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Bonnaroo Music Festival

Sunday, June 15 (2008) 12:00p

at Bonnaroo Centeroo, Manchester, TN

Price: $200.00 - $250.00

Age Suitability: All Ages

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The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee every June. Bonnaroo brings together some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles such as jazz, Americana, hip-hop, electronica, and just about any contemporary music you can think of. In addition to dozens of epic performances, the festival's 100-acre entertainment village buzzes around the clock with attractions and activities including a classic arcade, on-site cinema, silent disco, comedy club, theater performers, a beer festival, and a music technology village. For its peaceful vibe, near-flawless logistics, and unrivaled entertainment options, Rolling Stone magazine named this revolutionary entertainment experience one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll.

Lineup:
Pearl Jam
Metallica
Jack Johnson
Widespread Panic
Kanye West
Chris Rock
Robert Plant and
Alison Krauss featuring
T Bone Burnett
Phil Lesh & Friends
My Morning Jacket
The Raconteurs
Willie Nelson
Death Cab for Cutie
Tiësto
B.B. King
Les Claypool
Sigur Rós
Levon Helm and the Ramble on the Road
Ben Folds
O.A.R.
Cat Power
The Bluegrass Allstars
M.I.A.
Umphrey's McGee
Iron & Wine
Stephen Marley Yonder Mountain String Band
The Swell Season
Zappa Plays Zappa
Talib Kweli
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival
Gogol Bordello
Broken Social Scene
Bonnaroo Late Night Chat About with David Cross
Robert Randolph's Revival
Rilo Kiley
The Disco Biscuits
Mastodon
Lupe Fiasco
Against Me!
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Pat Green
Ozomatli
Tegan & Sara
Solomon Burke
Chali 2na of Jurassic 5
Drive-By Truckers
Superdrag
MSTRKRFT
!!!
The Avett Brothers
Israel Vibration
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck
Larry Campbell,
Jackie Greene,
Phil Lesh & Teresa Williams
Aimee Mann
Ladytron
Janeane Garofalo
The Fiery Furnaces
Money Mark
Orchestra Baobab
Ghostland Observatory
José González
Dark Star Orchestra
Zach Galifianakis
Minus the Bear
Donavon Frankenreiter
Lez Zeppelin
State Radio
The Coup
Battles
The Wood Brothers featuring John Medeski & Kenny Wolleson
Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels
Jim Norton
Two Gallants
The Sword
Vampire Weekend
Little Feat
Nicole Atkins
Chromeo
Brian Posehn
The Felice Brothers
Mason
Jennings
Mike Birbiglia
MGMT
What Made Milwaukee Famous
The Lee Boys
Adele
Rogue Wave
Grand Ole Party
Serena Ryder
Steel Train
Grupo Fantasma
John Mulaney
Back Door Slam
Michelle Buteau
Newton Faulkner
Alana Grace
Amy LaVere
Bear In Heaven
Bombadil
Carney
Colour Revolt
Cornmeal
De Novo Dahl
Dead Confederate
Electric Touch
Erick Baker
Extra Golden
Howlin Rain
Jake Shimabukuro
Jessie Baylin
Jypsi
K'NAAN
Lord T & Eloise
Mike Farris featuring Roseland Rhythm Revue
The Nikhil Korula Band
Nomo
Person L
Phonograph
Rotary Downs
Royal Bangs
Scissormen
Sometymes Why
stephaniesĭd
The Afromotive
The American Plague
The Big Sleep
The Duhks
the everybodyfields
The Greencards
The Postelles
The Weather Underground
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Chris Rock

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Alison Krauss

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Willie Nelson

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Edgar Meyer

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Israel Vibration

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Solomon Burke

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Little Feat

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Metallica

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Pearl Jam

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Robert Plant

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Widespread Panic

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NOMO

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Orchestra Baobab

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The Coup

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Aimee Mann

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Les Claypool

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David Cross

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Comedians, Actors

Jakob Dylan

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Béla Fleck

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Pat Green

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Levon Helm

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BB King

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Phil Lesh

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Stephen Marley

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Money Mark

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Derek Trucks

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Scissormen

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Ben Folds

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Superdrag

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Disco Biscuits

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Cat Power

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Jim Norton

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Bryan Sutton

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Drive-By Truckers

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Ozomatli

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Talib Kweli

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Mike Farris

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Donavon Frankenreiter

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Janeane Garofalo

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Comedians, Actors

Kanye West

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Death Cab for Cutie

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My Morning Jacket

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Sigur Rós

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Ladytron

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Chali 2na

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Tegan and Sara

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O.A.R.

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Robert Randolph & the Family Band

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Jack Johnson

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Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene materialized in 1999 when K.C. Accidental's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, formerly of By Divine Right, bonded their friendship into a band. They spent the next few years honing an atmospheric rock sound in their native Toronto and the dynamic was great.

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Rilo Kiley

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Yonder Mountain String Band

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Mason Jennings

Singer/songwriter Mason Jennings blends the deeply personal insights of a poet, the political broadsides of a protest singer, and the broad musical eclecticism of a jazz musician with a rock & roller's passion.

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Folk, Musicians / Bands

Umphrey's McGee

A jam band coming out of the Midwest in the mid-'90s, Umphrey's McGee edged toward the Frank Zappa side of the improv rock scale, as opposed to the Grateful Dead/Allman Brothers Band direction espoused by many of their contemporaries, like the Big Wu.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Minus the Bear

With catchy song titles like "Hey, Wanna Throw Up? Get Me Naked," "Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!!," and "Lemurs, Man, Lemurs," it's hard not to be at least a little bit curious about this Seattle-based quintet.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

American Plague

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Mastodon

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Gogol Bordello

Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brecht-ian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music was spun out of black market tapes of the Birthday Party...

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The Big Sleep

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Musicians / Bands > Rock

Cornmeal

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Musicians / Bands > Folk

Iron & Wine

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Musicians / Bands > Rock

State Radio

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Jackie Greene

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Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Country

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

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Phil Lesh & Friends

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Steel Train

Much like Southern rock revivalists My Morning Jacket and Kings of Leon, Steel Train take a post-punk approach to the hoary sounds of '70s album-oriented rock. Taking their name from a Bob Marley song, singer Scott Irby-Ranniar and guitarist Jack Antonoff formed Steel Train as a...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Duhks

After Leonard Podolak's band Scruj MacDuhk broke up, the Appalachian-style clawhammer banjoist decided that this gave him the perfect opportunity to start another group, one that would fuse eclectic modern sounds with traditional roots.

Jake Shimabukuro

Ukelele master Jake Shimabukuro has taken the four-string, two-octave instrument to places no one could have imagined back in the golden years of Don Ho, ranging freely across the music spectrum from jazz, blues, and funk to bluegrass, classical, and folk with the ease of a musician...

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Chromeo

Synth pop revisionist duo Chromeo formed in Montreal in the early 21st century, a project of Audio Research honchos Dave One and Pee Thug (news flash: not their given names). Dave handled the electronics; Pee was the frequently processed vocalist.

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The Avett Brothers

North Carolina's Avett Brothers play acoustic music that has roots in traditional folk and bluegrass, but also captures the high spirits and no-boundaries attitude of rock & roll -- which is appropriate, since rock is where Scott Avett and Seth Avett cut their teeth as musicians.

The Fiery Furnaces

Restless sonic chameleons the Fiery Furnaces revolve around the brother and sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, whose prickly childhood relationship and musical family set the stage for their playful, unpredictable music.

Against Me!

The roots of Against Me!'s rousing punk-folk sound lie in Tom Gabel's guitar-and-stool troubadourship around his native Gainesville, FL, beginning in 1997. The then 17-year-old Gabel performed as a solo act wherever anyone would have him, drawing much influence from early acoustic protest music.

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Nicole Atkins

With her throaty vibrato and nostalgic, orchestrated pop songs, singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins brings to mind a blend of Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, and Jenny Lewis. Atkins was raised in Neptune, New Jersey -- a town whose influence would later play a large part in her debut album...

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Nikhil Korula Band

Musicians / Bands > Rock

José González

Swedish singer/songwriter José González is a star in his native land. His album Veneer was released there in the early 2000s and has achieved gold status. Far from the pop album you might expect from such a statement, the album is an entirely acoustic affair that reflects a childhood...

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Rogue Wave

Rogue Wave was formed in 2002 when Zach Rogue took off from his San Francisco home, headed for New York, and came home with nearly a full album's worth of songs recorded. Rogue then quit his post in his previous group, the Desoto Reds, and finished the album, which was released on...

DJ Tiësto

Tiësto's career is punctuated by landmark achievements – the first DJ in the world to sell out a solo stadium event for over 25,000 people 2 nights in a row, he scored a number one hit with his single Traffic, the first instrumental track to reach the top spot in his homeland...

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Grupo Fantasma

Austin-based Latin funk jam band Grupo Fantasma formed in 2000, and quickly established a reputation for their high-energy live shows. Comprised of musicians hailing from all over Latin America, Fantasma's players were brought together by Austin's bustling music scene, finding in...

Musicians / Bands > World

Battles

Battles is a quartet comprised of drummer John Stanier of Helmet and Tomahawk, guitarist/keyboardist Ian Williams of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress, guitarist David Konopka of Lynx, and avant solo musician Tyondai Braxton.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Two Gallants

Simplicity is key for the lo-fi blend of folk/indie rock from San Francisco duo Two Gallants. Taking their name from a James Joyce short story, Adam Stephens (vocals/guitar/harmonica) and Tyson Vogel (drums/vocals) have been playing together as Two Gallants since 2002, sounding more...

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Folk

The Greencards

Texas contemporary bluegrass trio the Greencards are aptly named. After coming to the realization that their English and Australian homelands were not so conducive to their uniquely American style of music, mandolin player Kim Warner, fiddler Eamon McLoughlin, and bass player Carol...

Musicians / Bands > Folk

Bear In Heaven

Musicians / Bands > Rock

What Made Milwaukee Famous

Hailing from Austin, TX, What Made Milwaukee Famous features Jeremy Bruch (drums), John Farmer (bass), Michael Kingcaid (vocals/guitar), and Drew Patrizi (keyboards). The indie rock quartet came together in 2003 to create a playful indie rock sound that's well suited for fans of...

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Abigail Washburn

The bare-bones, rustic, and poignant sounds of singer/songwriter and banjo player Abigail Washburn seem so genuine and natural they must come from a person who grew up in love with and surrounded by folk and bluegrass.

Musicians / Bands > Folk