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Yeah, the PopMart tour parodying themselves and pop culture at large was largely considered a failure for U2 and they've since moved on, starting with All That You Can't Leave Behind.
Was Kanye's show his full set? It seems to me he went on at 4:35 and ended at 5:40. That may be all he was doing on that tour but I'd assumed that he'd cut it short due to the rising sun and waning interest. The wait was twice as long as his actual set.
I agree that there is a very short list of new artists to book as headliners at Roo. When you limit that list to only artists that we can all agree are headliners it gets even shorter!!!! We're going to have to start looking at creating X & Friends shows (a placeholder not the band, X, smartasses!) or creating supergroups soon. Otherwise we need to either start repeating ourselves or rethinking the schedule structure (kind of like they did this year).
Post by jambandjohn on Jun 22, 2009 7:00:40 GMT -5
Bonnaroo doesn't need to get bigger. 80000 - 90000 is plenty...
AC/DC would be good, so would Prince. I would see U2, McCartney or the Stones but I'd rather revisit some of the past Roo headliners (any combination of The Dead, Phil & Friends, Phish, Allmans, DMB, etc) ahead of them.
I would REALLY like to see Neil Young, either by himself or with CSN&Y. Another good choice would be Eric Clapton, either solo or especially with Steve Winwood.
Post by lesullivan27 on Jun 22, 2009 7:36:01 GMT -5
michael jacksons shows would bring a whole different crowd i think...his show in england sold out ridiculously fast...people are crazy about him. watch the live in bucharest dvd. i dont think roo could get someone that huge.
i second that. U2 NOT m thing. some of the people being named are at lolla this year. wish i could go. but daft punk would be the shit next year for roo.
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I'd dig the Chilis, Zep, Daft Punk for late night would make me ectastic.
Rabbit in the Moon, likewise. I'd dig seeing U2 - I slept through Radiohead when they played and wandered around for most of Bruce's set. My problem is I have a hard time quantifying, on a realistic level, what a "major draw" would be.
I'm not a huge fan of his fans, but Kid Rock would actually probably be a rad show.
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Post by plasticpepper on Jun 22, 2009 15:00:44 GMT -5
Roo doesn't need to get bigger...like someone else said now it's basically about keeping it up and not having any given year feel like a letdown after the previous year's lineup.
But in my mind, the strength of the lineup isn't about the headliners at ALL. Everyone's throwing around potential headliners - the Stones, U2, Zep, etc. - but that's not what's going to make a lineup incredible. Roo is sort of already hit the top as far as headliners go anyway - after Phish and Bruce, there's not much (if anything) that could top that. Maybe Zep. Or maybe some incredible combo like the Stones and the Who in one year (although that wouldn't really fit roo's MO and I don't know if it would be the best plan anyway). But generally speaking, the headliners can't be improved by much, and they don't need to be improved. I don't go for the headliners anyway - to me the headline acts are always the sort of thing where it's cool to see them and to have the experience of seeing some epic act live, but it's not an act that I love and am dying to see anyway.
The real strength of the lineup is in everything else. This year's lineup wasn't epic because of Phish and Bruce (although that contributed), it was epic because we had the Beastie Boys and Nine Inch Nails and the Mars Volta and David Byrne and Snoop Dogg and Al Green and SO MANY other amazing acts of so many different styles all in ONE PLACE.
I'd personally like to see some chicks headline Roo. Does anyone think that Bjork or PJ Harvey are headliner-worthy? Let's not forget the ladies! Patti Smith, where are you?
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I'd personally like to see some chicks headline Roo. Does anyone think that Bjork or PJ Harvey are headliner-worthy? Let's not forget the ladies! Patti Smith, where are you?
hole is getting back together, certainly not headliner worthy but neither are bjork or pj harvey
if you want a chick up there, your best be is probable fleetwood mac
I'd personally like to see some chicks headline Roo. Does anyone think that Bjork or PJ Harvey are headliner-worthy? Let's not forget the ladies! Patti Smith, where are you?
I know that Bjork is big here so maybe so could be a headliner but i see her as a preheadliner. PJ Harvey, not so much.
There are not a lot of female rock stars these days. Pop stars, yes, but not rock stars. I don't think we'd want a Britney or Mariah or even Madonna at Roo. Maybe I could see No Doubt as a Friday headliner but that would probably send the bitchometer here at inforoo off the charts in epic numbers.
Tori Amos is just too mellow and her drawing power has contracted over the years. Sheryl Crow is viewed as more of a pop star nowadays.
Dixie Chicks make sense to me as anti-establishment figures and as a country draw (see: Stagecoach as a rapidly growing festival).
I think that we're left waiting for an alpha female to develop, though.
^ I know. But is it simply that there aren't enough top female rock acts these days, or is it that it is just harder for women to be considered a part of that genre? Is it harder for the guys to dig on female artists the same way girls can listen to music made by guys?
Also, did Bjork headline Coachella once, or was she a pre-headliner?
Grace Potter might get there on of these days, and last year we had the Plant Krause show which was more highly attended than the actual headliner later that night.
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 22, 2009 22:14:44 GMT -5
I can't think of any female (or even female-led) acts that could headline, other than maybe Fleetwood Mac. Kind of unfortunate. And I don't really know why it is that there are no huge female rock stars.
Post by questionablesanity on Jun 23, 2009 9:13:27 GMT -5
The headliners were the big draw for me this year, but I enjoyed the tent sets MUCH more than any of the headliners. I like the intimacy. Phish was amazing and I slept through Bruce, accidentally.
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