I will admit, I was a bit heavy-handed yesterday in my assessment about some of what goes on down on the ground at Bonnaroo. I mean, yes -- that stuff DOES happen, but I gotta be fair. It's not like the only things that happen are grandparents trying to cop weed and kids flopping their collective breasts and dongs in the summer air. Continue Reading...
We made it to Bonnaroo! Though we actually got in on Wednesday night, logistics prevented us from getting into the festival until Thursday morning very early. We have to send a shout out to Andy Keil from fellow Strangers in Stereo member Pop'Stache & his crew for letting us crash on the floor of their hotel for a few hours, without you we wouldn't have made it. Continue Reading...
I realize that I'm starting to get a bit long in the tooth when the place I end up wanting to be the most at Bonnaroo is the press tent. I'm not saying this to sound like a douche, but at the sake of sounding like one, I'm going to be honest and call myself out. Kids, this is definitely your festival. Continue Reading...
Ok, so you've figured me out: I'm a hippie at heart, even if I do shave my head and trifle about like a poor man's Galifinakis at times, I'm a tree-hugging, alternative lifestyle, camping out kinda guy. It's Thursday morning, June 9th, and I'm on my way to Bonnaroo. Continue Reading...
The rise of bands like Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings sort of renews my faith in the general ear of humanity. Makes me think that in the past 50 years or so since the birth of soul, that part of us that's seduced by a knock-out voice over the perfect combination of bass and horns never went away. Maybe it just needed to be waked up. Well wake up baby, because the alarm is going off, and it's the smoky voice of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears.
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It's official, Bonnaroo goers -- the general admission tickets to this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival are now completely sold out! There are still a very small number of VIP Tickets still available. With less than a month before the tenth annual festival begins, no time left to think -- if you want to go, you'd better crank it up and click here before they are GONE.
The initial lineup for the 10th anniversary of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has been announced and it looks to be shaping up nicely. Among the notable headliners are Eminem, Arcade Fire, a reformed Buffalo Springfield, The Strokes, Bassnectar, Mumford & Sons, The Decemberists, Ray LaMontagne and Iron & Wine. This year also brings back festival mainstays Widespread Panic and My Morning Jacket.
*** Tickets will go on sale Saturday, February 19th 2011 at Noon EST Exclusively at Bonnaroo.Com ***. More information after the jump. Continue Reading...
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