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I initially went to Bonnaroo for it's quality. The same goes for Coachella. Not for any rumored goofyness or vibez. It was a good deal. Unfortunately one sold it's soul and identity.
Its funny when people say this, as if Coachella wasn't also purchased by a giant corporate conglomerate (AEG) years ago. AEG has nearly as much of a stranglehold on the live music landscape as Live Nation does. Nobody suddenly abandoned Coachella just because they were acquired by a larger promoter.
So which one were you referring to, that sold its soul and identity?
The one still advertising an over-sized pig smoker beneath a wasteland of an undercard (as if it were any fragment of what it once was) and not booking awesome acts like Rosykopp, Moderat, and The Avalanches, in addition to whatever shitty, boner EDM college bros are vibing to this year.
Its funny when people say this, as if Coachella wasn't also purchased by a giant corporate conglomerate (AEG) years ago. AEG has nearly as much of a stranglehold on the live music landscape as Live Nation does. Nobody suddenly abandoned Coachella just because they were acquired by a larger promoter.
So which one were you referring to, that sold its soul and identity?
One still books good acts, the other is Bonnaroo.
Subjective. Yeah, their undercard is great as always, but I bet people around here would be bitching just as much about Bonnaroo "falling off" or "losing their identity" if Calvin Harris, Guns n Roses, or Beyonce were on the last two Bonnaroo lineups...just like plenty of Coachella lifers complained about all three on their own message boards. Cool they got Radiohead this year. Bonnaroo got them a few years ago. I'm looking at the poster hanging in my living room. Guess who also played that year? The Red Hot Chili Peppers. You know who also booked The Red Hot Chili Peppers recently? Coachella. Seriously both are capable of plenty of hits and misses. The electronic and undercard of Coachella usually ALWAYS smokes Bonnaroo, its not suddenly any different. Its always been that way.
Also, its apples and oranges at this point. Coachella is in a league of its own. Selling out 2x weekends to full capacity with the highest ticket price and largest sponsorship deals = an absolutely massive talent and production budget that nobody can compete with. Trying to compare their lineups to your favorite festival is only going to disappoint you, always.
Bonnaroo evolves in phases. When I first went in 2005 people were complaining that it wasn't like 2002 anymore. In 2008 people were complaining that it wasn't like 2005 anymore. Its always been that way. By the time acts like Metallica and Jay Z began headlining instead of jam acts, the fans of the classic years of Bonnaroo felt that their festival had been taken away from them, that it had lost its identity. They "fell out of love with their favorite festival", just like someone said above. Older fans with more developed taste moved out, and younger more impressionable fans moved in...Just like a lot of us are doing now, 7 or 10 years later. We all just lived through another "golden era" of Bonnaroo in 2010-2015, just like a ton of original attendees from the early years (including some of us still here) had their golden era of Bonnaroo from 2002-2007.
The festival is just changing, once again alongside the music landscape, just like it has a couple times in the past 15 years...just like when the Phish and Widespread Fans were replaced with Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson fans. Just like when the Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson fans were replaced with the Radiohead, Metallica, and Kanye West fans. Bonnaroo has endured and evolved over a plethora of changes alongside the modern music landscape - from the days of jam bands and college radio and very few music festivals, through the early age of piracy and explosion of music availability, through the 2006-2010'ish era of "omg MTV bought Bonnaroo they sold out it sucks now its all corporate" (which was the original "Live Nation killed Bonnaroo" - people have been saying shit like that for over 10 years), through the absolute explosion of the American festival scene and the streaming era, which gave us the strongest and most well-developed and well-exposed talent pool of emerging touring musicians in modern history.
Look, this is something nobody really points out or likes to admit on here, because they are too caught up with Bonnaroo memberberries, but 2010 - 2015 will be remembered as the absolute golden era for EVERY festival, including but not limited to Bonnaroo. Its not just that Bonnaroo was SO PERFECT during those years (it was), but every major festival was so, so strong. The talent pool touring the US festival scene from like 2009 to 2014 was just incredible. We saw major stars developed across every genre 100% thanks to festival exposure. Bonnaroo cant exactly afford to book acts like The Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, and Deadmau5 halfway down the poster anymore. The festival regulars we've come to love over the past 5 or 7 years have become quite expensive to book, many of them moving up to subheadliner and headliner status. The talent pool has been depleted and exhausted due to the sheer number of festivals and radius clauses saturating the market. I think this year Bonnaroo is just working towards beginning to rebuild that talent pool. For example - I've never seen The Orwells, just like I had never seen The Black Keys before 2008 or whenever the first time they played was. This year, The Orwells are in roughly the same place on the lineup as the Black Keys were way back then. You get the idea.
After last year's swing and miss, which I admit was an uninspired mess of a lineup, I would consider 2017 to be beginning of another new era of Bonnaroo. The lineup is significantly more cohesive than last year, featuring acts and fanbase demographics that compliment each other much better. And excusing tastefulness and my hipstery "get off my lawn" music taste for a second - it looks like a shitload of fun. Seriously. If I was 21 again, and ready to hit a festival between semesters over the summer, this lineup would look like a fucking BLAST to me. Its Bonnaroo. Its a party. It always has been. Its just full of new music and less "established festival veterans" than we're used to, and as older fans we aren't happy about it. Sure we might hate it on Inforoo, but the kids over on Reddit? They can't wait for their first or second year on The Farm, and if Major Lazer and Travis Scott are the acts that get them there, then I'm happy for them. They are going to have the times of their life. I'm also happy for Bonnaroo for finding the next generation of starry-eyed, Farm loving Bonnaroovians to come enjoy what we've all enjoyed for so long. Maybe thats exactly what Bonnaroo needs, and maybe thats exactly what they are going for, since so many of us on here are so jaded, critical, and stuck longing for years gone by.
Well said lunarstage, but I have to contend with one thing. I am one of those 21 year olds who is looking for a good time between semesters and I think I speak for plenty of other people my age that are willing to camp for four days to get to experience a plethora of music when I say, fuck Travis Scott and Major Lazer. But judging by reddit it does seem they are gonna bring some people to the farm. I am extremely jealous of you folks who got to attend from 10-14.
With that said there's still a good amount of bright spots IMO like PtM, U2, Tegan and Sara, Chance, CSH etc. And can someone explain the hate around RHCP to me? They've never been my favorite band but I've always enjoyed them and I'm kind of excited about it even though they're way past their primes and have been Frusciante-less for awhile now.
Subjective. Yeah, their undercard is great as always, but I bet people around here would be bitching just as much about Bonnaroo "falling off" or "losing their identity" if Calvin Harris, Guns n Roses, or Beyonce were on the last two Bonnaroo lineups...just like plenty of Coachella lifers complained about all three on their own message boards. Cool they got Radiohead this year. Bonnaroo got them a few years ago. I'm looking at the poster hanging in my living room. Guess who also played that year? The Red Hot Chili Peppers. You know who also booked The Red Hot Chili Peppers recently? Coachella. Seriously both are capable of plenty of hits and misses. The electronic and undercard of Coachella usually ALWAYS smokes Bonnaroo, its not suddenly any different. Its always been that way.
Also, its apples and oranges at this point. Coachella is in a league of its own. Selling out 2x weekends to full capacity with the highest ticket price and largest sponsorship deals = an absolutely massive talent and production budget that nobody can compete with. Trying to compare their lineups to your favorite festival is only going to disappoint you, always.
Bonnaroo evolves in phases. When I first went in 2005 people were complaining that it wasn't like 2002 anymore. In 2008 people were complaining that it wasn't like 2005 anymore. Its always been that way. By the time acts like Metallica and Jay Z began headlining instead of jam acts, the fans of the classic years of Bonnaroo felt that their festival had been taken away from them, that it had lost its identity. They "fell out of love with their favorite festival", just like someone said above. Older fans with more developed taste moved out, and younger more impressionable fans moved in...Just like a lot of us are doing now, 7 or 10 years later. We all just lived through another "golden era" of Bonnaroo in 2010-2015, just like a ton of original attendees from the early years (including some of us still here) had their golden era of Bonnaroo from 2002-2007.
The festival is just changing, once again alongside the music landscape, just like it has a couple times in the past 15 years...just like when the Phish and Widespread Fans were replaced with Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson fans. Just like when the Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson fans were replaced with the Radiohead, Metallica, and Kanye West fans. Bonnaroo has endured and evolved over a plethora of changes alongside the modern music landscape - from the days of jam bands and college radio and very few music festivals, through the early age of piracy and explosion of music availability, through the 2006-2010'ish era of "omg MTV bought Bonnaroo they sold out it sucks now its all corporate" (which was the original "Live Nation killed Bonnaroo" - people have been saying shit like that for over 10 years), through the absolute explosion of the American festival scene and the streaming era, which gave us the strongest and most well-developed and well-exposed talent pool of emerging touring musicians in modern history.
Look, this is something nobody really points out or likes to admit on here, because they are too caught up with Bonnaroo memberberries, but 2010 - 2015 will be remembered as the absolute golden era for EVERY festival, including but not limited to Bonnaroo. Its not just that Bonnaroo was SO PERFECT during those years (it was), but every major festival was so, so strong. The talent pool touring the US festival scene from like 2009 to 2014 was just incredible. We saw major stars developed across every genre 100% thanks to festival exposure. Bonnaroo cant exactly afford to book acts like The Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, and Deadmau5 halfway down the poster anymore. The festival regulars we've come to love over the past 5 or 7 years have become quite expensive to book, many of them moving up to subheadliner and headliner status. The talent pool has been depleted and exhausted due to the sheer number of festivals and radius clauses saturating the market. I think this year Bonnaroo is just working towards beginning to rebuild that talent pool. For example - I've never seen The Orwells, just like I had never seen The Black Keys before 2008 or whenever the first time they played was. This year, The Orwells are in roughly the same place on the lineup as the Black Keys were way back then. You get the idea.
After last year's swing and miss, which I admit was an uninspired mess of a lineup, I would consider 2017 to be beginning of another new era of Bonnaroo. The lineup is significantly more cohesive than last year, featuring acts and fanbase demographics that compliment each other much better. And excusing tastefulness and my hipstery "get off my lawn" music taste for a second - it looks like a shitload of fun. Seriously. If I was 21 again, and ready to hit a festival between semesters over the summer, this lineup would look like a fucking BLAST to me. Its Bonnaroo. Its a party. It always has been. Its just full of new music and less "established festival veterans" than we're used to, and as older fans we aren't happy about it. Sure we might hate it on Inforoo, but the kids over on Reddit? They can't wait for their first or second year on The Farm, and if Major Lazer and Travis Scott are the acts that get them there, then I'm happy for them. They are going to have the times of their life. I'm also happy for Bonnaroo for finding the next generation of starry-eyed, Farm loving Bonnaroovians to come enjoy what we've all enjoyed for so long. Maybe thats exactly what Bonnaroo needs, and maybe thats exactly what they are going for, since so many of us on here are so jaded, critical, and stuck longing for years gone by.
I'm 22 and I think the lineup is overall pretty bad. I think the idea that people don't like the lineup because they're getting older is a bit silly. There was a time when it seemed like Bonnaroo really cared about the quality of the artists they were booking. While artists like Radiohead, Metallica, and Kanye West were very different for the festival at the time, those are still good artists. I can't say the same for artists like Marshmello. If I look at the 2013 lineup, sure there's stuff I wouldn't be interested in, but I wouldn't call any of the artists on that lineup "bad". So yeah sure, maybe Bonnaroo did need to evolve again. Maybe having a lot more edm at the festival makes sense. For a large multi-genre festival in 2017, you probably do need enough edm for all four days and not just during late nights. But did they really need to book garbage like Borgore and Getter? Look at the hip hop lineup, there are so many new talented rappers they could have gotten but look at who they decided to go with. Bonnaroo used to be a festival where they would book the best artists of every genre. But now it's just artists who have package deals with Livenation. Where's Bonnaroo's identity? How is it different from a Firefly lineup?
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Subjective. Yeah, their undercard is great as always, but I bet people around here would be bitching just as much about Bonnaroo "falling off" or "losing their identity" if Calvin Harris, Guns n Roses, or Beyonce were on the last two Bonnaroo lineups...just like plenty of Coachella lifers complained about all three on their own message boards. Cool they got Radiohead this year. Bonnaroo got them a few years ago. I'm looking at the poster hanging in my living room. Guess who also played that year? The Red Hot Chili Peppers. You know who also booked The Red Hot Chili Peppers recently? Coachella. Seriously both are capable of plenty of hits and misses. The electronic and undercard of Coachella usually ALWAYS smokes Bonnaroo, its not suddenly any different. Its always been that way.
Also, its apples and oranges at this point. Coachella is in a league of its own. Selling out 2x weekends to full capacity with the highest ticket price and largest sponsorship deals = an absolutely massive talent and production budget that nobody can compete with. Trying to compare their lineups to your favorite festival is only going to disappoint you, always.
Bonnaroo evolves in phases. When I first went in 2005 people were complaining that it wasn't like 2002 anymore. In 2008 people were complaining that it wasn't like 2005 anymore. Its always been that way. By the time acts like Metallica and Jay Z began headlining instead of jam acts, the fans of the classic years of Bonnaroo felt that their festival had been taken away from them, that it had lost its identity. They "fell out of love with their favorite festival", just like someone said above. Older fans with more developed taste moved out, and younger more impressionable fans moved in...Just like a lot of us are doing now, 7 or 10 years later. We all just lived through another "golden era" of Bonnaroo in 2010-2015, just like a ton of original attendees from the early years (including some of us still here) had their golden era of Bonnaroo from 2002-2007.
The festival is just changing, once again alongside the music landscape, just like it has a couple times in the past 15 years...just like when the Phish and Widespread Fans were replaced with Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson fans. Just like when the Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson fans were replaced with the Radiohead, Metallica, and Kanye West fans. Bonnaroo has endured and evolved over a plethora of changes alongside the modern music landscape - from the days of jam bands and college radio and very few music festivals, through the early age of piracy and explosion of music availability, through the 2006-2010'ish era of "omg MTV bought Bonnaroo they sold out it sucks now its all corporate" (which was the original "Live Nation killed Bonnaroo" - people have been saying shit like that for over 10 years), through the absolute explosion of the American festival scene and the streaming era, which gave us the strongest and most well-developed and well-exposed talent pool of emerging touring musicians in modern history.
Look, this is something nobody really points out or likes to admit on here, because they are too caught up with Bonnaroo memberberries, but 2010 - 2015 will be remembered as the absolute golden era for EVERY festival, including but not limited to Bonnaroo. Its not just that Bonnaroo was SO PERFECT during those years (it was), but every major festival was so, so strong. The talent pool touring the US festival scene from like 2009 to 2014 was just incredible. We saw major stars developed across every genre 100% thanks to festival exposure. Bonnaroo cant exactly afford to book acts like The Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, and Deadmau5 halfway down the poster anymore. The festival regulars we've come to love over the past 5 or 7 years have become quite expensive to book, many of them moving up to subheadliner and headliner status. The talent pool has been depleted and exhausted due to the sheer number of festivals and radius clauses saturating the market. I think this year Bonnaroo is just working towards beginning to rebuild that talent pool. For example - I've never seen The Orwells, just like I had never seen The Black Keys before 2008 or whenever the first time they played was. This year, The Orwells are in roughly the same place on the lineup as the Black Keys were way back then. You get the idea.
After last year's swing and miss, which I admit was an uninspired mess of a lineup, I would consider 2017 to be beginning of another new era of Bonnaroo. The lineup is significantly more cohesive than last year, featuring acts and fanbase demographics that compliment each other much better. And excusing tastefulness and my hipstery "get off my lawn" music taste for a second - it looks like a shitload of fun. Seriously. If I was 21 again, and ready to hit a festival between semesters over the summer, this lineup would look like a fucking BLAST to me. Its Bonnaroo. Its a party. It always has been. Its just full of new music and less "established festival veterans" than we're used to, and as older fans we aren't happy about it. Sure we might hate it on Inforoo, but the kids over on Reddit? They can't wait for their first or second year on The Farm, and if Major Lazer and Travis Scott are the acts that get them there, then I'm happy for them. They are going to have the times of their life. I'm also happy for Bonnaroo for finding the next generation of starry-eyed, Farm loving Bonnaroovians to come enjoy what we've all enjoyed for so long. Maybe thats exactly what Bonnaroo needs, and maybe thats exactly what they are going for, since so many of us on here are so jaded, critical, and stuck longing for years gone by.
tldr but judging by who liked it I'm going to assume it was dumb.
That was at least a response that had some heart-felt thought into it. It definitely was still a thinly-veiled "I get older, the vibes stay the same age.... yes they do" defense, but I appreciated the effort.
Subjective. Yeah, their undercard is great as always, but I bet people around here would be bitching just as much about Bonnaroo "falling off" or "losing their identity" if Calvin Harris, Guns n Roses, or Beyonce were on the last two Bonnaroo lineups...just like plenty of Coachella lifers complained about all three on their own message boards. Cool they got Radiohead this year. Bonnaroo got them a few years ago. I'm looking at the poster hanging in my living room. Guess who also played that year? The Red Hot Chili Peppers. You know who also booked The Red Hot Chili Peppers recently? Coachella. Seriously both are capable of plenty of hits and misses. The electronic and undercard of Coachella usually ALWAYS smokes Bonnaroo, its not suddenly any different. Its always been that way.
Also, its apples and oranges at this point. Coachella is in a league of its own. Selling out 2x weekends to full capacity with the highest ticket price and largest sponsorship deals = an absolutely massive talent and production budget that nobody can compete with. Trying to compare their lineups to your favorite festival is only going to disappoint you, always.
Bonnaroo evolves in phases. When I first went in 2005 people were complaining that it wasn't like 2002 anymore. In 2008 people were complaining that it wasn't like 2005 anymore. Its always been that way. By the time acts like Metallica and Jay Z began headlining instead of jam acts, the fans of the classic years of Bonnaroo felt that their festival had been taken away from them, that it had lost its identity. They "fell out of love with their favorite festival", just like someone said above. Older fans with more developed taste moved out, and younger more impressionable fans moved in...Just like a lot of us are doing now, 7 or 10 years later. We all just lived through another "golden era" of Bonnaroo in 2010-2015, just like a ton of original attendees from the early years (including some of us still here) had their golden era of Bonnaroo from 2002-2007.
The festival is just changing, once again alongside the music landscape, just like it has a couple times in the past 15 years...just like when the Phish and Widespread Fans were replaced with Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson fans. Just like when the Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson fans were replaced with the Radiohead, Metallica, and Kanye West fans. Bonnaroo has endured and evolved over a plethora of changes alongside the modern music landscape - from the days of jam bands and college radio and very few music festivals, through the early age of piracy and explosion of music availability, through the 2006-2010'ish era of "omg MTV bought Bonnaroo they sold out it sucks now its all corporate" (which was the original "Live Nation killed Bonnaroo" - people have been saying shit like that for over 10 years), through the absolute explosion of the American festival scene and the streaming era, which gave us the strongest and most well-developed and well-exposed talent pool of emerging touring musicians in modern history.
Look, this is something nobody really points out or likes to admit on here, because they are too caught up with Bonnaroo memberberries, but 2010 - 2015 will be remembered as the absolute golden era for EVERY festival, including but not limited to Bonnaroo. Its not just that Bonnaroo was SO PERFECT during those years (it was), but every major festival was so, so strong. The talent pool touring the US festival scene from like 2009 to 2014 was just incredible. We saw major stars developed across every genre 100% thanks to festival exposure. Bonnaroo cant exactly afford to book acts like The Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, and Deadmau5 halfway down the poster anymore. The festival regulars we've come to love over the past 5 or 7 years have become quite expensive to book, many of them moving up to subheadliner and headliner status. The talent pool has been depleted and exhausted due to the sheer number of festivals and radius clauses saturating the market. I think this year Bonnaroo is just working towards beginning to rebuild that talent pool. For example - I've never seen The Orwells, just like I had never seen The Black Keys before 2008 or whenever the first time they played was. This year, The Orwells are in roughly the same place on the lineup as the Black Keys were way back then. You get the idea.
After last year's swing and miss, which I admit was an uninspired mess of a lineup, I would consider 2017 to be beginning of another new era of Bonnaroo. The lineup is significantly more cohesive than last year, featuring acts and fanbase demographics that compliment each other much better. And excusing tastefulness and my hipstery "get off my lawn" music taste for a second - it looks like a shitload of fun. Seriously. If I was 21 again, and ready to hit a festival between semesters over the summer, this lineup would look like a fucking BLAST to me. Its Bonnaroo. Its a party. It always has been. Its just full of new music and less "established festival veterans" than we're used to, and as older fans we aren't happy about it. Sure we might hate it on Inforoo, but the kids over on Reddit? They can't wait for their first or second year on The Farm, and if Major Lazer and Travis Scott are the acts that get them there, then I'm happy for them. They are going to have the times of their life. I'm also happy for Bonnaroo for finding the next generation of starry-eyed, Farm loving Bonnaroovians to come enjoy what we've all enjoyed for so long. Maybe thats exactly what Bonnaroo needs, and maybe thats exactly what they are going for, since so many of us on here are so jaded, critical, and stuck longing for years gone by.
1. Coachella has always smoked Bonnaroo's electronic, but at least they used to try (Jamie xx, SBTRKT, Flylo, Darkside, Cut Copy, Blake, etc)
2. Some people here would be ecstatic for GnR or Beyonce actually.
3. One could argue that the festival touring circuit was even greater in the decade that preceded it. "Golden" lineups still exist even today. Did you see that FYF lineup last year?
4. The undercard will always be made up of acts who could potentially top the bill one day. That notion isn't exclusive to this year.
5. Those kids can have their fun, catch those same acts, and coexist despite a quality bill (see Coachella).
Yes, going back for year 7. Our crew has gotten bigger smaller over the years (2011 - 4, 2012 - 4, 2013 - 6, 2014 - 4, 2015 - 6, 2016 - 3, and 2017 - 9). This will be the biggest crew we've ever taken to the farm, with 2 people that have never been there before, U2 was the driving force behind the majority of our group (almost all w/Irish heritage from the NE US).
I originally was looking for other fests after last year. I had the BEST experience I've ever had at Roo with the upgraded facilities and the general lack or a crowd that allowed us to be in the pit for almost every show. However, the lineup was def lacking and we found ourselves not even seeing music until like 5pm everyday. We had an excellent time checking out the Comedy Tent and the cinema for the first time our 6 years on the farm, we did some of the workshops in Planet Roo in the mornings as well, so we diversified our activities and did things we had never done before. I decided that I still want to do a camping fest and out of the major camping fests Roo seemed to have the best lineup for my tastes in 2017, I'm also doing Sunday of Panorama as well this year.
Acts I want to see: U2 RHCP The Weeknd Major Lazer Flume Lorde The xx Cage The Elephant The Head & The Heart Tove Lo Big Gigantic Portugal The Man Glass Animals Future Islands Crystal Castles Tegan & Sara Milky Chance Kaleo Royal Blood The Strumbellas Car Seat Headrest Louis The Child Illenium Claude VonStroke The Front Bottoms Stick Figure Bad Suns Coin EDEN Rainbow Kitten Surprise Leon San Holo Rezz Ten Fe Nightly The Orwells Mondo Cozmo July Talk Lucy Dacus Big Jesus
Primary reason: I'm going to hang out with my roo BFF (shorter lad in my profile pic) and I actually like the lineup. Granted there isn't anything mind blowing but there are plenty of artists I'd really enjoy seeing. I also love all sorts of music (with the exception of hip hop/rap) with a focus on electronic / digital - so it pretty much all works for me. (Edit) I'll add that shakeup knees, forecastle and Imaginefest aside, it's pretty much the only festival option for me and I'm more than glad to have it. The others would really be a stretch so far as travel and time off goes. I'd be more into forecastle if there was camping... and quite honestly tho I can listen to EDM 8hrs a day at work and in the evening I don't know if I could do a whole weekend of it.
Yes, this will be number 5 for me and some friends are going and have invited us to stay in their RV. Its not the best line up but I do like it better than last years. U2 is a big part of this lineup. If you are a fan, its an easy justification. If you are not a fan, then you are going to struggle justifying the cost. In my case, I am a U2 fan and I can find enough content down the poster to put together a good schedule. That said, the mass of crappy EDM and radio pop in the middle of the poster is very depressing. I'm not feeling very optimistic on the general direction and I am pretty sure that I won't be making many more trips to Manchester if the current trend continues.
Post by Paroxysm714 on Jan 28, 2017 23:10:17 GMT -5
I had already decided at Roo last year (my 12th time) that I would take this year off due to general disenchantment with the way things are going with the festival, and the lineup makes me feel not so bad about this decision. I know that the folks going will have a wonderful time, as I'm sure I still would if I were to go. Our Roo crew is coming to Atlanta for Shaky Knees, so at least there's that.
Post by piggy pablo on Jan 30, 2017 0:17:03 GMT -5
Yes.
Coachella and European fests are basically out, and after those there is not a better lineup for me this summer. There's a lot of stuff that is cool to me, and then some stuff that just enrages me. If one line in particular on the poster conspicuously went missing, I think it would qualify as addition by subtraction. If it were replaced by electronic the likes of which Bonnaroo had in 2015, the lineup goes from good to very good for me.
It might be a different story if Levitation was happening. They always have great lineups. But none of the other lineups I've seen have blown me away.
Yes. I like the lineup better than the last few years, especially with U2 headlining and playing Joshua Tree. Plus, I moved back to Middle TN this year and it is super close.
Should have the points from fancorps that I refused to cash in on last year's lineup. This one isn't any better but I worry the program won't be carried forward after this year plus I actually am excited for U2.
Oops..U2 added louisville date so changed my vote from yes to no.
There's no shuttle free option? That's ridiculous.
None. I tried last year. And you have to go to the shuttle the day of to get your ticket. So there is no getting it early and going in on your own.
Well, that probably makes it a no for me. We're local and were planning to visit the Farm for the first time this year but can only make it on Saturday. We actually live in between Manchester and Nashville (Murfreesboro) so the prospect of driving out of the way to Nashville to pick up our tickets, ride past our house to the Farm in a shuttle bus, ride past our house in a shuttle bus back to Nashville, and then drive back to our house doesn't make whole lot of sense. This is a pretty dumb way to try to sell tickets imo. I guess we could uber to the shuttle and then just figure out how to get home once we're ready to leave Saturday night but that seems a bit unnecessary. Oh well!
None. I tried last year. And you have to go to the shuttle the day of to get your ticket. So there is no getting it early and going in on your own.
Well, that probably makes it a no for me. We're local and were planning to visit the Farm for the first time this year but can only make it on Saturday. We actually live in between Manchester and Nashville (Murfreesboro) so the prospect of driving out of the way to Nashville to pick up our tickets, ride past our house to the Farm in a shuttle bus, ride past our house in a shuttle bus back to Nashville, and then drive back to our house doesn't make whole lot of sense. This is a pretty dumb way to try to sell tickets imo. I guess we could uber to the shuttle and then just figure out how to get home once we're ready to leave Saturday night but that seems a bit unnecessary. Oh well!
My feelings exactly. I live in a similar situation and would have to ride in a shuttle past my house. Stupid. So I called last year and tried to speak to a human being to see if I could just pick up my ticket somewhere in Nashville before Bonnaroo. That was a big NO.
I'm going, mainly because I live 45 minutes away and, in the event I don't get approved to cover it, I have AC points to get a ticket. But I'm not sure what the future holds. Right now, the BGS ensures there is *just* enough Americana for my roots-oriented publication to still be willing to send me. But with the Sitch SJ being buried so far down the card this year I worry that it may be the next casualty to make room for another DJ Tweakyknob set. I'm legit excited for U2, Chance, Margo Price, Pres Hall, and most of the BGS lineup, but that's about it. It's hard to give up Roo because no other semi-local fest is going to pick up an act the size of U2, Radiohead, McCartney, etc. but if you take size of the acts out of it, Sloss actually has a higher number of artists I want to see. That should not happen considering the difference in prices and a lineup twice as large.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
None. I tried last year. And you have to go to the shuttle the day of to get your ticket. So there is no getting it early and going in on your own.
Well, that probably makes it a no for me. We're local and were planning to visit the Farm for the first time this year but can only make it on Saturday. We actually live in between Manchester and Nashville (Murfreesboro) so the prospect of driving out of the way to Nashville to pick up our tickets, ride past our house to the Farm in a shuttle bus, ride past our house in a shuttle bus back to Nashville, and then drive back to our house doesn't make whole lot of sense. This is a pretty dumb way to try to sell tickets imo. I guess we could uber to the shuttle and then just figure out how to get home once we're ready to leave Saturday night but that seems a bit unnecessary. Oh well!
Dude, you are 30 minutes from the festival. Buy a GA and day parking pass- go when you want.
May Tycho May Phoenix June Rooo July MMJ and Margo Price August Queen with Adam Lambert August Roger Waters (Bucket list #1) August Spoon and Portugal the man Sept Depeche Mode Sept Pilgrimage Fest
Save your money and wait for that sweet FYF lineup to be released.
Been to FYF 3 times and live 15 minutes from the site.
Everyone thinks it looks awesome due to the lineup until you get there and realize its in a fucking parking lot outside of a stadium. One of the worst festival sites I've ever been to. The lineup is always incredible but the actual experience is garbage. I love great lineups, but if the site and experience sucks then just having Nicolaas Jaar, TV on the Radio, Kendrick Lamar, and Tame Impala, etc on your lineup doesn't exactly make it an awesome festival. Its still just a bunch of awesome acts in a parking lot.
Save your money and wait for that sweet FYF lineup to be released.
Been to FYF 3 times and live 15 minutes from the site.
Everyone thinks it looks awesome due to the lineup until you get there and realize its in a fucking parking lot outside of a stadium. One of the worst festival sites I've ever been to. The lineup is always incredible but the actual experience is garbage. I love great lineups, but if the site and experience sucks then just having Nicolaas Jaar, TV on the Radio, Kendrick Lamar, and Tame Impala, etc on your lineup doesn't exactly make it an awesome festival. Its still just a bunch of awesome acts in a parking lot.
I'd rather have good acts in a shitty venue than have shitty acts in a good venue.
