Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Bruce, Phish top Bonnaroo 09 lineup...


The lineup for this summer's Bonnaroo festival was released this morning and hot damn is it long.

While the following gigantic list is certainly full of amazing, seriously amazing talent, but it's finally safe to say that the country's biggest jam band festival is no longer for the jam bands. At my count, only 10 of the bands announced would fall into any sort of jam band category - though the reunion of Phish might as well count as three or four.

But that said, it says something further when the reunion of arguably the second biggest jam band of all time is billed second, even if it is after Springsteen.

Tickets go on sale February 7 right here.

So without further ado, here's the list. The acts that really get my blood pumping are in bold.

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

The fest runs June 11-13 in Manchester, Tennessee and runs about $250, but if you park your car a few miles away, sit on the hood and take really deep breaths, you'll get a high time for free.

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