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Post by NotMitchelBade on Jan 18, 2011 21:23:42 GMT -5
Correct. At about 5:05 PST the dj took a call from a guy asking if the lineup was dropping. The dj said that they had received tons of calls, but he didn't have the lineup or know when the station would be getting it. Definitely not dropping tonight.
Not a headliner, but Crosby / Nash are touring together. I'd rather see CS&N (or, better yet, CSN&Y) but I could definitely see C&N being a daytime tent act. Their tour starts at the end of March and apparently is getting more dates. Nothing but speculation, but highly possible and they obviously fit (and would be the first incarceration other than Young to be there of CSNY).
It was an internet rumor from the start. The KROQ dj said that
They're covering their tracks, a kroq dj tweeted it was coming at 5pm PST today, but then deleted it. Then they were promoting all week on the station "coachella info soon."
Yeah, I feel similarly about U2. I absolutely love their first five or six albums, but I wouldn't pay so much to see them. However, I will definitely see them if they are at Bonnaroo and be excited about it. I'd just be disappointed by the fact that ^^^ is right, U2 means no Radiohead. Radiohead is who I really have my sights set on right now. But I WILL see Radiohead on their next tour no matter what.
Bonnaroo needs Leftfield, Death From Above 1979, and Omar Rodriguez Lopez. Those are really the only ones from the lineup that I'd absolutely LOVE for Roo to have... not saying there isn't other good stuff on there, just those names are the tops for me.
Bonnaroo needs Leftfield, Death From Above 1979, and Omar Rodriguez Lopez. Those are really the only ones from the lineup that I'd absolutely LOVE for Roo to have... not saying there isn't other good stuff on there, just those names are the tops for me.
i immediately thought this when i saw Leftfield and ORL too.
also im pretty sure jimmy eat world is going to = this year's weezer.
If that coachella list is accurate I am ROFL!!! Two of their headliners will go down in Bonnaroo history as the worst headliners ever (Kanye and KOL). And you're gonna have to do better than Duran Duran as far as legends go. There have been years past where I really wanted to see what Coachella is all about, but this list consists of bands that played the Roo the last couple years. And there is no name that just blows your mind, or make a Roo veteran jealous (like Prince or Paul McCartney). Also, nobody wants to see Lauren Hill unless she is accompanied by the Fugees
-When I Hear My Name -Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -Blue Orchid -Passive Manipulation -Red Rain -Death Letter -My Doorbell -Hotel Yorba -Same Boy You've Always Known -Lovesick -Little Ghost -We're Going to Be Friends -The Hardest Button to Button -Black Math -The Nurse -I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Encore: -Ball and Biscuit -Seven Nation Army -Screwdriver
I don't know, I think it's a very strong lineup except for the KOL spot. That feels like they were angling for a bigger headliner and at the last minute needed someone to fill a Rolling Stones fall through or something. But the undercards on all three days I think are just fantastic, and say what you want about Kanye but he'll put on a stellar show. Lauryn Hill is a very dangerous roll of the dice, by all accounts she's never on time and her live show has morphed into a train wreck.
But when it comes to relevant up and coming acts right now making quality rock and roll music? Man, they just about got all of them...
Coachella lineup reminds me of Bonnaroo's last year - people b*tch because it didn't feature every over-the-top ridiculous thing they wanted, but if you actually start looking at it, it's packed with great acts, and a lot of newer/younger bands that maybe aren't huge "names" but will impress. I mean, I'd be stoked for:
Arcade Fire Kanye West The Strokes The Black Keys Interpol Chemical Brothers Caifanes Animal Collective Mumford & Sons (odd they're billed this high, but they have blown up of late) Bright Eyes Duran Duran The National Death From Above 1979 Sasha Crystal Castles Magnetic Man Empire of the Sun Big Audio Dynamite Wiz Khalifa Ratatat Nas & Marley Cee Lo Green Cut Copy Cold War Kids Sleigh Bells Broken Social Scene Erykah Badu Paul van Dyk Chromeo Presets Leftfield Afrojack Warpaint Ozomatli Tame Impala Ariel Pink !!! A-Trak Scissor Sisters the New Pornographers Swell Season Shpongle Elbow Lightning Bolt Best Coast HEALTH Pains of Being Pure at Heart Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Titus Andronicus The Drums OFWGKTA
...and there are a ton more on the bottom of the lineup I don't even feel like recapping. I mean, if this kind of music isn't your scene (there's NO "jam," classic rock, little hip-hop, no metal really), but if you're into indie, noise-pop, electronica, etc., this is a great scene.