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"Bonnaroo, the East Coast’s premiere multi-day, multi-stage gathering of the vibes (held in Manchester, Tennessee from June 11th to 14th)"
I've never been great at geography... yet I'm pretty sure Tennessee is landlocked, in the central timezone, and approx 700 miles away from the Atlantic Ocean
i go to festivals for variety. if i want to see them more than once, ill follow them on tour. my favorite band is Radiohead, and i wouldnt want to see them two nights in a row. its a friggin festival. will i be impressed? yes, but not enough to miss someone else to come back and see them another night.
I hear ya. I mean it would be different if they got two sets AND 60 other bands played the same weekend.
Post by BonnarooDetective on Dec 16, 2008 16:38:09 GMT -5
Bonnaroo was born a jam-festival, stop fighting it. Yes, Metallica played last year, yes Tool played the year before that - those were OUTLIERS, not a continuing trend. Two nights of Phish is to average everything out.
Bonnaroo was born a jam-festival, stop fighting it. Yes, Metallica played last year, yes Tool played the year before that - those were OUTLIERS, not a continuing trend. Two nights of Phish is to average everything out.
I'm excited if Phish is going to be at Roo....I do like having 3 different headliners though. I liked having WSP there, but I still wish that they played 1 night instead of 2 and had a different band be a headliner one night. It really doesn't matter cus I go for the non-headliners mostly.
Bonnaroo was born a jam-festival, stop fighting it. Yes, Metallica played last year, yes Tool played the year before that - those were OUTLIERS, not a continuing trend. Two nights of Phish is to average everything out.
I don't understand why bonnaroo has to be any type of festival other than a music festival. There are already more than enough jam band festivals in the country why should Bonnaroo regress into just one category. The thing that makes it so great is that so many people come to this festival in the middle of nowhere and it becomes the center of the music world for those four days. I don't think that Phish headlining two nights will make it into a jam festival because there will be many many many more bands there however. Since the festival started it has really grown in terms of recognition and musical diversity, and that's what I really like about it. If you want what Bonnaroo used to be those first few years, I think Rothbury did a pretty good of that this year.
I just thought of the brightside of the jambase people's negativity. Since they hate Roo so much and are claiming they would rather die than step foot on the farm they will not buy tickets and I may have a better shot at getting them.
Although I'll bet half of them that are over there bitching about Roo will end up going.
I really hope that the first part of your logic is true. I would love to see Phish at Roo especially because I have only got into their music over the last year or so. But having to deal with Phish fanatics as arrogant as the people on Jambase is turning me off to the whole idea.
those, people are gonna bite the bullet and come anyway most likely but also people are never the same online as they are on a message board. the only thing I'm worried about is the dirty quacking junkie homeless fans phish has. then again I'd rather be camped next to some dope fiends than some meat heads
Post by itrainmonkeys on Dec 16, 2008 16:59:27 GMT -5
MTV article says:
"Each member of the band has performed at the festival in the past (frontman/guitarist Trey Anastasio has attended the last four years),"
I may be crazy but Trey was NOT there last year. Was he there the year before that? I don't think so but can't remember. Last I remember was when he was there with Oysterhead and GRAB.
Maybe they mean he attended and watched......but that's weird to me.
"Bonnaroo already draws 100,000 fans to the fest without the addition of a Phish headlining slot, so you can expect fans to swarm Manchester, Tennessee, if these rumors are confirmed. "
When has Bonnaroo sold 100,000 tickets before? Doesn't anyone check anything before printing it anymore?
i go to festivals for variety. if i want to see them more than once, ill follow them on tour. my favorite band is Radiohead, and i wouldnt want to see them two nights in a row. its a friggin festival. will i be impressed? yes, but not enough to miss someone else to come back and see them another night.
Radiohead is my favorite band as well and you would think that you wouldn't want to see them two nigths in a row. But take it from me, two nights in a row of Radiohead at All Points West playing a more electronic set on Friday and a more Rock oriented set on Saturday was the greatest experience of my life. If people can feel the way I feel about Radiohead about Phish then i completely understand the demand for two nights.
"Each member of the band has performed at the festival in the past (frontman/guitarist Trey Anastasio has attended the last four years),"
I may be crazy but Trey was NOT there last year. Was he there the year before that? I don't think so but can't remember. Last I remember was when he was there with Oysterhead and GRAB.
Maybe they mean he attended and watched......but that's weird to me.
No he hasnt been there since 2006. Could be AC and Superfly getting ticket buzz
Post by neighborhooodcreep on Dec 16, 2008 17:11:11 GMT -5
I hope Phish isnt demanding to much money, id hate to think that a lot of my ticket is going towards a band playing 2 nights that i could care less about, no offense i do like their music and will catch an hour of their but 2 nights?
I hope Phish isnt demanding to much money, id hate to think that a lot of my ticket is going towards a band playing 2 nights that i could care less about, no offense i do like their music and will catch an hour of their but 2 nights?
i doubt it. the hampton tickets were $50 as it was during the last years. any other band prob would have raised their prices due to demand.
Post by neighborhooodcreep on Dec 16, 2008 17:20:09 GMT -5
^^^ I wont say phuck em but I do hope the is a strong undercard so I can make sure a couple friends travel the 1000 miles with me (the ones that would actually travel there are more for headliners and no phans of phish)
I hope Phish isnt demanding to much money, id hate to think that a lot of my ticket is going towards a band playing 2 nights that i could care less about, no offense i do like their music and will catch an hour of their but 2 nights?
i doubt it. the hampton tickets were $50 as it was during the last years. any other band prob would have raised their prices due to demand.
Thats cool then, i just know how the demand is and wouldnt blame them if they charge some huge price... for not being a fan i am excited partially just to see what its all about
I hope Phish isnt demanding to much money, id hate to think that a lot of my ticket is going towards a band playing 2 nights that i could care less about, no offense i do like their music and will catch an hour of their but 2 nights?
i doubt it. the hampton tickets were $50 as it was during the last years. any other band prob would have raised their prices due to demand.
Yeah, I mean I'd be willing to bet that Kanye probably asked for more money last year for his one show than Phish would ask of doing two shows. But then again, I'm not saying that Superfly wouldn't just go ahead and offer a higher payout to Phish right off the bat just to ensure the deal
phuck phish. i'm gonna be pissed if they actually headline two nights.
sorry but they made bonnaroo a possibility. did you see any big festivals in the mid 90s besides phish phests? nothing big big like bonnaroo or others today. bonnaroo is modeled after the phish fests. ive read it in articles. i see the dude from Bittersweet Motel, phish docu-dvd directed by todd phillips, who seemed to be in charge of the great went every year ive been there.
The whole "Phish shouldn't play 2 nights" posts are f*ckin hilarious. Clearly you people who are posting this are not very well versed in Phish, their fans, the way they play, or the fact that Bonnaroo is essentially the Phish Festival format crossed with the NOLA jazz fest format.
Phish not only WILL play 2 nights, but they deserve no less. There will be as much variety in the 2 shows Phish plays as you will get the entire weekend seeing many different bands. Their success is single-handedly responsible for many of the bands that have become Roo regulars, such as tDB, Umphrey's McGee, and of course Trey Anastasio. Hell Trey Anastasio alone brought thousands and thousands of fans to the first Bonnaroo for just Sunday!
There was a time when fans would have clamored for Phish to play Bonnaroo for 2 nights. Those were the days when Bonnaroo fans were primarily jamband fans. Those days are gone, but the fact of the matter is, Bonnaroo didn't sell out last year, and has struggled to sell out the last 2 years. Phish playing 2 nights will almost guarantee a sell out.
Those of you who don't think Phish deserves two nights are flat out wrong. I'm sorry, you just are. I've gone to EVERY SINGLE BONNAROO, and can tell you as a veteran of the festival, they deserve 2 nights, and no less.