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Bonnaroo Music Festival

Thursday, June 12 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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Performers at this Event

Jerry Douglas

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Alison Krauss

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Sam Bush

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Willie Nelson

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The Allman Brothers Band

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Solomon Burke

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Little Feat

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Metallica

Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s, responsible for bringing the music back to Earth. Instead of playing the usual rock star games of metal stars of the early '80s, the band looked and talked like they were from the street.

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Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s. After vocalist Andrew Wood overdosed on heroin in 1990, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament assembled a new band, bringing in Mike McCready on lead guitar...

Robert Plant

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Widespread Panic

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Orchestra Baobab

From inauspicious beginnings as the weekend house band at a Dakar club for government officials, Senegal's Orchestra Baobob, named for the club (which in turn took its name from the native baobob tree), went on to become one of the seminal bands of world music, with an influence...

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Aimee Mann

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Jakob Dylan

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Béla Fleck

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Pat Green

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BB King

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Ben Folds

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Superdrag

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Cat Power

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Susan Tedeschi

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Drive-By Truckers

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Ozomatli

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Talib Kweli

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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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Tegan and Sara

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O.A.R.

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Jack Johnson

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!!!

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Broken Social Scene

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Rilo Kiley

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Yonder Mountain String Band

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Umphrey's McGee

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Minus the Bear

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Mastodon

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Gogol Bordello

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The Big Sleep

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Iron & Wine

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State Radio

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Jackie Greene

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

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Phil Lesh & Friends

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Steel Train

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Chromeo

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The Fiery Furnaces

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Against Me!

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

Nicole Atkins

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José González

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Grupo Fantasma

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Battles

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Two Gallants

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Bear In Heaven

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What Made Milwaukee Famous

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Dark Star Orchestra

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Lupe Fiasco

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The Sword

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Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands

Amy LaVere

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Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Raconteurs

A self-described "new band made up of old friends," the Raconteurs feature the White Stripes' Jack White and power pop maestro Brendan Benson on vocals, keyboards, and guitars, and the Greenhornes' drummer Patrick Keeler and bassist Jack Lawrence as the group's rhythm section.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Extra Golden

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Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > World

K'Naan

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Colour Revolt

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Ghostland Observatory

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Newton Faulkner

Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner was born in Surrey on the11th of January 1985 and attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, studying the guitar where he gained a higher diploma at the age of 17.

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Adele

When the U.K. press began dubbing Adele "the next Amy Winehouse" in late 2007, the hype didn't touch upon the heavy singer/songwriter influence found in the Londoner's music. Influenced by Suzanne Vega as much as Jill Scott, Adele first made an impression in 2006 when she...

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The Felice Brothers

Hailing from the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, the Felice Brothers blend folk, Americana, and revivalist roots rock into a uniquely earthy sound. Brothers Ian, Simone, and James Felice grew up in the Hudson River Valley, several miles away from the musical hamlet of Woodstock.

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Back Door Slam

British blues-rockers Back Door Slam boast a tough, streetwise sound that recalls veteran U.K. blues players such as Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and John Mayall, though these young guitar slingers represent a new generation -- when bassist Adam Jones joined the group in 2006, guitarist...

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Lez Zeppelin

Cheekily named all-female Led Zeppelin cover band Lez Zeppelin formed in New York City in the late 2000s. Their name might imply a tongue-in-cheek approach to the music, but Sarah McLellan (lead vocals), Helen Destroy (drums), Lisa Brigantino (bass, mandolin, keys), and Steph Paynes...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Larry Campbell

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Lord T & Eloise

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Porter Batiste Stoltz

Porter Batiste Stoltz are something of a New Orleans supergroup, consisting of three veteran musicians who worked as sidemen for decades before coming together in the trio. Bass player George Porter, Jr.

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Sometymes Why

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Nomo

Jessie Baylin

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Vampire Weekend

Describing their sound as "Upper West Side Soweto," New York City's Vampire Weekend mixes preppy, well-read indie rock with joyful, Afro-pop-inspired melodies and rhythms. Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, Rostam Batmanglij, and Chris Tomson formed the band early in 2006, when they...

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Soul Rebels Brass Band

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Levon Helm Band

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The Swell Season

The Swell Season is a collaboration between Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Marketa Irglova. The self-titled disc is the first album that Hansard, the singer for The Frames, has released independently of his band.

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Grand Ole Party

How do you explain on a piece of paper the elements that make a band truly exciting and genuinely unique? Sometimes, a good starting point is simple geography. When Grand Ole Party sets the stage for their live show, the placement of their drums ands is the first cue: three abreast...

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