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Bonnaroo: The 1927 New York Yankees of music fests
ACL Fest, you have been put on notice. The Bonnaroo Music Festival set for June 11-14 in Manchester, Tennessee announced its lineup today, and it is a Murderers’ Row of amazing acts.
At my advanced age, I’m not too down with the festival scene, — in fact, the last non-Austin festival I went to was the original Bonnaroo Festival in 2002 — but this lineup is really amazing, and were I a little more ambitious, I would give serious thought to considering attending again this year. Alas, with the traffic, people, bad sight lines, heat, short sets and general exhausting nature of the scene, I will probably just stay home and listen to my iPod at Barton Springs Pool. A few names that piqued my interest:
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Phish
- Nine Inch Nails
- David Byrne
- Wilco
- Al Green
- Snoop Dogg
- Elvis Costello Solo
- Erykah Badu
- The Mars Volta
- TV on the Radio
- Gov’t Mule
- Andrew Bird
- Band Of Horses
- MGMT
- The Decemberists
- Girl Talk
- Bon Iver
- Bela Fleck
- of Montreal
- Allen Toussaint
- David Grisman Quintet
- Animal Collective
- Neko Case
- Santogold
- Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
Austin acts announced: Okkervil River and Alejandro Escovedo
Ticket information here.
The full slate of artists will be announced at a later date.
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By RealPatriot
February 3, 2009 5:16 PM | Link to this
You’re not even gonna explain the metaphor? I could go to Wikipedia, but jeez…not even one line?
By Matthew Odam
February 3, 2009 5:23 PM | Link to this
I apologize, Patriot. Actually, there is one small line in there — Murderers’ Row. That was the nickname of the 1927 New York Yankees’ lineup, which included Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. It means the lineup is packed with one big hitter after another, much like the Bonnaroo lineup. Sorry for the vague reference.
By Clawed
February 6, 2009 12:51 PM | Link to this
Can you tell us anything about the DJs performing at the festival?