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Bonnaroo 2011 Headlined By Eminem, Lil Wayne, Arcade Fire

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Wiz Khalifa, the Strokes, Mumford & Sons and the Black Keys also set to appear at Bonnaroo. By James Montgomery Eminem Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage On Tuesday (February 15), organizers announced the lineup for the 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, set for June 9-12 in Manchester, Tennessee. And, boy, it’s going to be interesting to hear the purists’ take on this year’s bill. Browse photos of the 2011 Bonnaroo performers . Unlike earlier, decidedly crunchy editions of the fest, the 2011 lineup is topped by two of the hugest hip-hop acts in the business — Eminem and Lil Wayne — along with newly crowned Grammy champs Arcade Fire and the Black Keys. Other acts on the bill include Mumford & Sons, the Strokes, the Decemberists, Florence and the Machine, Big Boi, Wiz Khalifa and Robyn. Of course, there are still some nods to Bonnaroo’s roots: Fest vets Widespread Panic return once again, as do My Morning Jacket and the String Cheese Incident. Also doing their part for the traditionalists out there are reunited legends Buffalo Springfield (in their only festival performance), Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, and Dr. John and the Original Meters, who will perform their 1974 album Desitively Bonnaroo, from which the festival took its name. As in previous years, there will be an epic super-jam, this one organized by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and Dr. John. Other artists set to appear at the 10th annual Bonnaroo include Ray LaMontagne, Iron and Wine, Girl Talk, Primus, Explosions in the Sky, Deerhunter, the Walkmen, Sleigh Bells and Smith Westerns. All in all, some 150 bands will perform at this year’s fest. Tickets for Bonnaroo 2011 go on sale Saturday, February 19 at 12 p.m. ET through the festival’s official website . The confirmed list of performers so far: Eminem Arcade Fire Widespread Panic The Black Keys Buffalo Springfield featuring Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale My Morning Jacket Lil Wayne String Cheese Incident Robert Plant & the 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 Pretty Lights Florence and the Machine Superjam with 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 H

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Eminem, Arcade Fire, Lil Wayne, The Strokes & more announced in Bonnaroo’s 2011 lineup

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Bonnaroo X has as announced its lineup with a little help from Conan O’Brien. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : PopWreckoning Discovery Date : 15/02/2011 18:00 Number of articles : 2

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One Dead, More Than 100 Arrested At Bonnaroo

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

29-year-old David Sloan appeared to die from heat exhaustion. By Gil Kaufman Fans at Bonnaroo on Sunday Photo: Jeff Gentner/ Getty Images A 29-year-old man, North Carolina’s David Sloan, died on Sunday (June 13) after falling ill at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee. According to the Tullahoma News and Guardian , officials believe that Sloan was overcome by heat , which caused him to collapse early Sunday morning in front of medical personnel after his core body temperature reached 108 degrees. Sloane was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died. The Tennessean reported that, with temperatures in the low to mid-90s and a heat index over 100 degrees for much of the weekend, air-conditioned medical tents were treating about 25 percent more concertgoers than in years past. As of noon on Saturday, more than two dozen fans had been transported to area hospitals for heat-related emergencies or other injuries that couldn’t be treated on site. The festival, which featured sets from Jay-Z, the Dave Matthews Band, Stevie Wonder, Conan O’Brien, the Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, Weezer and Kid Cudi — who jetted to the site just hours after his arrest for criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance — also saw a fairly typical number of arrests. More than 50 people were arrested for drug-related charges and disorderly behavior, with local officials expecting the total citations to reach more than 200 by the end of the festival’s ninth year. Among the arrests, according to WBIR News, was a sting on wanted felon Sytanya Darren Fells , who was arrested for possession of “synthetic marijuana” during a traffic stop Friday night. Fells was in a camper traveling on on one of the congested highways into the festival when police pulled the vehicle over and found the driver, Larry Thurber, in possession of 38 Xanax pills and “Mojo,” a synthetic herbal incense that mimics the effects of pot. WSB reported that the local sheriff’s office had begun a crackdown on drugs in the days leading up to the event’s Thursday kickoff, issuing more than 100 citations for offenses ranging from possession of marijuana to underage possession of alcohol along the I-75 corridor leading to Manchester. More than 70 Bonnaroo-bound drivers were arrested before the music even started. Related Photos Performances At Bonnaroo 2010

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Bonnaroo-Bound Alice + Olivia Tour Helps Women Affected By Flooding, Oil Spill

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Designer Stacey Bendet and crew will provide makeovers to women across the country, including Nashville and the Gulf Coast. By Akshay Bhansali Alice + Olivia crew in front of the Airstream Trailer Photo: MTV News In eight years, the quirky, perky Stacey Bendet (or “Staceypants” as her friends love to call her) has gone from being homeless and making single pairs of pants for admirers to founding the celeb-adored Alice + Olivia fashion brand. Her women’s, children’s and upcoming shoe (2011) lines have brought smiles to the faces of women for almost a decade now, including folks like Taylor Swift, Blake Lively and Angelina Jolie. And now MTV News has learned that her undeniable ability to spread joy has Bendet and an eclectic band of artist gal-pals hopping into a retrofitted Alice + Olivia Airstream Trailer and taking their act on the road. “We are going on a tour all through the Southeast, starting at Bonnaroo ,” Bendet said. “And we are making people over in every city as we go. We thought it would be a great way to work with all the stores and shops we’ve worked with since we started. So we are doing pop-up shops, trunk shows and makeovers.” What makes this tour particularly interesting is that in addition to making over everyday women across the country, Bendet and Co. will be hitting cities in Tennessee and on the Gulf Coast, taking time specifically to attend to women affected by recent flooding as well as the notorious Gulf oil spill. “[From] Bonnaroo, Knoxville, Nashville, and small towns in Alabama we are getting submissions from people that lost their wardrobe in the flood, or [are] going through a really rough time. In Nashville obviously we are focusing on flood victims. People who have lost all of their belongings. Their whole wardrobe. We are going to a beach town in Alabama that’s been really affected by the oil spills. We are doing a big block party there right by the beach and we are also doing a couple of makeovers. Then in Miami we are doing a fashion show at the Fountainbleau, but we are making over someone from the Kristi House there. So we are just trying to bring a little happiness into people’s lives in cities across the country. It’s kind of like making over America a little bit.” To send off the traveling troupe of women (stylist Cleo Wade, DJs Mia Moretti and Caitlin Moe, photographer Diggy Lloyd, and friend Molly Austin), former electronic-music icon and friend Moby came out to wish them well, and even christened the voyage with an expansive drawing on the interior wall of the Airstream. “I met Stacy when she was homeless living behind a dumpster at Arby’s just by the entrance to the Holland Tunnel in New Jersey,” Moby said. “Then she started a delivery service where she would deliver things all over New York on her Rollerblades. And she made her own pants and at some point someone said, ‘Hey those are nice pants. Can you make me some pants?’ And so she started making pants for other people. And now she’s the proud owner of an Airstream trailer!” Bendet’s Alice + Olivia Tour kicks off at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, on June 10 and will end in Montauk, New York, on July 11, with stops in Orange Beach, Alabama; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Miami, among other cities.

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Kings Of Leon Plan To Play Some ‘Beachy’ New Songs On Tour

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘It’ll be tough to not play the whole thing at Bonnaroo,’ drummer Nathan Followill says of upcoming album. By James Montgomery, with reporting by Sasha Hamrogue Nathan Followill of Kings Of Leon Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images The Kings of Leon may have ditched the sunny climes of Los Angeles (or their native Nashville) to work on the follow-up to their breakout album, Only by the Night, but that doesn’t mean the new album is shaping up to be a dour affair. Far from it, in fact. “[This is] the first time we’d ever recorded in New York City, and we thought we’d come out with a little more darker record, because we had done all our records either in Nashville or L.A., where it’s a little more chilled out, not as much hustle and bustle,” KOL drummer Nathan Followill told MTV Radio during a Bonnaroo conference call Tuesday. “And I’ll be damned if we didn’t go in there and make a fun record! It’s got songs that are beachy, it’s got songs that are a little more like our Youth and Young Manhood days. … We’re super excited.” Followill said the new album is nearly finished and that he and the rest of the Kings are now putting the finishing touches on it back in Nashville. There’s still no title or release date (or song titles: “We haven’t even named ’em all yet, to be honest”), but there’s a pretty good chance the band’s fans will get a sneak peek of some of the new material on KOL’s upcoming tour, which kicks off June 5 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and includes a headlining slot at the 2010 Bonnaroo festival , set for June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee. “The record’s coming along great, man. It’ll be tough to not play the whole thing at Bonnaroo,” Followill laughed. “We’re going to try to be very selective of what we play, but there will definitely be some new tunes, for sure. … Anytime you’re coming into a tour after a new record, especially one that’s not even out yet, it’s pretty tough to not play the whole thing, so our set list at Bonnaroo, I think it’ll be a lot of oldies, a lot of goodies and probably a few more new ones than people are expecting for us.” Will you check out Kings of Leon’s upcoming tour? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Kings Of Leon

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Kanye West’s Greatest Blog Moments

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Why won’t you let me be great?,’ ‘South Park’ and more all-caps greatness. By Kyle Anderson Kanye West Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Even when he decided to lay low following his interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 Video Music Awards, Kanye West has remained connected to his fans and admirers via his blog . In between posts about video premieres, friends’ songs, and looks, books and anything else he’s excited about, Kanye has populated his blog with delightfully sprawling rants about whatever happened to be bothering him on any given day. He has also often responded to criticism in this way, constructing long diatribes that, because they are almost always published in all capital letters, can come across as the rantings of a madman. Kanye launched his long-promised new blog, KanyeWest.com , on Wednesday (February 24), and although at press time it only featured a provocative photo of his girlfriend Amber Rose and his new “Coldest Winter” video (and its relation to his Kanye University site , which includes his blog, remains unclear at press time), it feels like a good time to roll out our favorite Kanye blog moments.

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Bonnaroo 2010: The Agony And The Ecstasy

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Festival’s piecemeal lineup announcement slowly drives our writer crazy, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Bonnaroo 2010 Photo: Bonnaroo I am living my life in six-minute intervals. I am listening to a ticking cuckoo clock and watching animated punks attempt to smash androids with mallets. I am listening to snippets of polka music. Over and over again. And there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight. At the time of this writing, I have spent exactly 343 minutes on Bonnaroo’s MySpace page , which, by the time you read this, will hopefully have returned to normal. Or at least have gotten rid of the anthropomorphic light bulb (hot-air balloon?) that has been hovering around the site all afternoon and will certainly haunt my dreams tonight, its spindly arms outstretched, as if posing the eternal, unanswerable question: Why? Why indeed? On Tuesday, for reasons as twisted as they are inexplicable, the folks behind Bonnaroo decided to spice up the usually staid process of unveiling the fest’s 2010 lineup (which, in years past, involved little more than a press release and an embargo) by turning the event into something far more sinister: a nine-hour endurance test, a harrowing psychological experiment more at home in the Swan hatch or a “Saw” flick. Or, in decidedly less-threatening terms, they revealed the name of every single artist on the Bonnaroo bill — some 60 acts as I write this, but, according to a source at the fest, a list that will swell to around 90 — over the course of nine grueling hours. If you do the math, that means one new name every six minutes. Oh, and they decided to do this on MySpace, which officially made today the single longest period I’ve spent on the site since 2003, when I routinely used it to stalk my ex-girlfriend (wait, delete!). It was diabolical. Brutal. Because my job mandated it, I was forced to keep ‘Roo’s MySpace page open all day long, watching the animated cloud slowly bob up and down and that cursed light bulb/ balloon mocking me. The ghostly cuckoo clock would count down the seconds to the next big reveal, and every six minutes, I’d hear those chimes, click over to the site to see some animated character unveiling the latest name. Sometimes, the wait was worth it — the Kings of Leon! Jay-Z! Jimmy-freaking-Cliff! Most of the time, it wasn’t — hey … it’s … Baaba Maal. Still, I kept watching. I grew this beard . The list got longer. My eyeballs began to bleed. I wanted to die. And here’s the thing. I love Bonnaroo. I really do. I think it’s probably the best festival in the U.S., a genuinely great event that routinely books the best bands on the planet. And the folks behind the fest — Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment — have always been really great to me. One time they even let me fly in a helicopter there . But dudes, you’re killing me here. I fully understand why you chose to reveal the Bonnaroo lineup this way, and I will begrudgingly admit that no matter how evil a strategy it may be, it’s also a pretty brilliant one. Not only did you get the jump on any lineup leaks (an annual tradition right up there with the press release and media embargo), but you created genuine buzz while doing it (as I write this, six of the top 10 Google Trends are Bonnaroo acts). If I could still see, I’d look in your general direction and give you a heartfelt nod, a well-earned “good job” from a weary newsman. That said, I am slightly terrified that, thanks to the success of the Bonnaroo unveil, competing festivals will soon adopt similar gimmicks. I fear that the days of the press release are gone forever and that I will be spending the next several years of my life on MySpace, eternally watching some cuckoo clock tick down to zero, revealing the name of some Afrobeat band I’ve never heard of. And with each sweep of the dial, a little piece of my life will disappear, too, until all of a sudden it’s 2040, and I’m hunched over at my holodeck watching a 3-D light bulb mock me. And then the name of Jay-Z’s grandchild will appear, and everything will be worth it. Or maybe not. Now, if you’ll excuse me, the cuckoo is singing again, the polka band is tuning up, and an animated speakerbox is wrestling with a bear and shouting the name of the Disco Biscuits. Tell me this is all worth it. Tell me the end is nigh. Tell me I have led a good life. Questions? Concerns? Hit me up at BTTS@MTVStaff.com . Related Photos Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup: The Performers

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Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Adds Kings Of Leon, Dave Matthews Band, Tokyo Police Club

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Gwar, She & Him and Nas and Damian Marley will also join Jay-Z and other previously announced acts. By James Montgomery The Kings of Leons’ Caleb Followill Photo: Barry Brecheisen/ WireImage The afternoon rolls on, and so does the list of artists confirmed for the 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival, scheduled for June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee. New bands added to the continually growing bill (festival organizers have decided to reveal a new act every five minutes on Bonnaroo’s MySpace page ) include hometown heroes the Kings of Leon , Dave Matthews Band , Tokyo Police Club , She & Him , the National, Tori Amos, Gwar, They Might Be Giants, Damian Marley and Nas , and the Manchester Orchestra . 2010 Bonnaroo Lineup They join previously announced acts like Jay-Z, Weezer, the Flaming Lips — with Stardeath and the White Dwarves, who will perform Pink Floyd’s classic Dark Side of the Moon album — and Steve Martin, not to mention Norah Jones, Wale, Regina Spektor, the Avett Brothers, Medeski Martin and Wood, Bassnectar, Phoenix and the XX. Tickets for Bonnaroo 2010 are on sale now through the festival’s Web site , with a four-day pass going for $234.50. For those wishing to experience the fest in the lap of luxury (read: with semi-private toilets), there are RV passes going for $150. There are also super-deluxe “Total Access” packages with 24-hour concierge service and complimentary meals available for a significantly higher cost. And as in previous years, Bonnaroo is also offering attendees the opportunity to purchase tickets on an installment plan. The final lineup for the festival won’t be revealed until 9 p.m. Tuesday night (February 9). For up-to-the-minute (or up-to-the-five-minute) looks at the bill, be sure to check out Bonnaroo’s MySpace. Related Photos Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup: The Performers Related Artists Kings Of Leon Dave Matthews Band Tokyo Police Club She & Him Nas

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Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Includes Weezer, the Flaming Lips, Phoenix

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Norah Jones, Wale, Flaming Lips, the xx also announced in gradual MySpace reveal. By James Montgomery Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage Weezer, the Flaming Lips and Phoenix are among the first batch of artists confirmed for the 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to be held June 10-13 in — as always — Manchester, Tennessee. Artists are being announced in a series of rolling reveals that will continue throughout the day on Bonnaroo’s MySpace page . Tickets for the fest are on sale now through its official site , with a four-day pass running $234.50. An RV pass (if you want to experience the fest in luxury) will cost an extra $150. As in previous years, Bonnaroo is also offering attendees the opportunity to purchase tickets on an installment plan. Other early confirmations for Bonnaroo 2010 are Norah Jones, comedian/ Grammy-winning bluegrass enthusiast Steve Martin (with his Steep Canyon Rangers), Wale, Regina Spektor, John Fogerty, the Avett Brothers, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Ingrid Michaelson, Bassnectar and hotly tipped Brits the xx. The Flaming Lips will be joined by Stardeath and the White Dwarves (the band fronted by Lips’ main man Wayne Coyne’s nephew) and — much like they did in a raucous Oklahoma City New Year’s Eve show — the groups will be performing Pink Floyd’s epic Dark Side of the Moon album. News of Weezer’s confirmation actually leaked earlier in the day, when the band tweeted that they would be performing at the 2010 ‘Roo. Through various online sources, the fest’s other rumored acts include Jay-Z, the Dave Matthews Band and Georgia metallers Baroness. But the only way to get the latest confirmations is to head over to Bonnaroo’s MySpace page, where a new band is being announced every five minutes. Related Artists Weezer The Flaming Lips Regina Spektor Wale Norah Jones Phoenix

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Kings Of Leon Drummer Nathan Followill Marries

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Eldest Followill brother wed girlfriend Jessie Baylin in Tennessee on Saturday. By Gil Kaufman Nathan Followill of Kings Of Leon Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill married girlfriend singer/songwriter Jessie Baylin over the weekend.

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