Bonnaroo 2009 Speculation Thread

portishead ftw

Portishead would be amazing but are they big enough to headline?

Thanks for the info edge. We're watching you.


Just kidding.





But really we are.

I was just about to give this man karma until I saw this......whats your alternative...Chester whatever from GD linkin park......right??

If anything Stockdale's got the voice...and from the shows definatly the tight pants.....just something to get me some Page and JPJ together

Edit: Also right after I posted this "Where Eagles Have Been" came up while on shuffle out of 4k+ songs out of maybe 15 wolfmother.....tis a sign of the good to come ;D smileys rock ;D

OK, Zep was heavy without being heavy metal (though they were one of the progenitors of the genre) and also obviously funky... and obviously bigger than the Beastie Boys...

You may be on to something... however he did show interest towards a post suggesting Massive Attack and Portishead... and I don't see any stylistic ties between any of those three aforementioned artists/groups.

Not sure anything edge has said suggests Zeppelin or a retro act. He seemed to indicate Phish was the jam band, Springsteen the retro act and ______ the heavier modern act.

He said Portishead, Chemical Brothers and Massive Attack were the right frame of mind in guessing who the "funky", heavier than Phish and Springsteen act was.

I also think when he says heavy he might mean it in the content sense, not the actual sound. Like that's heavy man, not that's heavy metal, man.

No, Paul Oakenfold is not the headliner.

I'm sticking with my guess of Muse. Muse has been becoming more dance influenced over the years, and supposedly there new album will be even more so. Plus they are another British group, just like Portishead, Massive Attack, and Chemical Brothers.

Plus, Muse will probably only be playing a select number of shows this summer, especially in the US. So a Bonnaroo appearance would be even more sought after than usual.

At Vegoose Muse was a pre-headliner, however at Lollapalooza in 2007 they were a headliner. Muse is really big in Europe. If AC Superfly got them as a pre-headliner before im not sure they would make them a headliner.

I think Muse could pull of a headlining set. They put on a great show.

I don't see Muse as a headlining band at Roo... maybe a late night Which Stage (MAYBE), but definitely a pre-headlining slot or a slot closing the Which Stage for the PM hours.

They headlined in 2007...because the White Stripes pulled out a month before ACL.

If he's saying Beastie Boys isn't big enough, I'm not sure how Muse is.

so its not gorillaz?

I mean, it would certainly be an event. But I'm just not sure how that's going to happen with the Blur reunion happening this summer.

Oh yeah, that and they are cartoons.

Minor technicality.

Plus, I really wouldn't consider Gorillaz all that bigger than Muse or Beastie Boys. Although they obviously don't play many shows, so that is an added draw.