David Byrne to Curate stage at Bonnaroo
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.
