the national music television network, has signed a three-year agreement with the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, to become the exclusive television partner of the Festival, which takes place on a 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, June 12-15. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Band is co-headlining Bonnaroo festival next month. by Chris Harris. (VHI.com -- Music News)
During a conference call yesterday (May 15) promoting this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival, which Metallica will headline on June 13, Ulrich told reporters that the group hopes to wrap up work on the album in time for the Memorial Day weekend holiday ... Ulrich was not sure how much of the new material Metallica will preview on the road this summer, although he said that "by the time we come to Bonnaroo hopefully we'll have some new stuff ready." ... The group is playing radio festivals this... (Billboard.com)
com during a conference call with reporters about this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival, which Pearl Jam will headline on June 14 ... Nevertheless, McCready said Pearl Jam is looking forward to its first visit to Bonnaroo, where drummer Matt Cameron will also be performing a jazz set ... "We try to keep everything as in-house and small and as punk rock and do-it-yourself as we can. That's part of our way of doing business. That fits right in with how Bonnaroo is doing theirs.". (Billboard.com)
s Bonnaroo Music Festival (June 13) and Dallas' (Aug. 9). (Billboard.com)
Also an up-and-comer with youth appeal, a Bonnaroo act of some sort, might have helped. Of course, the elephant in the room is James Brown himself. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Setting the stage: His U.S. arena and amphitheater tour takes in several festivals, including Bonnaroo, Essence, Lollapalooza and Virgin, where it wraps up Aug. 9. Why it's a tour de force: His Glow in the Dark tour isn't just a concert. (USA Today -- Life)
Ray Waddell, Nashville My Morning Jacket will follow up its performance at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn. with a headlining run, beginning June 20 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Billboard.com)
After his Blind Willie appearance, Mr. Farris will play at the monolithic Bonnaroo festival in June. PLAYED WITH: Double Trouble, the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Jack Johnson will be among the acts playing for the happy campers June 12-15 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn ... Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
s Bonnaroo Music Festival (June 13). The rock act has a handful of concert and festival appearances in Europe through August. (Billboard.com)
Superfly and A.C. Productions also produce Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn. the top-grossing festival in North America, set for June 12-15. (Billboard.com)
History: Bonnaroo takes place outdoor on a 700-acre farm ... Lineup: Bonnaroo's lineup is unparalleled for the rock/indie fan, with bands like Pearl Jam, Kanye West, Robert Plant, Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend, The Raconteurs, B.B. King, Willie Nelson and a whole lot more expected. (Daily Orange, NY)
Vampire Weekend can't wait to join the summer festival circuit for the first time, in spite of the fact that none of them, apart from their drummer who once went to Bonnaroo, has ever actually been to a big outdoor music event before. They're all supposed to be muddy, right. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bonnaroo - June 12th - 15th - Manchester, TN --------------------------------------------- Bonnaroo is certainly one of the more unique festivals anyone will ever encounter ... This year Bonnaroo presents over 100 acts on several different stages including Pearl Jam, Metallica, Sigur R;s, and veteran Bonnaroo act, Ben Folds ... To purchase tickets, as well as to see all the acts and attractions at the festival this year, go to the festival's Web site, bonnaroo. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Mike Martinovich, who manages the rock group My Morning Jacket, said the band had agreed to play the two most established festivals, Coachella and Bonnaroo, and turned down other offers to keep from seeming like too much of a commodity. And some promoters worry that similar talent lineups will limit the festivals' collective appeal. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
The audacious creative approach and relaxed vibe of Coachella also partly inspired the launch, six years ago, of the now equally successful Bonnaroo Music Festival in rural Tennessee ... To my mind, there are two major festivals in the U.S. Coachella and Bonnaroo, said Gary Bongiovanni, the publisher of Pollstar, the concert industry's leading weekly magazine ... If you go to Bonnaroo, or JazzFest, or Coachella, they all have their own unique concept, Tollett said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
If you could put any public figure on the hot seat, what would you ask him or her. Let us know, and we will get you an answer. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
(April 18, 2008)--The Allman Brothers dropped out of Bonnaroo, but Widespread Panic is in and there's been some shuffling of the lineup. The Allman Brothers Band dropped out because Gregg Allman has been seeking treatment for Hepatitis C.. (KWTX.com, TX)
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, Tenn. June 12-15. (USA Today -- Life)
Ray Waddell, Nashville Widespread Panic has been named as the closing main stage act of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, set for June 12-15 in Manchester, Tenn ... "We're thrilled that Widespread is joining the Bonnaroo lineup again this year," Ashley Capps, president of A.C. Entertainment, producer of Bonnaroo with Superfly Presents, tells Billboard ... "It was very disappointing that the Allman Brothers had to cancel, but we feel lucky that Panic could step in. They've been at the heart... (Billboard.com)
In July, following their appearance at this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival on June 12, the Sword will, indeed, be heading out with Metallica and Down for a seven-gig European tour, which launches July 16 in Bergen, Norway. "It's pretty mind-blowing," Richie enthused. (VHI.com -- Music News)
In the bargain, they're creating New England's first real rock festival, which Sweet hopes will someday rival the genre-spanning sprawl of Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. "If we do it right and book it right, the kids will come," he says. (Boston Globe)
headlined by Prince, Roger Waters and Kraftwerk, as well as June s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. headlined by Pearl Jam and Metallica. (Forbes -- Business)
Also new to the calendar are post-Bonnaroo shows in Toronto (June 16) and Montreal (June 17), plus an "evening with" show in the band's Louisville hometown on Aug. 16 at Waterfront Park. Here are My Morning Jacket's tour dates. (Billboard.com)
NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh from the group's triumphant performances at this year's South by Southwest Music Conference, the mind-bending futurist rock/pop ensemble MGMT will head out on a series of select North American club dates (please see full itinerary following) in advance of three prestigious engagements: Saturday, April 26 at this year's Coachella in Indio, California; Thursday, June 12, at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee; and Saturday, August 2, at... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Days and nights of dancing energize the crowd at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn ... Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival ... June 12-15 The Bonnaroo festival (the name is Cajun slang for "good time") still shows some vestiges of its early hippie roots - Umphrey's McGee, anyone. (Boston Globe)
New York's all-female Led Zeppelin cover band Lez Zeppelin, which played last summer's Bonnaroo Music Festival with everyone from Vampire Weekend to Kanye West, is at the Middle East Downstairs tonight. We can't say the group will be debuting any new music at the show (the set list is all classic Zeppelin), but luckily, the shtick hasn't gotten old. (Boston Globe)
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He ran into Doughty at the Bonnaroo festival in 2004, and having heard the solo stuff, signed Doughty to his ATO Records, which released the proper solo debut, "Haughty Melodic," a year later. Gone was the jazzy, avant-funk quality of Soul Coughing (best known for "Super Bon Bon"), replaced with a more a traditional singer-songwriter approach, albeit one with an odd, raspy voice and offbeat sense of humor. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Lesh heard Greene's 2006 album, "American Myth," on KFOG and caught Greene's set at Bonnaroo last year ... " under their pseudonym, Skinny Singers. Lesh joined the pair for a few songs in October at the Independent in San Francisco, and the fellows played "Sugaree" to close the show. Last year, Green's former label also released a collection, "The Dig Years: 2001-2005," that featured previously unreleased tracks. He seems to be an endless fountain of music at this point in his life. The boy... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Over the years "Access To The Show" has become a major part of the summer festival experience for music fans everywhere, having been along for the ride with festivals and tours such as SXSW, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Vans Warped Tour, Lollapalooza, Sasquatch Music Festival, Projekt Revolution, Virgin Festival, Langerado, and many more. Monster Energy Drink. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
It begins Wednesday, June 11, in West Palm Beach and plays Tampa the next night before heading north to the Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee. Tickets go on sale Saturday. (Florida Times-Union)
Lollapalloza, Coachella, Bonnaroo draw crowds ... That concept, which starts with Coachella the last weekend in April and includes Tennessee's Bonnaroo in June, is being expanded into northern New Jersey (Bamboozle, All Points West), Denver (Mile High) San Francisco (Outside Lands), Pryor, Okla ... Bonnaroo, which has its roots in the jam band movement, has received some online lashings for venturing into music that doesn't fit its model; and Coachella has taken some ribbing for its headliners... (Variety)
"So many things fell in line for us," said Another Planet Productions' Gregg Perloff, who is presenting the event in partnership with Superfly Productions of New Orleans, producers of the annual Bonnaroo Music Festival on 700 acres in rural Tennessee. "We're just smiling over here. We can't believe our lineup.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Featured: Deep Disquiet in U.S. after 5 Years of War. One of the rock bands that is partly credited for bringing grunge rock to mainstream music listeners is coming to Hampton Roads. (WTKR.com, VA)
Look for Mann on tour in the coming weeks in support of the new album, including an appearance at the Bonnaroo festival in June, NPR's "All Things Considered" and Ovation's "Live From the Artist's Den.". The Raconteurs are eschewing the standard months-long wait between finishing an album and releasing it with "Consolers of the Lonely," which will hit retail March 25 via Third Man/Warner Bros. (Billboard.com)
Thom Yorke, right, and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. . (MSNBC -- Music)
Superfly co-produces the annual Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tenn ... Dealing with big-city politics and curfews is vastly different from Bonnaroo, where the producers own much of the 700-acre site and the party rolls all night ... He adds that ticket sales for Bonnaroo, set for June 12-15, are going well. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
From the venue the cavernous Austin Music Hall, which, though recently renovated, still resembles an authentic Texas honky-tonk (albeit a ginorm 00004000 ous one) to the expectations surging through the thoroughly amped (and vocal) crowd, the show was as huge as you could possibly get at SXSW, rivaling the open-aired, free-wheeling spirit usually associated with fests like Bonnaroo or Coachella. Clearly, only My Morning Jacket could pull this off. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Vampire Weekend will be appearing at the Coachella and Bonnaroo music festivals, and locally at Brown University in April. Also, check them out on Saturday Night Live this weekend on March 8. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
You haven t been to Bonnaroo have you ... Feeanch I came real close to buying property adjoining the Bonnaroo site in Manchester this time in 2005. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
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His dedication, musical knowledge and geeky cool-by-association cred has led to cameos in music videos and hosting gigs at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, South by Southwest, Glastonbury, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and more. He dances like a man possessed. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mayers, whose company produces the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in conjunction with A.C. Entertainment, says Outside Lands tickets will go on sale around the end of March. "We are starting with a three-day ticket and depending on availability we're going to do single-day tickets," he explains. (Billboard.com)
com including performances on stage at Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot and Noise Pop 2008 ... Since uploading to OurStage in March, Flynn has played at Bonnaroo and with the Boston Pops and the Cowboy Junkies ... Through its wealth of partner programs, including Bonnaroo, Virgin Festival, Bumbershoot, Paste, CMJ, PLUG Awards, Pops on the Edge Fest, Slamdance, Relix, Gen Art, Noise Pop, Videomaker, IFFBoston, and many others, OurStage offers worthy artists real opportunities to actually launch their... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Echo Online :: Arts tainment :: Mich. sees birth of Rothbury festival. (Echo Online, MI)
Pearl Jam, meanwhile, after a relatively quiet 2007, will headline the Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival, which takes place in Manchester, Tenn. on June 12-15. (MSNBC -- Music)
the band will also assemble to co-headline the Bonnaroo festival in mid-June in Manchester, Tenn. There's other new Vedder music in the offing as well. (MediaWeek.com)
No. It's got a ways to go to rival Coachella and Bonnaroo. Maybe. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
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