Bonnaroo is one of the festivals I’d definitely like to hit in the next few years, but it’s not going to be 2012. I already knew that, but wasn’t entirely disappointed when I saw the lineup. Sure, there’s a bunch of bands I’d kill to see – Radiohead, St. Vincent, Avett Brothers, Battles, Grouplove and Phantogram to name a few, but there’s still others I wouldn’t bother with. Which I guess is the beauty of a giant festival with 13 stages, I wouldn’t have to. Full list below, like usual I’ve highlighted some of my favorites.
Bonnaroo 2012 will be held June 7 – 10 in Manchester, Tennessee (sixty miles south of Nashville). Tickets go on sale this Saturday at bonnaroo.com.
Lineup
Afrocubism Alabama Shakes Alice Cooper ALO Antlers Avett Brothers Aziz Ansari Bad Brains Battles Beach Boys Featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Ben Folds Five Ben Howard Big Freedia Big Gigantic Black Lips Black Star Blind Pilot Bon Iver Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires Childish Gambino City and Colour Civil Wars Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Danny Brown Darondo Das Racist Dawes Delta Spirit Devil Makes Three Dispatch EMA Feist Fitz & The Tantrums Flogging Molly Flying Lotus Foster The People Fruit Bats Gary Clark Jr. Grouplove Here We Go Magic Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk Joy Formidable Kathleen Edwards Kendrick Lamar K-Flay Kooks Kurt Vile & The Violators Kvelertak Laura Marling Little Dragon Lonely Forest Ludacris Mac Miller Major Lazer Mariachi El Bronx Marks Mimosa Mogwai Moon Taxi NEEDTOBREATHE Orgone Phantogram Phish Punch Brothers Radiohead Red Hot Chili Peppers Roots Sarah Jarosz SBTRKT Shins Skrillex SOJA Soul Rebels Spectrum Road featuring Cindy Blackman Santana, Jack Bruce, John Medeski, and Vernon Reid St. Vincent Steven Bernstein’s MTO Allstars Plays Sly SuperJam Trampled by Turtles tUnE-yArDs Two Door Cinema Club Umphrey’s McGee War On Drugs White Denim Word featuring John Medeski, Robert Randolph and North Mississippi Allstars Yelawolf Young The Giant
