Bonnaroo 2012

[Fully]

The question is what time will they do it?

[NoVa_NoLa]

From Rolling Stone:

Here is the complete 2012 Bonnaroo lineup as announced at this time:

Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Phish
Bon Iver
The Beach Boys (featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks)
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 All-Stars Play Sly
Big Gigantic
Sarah Jarosz
Orgone
Darondo
Fruit Bats
Moon Taxi
More to be announced

[ALady]

:/

[Fully]

Thanks, Nova. Now I've got to decide if I want to go.  :-\ RHCP really makes me not want to go. I'll have to talk to my friend. I know that she'll want to go given that she is a huge Chili Pepper fan. Also, I really have little desire to see The Beach Boys. But there are quite a few lower on list that I want to see. Ugh, decisions.

[Kenny76]

Yup... http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/

Beach Boys.  Really now?

Well, once again, I'm not bummed that I can't make it back down there.

I do want to see Radiohead for once in this lifetime of mine.  Only been a fan since '93...

[e_wind]

a few things....
1. how can a band make you not want to go? What about the bands that do make you want to go?
2. Beach Boys w/ Brian Wilson = the best thing to play Roo since the 08 when PJ and MMJ were both there.



best line up since '08, imo. That said, still not going.

[BigHerm]

I'm shocked that Foster the People is in the top 10.


If Forecastle manages WILCO and Jack White, plus a few from that lineup that I want to see I'll probably skip the farm this year.

[Fully]

a few things....
1. how can a band make you not want to go? What about the bands that do make you want to go?
2. Beach Boys w/ Brian Wilson = the best thing to play Roo since the 08 when PJ and MMJ were both there.



best line up since '08, imo. That said, still not going.

I guess they just don't attract me. I like to see the headliners in addition to the little bands. Maybe what I mean is that there isn't anyone big that just pulls me in this year. I'd like to see Radiohead and Phish sure, but maybe I'm just more excited about Forecastle. There are at least 12 of the smaller bands I'd like to see. This lineup just doesn't excite me. I am happy that there is less hiphop. I'd be interested in seeing where they put Skrillex - hopefully late night. Who knows, perhaps I'll change my mind. I'm pretty sure that my friend really wants to go this year and I'm fine with going with her. I've got a feeling that Thursday night will be the night I want to be there the most this year.

And maybe I'm just thinking about the heat.

[oistheone]

Pretty damn solid undercard. Actually, pretty amazing undercard.

Charles Bradley is ALWAYS worth seeing.

Jack Bruce shows don't exactly happen often.

Gary Clark Jr. is gonna tear shit up. Give the man a tent this year!!!

The Superjam is gonna be great. I just know it. I'd say Flea and Questlove are a lock.

DARONDO?!? You gotta be fuckin' kidding me! This guy is a PIMP! (Seriously). This guy is an underground soul legend, and whoever got this guy should win event booker of the year. The guy is on the last line of the lineup and this could be the reason I go back to the farm.

Butttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt there's a good chance I'll just stick with Forecastle.

[walterfredo]

I think the lineup is one of the weaker ones we've seen from the 'Roo over the years.  Personally, I despise the 'roo and won't ever go back (went in 02 and 04), so it really matters not to me.  Seems like every year though I'm completely blown away by the lineup...not so much this year. 

[oistheone]

I think the lineup is one of the weaker ones we've seen from the 'Roo over the years.  Personally, I despise the 'roo and won't ever go back (went in 02 and 04), so it really matters not to me.  Seems like every year though I'm completely blown away by the lineup...not so much this year.

Gotta agree with you on that one. There's usually at least something that knocks your socks off on every lineup -- this year not so much. Of course that is entirely personal opinion, as I'm sure many people are just floored by this lineup.

I was actually kind of hoping for this, because after five years on the farm, I think it's time for this cowboy to ride off to another fest. A jaw-dropping lineup would have forced me back!

[e_wind]

After many more looks...  Radiohead thru the The Avette Brothers is  . After that it seems like the caliber greatly falls. The undercard is amazing, but there don't seem to be many not-quite-headliner-MMJ-caliber bands. After the beach boys there is Bon Iver/Shins/avetts/skrillex. Which totally skips a caliber of MMJ/Wilco/WSP/solo legend like Eddie Vedder. I realize that Bon Iver has exploded, but are they really what stage pre headliner material? I think no. (is what stage the main stage?)

It seems like they went from headliners straight to which stage headliners.

[el_chode]

a few things....
1. how can a band make you not want to go? What about the bands that do make you want to go?
2. Beach Boys w/ Brian Wilson = the best thing to play Roo since the 08 when PJ and MMJ were both there.



best line up since '08, imo. That said, still not going.

Two words: Lil Wayne. Sorry, a fan of Lil Wayne is not going to be the kind of person I'd want to be near at the farm. There's a line, see, and across this line are bands that just appeal to the wrong people. For better or worse, we can call it the Bieber line. Sure some people on the right side of the Bieber line will like Lil Wayne, but they'd be at Roo regardless, so they don't count. It's the ones that come from the other side of that line. They're not fans of music, they're fans of entertainment. Two different things.

With that said, I agree...these headliners are a return to form of sorts. I wouldn't go for the headliners (except Phish), but if the undercard were better, I would definitely be pumped for the headlining sets as icing on the cake.

The undercard isn't awful. It's more festie-friendly, for sure, than recent years. But it doesn't scream "gotta be there" to me, at least not for the price of admission.

Foster the People can suck a chode.

[Luna Moth]

Don't know if Radiohead, Phish, and Brian Wilson are enough to add Roo to my expense bank. I'm already confirmed for Hangout, E-forest, Forecastle. Also have a Waka main venue campsite for sell(maybe). today is full of decisions.

I wish RRE was at more festivals than Waka, or at least B-roo to get me there. Without Panic, MMJ, RRE, surviving GD members, im not finding much motivation to Roo it up. However we all have different tastes in music so opinions are just opinions.

[Devil Ledbetter]

This would have been my fourth Bonnaroo in a row. Unfortunately the lineup isn't enough to motivate me to go. Even my teenager, who is always excited about going to 'roo looked at this lineup and said "Is it weird that I'm not really enthused?"

Kurt Vile, Tune-Yards & Fruit Bats are straight off my 'roo wishlist, but they're also on my Forecastle wishlist.

Here's hoping.

And to all who are going, have a blast. I still love Bonnaroo. Maybe next year ...

[mahg33ta]

My $0.02 - purely as an observer, no hope of going, is that the lineup is so-so.   There's enough there that I'm hoping they live stream again so I can pick and choose.   But if I had tickets in hand, or could go and was on the fence based on the lineup, I wouldn't be thrilled.    I count at least 20 bands I like, so I hope I'm not being harsh, but that's true in every year's lineup.   

Bad Brains is the name that brought me the biggest smile.   Listened to them a lot in the mid-to-late 80s and haven't thought much about them since.

[MrWhippy]

Hey Mag, I don't want to burst your Bad Brains bubble, but their show in DC a few years ago was one of the worst shows I've ever seen, and I know several other people that agree.  H.R. didn't even seem like he was part of the same band.  Just keep your memories and the records and don't taint them with the current live show.

I'm personally very let down by this lineup.  I feel like if you take Radiohead off the top, the first few lines look pretty bad, and there is very little to be enthused about below that, particularly after how much Coachella nailed it this year.

I'm really bummed by the lack of metal or heavy music in general.  One of my favorite parts of the last few Roos have been the all-day metal tents they have done.

Of the usual crew I go to Roo with, every single one of them has pulled out for this year after seeing the lineup today.  So, if I still go I may need some new friends.

[Fully]

I'm in agreement, Whippy. I may still go just because it's so close, but I'm feeling let down right now. I had some friends who were wanting to go, but now I think I'm going to have to bail. I don't know. It's just so fuckin' hot and it ought to be worth it. I mean, The Beach Boys. I saw them a long time ago and I hated them then. Pet Sounds is the only album of theirs that is interesting. They need a few more bigger name bands.

[Devil Ledbetter]

I'm in agreement, Whippy. I may still go just because it's so close, but I'm feeling let down right now. I had some friends who were wanting to go, but now I think I'm going to have to bail. I don't know. It's just so fuckin' hot and it ought to be worth it. I mean, The Beach Boys. I saw them a long time ago and I hated them then. Pet Sounds is the only album of theirs that is interesting. They need a few more bigger name bands.

That's just it. Roo is expensive, hot, a long drive (from Michigan for me) and a lot of voluntary hardship. But it is completely worth it if the lineup is good. Last year I saw 11 great concerts there and even had to miss a few I wanted to see. This year there aren't even 11 bands I care to see.

I'm disappointed to not be going, but I won't  miss that lineup.

[MrWhippy]

I'm in agreement, Whippy. I may still go just because it's so close, but I'm feeling let down right now. I had some friends who were wanting to go, but now I think I'm going to have to bail. I don't know. It's just so fuckin' hot and it ought to be worth it. I mean, The Beach Boys. I saw them a long time ago and I hated them then. Pet Sounds is the only album of theirs that is interesting. They need a few more bigger name bands.

Fully, if I were in your shoes and had almost no travel to get there, and could be in my own bed each night, I would definitely still go.  The Radiohead set alone would justify that, and there are enough other things scattered throughout that would be good.  It's just when you throw in having to travel far that has made my friends bail and me consider bailing.

The conflict I'm having is that before the lineup came out I promised my 18 year old niece that I would take her to Bonnaroo for her first time.  She's very excited to go, but I never expected that all my friends who go every year would back out. 

So, Fully, I sort of selfishly hope you still go, so I will have some Bonnaroo peeps to hang with.