2018 Lineup Discussion Thread

Justin Jay is a legit dirtybird tech house DJ.

Maybe it's just my age but Bonnaroo is just getting worse year after year. This lineup to me is god awful with the exception of a few: Bon Iver, STS9, Glitch Mob.

Needless to say Coachella crushed it this year in every aspect.

I'll also add this just solidifies that Day 4 Night is the best festival in the U.S. right now.

Why is it that Bonnaroo seems to be the only big festival with so many little known bands? Is that intentional, how they mean to be different from other fests? This is the minor leagues of festival acts

I’m going to have to agree too.

The last two years it was a no for me right away.

Same for hip-hop. Eminem and Future are the big names, Anderson paak and Brockhampton are bright spots, otherwise...idk.

Was there any overlap with Shaky Knees at all ?

It impresses me how willing to throw away money some people are.

Not a chance would I pay the amount it costs to attend Bonnaroo unless the lineup had me excited top to bottom

And you have to camp in fucking Tennessee.

Apparently a lot of festivals want the Killers this year. They're all over.

Manchester Orchestra
Sir Sly
Mikky Ekko
Bayonne
The War and Treaty
Post Animal
Repeat Repeat

Headliners are not exciting or interesting, but Muse puts on a good show.

Shockingly I'd be genuinely excited to see every artist on the second line. I like Future and Bassnectar. Love Sturgill, pleased to see him so high on the lineup. I'm not a giant Bon Iver fan but two sets from him is very cool.

Things drop off on the third line. Kaskade is pop EDM, but at least he was one of the "original" Vegas pop EDM guys. Given this lineup I bet I'd totally be at Sheryl Crow's set.

Below that: Anderson Paak is good. I've followed The Revivalists since the beginning of their career so I'm excited to see them get higher booking, but they've strayed into adult contemporary radio the past couple of years. Still a good live show. I've never cared for Porter Robinson. Chic of course is a highlight of this lineup. STS9 is always welcome. Brockhampton good. Broken Social Scene good. Never liked Jungle but I wonder if I just haven't listened to them enough. Trombone Shorty always a good time but I've seen him a ton. Thundercat, Mavis Staples are good bookings. Shiba San is dope, Dirty Bird and similar "fun" post-EDM music is our best chance of moving past horrible zero mixing EDM trash (and I'm not expecting Bonnaroo to book any kind of electronic music that approaches "progressive").

That gets me about halfway down the poster, things get murky for me after that. I'm sure there are more acts I would enjoy that I'm just not familiar with yet, as I'm sure there is plenty of garbage.

Chris Lake sounds familiar, I think he might be good? Like a genuine house DJ I think?

Anyway, I think the undercard is a big step up from 2016 and 2017. Overall my favorite Bonnaroo lineup since 2015. I don't think it's worth the expense, time off, etc. for me to attend, but I am happy to admit the lineup is not the disaster I thought it would be.

Yeah but not in 2017. 2017 was the worst collection of electronic artists on any festival ever.

Bonnaroo's got the vibe back.

It's kind of plain to me for a Bonnaroo. The bottom several rows are a mystery to me - I've heard of The Texas Gentlemen, Cyn and Spencer Ludwig. I could probably get some decent days out of this, but it's not exciting to me that much. The upper-card below the headliners and subheadliners has a lot of promotions. What I would see:


Eminem, The Killers*, Muse*, Future*, Bassnectar*, Sturgill, Bon Iver*, alt-J, Sheryl Crow, Andreson.Paak*, Sylvan Esso, Rebelution*, Moon Taxi*, Chic, STS9*, Brockhampton, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Glitch Mob*, Rag'n'Bone Man, Superjam, Broken Social Scene, T-Pain*, Tash Sultana, Manchester Orchestra, Shorty & Orleans Ave.*, Thundercat*, Mavis Staples, Big Wild*, Shiba San*, Denzel Curry*, Moses Sumney, Mr. Carmack*, Opiuo*, Durand Jones & the Indications, Space Jesus*, Manic Focus*, Boogie T* b2b Squnto*, Pigeon's Playing Ping Pong*, Spafford*, Ron Gallo*, Pond, Loudpvck*.

What I wouldn't see Khalid, Paramore, Kaskade, Chromeo, Alison Wonderland, What So Not, Slander, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Snakehips, k?d (how is k?d in the middle of the lineup? I saw his first ever festival performance last year and it wasn't very good), Mija b2b BIlly Kenny...

The rest of the stuff in the top half I'm either indifferent on or don't know well enough. This would make for 3 pretty great Voodoo or other random 11 hour city fest days. But since it's 4 days and lots of nights, it's just missing some zip. There's some cool jam on there with Pigeons, STS9 and Spafford. There is some decent rock. And there's some decent hiphop obviously with Future, Eminem, Denzel Curry and others. T-Pain is okay, but last I saw him was way too R&B.