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• Feb 14 2012 BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2012 LINEUP

  BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2012 LINEUP
  FEATURING

  RADIOHEAD, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, PHISH, BON IVER,
  THE BEACH BOYS 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR, THE SHINS,
  THE AVETT BROTHERS, SKRILLEX, AZIZ ANSARI, ALICE COOPER, FEIST,
  CHILDISH GAMBINO, BLACK STAR, tUnE-yArDs, BAD BRAINS AND MORE

  TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18
  AT 12 NOON EST VIA BONNAROO.COM

  BONNAROO 365 YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO LAUNCH NEXT MONTH

  WATCH ESPN’S JOHN ANDERSON’S VIDEO OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE http://bit.ly/roo2012lineup

  February 14, 2012, New York, NY — Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 11th annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 7 – 10 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. A full list of confirmed acts follows, and more will be announced in the coming weeks. The final Bonnaroo 2012 lineup will total over 125 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages over four days.Tickets for the event will go on sale on this Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 12 noon EST exclusively at bonnaroo.com.

  After an unforgettable 10th year celebration in 2011, festival organizers have come back with one of the most eclectic and striking lineups to date, drawing from an astounding range of music scenes to create what is sure to be another incomparable weekend for the ages. The breadth of the programming is consistently innovative each year and has become one of the key signature aspects of this legendary festival, whose uniquely open minded yet discerning and passionate community thrives on its intelligent diversity. A consistent power in music discovery, Bonnaroo once again will expose its fanbase to legends, current favorites as well as new artists who are about to break. Featured acts in 2012 include:  Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, The Beach Boys Featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, Bon Iver, The Shins, The Avett Brothers, Skrillex, Black Star, Alice Cooper, Feist, Flogging Molly, Childish Gambino, Ben Folds Five, The Roots, Bad Brains, The Civil Wars, St. Vincent, Alabama Shakes, tUnE-yArDs, Punch Brothers, Flying Lotus, Dawes, The Joy Formidable, Das Racist, Grouplove, Gary Clark, Jr., Kurt Vile & The Violators, Big Freedia and more.

  As the only round-the-clock major U.S. music festival, Bonnaroo packs an unparalleled amount of entertainment options into its four days. The event has offered its attendees the amenities and community spirit of a small city, with 24 hours of activities including a comedy theater, cinema festival, broo’ers festival, silent disco, salon, sustainable gardening lessons, arcade, Internet cafés, restaurants, yoga classes and hundreds of high quality food and craft vendors. Rolling Stone magazine called the 2011 event “epic,” saying the weekend was full of “surprise and wonder.” Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield intoned, “If Woodstock were like this, we never would have left.”

  Festival organizers are also excited to announce their new partnership with YouTube creating Bonnaroo365, a new entertainment channel on YouTube featuring original programming, daily content and legendary live festival performances all created and curated by the Bonnaroo producers. Bonnaroo365 will be an unprecedented destination for the community to celebrate “Good Stuff,” the literal definition of Bonnaroo. This extension of Bonnaroo represents its transition from being mainly an annual terrestrial event to having a presence in the day-to-day life of likeminded entertainment fans worldwide. Specific programming details and schedules will be released in the coming months.

  For a preview of this year’s lineup, fans can checkout the Bonnaroo’s 2012 lineup playlist on Spotify via this link: http://spoti.fi/b0nnar00-2012

  Official festival website is www.bonnaroo.com

  2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Confirmed Artists:

  Radiohead
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  Phish
  The Beach Boys Featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David
  Marks
  Bon Iver
  The Avett Brothers
  The Shins
  Foster The People
  Skrillex
  Aziz Ansari
  Dispatch
  Feist
  The Roots
  Alice Cooper
  SuperJam
  Black Star
  The Word featuring John Medeski, Robert Randolph and North Mississippi Allstars
  Ludacris
  Ben Folds Five
  Flogging Molly
  Spectrum Road featuring Cindy Blackman Santana, Jack Bruce, John Medeski, and Vernon Reid
  Mac Miller
  Childish Gambino
  Major Lazer
  tUnE-yArDs
  Afrocubism
  Flying Lotus
  Umphrey’s McGee
  Little Dragon
  St. Vincent
  City and Colour
  The Civil Wars
  Young The Giant
  Two Door Cinema Club
  Punch Brothers
  NEEDTOBREATHE
  Fitz & The Tantrums
  Bad Brains
  Yelawolf
  Dawes
  Battles
  Danny Brown
  The Black Lips
  SBTRKT
  Phantogram
  Kendrick Lamar
  Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires
  The Kooks
  The Joy Formidable
  The Antlers
  Kathleen Edwards
  Mimosa
  Kurt Vile & The Violators
  Alabama Shakes
  Das Racist
  Delta Spirit
  Gary Clark Jr.
  Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
  Laura Marling
  Trampled by Turtles
  Mogwai
  The War On Drugs
  Ben Howard
  Grouplove
  Blind Pilot
  ALO
  The Devil Makes Three
  White Denim
  EMA
  Here We Go Magic
  K-Flay
  The Lonely Forest
  Mariachi El Bronx
  Big Freedia
  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
  The Soul Rebels
  Kvelertak
  SOJA
  Steven Bernstein’s MTO Allstars Plays Sly
  Big Gigantic
  Sarah Jarosz
  Orgone
  Darondo
  Fruit Bats
  Moon Taxi

  More artists to be announced soon.

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• Feb 15 2011 BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR...

  BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR, ANNOUNCES 2011 LINEUP

  FEATURING:

  EMINEM, ARCADE FIRE, WIDESPREAD PANIC, BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD, THE BLACK KEYS, MY MORNING JACKET, LIL’ WAYNE, STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, ROBERT PLANT & BAND OF JOY, MUMFORD & SONS, THE STROKES, THE DECEMBERISTS, ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION, FLORENCE + THE MACHINE, PRIMUS, BIG BOI, SCISSOR SISTERS, GREGG ALLMAN, ROBYN, DEERHUNTER, SLEIGH BELLS, AMOS LEE AND MUCH MORE

  TICKETS ON SALE THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011 AT 12 NOON EASTERN EXCLUSIVELY AT BONNAROO.COM

  New York, NY — Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 10th annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 9 – 12 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. A full list of confirmed acts follows, and more will be announced in the coming weeks. The final Bonnaroo 2011 lineup will total over 125 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages over four days.Tickets for the event will go on sale on this Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 12noon eastern exclusively at bonnaroo.com. The 2011 event marks the 10th year for the legendary festival, which began in 2002 as a remarkable idea to serve a passionate yet underappreciated and overlooked fanbase, and ended up becoming the premier multi-day concert destination of the summer whose dynamic and eclectic programming paved the way for the age of the great American music festival. This year’s lineup is yet another fine example of the incomparable eclecticism for which Bonnaroo has become famous. Featured acts include: Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys, My Morning Jacket and Lil’ Wayne, String Cheese Incident, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Mumford & Sons, The Strokes, The Decemberists, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Florence + the Machine, Girl Talk, Primus, Big Boi, Gregg Allman, Robyn, Deerhunter, Sleigh Bells, Amos Lee, Opeth, Del McCoury and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Wanda Jackson, The Walkmen and an exclusive festival performance by Buffalo Springfield featuring Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas and Joe Vitale. This year’s lineup will again cement Bonnaroo as a force in music discovery, exposing its fans to legendary artists, current favorites, as well as breaking acts. As one of the special programming highlights of its 10th year, Bonnaroo is excited to announce a rare joint appearance by Dr. John and The Original Meters recreating, in its entirety, the legendary 1974 album Desitively Bonnaroo, the source of the festival’s moniker. Another celebratory aspect to the programming, organizers have confirmed Eugene Hutz as the curator of this year’s specialty venue, dubbed “Global Gypsy Punk Revue.” Continuing Bonnaroo’s tradition as a platform for historic collaborations, the festival is announcing the return of the SuperJam featuring Dr. John, the Black Key’s Dan Auerbach and more to be announced soon. As the only round-the-clock major U.S. music festival, Bonnaroo packs an unparalleled amount of entertainment options into its four days. The event has offered its attendees the amenities and community spirit of a small city, with 24 hours of activities including a comedy theater, cinema festival, broo’ers festival, silent disco, salon, sustainable gardening lessons, arcade, Internet cafés, restaurants, yoga classes and hundreds of high quality craft vendors. About the 2010 event, Rolling Stone hailed, “In its ninth year, Bonnaroo has done an impressive job of hanging on to its reputation as one of the most eclectic music and arts festivals,” while the Wall Street Journal called it “one of rock’s best festivals,” and MTV claimed, “If you’re angling for a road trip – there’s no better destination.” In celebration of Bonnaroo’s 10th year and in recognition of the festival’s iconic status, Ben & Jerry’s will be making Bonnaroo Buzz available for purchase in pints in frozen foods freezers across the country as the company has selected it to be one of its prestigious flavors for 2011. Bonnaroo Buzz is the flavor Ben & Jerry’s designed in 2010 specifically in honor of the festival. Until now, it was only available in Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops. Official festival website is www.bonnaroo.com 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Confirmed Artists: Eminem Arcade Fire Widespread Panic The Black Keys Buffalo Springfield feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale My Morning Jacket Lil Wayne String Cheese Incident Robert Plant & Band of Joy Mumford & Sons The Strokes The Decemberists Ray Lamontagne Bassnectar Iron & Wine Girl Talk Primus Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo Alison Krauss & Union Station Pretty Lights Florence + the Machine SuperJam with Dan Auerbach and Dr. John Explosions In The Sky STS9 Gogol Bordello Beirut Big Boi Scissor Sisters Gregg Allman Ratatat Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz Robyn Warren Haynes Band Deerhunter Opeth Atmosphere Old Crow Medicine Show Bootsy Collins & the Funk University Wiz Khalifa Matt & Kim Grace Potter & The Nocturnals The Del McCoury Band & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Mavis Staples Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Chiddy Bang Jovanotti Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Loretta Lynn Cold War Kids The Walkmen Devotchka Wanda Jackson Neon Trees Portugal. The Man Sleigh Bells Amos Lee Best Coast Dãm-Funk & Master Blazter The Sword The Drums The Black Angels School of Seven Bells J. Cole Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea Wavves !!! Junip Freelance Whales Justin Townes Earle Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses Deer Tick Band of Skulls Sharon Van Etten Abigail Washburn Omar Souleyman Twin Shadow Kylesa Man Man The Low Anthem Alberta Cross Railroad Earth Jessica Lea Mayfield Smith Westerns The Head and the Heart Karen Elson Beats Antique 22-20s Phosphorescent Clare Maguire Hayes Carll About Bonnaroo: Bonnaroo was conceived in 2002 and continues to make a strong impact on the American music industry. It has served as a launching pad for such popular artists as Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson, Robert Randolph, My Morning Jacket, Ray Lamontagne, Matisyahu, and many others. A creative and cultural mega-success, Bonnaroo has featured a staggeringly diverse range of world-class acts such as Bob Dylan, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Radiohead, Jay-Z, Phish, Willie Nelson, The Police, Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Tom Petty, Tool, Wilco, The Dave Matthews Band, James Brown, The White Stripes, Al Green, Nine Inch Nails, The Dead, Regina Spektor, Widespread Panic, Death Cab For Cutie, Elvis Costello, Ornette Coleman, Amadou and Mariam, Beck, TV on the Radio, Against Me!, Merle Haggard, The Black Crowes, Phoenix, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Bright Eyes, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, Jurassic 5, Modest Mouse, The Mars Volta, Common, Burning Spear, the Flaming Lips, among many others. The festival is also starting to make quite an impact on the comedy industry as well, as it has featured some of today’s best comedians working today. From Conan O’Brien and Chris Rock to Zach Galifianakis and Jimmy Fallon, to Lewis Black, Flight of the Concords, David Cross, Fred Armisen to, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, Jim Norton, Patton Oswalt, Louis CK, Janeane Garofalo, Aziz Ansari, John Oliver and Brian Posehn, Bonnaroo is now considered to be an essential play for every comedian both established and on the rise. More acts will be announced in the coming weeks.