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Post by Fozzie Bear on Jun 11, 2016 10:33:05 GMT -5
Apparently Zeds Dead kept telling the crowd they wish they could play for longer. Is Bonnaroo now curbing late night set times and only having certain areas like Kalliope and Christmas Barn go that late?
In 2015, it seemed like D'Angelo was ready to do a third encore with "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," but nothing ever happened.
setting aside the idea that they actually showed up and went, I wonder if anyone at Bonnaroo is feeling like it's second tier? Seems to me that I have enjoyed almost every set I watched. There were some under card acts like Andra Day and Daughter were musically pretty good. Kamasi was great. Papadosio, Vulfpeck, M83 and LCD all sounded pretty great too. J. Cole's set looked awesome and seems to have gone over extremely well based on people I've talked to who are there. Maybe names like Macklemore and Ellie Goulding stuck out a little strong, and obviously ticket sales were down. But I doubt anyone who hasn't been arrested yet (or lost their wallet, caught an STD or whatever) is having anything but an awesome Bonnaroo. Crowds look into almost every set, and there don't seem to be a lotta disappointed looking people wandering around. I don't want to settle for less than the best either, but people have maybe been hard on Bonnaroo, and maybe that isn't bearing out at the actual fest itself (beyond the ticket sale level to the promoters).
setting aside the idea that they actually showed up and went, I wonder if anyone at Bonnaroo is feeling like it's second tier? Seems to me that I have enjoyed almost every set I watched. There were some under card acts like Andra Day and Daughter were musically pretty good. Kamasi was great. Papadosio, Vulfpeck, M83 and LCD all sounded pretty great too. J. Cole's set looked awesome and seems to have gone over extremely well based on people I've talked to who are there. Maybe names like Macklemore and Ellie Goulding stuck out a little strong, and obviously ticket sales were down. But I doubt anyone who hasn't been arrested yet (or lost their wallet, caught an STD or whatever) is having anything but an awesome Bonnaroo. Crowds look into almost every set, and there don't seem to be a lotta disappointed looking people wandering around. I don't want to settle for less than the best either, but people have maybe been hard on Bonnaroo, and maybe that isn't bearing out at the actual fest itself (beyond the ticket sale level to the promoters).
I don't doubt that I would have had a great time if I was at Roo this year. Definitely enough good music to be found to have a good time for sure.
The problem is whether or not it's worth the cost, both financially and in terms of time, to most people. There's a festival in Florida featuring LCD and M83 at the top of the bill for around $130 a ticket, along with a ton of other great acts. Shaky Knees did a great job booking this year. The southeast isn't getting as totally boned as it used to in terms of touring acts during the late spring and summer. Hell, during this weekend, Refused, Thrice, Gogol Bordello, Frank Turner and Yung Lean are all playing in Orlando.
If I can see acts like Andra Day, Papadosio, Vulfpeck and Daughter for ~$10 when they come through locally, that's not much motivation to spend close to $800-900 and five or six days in Tennessee. I don't think anyone's being hard on Roo at all. There are going to be great sets, regardless of how well the lineup is put together. There's more to the value though; you need acts with some notoriety and a track record beyond 100k Youtube views on their only single to entice people to go out to bumfuck nowhere Tennessee in the middle of summer.
Pretty sure the disappointed people didn't make it to the festival, so there's a bit of error in that observation.
Well that's kind of what I was saying, and I thought the caveat was clear. It's a given that if you boned up the cash and ended up going, which is maybe around 5/8 recent crowds, you weren't probably going to be disappointed. I agree on having to make the decision from a value perspective also. The only thing not worth it at Bonnaroo in my opinion was the VIP we did last year. Another personal caveat was that I was okay with Pearl Jam and Dead and Company. I was willing to go and pay my money, but I was already half way through vacation days. So it was a unique reason I didn't go. I thought it was worth the 800-1000 otherwise.
setting aside the idea that they actually showed up and went, I wonder if anyone at Bonnaroo is feeling like it's second tier? Seems to me that I have enjoyed almost every set I watched. There were some under card acts like Andra Day and Daughter were musically pretty good. Kamasi was great. Papadosio, Vulfpeck, M83 and LCD all sounded pretty great too. J. Cole's set looked awesome and seems to have gone over extremely well based on people I've talked to who are there. Maybe names like Macklemore and Ellie Goulding stuck out a little strong, and obviously ticket sales were down. But I doubt anyone who hasn't been arrested yet (or lost their wallet, caught an STD or whatever) is having anything but an awesome Bonnaroo. Crowds look into almost every set, and there don't seem to be a lotta disappointed looking people wandering around. I don't want to settle for less than the best either, but people have maybe been hard on Bonnaroo, and maybe that isn't bearing out at the actual fest itself (beyond the ticket sale level to the promoters).
I don't doubt that I would have had a great time if I was at Roo this year. Definitely enough good music to be found to have a good time for sure.
The problem is whether or not it's worth the cost, both financially and in terms of time, to most people. There's a festival in Florida featuring LCD and M83 at the top of the bill for around $130 a ticket, along with a ton of other great acts. Shaky Knees did a great job booking this year. The southeast isn't getting as totally boned as it used to in terms of touring acts during the late spring and summer. Hell, during this weekend, Refused, Thrice, Gogol Bordello, Frank Turner and Yung Lean are all playing in Orlando.
If I can see acts like Andra Day, Papadosio, Vulfpeck and Daughter for ~$10 when they come through locally, that's not much motivation to spend close to $800-900 and five or six days in Tennessee. I don't think anyone's being hard on Roo at all. There are going to be great sets, regardless of how well the lineup is put together. There's more to the value though; you need acts with some notoriety and a track record beyond 100k Youtube views on their only single to entice people to go out to bumfuck nowhere Tennessee in the middle of summer.
Pretty sure the disappointed people didn't make it to the festival, so there's a bit of error in that observation.
I will be at Frank Turner and Gogol tonight ! Decided last minute to get a ticket
I feel like even the guest spots are starting to repeat themselves.
Oh, let's throw Chance up on some sets for surprise appearances and stick Cherub on the Kalliope again. At least Halsey came out for the Chainsmokers, that's going to be a legendary Roo moment right there as two of the worst modern musical acts on the same stage at once.
I feel like even the guest spots are starting to repeat themselves.
Oh, let's throw Chance up on some sets for surprise appearances and stick Cherub on the Kalliope again. At least Halsey came out for the Chainsmokers, that's going to be a legendary Roo moment right there as two of the worst modern musical acts on the same stage at once.
I'm still amazed that the Chainsmokers were the number one edm act. Horrendous
Post by CheesedickOrDie76 on Jun 12, 2016 4:52:50 GMT -5
Trading no sunrise sets from the main billing artists including which stage DJ sets for shiz no name club DJs on the Kalliope stage should be a considerable measure for loss of Big Four status.
Kalliope is just their excuse to neglect the non-cheese segment of electronic music and slack in terms of providing interesting programming during the late nights. It was a cool novelty in 2014, but it's essentially turned into the Lunar Stage at this point, minus an actual schedule.
I'm sure they think it's successful when there are more people at the stupid thing than there probably were at Blood Orange and Bob Moses, but they probably don't realize that a lot of Bob Moses/Blood Orange fans didn't come this year because of the subpar lineup. Makes me worry they're just going to double down next year on a failing strategy and sink the ship even further.
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I would say that Roo is still first tier. I went to a party the other night and had 13 people ask me why I wasn't at Bonnaroo. Whereas I don't really expect anyone (who would have asked me at that party) is going to ask why I'm not at Firefly. Also, everyone that said that also said "snapchat makes it look lit" so these people are not people that would know about festivals
I would say that Roo is still first tier. I went to a party the other night and had 13 people ask me why I wasn't at Bonnaroo. Whereas I don't really expect anyone (who would have asked me at that party) is going to ask why I'm not at Firefly. Also, everyone that said that also said "snapchat makes it look lit" so these people are not people that would know about festivals
I would say this is because of Bonnaroos past reputation as a great festival. The current trend is definitely showing it is not deserving of a top tier spot
I would say that Roo is still first tier. I went to a party the other night and had 13 people ask me why I wasn't at Bonnaroo. Whereas I don't really expect anyone (who would have asked me at that party) is going to ask why I'm not at Firefly. Also, everyone that said that also said "snapchat makes it look lit" so these people are not people that would know about festivals
I would say this is because of Bonnaroos past reputation as a great festival. The current trend is definitely showing it is not deserving of a top tier spot
Fair point. These people just really wouldn't know anything about festivals that doesn't pop up on their Twitter from accounts that tweet "goals". So I just kinda figured they didn't know its reputation
Post by Fozzie Bear on Jun 12, 2016 12:31:46 GMT -5
Putting it in tiers is so subjective, and really to put a festival in a tier you have to account for ateendee number and general lineup quality. If going by attendee number alone, EDC Vegas and Ultra would have to be top tier, and I know none of us would call an average EDC Vegas lineup top tier.
I don't really put EDM fests in the same grouping as the other ones mentioned. Granted I have never been to one so I don't know how great they (possibly). I just don't think I could handle 3 days of nothing but booming bass
I don't really put EDM fests in the same grouping as the other ones mentioned. Granted I have never been to one so I don't know how great they (possibly). I just don't think I could handle 3 days of nothing but booming bass
It remains to be seen how their longevity is affected, but Ultra and EDC Vegas are definitely up there in terms of most-attended and talked about festivals.
Not sure if there was a live blog thread outsid of the stream ones, but it looks like Chance is going to the silent disco to do coloring book. Line looks insane. Chance is way giant in no time by being himself. Gen Y loves that fucker.
This was the first Bonnaroo I actually worried about getting to sets too early. The crowd was much noticeably smaller. Also way more sitting between sets at the tents. But everyone was still nice as always and super cool. So yeah the "vibez" are still here. Seemed to be a lot less first timers, it was most peoples second or third year that I talked to. I also don't think I talked to one person who said they loved the lineup....which is really saying something. Anyways hoping Bonnaroo can still come back strong next year.
Arrests about halved from last year, which makes sense given the crowd size. But apparently citations remained the same, meaning law enforcement cited more people per attendee for mainly public intoxication, which is obnoxious.
I've been hearing a lot of people say that the police presence was "insane" this year. I honestly only saw maybe like 10 cops on horseback but that's it. Maybe I was in the wrong pod.
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