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Undercard. Headliners are just a few of the acts, undercard is the majority of the lineup. It is nice to have headliners you actually want to see, though
I've only been once, last year, and I saw Phish and the Beastie Boys. They were awesome, but I chilled and saw the Robyn Hitchcock>Bon Iver>of Montreal>Decemberists lineup
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Post by mrflannery on Feb 12, 2010 16:08:12 GMT -5
strong headliners are a kind of a big deal too me. its nice to know i'll get to see 2 or 3 acts that i really like without the worry of conflicts. FOR ME, this years undercard is strong than the last 3 years but i wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the melvins played at the same time as clutch and/or the black keys conflict with the dead weather.
Post by candyflippedaround on Feb 12, 2010 20:54:08 GMT -5
08 i went to spend a weekend with a bunch of great friends who constantly raved about Bonnaroo 09 it was all about Phish 10 ill be going back for the same reasons i went to begin with, amazing experience with good friends. not that im not going for the music this year because i love a lot of the names on the lineup but im going for a bonnaroo
It's nice, very nice if there's a headliner I like. It makes 'Roo a much more joyous occasion. A good headliner will also bookmark a year as memorable. Absent any more headliner additions, Stevie Wonder will probably be the artist I use to timestamp 2010. But, I've always been more attracted to the artists below the top line. This is especially true in 2010.
It's a combo for me. I don't go solely for the Headliners, nor solely for the undercard. But I put myself down as Headliners because if it were terrible headliners I'd probably go to a smaller fest. The undercard are usually acts that play multiple festivals and while I do look forward to them, it's not a deal-breaker.
This.
...and it's why I won't be there this year for the first time since '03. See you at the smaller fests!
Post by ParanoidAntelope on Feb 17, 2010 13:49:50 GMT -5
Hard to vote one way or the other on this one (I picked headliners because several headlining shows are among my favorites).
I guess the thing that really does it for me is that Bonnaroo usually pulls in a diverse group of (awesome!) headliners, and that previously, most were bands I had not seen: Radiohead, Phil Lesh, Tool, The Police (even though they sucked, i was stoked about that show...until they started playing), Pearl Jam, Metallica, Phish, Bruce.
Stevie will be awesome, not taking anything away from him, but not only have I seen KOL and DMB before--I dont think Ill have any trouble catching them in the near future. I also realize it is unrealistic to expect a NEW band (one i havent seen) every year. But damn. Hearing names like Neil Young and Waters thrown around got my hopes up pretty high (havent seen either one).
The undercard is always amazing. Thats part of the reason the top two lines of the bill matter to me a lot. Theres only 3 bands that play unopposed during the fest, and usually thats for about 3 hours a pop each. You could fit two or three smaller shows into that amount of time...except there are no other shows. So I get the headliners dont matter argument...sort of...except they do matter to me. I usually get into Centeroo around 4-5 and try and stay all night. I dont want to have to trek back to camp to sleep or whatever when the sun finally just went down and the real fun is about to begin
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definitely the under card. I love a good headliner but I've seen some of the best shows on the undercard. MIA in 08 was probably one of the best shows I've been too.
I give all the headliners a shot but I usually hit up the cinema tent during one of them