Bonnaroo Speculation thread

br00ke · Jan 08, 2011, 12:50 AM

i LOVE (real) camping but yeah ... bonnaroo? camping? not synonymous!!

CTdeadhead · Jan 08, 2011, 01:07 AM

Quote from: tdb810 on Jan 07, 2011, 08:55 PM
Me likey Japanese hotel capsules.

Me too, sort of a hostel with minimal privacy, they could use curtains though. Imagine these in Grand Central..pretty cool concept, so I Googled it. About.com says that ear plugs could be useful in sleeping in these. Guess they have that in common with Roo. Oh also, no women allowed for security reasons. Interesting.

http://gojapan.about.com/cs/accommodation/a/tokyocapsule1.htm

darkglow · Jan 08, 2011, 02:33 AM

Quote from: CTdeadhead on Jan 08, 2011, 01:07 AM
Quote from: tdb810 on Jan 07, 2011, 08:55 PM
Me likey Japanese hotel capsules.
Me too, sort of a hostel with minimal privacy, they could use curtains though. Imagine these in Grand Central..pretty cool concept, so I Googled it. About.com says that ear plugs could be useful in sleeping in these. Guess they have that in common with Roo. Oh also, no women allowed for security reasons. Interesting.

http://gojapan.about.com/cs/accommodation/a/tokyocapsule1.htm

i slept in one of these on two seperate occasions.. the first time i had a glass door with tented glass and the other time was just a clear glass window for a door. i don't remember too much as i was drunk from partying all night in some town other than the one i lived in while i was in japan. good cheap way to crash out for a few hours though. wish i would have had the presence of mind to take pics

CTdeadhead · Jan 08, 2011, 02:39 AM

How much would it cost in American?

Ghosts_on_TV · Jan 09, 2011, 02:20 PM

My friend is buying her husband and I VIP tickets for him for their anniversary. Sounds weird I know, but he really wants to go and she can't cause they have kids. She doesn't want money but I'm going to give her some anyway. Let's do this!

ms. yvon · Jan 09, 2011, 09:26 PM

the last two times i've gone to bonnaroo i stayed in a hotel. got a lodging package thru boomerang/bonnaroo. BRILLIANT.

honestly, the toughest things about camping were that our spot was the FURTHEST it could've been from the fest and not being able to sleep once the sun was up b/c it was too hot.

i have some festival-going stamina, but bonnaroo w/out a bed and shower is out of my range. ;)

also: i've got my ticket!

ALady · Jan 09, 2011, 11:54 PM

^ that's why VIP is crucial...showers and proximity to Centeroo is worth it!

ms. yvon · Jan 10, 2011, 01:13 AM

what about the heat in the morning? is it strictly tenting? i wouldn't mind being closer to the fest, but i don't want to be up at 7:30am.

ALady · Jan 10, 2011, 01:38 AM

You can do RVs in VIP too. I honestly wasn't bothered by the heat at all - brought a tent fan and didn't even use it. There are a lot of tricks in how you set up your camp - we had a large crew and set up an internal "shade corridor" of tarps and canopies so that the breeze could get through our entire row. I also had a large tarp extending from my canopy over my tent to block the morning sun. I brought an air mattress and sheets...there was absolutely no "roughing it" going on :D And they don't pack you in as tightly as they do in the GA campground...it's spaced out more like Wildhorse with lots of green space.

I really do like "real" camping - but not in the Tennessee heat!

I promise I don't work for Roo :D Just getting excited to (hopefully) go back!

You can hear the What stage from VIP, too - one of my fondest memories from that year was waking up to the sweet sound of Al Green soundchecking :)

mgriff73 · Jan 10, 2011, 01:47 PM

I think that this is a sign of them not playing Bonnaroo. Bonnaroo took a huge step towards mainstream last year and I don't see them going back. You can count on names like lady gaga on the top of roo's list this year.

I'm waiting to see what the other festivals are doing before I make up my mind on wakarusa. Pearl Jam is having their own festival this year. I'm sure there line-up is gowing to be great. They haven't even announced a location other than somewhere in middle america.

I've talked to people who have gone to wakarusa since it moved to Arkansas and said it was the best festival they had been to. With that being said I'm definatley interested in going considering I go to at least one camping festival a year. I would choose waka over roo any day.

Ghosts_on_TV · Jan 10, 2011, 02:40 PM

They are playing bonnaroo.

ALady · Jan 10, 2011, 03:08 PM

Ghosts has spoken.

ms. yvon · Jan 10, 2011, 04:21 PM

:D

scosby2 · Jan 10, 2011, 05:15 PM

Quote from: Ghosts_on_T5 on Jan 10, 2011, 02:40 PM
They are playing bonnaroo.

I concur...Pooch told me

e_wind · Jan 11, 2011, 03:40 PM

Quote from: mgriff73 on Jan 10, 2011, 01:47 PM

I would choose waka over roo any day.

word.

Also, the lady who organizes the line up for Roo said they had so many headliners this year they actually had to tell some of them they over booked and sorry. That being said, Jacket can't really compare with headliners like Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Springsteen, KoL, DMB, Kanye, etc etc etc etc. This is good and bad for MMJ, in my opinion. Good because that means if they play it will most likely be late night, but bad because it means they might be one of the bands that got the boot. If because it's the 10th anniversary they're going to try to bring back past bands for a super line-up or soemthing, I think Jacket will be there. Who knows, all we can do is speculate.

e_wind · Jan 11, 2011, 03:46 PM

I just noticed this bonnaroo "all access" thing. I emailed them for information (aka price). It has to be done in groups of 8. If its not tooooo crazy, I'll be looking for 6 other people to share with. It includes A/C living space, as well as other cool ass perks. The big one for me though is that you get close to the two big stages automatically. Does VIP do that? I don't know. How much is VIP? If its not too much more it might be worth it to get good spots for our boys. I'm scared that they are gonna play because that means two music festivals back to back.

el_chode · Jan 11, 2011, 03:49 PM

I like cool ass-perks

Penny Lane · Jan 11, 2011, 03:57 PM

Quote from: e_wind on Jan 11, 2011, 03:40 PM
Quote from: mgriff73 on Jan 10, 2011, 01:47 PM

I would choose waka over roo any day.

word.

Also, the lady who organizes the line up for Roo said they had so many headliners this year they actually had to tell some of them they over booked and sorry. That being said, Jacket can't really compare with headliners like Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Springsteen, KoL, DMB, Kanye, etc etc etc etc. This is good and bad for MMJ, in my opinion. Good because that means if they play it will most likely be late night, but bad because it means they might be one of the bands that got the boot. If because it's the 10th anniversary they're going to try to bring back past bands for a super line-up or soemthing, I think Jacket will be there. Who knows, all we can do is speculate.

no way this happened...
if it did, this is why i hate Bonnaroo anyway -for what it's turned into.

i'm not sure how much VIP camping would get you closer to the stage, other than the VIP bleachers (or Guest bleachers)...and you'd want to be closer than that..

e_wind · Jan 11, 2011, 04:07 PM

Quote from: Penny Lane on Jan 11, 2011, 03:57 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Jan 11, 2011, 03:40 PM
Quote from: mgriff73 on Jan 10, 2011, 01:47 PM

I would choose waka over roo any day.

word.

Also, the lady who organizes the line up for Roo said they had so many headliners this year they actually had to tell some of them they over booked and sorry. That being said, Jacket can't really compare with headliners like Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Springsteen, KoL, DMB, Kanye, etc etc etc etc. This is good and bad for MMJ, in my opinion. Good because that means if they play it will most likely be late night, but bad because it means they might be one of the bands that got the boot. If because it's the 10th anniversary they're going to try to bring back past bands for a super line-up or soemthing, I think Jacket will be there. Who knows, all we can do is speculate.

no way this happened...
if it did, this is why i hate Bonnaroo anyway -for what it's turned into.

i'm not sure how much VIP camping would get you closer to the stage, other than the VIP bleachers (or Guest bleachers)...and you'd want to be closer than that..

Ooooh, thats what it means by VIP viewing area? Weak.

Anyone hear the 1st Roo Radio hint?
""A trip to space thwarted by a speckled lad's demise. A watershed moment otherwise."

My man Bowie?

el_chode · Jan 11, 2011, 04:12 PM

Quote from: e_wind on Jan 11, 2011, 04:07 PM
Quote from: Penny Lane on Jan 11, 2011, 03:57 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Jan 11, 2011, 03:40 PM
Quote from: mgriff73 on Jan 10, 2011, 01:47 PM

I would choose waka over roo any day.

word.

Also, the lady who organizes the line up for Roo said they had so many headliners this year they actually had to tell some of them they over booked and sorry. That being said, Jacket can't really compare with headliners like Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Springsteen, KoL, DMB, Kanye, etc etc etc etc. This is good and bad for MMJ, in my opinion. Good because that means if they play it will most likely be late night, but bad because it means they might be one of the bands that got the boot. If because it's the 10th anniversary they're going to try to bring back past bands for a super line-up or soemthing, I think Jacket will be there. Who knows, all we can do is speculate.

no way this happened...
if it did, this is why i hate Bonnaroo anyway -for what it's turned into.

i'm not sure how much VIP camping would get you closer to the stage, other than the VIP bleachers (or Guest bleachers)...and you'd want to be closer than that..

Ooooh, thats what it means by VIP viewing area? Weak.

Anyone hear the 1st Roo Radio hint?
""A trip to space thwarted by a speckled lad's demise. A watershed moment otherwise."

My man Bowie?

Clearly, 30 seconds to mars is headlining.

EDIT: these things aren't usually that easy, are they? Bowie was my first guess as well