Tuesday, February 2nd. Today was the day that many a Bonnaroo fan had previously marked on their calenders. For the past several weeks, it was speculated (after an interview between Alex Young of Consequence of Sound and Bonnaroo co-founder Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment) that the 2010 lineup would be revealed this day. Turns out that wasn’t the case. Many watched the Bonnaroo website like hawks as the clocked turned to midnight earlier this morning, but indeed no lineup was unveiled. But what did happen just around lunch time today, was that the artwork and design of the Bonnaroo website was updated for their 2010 look. On another note, we now have information that both the lineup will be revealed and tickets will go onsale in one week, Tuesday, February 9th.
Bonnaroo news for the day seemed to be shot until just a couple hours ago, when Spinner.com revealed the news that the Flaming Lips would be performing at the festival this year. But it’s not just any show. The F-Lips will return to the festival for a latenight set beginning at midnight, on Friday, June 11, where they will kick off with their own material, and beginning around 2:30 am will cover Pink Floyd’s Darkside of the Moon album in its entirety. Read the full article here.
I was pretty let down not seeing the lineup when I woke up this morning, left feeling like a kid with no presents on Christmas Day, but I guess you could say that it now feels like Christmas Eve, when you get to open that one present. At least that’s the tradition in my family. And what a present this is! Another Flaming Lips latenight set at Bonnaroo, especially one covering my favorite band of all-time. Bonnaroo’s already starting to look better than last year. It’s going to be another long week, and then we’ll finally know if the rumors are true, and if we’ll be able to hear some other Pink Floyd tunes at the farm this summer, meaning the strongly rumored appearance of Pink Floyd founder and songwriter, Roger Waters, performing The Wall in its entirety.
