BONNAROO 2009 June 11-14

With tickets going on sale this saturday morning at 12PM est., the initial lineup for this years BONNAROO festival was released this afternoon.

Tickets are sold in the usual three-tier manner: $224.50, $234.50, $249.50, with an additional $23.10 for service and environmental fees.

The lineup is as follows:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 Shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov't Mule
Andrew Bird
Band of Horses
Merle Haggard
MGMT
moe.
The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury Band
of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross
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My most anticipated performances for this year would have to include:

Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
Wilco
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MGMT
moe.
The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
of Montreal
Booker T & the DBTs
Animal Collective
Gomez
Jenny Lewis
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Knux

italics= first time
bold= so good i need to see them again
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... and don't get me wrong, i will be more than content to go check out the boss, just to be able to say that i saw him, and i will more than likely check out one of the phish shows, but this is looking absolutely fantastic. i am almost giddy right now... sooooo much that i am going to post a couple of my favourite bonnaroo moments:

FREAK SHOW/PARADE

THIS IS BONNAROO


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