The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is proud to announce large scale greening initiatives for its 2008 event, set to take place June 12-15 in Manchester, TN. Festival organizers continue to take aggressive steps toward mitigating the event's environmental impact and raising awareness about green issues. By focusing on drastic carbon reduction at the festival and in the lives of its patrons, Bonnaroo continues its long time commitment to providing a first-rate entertainment experience while creating a community that cares for our planet. Clean energy initiatives, responsible product consumption, superior waste management, local sourcing and education programs are all part ...
While the world waits impatiently for Evil Urges, the highly-anticipated new release from My Morning Jacket (due June 10th from ATO Records), we thought we'd take a minute to remind everyone exactly why Louisville's favorite sons My Morning Jacket blew up in the first place. This late-night performance from Bonnaroo 2006 was one of the catalysts in their meteoric rise. If you wonder why everyone is jocking MMJ these days, check this out then come see them at Bonnaroo 2008. I guarantee you'll see one of us Loudersofties there rocking out with you.
My Morning Jacket - Lay ...
Forums are ablaze with people chatting, construction is well underway at the farm, and the excitement for year 7 of the ultimate 4-day music summer camp is bristling everywhere you look. Yes, Bonnaroo 2008 will be here before you know it and you really, really want to go. You know you do. You know you want to drop everything and head to Manchester, TN for four days to camp and enjoy some of the best and brightest musical acts out there.
In a summer that is fueled by speculation on everything from gas prices to the ...
The news of a new solo album from Aimee Mann has us very excited here at Loudersoft. The album promises to be more stripped down and back-to-basics laden, a "return to form" after the concept albums The Forgotten Arm and her Christmas CD One More Drifter In The Snow. Among her appearances this year, she'll be playing Bonnaroo, and we definitely look forward to catching her live.
Aimee Mann - Thirty One Today
Aimee Mann On Tour
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UPDATED 1:05AM EST: As predicted by a number of people, the word is out now that Lez Zeppelin, the all lesbian Led Zeppelin cover band, will appear at Bonnaroo; however, Led Zeppelin will not be appearing. NME has been nominated for the "Douchebags of the Century" award in "Journalism" for building up this announcement and creating chaos for everyone who writes about music. However, the lineup still looks pretty exciting. More details as they become available.
From the NME Blog:
Tickets will go on sale at www.bonnaroo.com on February 16 at 12:00 pm EST.
The line-up to date includes:
Pearl Jam
Metallica
Jack ...
And just when the guessing game had reached it's pinnacle, British music magazine NME has made declaration that they will announce the "surprise headliner" for Bonnaroo tonight at Midnight EST. This adds weight to the potential of a number of great British acts headlining the festival this year. Rumored candidates Led Zeppelin and Oasis appear to be the front runners, and even a rumor that a reunited version of The Kinks could be there have all come into question recently.
From the NME Blog:
NME.COM will reveal a surprise headliner for the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival at midnight ...
If you follow this blog at all, you know how much fun we had at Bonnaroo 2007 over in lovely Manchester, Tennessee. Well, it's just about time for the official lineup for Bonnaroo 2008 to be announced, and the natives are restless everywhere. BONNAROOOOOOOOOO!
It appears that for the last several days on Radio Bonnaroo, the DJ's have been sporadically spitting out some clues as to who the various participants might be. On websites like Idolator and Stereogum, and of course over at the Official Bonnaroo Forums, people are all hedging their bets and crossing their fingers as ...
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