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Radiohead fills in tour after Coachella announcement… still an opening for Bonnaroo
With the announcement of the Coachella lineup yesterday, we can start to better predict the Bonnaroo headliners. Radiohead filled in their tour schedule today after the Coachella announcement, and they still have an opening around Bonnaroo. But, I started thinking… if you headline one massive festival (Coachella), can you still headline another massive festival…
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Coachella releases their 2012 line up
We’ve been talking a lot about Bonnaroo headliner rumors here, so it might be a good gauge to see what Coachella did. Here’s the fresh off the press line up for you. What do you think? Would you spend three days baking in the desert for this lineup?
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The Black Keys announce more tour dates… still no Nashville
The Black Keys have announced the second leg of their North American tour, and there is still no Nashville date. The closest stop in this second leg is St. Louis. You can check here for ticket information if you want to road trip it. You can get pre-sale tickets with username “elcamino” and password…
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Van Halen to play Bridgestone Arena on April 27th
Van Halen is getting back together for another record, and another tour of some good, fun, screamy vocal, driving guitar, arena rock. I have a very distinct memory of being 13 years old and LOVING Van Halen. I had tickets to the Nashville date for the OU812 tour, and distinctly remember my parents and…
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2012 Bonnaroo Rumors updated: The Beach Boys announce reunion
We had a pretty popular post a couple of weeks ago about rumors of headliners for the 2012 edition of Bonnaroo. We touched upon some of the possibilities including Radiohead, Black Sabbath, The Cure, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt, Raconteurs, Foo Fighters, and lots and lots more… One of the responses that I…
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Bonna-rumors: Who’s gonna headline 2012?
Pre-sale tickets started (and sold out) two days ago for the 2012 Bonnaroo festival. This got my rumor wheels turning. I’ve been thinking non-stop about who might be headlining next year, and I’m finally just going to publish this so I can move on to something else. So, let’s start discussing some possibilities. Let…
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Phosphorescent Tiny Desk Concert
Matthew Houck (aka Phosphorescent) just finished a European tour with The National, and he celebrated by rolling straight into the NPR offices to record a Tiny Desk Concert. It just released today, so head over to NPR’s website to hear it. You can also click back to our Bonnaroo preview to read more about…
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Nirvana tributes and Deervana
This is the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s historic Nevermind album (damn, I feel old). Lots of tributes and concerts are going on to commemorate, and probably the best tribute mix is the one that Spin Magazine will be releasing tomorrow for free. The Spin tribute includes covers by Meat Puppets, Vaselines, Telekinesis, JEFF the…
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GIVERS – Bonnaroo Review
Indie music’s next Vampire Weekend just might be GIVERS. This Lafayette, Louisiana indie pop band played at Bonnaroo’s On Tap Lounge on Friday evening (6/10), and they were probably deserving of a larger venue at the festival. The packed crowd was moving and grooving to the sounds. Definitely a highlight of the festival for…
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Freelance Whales – Bonnaroo Review
It’s like Sufjan Stevens met Ben Gibbard in his Postal Service days, and their love child was born as Freelance Whales. The New York based band was awesome at Bonnaroo. They took to the Sonic Stage on Friday (6/10) at 4:45pm, and played That Tent on Thursday (6/9) at 5:30pm. The set times were…