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Okay, I know we keep doing this every few weeks, but I think we're just about ready to predict with some certainty who will be playing late night sets. Here's the current breakdown:
Thursday - 6/12 Battles Grupo Fantasma Newton Faulkner Felice Brothers Lez Zeppelin (Pollstar says Sunday) Vampire Weekend The Sword MGMT Dark Star Orchestra Umphrey's McGee Back Door Slam The Whigs Phonograph Amy LaVere NOMO American Plague Scissormen Rotary Downs
Friday - 6/13 Metallica My Morning Jacket The Raconteurs Tiesto Willie Nelson Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck Bluegrass Allstars ft. Luke Bulla, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela fleck, Edgar Meyer & Bryan Sutton Chris Rock Ghostland Observatory Jose Gonzalez State Radio Little Feat Ozomatli Tegan and Sara Disco Biscuits !!! Minus The Bear The Swell Season Rilo Kiley Drive-By Truckers Steel Train The Coup Stephen Marley Mike Farris Colour Revolt Royal Bangs The Everybodyfields Cornmeal Extra Golden Carney Your Vegas
Saturday - 6/14 Pearl Jam Kayne West Phil Lesh & Friends B.B. King Donavon Frankenreiter Gogol Bordello M.I.A. Pat Green The Allman Brothers The Avett Brothers Iron & Wine Sigur Ros Against Me! Levon Helm Ben Folds Two Gallants Mastado n Cat Power The Wood Brothers Mason Jennings Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings Zappa Plays Zappa Lupe Fiasco Chromeo Dead Confederate
Sunday - 6/15 Broken Social Scene Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival Jack Johnson O.A.R. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss featuring T Bone Burnett Larry Campbell, Jackie Greene, Phil Lesh & Teresa Williams The Lee Boys Yonder Mountain String Band Ladytron Rogue Wave Solomon Burke Death Cab For Cutie Robert Randolph Revival According to Jason Crosby's myspace page Orchestra Baobab Jakob Dylan Aimee Mann Israel Vibrations Datarock The Lasting Bombadil The Greencards Sometymes Why Weather Underground
Have not announced dates Talib Kweli MSTRKRFT The Fiery Furnaces Money Mark Nicole Atkins Serena Ryder DJ Honda Alana Grace Bear In Heaven De Novo Dahl Electric Touch Erick Baker Howlin Rain Jake Shimabukuro Jessie Baylin Jypsi K' NAAN Lord T & Eloise The Nikhil Korula Band Person L Stephanie's ID The Afromotive The Big Sleep The Duhks
I think it's going to be:
Thu: Dark Star Orchestra and Battles Fri: MMJ, Ghostland Observatory/MSTRKRFT/Tiesto, Disco Biscuits, and Superjam Sat: Phil Lesh, Sigur Ros, Zappa Plays Zappa, and Talib Kweli/Lupe Fiasco
(FTR, I think it'll be Kanye vs Allman Brothers in the pre-headliner spots on Saturday)
Post by BonnarooDetective on Apr 13, 2008 11:45:39 GMT -5
I think you're on the right track . . . Thursday is difficult because there isn't a headliner, so really you could consider all of Thursday to be latenight, since it usually starts up around 8pm.
My speculation is as follows:
Friday: MMJ | MSTRKRFT/Tiesto | Umph/Disco Biscuits | Superjam (I could see this being moved to daytime, in which case I would put !!! and Ghostland here)
Saturday: Phil | Lupe/Kweli | Sigur Ros | Robert Randolph's Revival
Post by BonnarooDetective on Apr 13, 2008 11:57:03 GMT -5
I study schedulotology religiously.
I am positive about almost all of my projections. The only things that could be wrong are: Umph might not share the tent with the Disco Biscuits. As I mentioned, Superjam might get kicked back to the daytime. Robert Randolph's revival - I know, Jason Crosby's (the organ player) MySpace page lists Sunday, but this could be for any number of reason. Perhaps he just listed Sunday because it's the last day of the festival, and he knows they will be there until then. Perhaps he listed Sunday because latenight Saturday is technically Sunday. It is also possible that he has another (still unannounced) Bonnaroo performance on Sunday (he does play with the Blind Boys of Alabama, as well as having a solo project). That being said, I would like to hope the RR's Revival is latenight, based on claims from his camp that the show will be "epic" (to me, "epic" implies a long show)and the fact that Randolph is the kind of guy who would gladly play all night for us.
Post by Sköldpadda on Apr 13, 2008 12:02:11 GMT -5
I'm thinking...
Fri: MMJ, Disco Biscuits, Superjam, Ghostland/MSTRKRFT/Tiesto (If the Superjam is indeed moved to the day, I agree that it'll be !!! and Ghostland in that slot)
Sat: Phil and Friends, Sigur Ros, Lupe/Talib, and either Gogol Bordello or Zappa Plays Zappa (I'm holding to the schedule as we have it now, which lists Robert Randolph for Sunday. If they do play on Saturday, I consider them a much more logical choice than either GB or ZpZ.)
Post by the3penguins on Apr 13, 2008 14:52:50 GMT -5
Gogol Bordello, in my opinion, cannot be a latenight. If you've seen their show, you know it's so absurdly high energy I don't think they could possibly go on for longer than the hour and a half or so that they do. With a lead singer jumping and sprinting around, and the rest of the band following suit, I don't think there's any way we'll see a long late night slot devoted to them, unless there's someone following them.
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Apr 13, 2008 15:06:55 GMT -5
^ I could see Gogol being late night with someone playing after them....I don't know who, or really if it is even likely because unlike BonnarooDetective I do not study schedulotology lol...I would like to see GB late night for the simple fact that they ARE so high energy, it would be nicer to do that in the evening when it is cooler.....
And if even a portion of those listings for days are correct Saterday is going to be super tough
I'm pretty sure Gogol Bordello's non festival shows usually go for 2+ hours
They can and have. I think Gogol could play late night, but I can't miss their set, so I'm kinda hoping for a decent length evening evening set from them, just to avoid anymore conflicts at night.
Either that or have them close out a tent on Thursday, but I don't think they'll do that plus Gogol is playing Saturday, according to their site.
Don't hold your breath. Umphrey's is way to big of an act to play Thursday.
I would normally agree, but I am holding out hope that they are trying expand Thursday a little bit and have some bigger draws. I just hope they are late night wherever they end up. Another set like 2004 would be incredible.
I just noticed that Lupe Fiasco's Myspace page indicates that he'll be playing at 4pm. This is far from official, but some of us might have to re-speculate...
