Big Bonnaroo Announcement April 17

[Penny Lane]

just wondering if anyone on this board has had Guest Passes or done Guest Camping? I'm supposed to find out today whether my VIP can be upgraded to Guest Passes/Camping? I googled it but found nothing? Does this mean we'll be camping w/the artists, etc? or just that we get backstage, etc...?

that same best of rock and roll Rolling stone has a big article on bonnaroo and named it best festival (of course) ....radiohead among other bands named it their favorite as well--just stressing how even artists that don't play (KOL this year) go down to hang out anyway

[Angry Ewok]

VIP... nice... I wish I could throw down like that, but they don't pay me enough around here.

I was thinking about trying to get a press pass so that I don't have to worry about the amateur bouncers at the gate trying to confiscate my gear - but I'm thinking I may not want to get dust/dirt/mud around my gear, anyway...

:-/

p.s. I must be the only person who is pumped up to see Metallica. I'm not being sarcastic either - I really want to see them.

[Penny Lane]

one of the reasons i won't go unless it's VIP is because there's no one to check you coming in and out--you've basically got a free pass and walk right to the main stage area...once i did it once, i got spoiled. i wouldn't spend the $$ but it's my only vacation of the summer-- ;D

and yeah, i think you're the only one pumped to see Metallica--no shame in that, though!  ;D

[Angry Ewok]

Yeah, my buddy Alan and I have talked about going VIP for the past three years for that exact reason. It's always made me "untrusting" (for lack of a better word) that the people at the gates are actually just volunteers - they're just festival-goers like me.

[Penny Lane]

for air conditioned bathrooms, showers, catered meals, to be able to take whatever in and out of the shows, being close to the main stage, camping around showered people, ...for me, i'll spend the extra few hundred dollars...you have a whole year to save it!! c'mon!!  plus you get a free show and free beer the first night---you can't pass up the rebirth brass band playing just for a couple hundred people in the VIP tent...sorry, i'll stop. :o

but i still have no idea how much closer you get can get w/guest passes because the VIP gets you up on the bleachers for the main stage...i need to find out this guest pass status....

[Angry Ewok]

for air conditioned bathrooms, showers, catered meals, to be able to take whatever in and out of the shows, being close to the main stage, camping around showered people, [...]  plus you get a free show and free beer the first night---you can't pass up the rebirth brass band playing just for a couple hundred people in the VIP tent...sorry, i'll stop.

You better stop!

>:(

...Oh yeah? Well with my standard entrance ticket, I get to condition my lungs in the sun-baked porta potties, take nice, cold showers in gutted trailers full of people who want to share my soap, walk a brisk 3 miles to my campsite from Centeroo everytime I run out of money to buy the $8 bottled water, and I at 5'6 I have no problem elbowing my way through a crowd of 6,000 people in order to see the top of the other 6,000 people's heads.

PM me if you want to trade tickets.

[Penny Lane]

for air conditioned bathrooms, showers, catered meals, to be able to take whatever in and out of the shows, being close to the main stage, camping around showered people, [...]  plus you get a free show and free beer the first night---you can't pass up the rebirth brass band playing just for a couple hundred people in the VIP tent...sorry, i'll stop.

You better stop!

>:(

...Oh yeah? Well with my standard entrance ticket, I get to condition my lungs in the sun-baked porta potties, take nice, cold showers in gutted trailers full of people who want to share my soap, walk a brisk 3 miles to my campsite from Centeroo everytime I run out of money to buy the $8 bottled water, and I at 5'6 I have no problem elbowing my way through a crowd of 6,000 people in order to see the top of the other 6,000 people's heads.

PM me if you want to trade tickets.

LOL--VIP is wookie free

[Angry Ewok]

It's Ewok free, too...

:'(

[CTdeadhead]

It's Ewok free, too...

:'(

I have however heard about the Sandpeople who stand over in GA and fire into the VIP section.  

[Ghosts_on_TV]

I got VIP this year. We should meet up!  8-)

[Penny Lane]

just got mine today--so it's settled.  i would definitely meet up--as i'll only be there w/my one friend from ohio....