probably zero chance of me going this year . apparently mogwai will be playing, and a new clue will be leaked tomorrow. i really shouldn't get into this. it's just gonna make me sad.

side note, does anyone have any posters from 2008, 2010 or 2011 that they would be willing to part with? specifically i've been trying to track down the 2011 lineup poster with the kid sticking his tongue out, the my morning jacket posters from 2008 and 2011, and an arcade fire poster (i think they had one), but i'm not having much luck. i hate myself for only buying the black keys' poster last year.

[Edited on January 9, 2012 at 8:44 PM. Reason : .]

1/9/2012 8:44:05 PM

god damn it i shouldn't have made this thread

1/9/2012 9:15:15 PM

I'd love to see Mogwai, but odds are I wont make it for the second year in a row.

1/9/2012 9:29:07 PM

im gonna miss this year. ive made 5 of the last 6. going to Electric daisy carnival in vegas on the same dates, gonna be rad

1/10/2012 12:32:48 AM

Haven't even really considered going back to be honest. Enjoyed myself in 2010, but I can do without 4 days of oppressive heat and crowds this go around.

1/10/2012 8:04:23 AM

Red Hot Chili Peppers supposedly headlining. May be skipping Bonnaroo this year.

1/23/2012 11:56:06 AM

i would be so mad if i bought a presale ticket after hearing that

1/23/2012 12:41:03 PM

KOL is also headlining. (hopefully).

1/23/2012 1:10:12 PM

might as well book aerosmith to round out the trifecta of Bands I Hate A Lot

1/23/2012 4:33:13 PM

Bands more or less confirmed: RHCP as a headliner, Phish as a headliner, The Roots, Battles, Mogwai, The Black Lips, Robert Randolph, Tame Impala, The War on Drugs, Tune-Yards

[Edited on January 23, 2012 at 4:54 PM. Reason : /]

1/23/2012 4:53:35 PM

I like The Black Lips

1/23/2012 4:55:24 PM

apparently M83 won't be playing. that'd be a killer late night now. i bet coachella's lineup ends up being better this year even though the headliners are kinda lame other than radiohead

1/23/2012 6:29:40 PM

Radiohead's the third headliner. Major Lazer will also be there. Chances of my being there this year just went up by about 400%.

1/24/2012 5:56:43 PM

god damn what is it with bonnaroo being unable to land more than 1 good headliner? and of course when i can't go radiohead decides to headline and also doesn't book a date in DC on their tour.

1/24/2012 5:58:44 PM

For what they are, I'd argue Phish is a great headliner. I'm not into them, but there's a ton of people who are. Obviously, Bonnaroo always has 1 jamband headliner and Phish is way more respected than their peers, the Widespread Panics and Furthurs of the world.

I mean, you could say that they landed the biggest, best contemporary-ish headlining-level band (Radiohead), the best jam band (Phish), and a totally shitty band that was once good and still has a lot of mainstream draw (Chili Peppers). I'd say they're off to a good start.

I wanna see The Beach Boys with Brian Wilson on the lineup.

[Edited on January 24, 2012 at 6:07 PM. Reason : p]

1/24/2012 6:04:32 PM

LOL forgot about Further. Also, Moe, Allman Brothers Band (as it is now; I'm sure they're still touring), a lot of people in that clique like Galactic, etc etc etc

1/24/2012 6:07:17 PM

is RHCP definitely a headliner? any chance they might end up being in a saturday night 8pm slot?

1/24/2012 6:09:51 PM

Any chance they'll be replaced by Kenny Wayne Sheppard and/or the Derek Trucks Band? What about Hootie?

1/24/2012 6:19:45 PM

^haha

^^yeah, it'll likely be Red Hot Chili Peppers>Phish on either Friday or Saturday night (most likely Saturday night) and Radiohead with a full headlining set on the other day (most likely Friday)...so, yeah, odds are on RHCPs playing, like, 8-10 on Saturday night. Then Phish will headline Sunday night (two sets from Phish).

[Edited on January 24, 2012 at 6:23 PM. Reason : d]

1/24/2012 6:22:15 PM

I need to set up a way to get a soundboard bootleg of Phish's set so I can put it in my collection of 23892304920394 other bootlegged tapes.

1/24/2012 7:59:37 PM

i'm kinda skeptical that they'd do another 2 show phish thing again. that'd be super lame.

1/24/2012 8:16:51 PM

Sasquatch lineup is out. If bonnaroo gets beck, jack white and spiritualized late night I will probably break down in tears.

But I may be going to outside lands since i'll be in California for 3 months this summer, so i'm hoping for radiohead/beck crossovers. And I know either superfly or ac entertainment does OL, so i'll keep my fingers crossed

[Edited on February 3, 2012 at 9:39 AM. Reason : OL]

2/3/2012 9:33:49 AM

You were right, Rat Soup, one set from Phish. Also it now seems like RHCPs may be co-headlining on Saturday with an older act. I don't know who it is yet, but smart money is on Prince, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, or The Beach Boys reunion tour.

Also, as far as late nights, Major Lazer may or may not be in anymore, but FlyLo is definitely in.

2/12/2012 10:45:08 AM

i bet they started scrambling after the coachella lineup came out in an attempt to get someone big enough to put them on the same footing. i'll be furious if they get prince since i can't make it this year, but those would be incredible headliners. i'm not really into phish, but as you said before, you might as well get them if you have to have a jam band headliner.

2/12/2012 2:07:21 PM

Lineup dropping tomorrow via Spotify playlist:

https://twitter.com/#!/spotifyusa

2/13/2012 11:46:47 AM

my initial thought is that's lame as hell, but it's probably better so the website doesn't crash from the amount of traffic

2/13/2012 12:21:44 PM

lineup released!

2/14/2012 8:29:03 AM

^wtf....half of those bands i thought were 100% done.

upon looking closer...that has to be a joke

[Edited on February 14, 2012 at 8:32 AM. Reason : please tell me it is]

2/14/2012 8:31:07 AM

the clear channel and ticketmaster logos should've tipped you off that it was a joke before you even got to the lineup

2/14/2012 8:35:28 AM

yeah, i breezed right past that

2/14/2012 8:37:37 AM

lol, got me for a second. I was like, man this is horrible. When I got to Rebecca Black, I knew for sure.

This legit?


[Edited on February 14, 2012 at 8:53 AM. Reason : .]

2/14/2012 8:50:14 AM

a lot of it is probably pretty accurate, but i doubt that's the official lineup. drake is a bit too high for my preference, although my preference would be to not have him there at all.

2/14/2012 9:15:49 AM

^Yep. That's not the lineup, but a lot of those names will be on there. Bunch of names officially leaked this morning on Knoxville.com:

Black Star, Punch Brothers, Civil Wars, Needtobreathe, Umphrey's McGee, Flogging Molly, Ludacris, Alice Cooper, Feist, Aziz Ansari, Skrillex, Foster the People, The Shins, The Avett Brothers, Beach Boys, Bon Iver, Phish, Radiohead

2/14/2012 9:35:32 AM

BLACK STAR

2/14/2012 9:37:48 AM

Quote :

"Aziz Ansari"

I hope there's a fire there he can die in.

2/14/2012 10:20:12 AM

More like aziz notfunni

2/14/2012 11:04:25 AM

What? Aziz Ansari is hilarious. I actually his standup at Bonnaroo in 2010, it had me and a buddy absolutely dying.

2/14/2012 11:09:38 AM

He's incredibly tiresome. I was subjected to one of his stand ups on the way to bonnaroo in 2010 and couldn't believe how unfunny he is.

2/14/2012 11:38:15 AM

I think he's hilarious, but you know...opinions and such

2/14/2012 11:42:28 AM

On an all star comedy tour featuring dane cook, aziz ansari, carrot top, Demetri martin, and Gallagher, who gets the biggest standing ovation?










The pilot who crashes their plane into the side of a mountain

2/14/2012 11:43:41 AM

It's released. It looks pretty good, but I probably won't be attending.

2/14/2012 12:07:28 PM

cool that ben folds five is playing another show together

2/14/2012 12:16:36 PM

yeah bro Dispatch bro

2/14/2012 12:32:32 PM

Wow. I can't believe jack white is playing sasquatch and hangout but not a festival in his own backyard

2/14/2012 12:41:20 PM

Super pumped about this lineup, I think it's the best lineup Bonnaroo has put together. Really excited for Radiohead, The Beach Boys, Bon Iver, The Shins, SBTRKT, Flying Lotus, Little Dragon, Major Lazer, St. Vincent, Black Star, Bad Brains, The Roots, Battles, Black Lips, Kendrick Lamar, The War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Laura Marling, Mogwai...hell of a lineup IMO.

Usually there are a bunch of embarrassing names on the lineup, this year Dispatch and K-Flay are the only real cringe-worthy names.

^tbh, I don't really care about seeing Jack solo unless he's doing White Stripes songs.

[Edited on February 14, 2012 at 12:58 PM. Reason : s]

2/14/2012 12:58:16 PM

Quote :

"this year Dispatch and K-Flay are the only real cringe-worthy names. "

Mac Miller
Skrillex

[Edited on February 14, 2012 at 1:04 PM. Reason : .]

2/14/2012 1:04:47 PM

Quote :

"Mac Miller Skrillex "

red hot chili peppers

2/14/2012 1:17:24 PM

love to see jake cinninger play with phish

2/14/2012 1:18:01 PM

I'd see RHCP if I went

I wonder if they play any One Hot Minute live now that Frusciante is gone.

[Edited on February 14, 2012 at 1:23 PM. Reason : .]

2/14/2012 1:23:22 PM

wtf is dispatch?

2/14/2012 1:36:41 PM