Get out your sunscreen, water jugs, pop-up tent and glow sticks, check out and tune in: It is Bonnaroo time again.
Rock royalty comes to Manchester for the second year in a row, as this year Sir Elton follows Sir Paul’s 2013 appearance.
As in recent years, “diverse” is the key word, perhaps more so this year than any other. Add to Elton John: Die Antwoord, Skrillix, Sarah Jarosz, Mastodon and Lionel Richie; so many artists of so many styles. Contrast Meshuggah—an outfit certainly in the conversation for the title of “heaviest band in the world,” if not the undisputed No. 1—with the easy-breezy sounds of Yonder Mountain String Band, Kanye’s auto-tune and laser lights, The Flaming Lips, Lauryn Hill, Nick Cave, the Glitch Mob and many more, once again making Bonnaroo a satisfyingly well-rounded celebration of acoustic and electric sounds.
Aside from the barrage of bands, Centeroo, as “downtown Bonnaroo” is known, offers a host of other features to compliment the experience: take a break from the live shows and join a yoga session, watch a game of the NBA finals in the cinema, sample varieties of bacon from around the country at one of the food vendors or try and take a break from the heat in the comedy tent.
As usual, there’s something for everyone at Bonnaroo, now in its 13th year; the experience is whatever you make of it, and there’s sure to be some magic in Manchester.
The good folks at Bonnaroo now offer ticket payment plans for both general admission and VIP tickets to the experience, so those on a budget wanting to go to the ’Roo can begin paying on their ticket purchases early in the year to ensure they have a validated wristband come June.
For the full Bonnaroo schedule and information, visit bonnaroo.com.
Glitch Mob:
Sir Elton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHp71-Kf70
Kentucky’s Cage the Elephant will rock Which Stage
Wildfeathers:
Skrillix:
Die Antwoord:
Kanye:
Meshuggah:
Flaming Lips:
Phoenix:
Janell Monae:
Mastodon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFtBjI03v4c
Caroline Chocolate Drops, here on the Grand Ole Opry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3XsHMOEQGc
Ice Cube:
Shovels and Rope:
