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Bonnaroo 2009 was a great time this year……..one of our friends, danbird, posted up a detailed review with many awesome photos and videos from his experience on his blog. He had a press pass and got the chance to interview an up and coming band, Portugal. The Man. This band put on an amazing show on the first night of the festival and have a new album coming out soon. Anyway be sure to check out the review and interview:

So it’s been a little over a week since I left Bonnaroo, or what I affectionately call The Farm. This was my fourth Bonnaroo and it ranks up there with 2006 as the best I’ve been to, so far. Such an eclectic line-up, with one of my favorite bands (Phish) getting two sets on Friday and Sunday nights. I was also blessed with a media pass this year, for the first time. It was great to see the artist press conferences and to stumble upon many artists back in the press area. It’s nice back there with plenty of shade and picnic tables and AC and water to go around. It was a great place to go to escape the maddening masses. Anyhow, here’s the rundown.

THURSDAY
After a long and wet trek to set up camp in tent only, and after a bit of relaxing, I headed into Centeroo for the first time. The first artist I was blessed to see was Janelle Monae. I’ve never heard her before Bonnaroo, and I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across her show in The Other Tent. She’s a mix of R&B, funk, punk, sci-fi and good old rock n’ roll. The crowd seemed very excited to have such a wildly entertaining performer kicking off theirs and my Bonnaroo. It was a bit on the stormy side of things all day on Thursday and most everyone was trying to dodge the downpours as much as possible.

Next up was Alberta Cross. I caught the end of their set in That Tent. They were good, but I wasn’t really there for them. I was waiting for what I thought was Delta Spirit, up next, but they were delayed and their set was pushed back. The next band was Portugal. The Man. These guys, let me tell you, they’re going places. They have a new album out next month and I’m sure, much more touring ahead. If you get a chance to see these guys, don’t hesitate. Their show was one of the best of the weekend for me. The crowd was pumped, the band was pumped, it was just all around enjoyable.

Click here to head to read the rest of the review (and check out awesome photos/videos)

Portugal. The Man interview:

This weeks Friday Five ( where we feature 5 awesome videos/performances from 5 awesome artists ) will be a collection from this year’s Bonnaroo music festival. If you like what you see, there is more in the videos section.

A.A. Bondy -- There’s A Reason

The Low Anthem -- Cigarettes, Whiskey, and Wild Wild Women

Portugal. The Man -- Lay Me Back Down

Delta Spirit -- People C’mon and Parade

Wilco -- Bull Black Nova / Jesus Don’t Cry

Just added a bunch of photos and videos to the site from this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival. Be sure to check them out…..and if you have any photos or videos that you’d like to contribute you can e-mail them (links or files) to dontwakethescarecrow@gmail.com.

Click here for the photo galleries.

A little while ago we posted the Bonnaroo 2009 schedule in excel format and it’s been pretty helpful to a few people. Thanks to inforoo member Mizary, we can now offer 2 different schedule printouts in PDF format. Be sure to check out Mizarys twitter page and show some thanks.  View the two PDF files below.
 

8.5×11″ (each day is a page)
http://is.gd/BHLY

3×4″ (prints on one 8.5×11 page)
http://is.gd/C3UV

 
Click here to view the post with the schedule in an excel spreadsheet.

This year’s Bonnaroo Schedule was released a few days ago. It was first released through a facebook application created for Bonnaroo called “Zoltaroo the MindReader”. A few slight changes later and the schedule appeared on Bonnaroo.com. There are a lot of expected slots and a few tough conflicts….but overall if you’re attending this year’s festival you should find plenty of acts to enjoy.

One of the major conflicts this year for many seems to be the Saturday late night situation. 4 stages playing top-level acts in different genres. On the second biggest stage you have Nine Inch Nails performing what will probably be one of their last shows for a long time. Then you have Moe getting a 3 hour late night tent spot that leads many to believe they’ll play much later. There’s also sets by Yeasayer, MGMT, and Ben Harper and Relentless7……all around the same time. It’s tough but is it really a problem when you have too much good music to choose from?

Click Here to download the schedule in Excel Spreadsheet format. Credit to Inforoo member buckeyerooer

Bonnaroo.com

**UPDATE** – click here to view the newer post with Bonnaroo 2009 Schedule in PDF form. Very helpful.

It was just announced that David Byrne would be the first artist to “curate his own stage” at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts festival in Manchester, Tennessee. What this means exactly isn’t entirely known, but from what most people can gather this will play out like this:

Friday, June 12th Byrne will get his own stage. Whether that means the which stage, one of the tents, or even a new stage is unknown at this point….but most seem to think that he will just sort of hi-jack a tent and the afternoon/evening sets will be played by artists of his choosing. Bonnaroo.com has stated that his list of artists include Santigold, the Dirty Projectors, Ani DiFranco, St. Vincent, and Katzenjammer. All of these artist are unique in their own way and some have begun collaborating with Byrne himself.

This news also brings up the fact that David will be playing his own set at a separate time…which like the rest of the schedule is unknown right now. There’s theories that he would play his set at the same time as Beastie Boys set (before Phish’s late night extravaganza). Speculation will arise and until the schedule is released we won’t know too much….but this is good news for any David Byrne fans out there.

of Friday, June 12 Byrne, who is performing the “Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno,” will host his recent collaborators Santigold and the Dirty Projectors, singer/songwriter and founder of Righteous Babe Records Ani DiFranco, former Polyphonic Spree member and Beggar’s Banquet recording artist St. Vincent and up-and-coming multi-instrumental all-female Norwegian alt/folk band Katzenjammer.