Bonnaroo Lineup Announced, More To Come

The initial Bonnaroo lineup has officially been released via the festival's website. Now in it's 7th year the collection of musicians continues to evolve, though I have to seriously question the selection of Metallica. Don't get me wrong, I still count their performance on the Monsters of Rock tour (L.A. Coliseum) along with the ... And Justice For All Tour (Biloxi, MS) as two of my all time favorites. However, I also consider their "Black Album" tour (Mobile, AL) as one of the lamest shows I have ever seen. And how quickly we have forgotten that Metallica signaled the death knell for the traveling Lollapalooza festival (which has since been successfully resurrected as an annual three day festival in Chicago). That said, I am still pretty excited about a lot of the remaining lineup, especially since it is just an hour down the road from mi casa.

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Bonaroo 2008
June 12-15, 2008
Manchester, Tennessee

• Pearl Jam
• Metallica
• Jack Johnson
• Kanye West
• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss featuring T-Bone Burnett
• Phil Lesh & Friends
• My Morning Jacket
• The Allman Brothers Band
• The Raconteurs
• Willie Nelson
• Death Cab for Cutie
• B.B. King
• Sigur Ros
• Levon Helm and the Ramble on the Road
• Ben Folds
• O.A.R.
• The Bluegrass Allstars Featuring Luke Bulla, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela fleck, Edgar Meyer & Brya
• M.I.A.
• Umphrey's McGee
• Iron & Wine
• Yonder Mountain String Band
• The Swell Season
• Talib Kweli
• Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival
• Gogol Bordello
• Broken Social Scene
• Rilo Kiley
• Mastodon
• Lupe Fiasco
• Against Me!
• Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
• Pat Green
• Ozomatli
• Tegan & Sara
• Solomon Burke
• Drive-By Truckers
• !!!
• The Avett Brothers
• Israel Vibration
• Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck
• Robert Randolph's Revival
• Aimee Mann
• Ladytron
• The Fiery Furnaces
• Orchestra Baobab
• Ghostland Observatory
• Jose Gonzalez
• Dark Star Orchestra
• Minus the Bear
• Donavon Frankenreiter
• Lez Zeppelin
• State Radio
• Battles
• Jakob Dylan
• Two Gallants
• The Sword
• Vampire Weekend
• Little Feat
• Nicole Atkins
• The Felice Brothers
• Mason Jennings
• MGMT
• The Lee Boys
• Black Kids
• Serena Ryder
• Steel Train
• Grupo Fantasma
• Back Door Slam
• Bonnaroo Late Night Chat About with David Cross
• Janeane Garofalo
• Zach Galifianakis
• Jim Norton
• Brian Posehn
• Mike Birbiglia
• John Mulaney
• Michelle Buteau