Bonnaroo Lineup

I actually like this lineup much, MUCH better than the Coachella Lineup, but you couldn't pay me to go to the upper middle class druggie/hippie fest in the hot mess of Tennessee. Well you could pay me, but it'd have to be an all expenses paid trip with a $600 per day stipend. And back stage access. And herb. E-mail me for inquires...

FROM PITCHFORK:

With Beasties, NIN, Wilco, David Byrne, Animal Collective, YYYs, TVOTR, Decemberists, Neko. Tennessee's Bonnaroo obviously a big deal, and its organizers are probably better at scoring the biggest names than any other festival organizers in these United States. Last year, for instance, they landed Metallica and Kanye West and Pearl Jam among the usual hordes of jam-bands and indie types. But this year they've outdone themselves.

They got Bruce! With the whole E Street Band and everything! Bruce Springsteen does not need to play festivals, and yet here he is. (This is his only North American festival appearance this year, says a press release.) And the reunited Phish! For two sets! Whatever your feelings on those dudes, that is an extremely big get right there. Also the Beastie Boys! And Nine Inch Nails! And Erykah Badu! And Animal Collective! And David Byrne, Wilco, TV on the Radio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello, Bon Iver, Jenny Lewis, Okkervil River, Santogold, Neko Case, Grizzly Bear, the Decemberists, Yeasayer, Band of Horses, MGMT, and Andrew Bird! This thing is going to be nuts. (No My Morning Jacket though?)

The festival goes down June 11-14 at its usual Manchester, Tennessee location. Keeping in mind that there are still more names left to be announced, here is the absolutely absurd lineup in all its glory so far:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (two 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
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
Band of Horses
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