Bruce Springsteen seems pretty unstoppable these days, and the just-confirmed news that the Boss is taking his show from the the Super Bowl to Bonnaroo is music to fans’ ears.
Also confirmed, is the appearance of a recently-, perhaps only temporarily-, reunited Phish. (Insert your own patchoulie/hippie/Phish sucks joke here.)
However, the strangest factor in this music festival trifecta is probably the inclusion of industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails as the third big band on the bill.
Fake hippies and mall goths camping together at a music festival in a field somewhere in Tennessee?
Maybe 2009 really is a year of change.
In addition to the big three, countless bands will be squeezed onto numerous stages throughout this four day festival, including Beastie Boys, Wilco, Elvis Costello, Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Decemberists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Merle Haggard, Neko Case, TV on the Radio, Delta Spirit, MGMT, Andrew Bird and David Byrne, among many, many others. Full line-up details, here.
Bonnaroo 2009 takes place June 11-14 in Manchester, TN. Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 7 and cost around $250 (although a $1,350 “V.I.P.” ticket set is also available).
