The Coachella lineup is pretty damn sick but after seeing the initial announcement of artists slated to perform at Bonnaroo, I am now torn and thinking I should look into heading to Tennessee this summer. I mean at Bonnaroo you have the return of Buffalo Springfield and Widespread Panic celebrating 25 years, String Cheese Incident, Warren Haynes and Gregg Allman which I can all but see some fun little guest appearances in the works, Mumford & Sons are thrust to the big time stage, Ray Lamontagne and Iron & Wine finally out of the tiny print on the line-up, just knowing Primus is going to be there leaves me wondering what Les Claypool has up his sleeve, Sleigh Bells, Portugal the Man, The Drums, Wavves, Ryan Bingham! Plus Smith Westerns, Beats Antique and STS9, Hayes Carll, Amos Lee, Deer Tick, Matt & Kim, Grace Potter and so many more great acts and that’s not even including the headliners, Eminem and Arcade Fire.
Here’s the line-up as of today:
- Eminem
- Arcade Fire
- Widespread Panic
- The Black Keys
- Buffalo Springfield feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale
- My Morning Jacket
- Lil Wayne
- String Cheese Incident
- Robert Plant & Band of Joy
- Mumford & Sons
- The Strokes
- The Decemberists
- Ray Lamontagne
- Bassnectar
- Iron & Wine
- Girl Talk
- Primus
- Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo
- Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
- Pretty Lights
- Florence & the Machine
- Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John
- Explosions in the Sky
- STS9
- Gogol Bordello
- Beirut
- Big Boi
- Scissor Sisters
- Gregg Allman
- Ratatat
- Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz
- Robyn
- Warren Haynes Band
- Deerhunter
- Opeth
- Atmosphere
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Bootsy Collins & the Funk University
- Wiz Khalifa
- Matt & Kim
- Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
- The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Mavis Staples
- Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
- Chiddy Bang
- Jovanotti
- Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers
- Loretta Lynn
- Cold War Kids
- The Walkmen
- Devotchka
- Wanda Jackson
- Neon Trees
- Portugal. The Man
- Sleigh Bells
- Amos Lee
- Best Coast
- Dãm-Funk
- The Sword
- The Drums
- The Black Angels
- School of Seven Bells
- J. Cole
- Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea
- Wavves
- !!!
- Junip
- Freelance Whales
- Justin Townes Earle
- Ryan Bingham
- Deer Tick
- Band of Skulls
- Sharon Van Etten
- Abigail Washburn
- Omar Souleyman
- Twin Shadow
- Kylesa
- Man Man
- The Low Anthem
- Alberta Cross
- Railroad Earth
- Jessica Lea Mayfield
- Smith Westerns
- The Head and the Heart
- Karen Elson
- Beats Antique
- 22-20s
- Phosphorescent
- Clare MaGuire
- Hayes Carll