Saturday, April 4, 2009

This is gonna be sweet....look at all the confirmed artists!

Fuse TV to televise Bonnaroo Music Festival in June


The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four day multi stage camping festival in Manchester, Tennessee on June 11 -14. The festival brings in top artists with musical styles including rock and roll, jazz, hip-hop, electronic, Americana and any other contemporary music. If you cannot get to Tennessee, Fuse TV will be television portions of the festival, which features Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band, Phish, The Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, TV on the Radio, Wilco, Al Green, David Byrne, Snoop Dogg, Merle haggard, Erykah Badu, Mgmt, Bon Iver, The Decemberists, Lucinda Williams and more.

Bonnaroo is the largest and most revered music and camping festival in the country, elevating the American rock festival to an unfrequented level. As the only round-the-clock major music festival, Bonnaroo packs an unparalleled amount of entertainment options into four days. The event is famous for the incredible energy that emerges from its crowds, who pilgrimage to Bonnaroo to immerse themselves in the unique camping community and to witness four days of historical music moments.
As part of Fuse’s three-year deal with Bonnaroo, the network will be the exclusive television partner of the festival. It will continue to be the only place to watch Bonnaroo on national television and will include live on-air coverage as well as On Demand and online content. On-air, Fuse will bring viewers live hits, backstage interviews, “Best of Bonnaroo” concert specials and a highlight show of this year’s greatest performances. The network will once again have their headquarters set up in its landmark barn in the middle of Centeroo, enabling them to bring the Fuse experience directly to fans onsite.

In addition, ATT Music will be hosting a live webcast of the event. After the festival is over, you’ll also be able to relive your experience with exclusive featured content only online at ATT Music.

Official festival website is www.bonnaroo.com

Confirmed Artists

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Beastie Boys
Al Green
Phish (2 Shows)
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
Merle Haggard
MGMT
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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

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