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Eminem, Buffalo Springfield Rule Bonnaroo Day Three
June 12, 2011 2:45 PM ET| Patrick Doyle
A little past midnight during his headlining set at Bonnaroo on Saturday, Eminem took a rare breather to address the crowd. “Everybody here tonight,” he said, “I just wanna say thank you for sticking by me and not giving up on me.”His fans got their reward: From the moment he took the stage to a heavy dramatic symphony – wearing a black hoodie, a Bad Meets Evil t-shirt and army-print pants while spitting the rhymes to “Won’t Back Down” &nd... | More »
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Mumford and Sons Preview New LP at Bonnaroo
June 12, 2011 1:10 PM ET| Rolling Stone
Mumford & Sons have been touring their debut album Sigh No More for nearly two years. During that time they have gone from playing tiny clubs to headlining festivals around the world. "People often think of Bonnaroo as being like the American Glastonbury," bassist Ten Dwane says. "It's about ten to fifteen times hotter." The group has been working on their second disc in Nashville and London, and have even been road-testing some of the new material on tour. "It help... | More »
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Buffalo Springfield Backstage at Bonnaroo
June 12, 2011 12:45 PM ET| Rolling Stone
Before taking the stage in front of an incredibly enthusiastic crowd Saturday night at Bonnaroo, Buffalo Springfield's Stephen Stills and Richie Furay sat down with Rolling Stone's Patrick Doyle to explain how this shocking reunion came to be. "Neil and I were sitting down at lunch one day and were were talking about 'let's do something fun,'" Stills recalls. "I said, 'let's do Buffalo Springfield a the Bridge School.'" That was their first appearan... | More »
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Arcade Fire, Lil Wayne Burn Up Bonnaroo Day Two
June 11, 2011 2:25 PM ET| Patrick Doyle
After an epic hour-and-a-half set on the Bonnaroo main stage last night, Arcade Fire returned for an encore. "We wrote this song for 20 people," frontman Win Butler said. "It's amazing to play it for a giant fuckin' field of people." They then launched into the stomping "Wake Up," Butler leading a mass chorus sing-along where you could almost feel the field shake. During their 17-song-set, Arcade Fire played like a band on a mission. There were no major surprises – they ... | More »
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A Laidback Ben Sollee on the 'Beautiful Crowd' at Bonnaroo
June 11, 2011 1:15 PM ET| Rolling Stone
If songwriter-cellist Ben Sollee feels at all overwhelmed by the madness that is Bonnaroo, he's not betraying it in this exclusive interview with Rolling Stone. He acknowledges that he encouraged his band to use "bigger gestures" to better reach the festival's massive audience, an effort documented here in the live footage. But what he saw from the stage was simply a "beautiful crowd" that even fell into moments of hushed quiet. He also discusses tour plans, working with fello... | More »
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The Drums Are Cool and Casual on Bonnaroo Stage
June 10, 2011 5:30 PM ET| Rolling Stone
Brooklyn indie rockers the Drums helped kick off the opening night of Bonnaroo 2011 with a set focused on jaunty pop tunes in the tradition of the Smiths and the Strokes. The band, who have played several large festivals abroad, were totally at ease in front of the enormous Bonnaroo crowd, with lead singer Jonathan Pierce projecting a cool, casual vibe as he strutted around the stage as if he was playing a small club. RELATED: Sleigh Bells, Wavves Kick Off Bonnaroo With Hard-Chargi... | More »
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School of Seven Bells Get Ethereal at Bonnaroo
June 10, 2011 4:15 PM ET| Rolling Stone
New York electronic rockers School of Seven Bells delivered a moody, ethereal set on the opening night of Bonnaroo 2011. Despite being reduced to a duo following the departure of founding member Claudia Deheza last year, the band were still capable of reproducing the densely layered, atmospheric sound of their studio recordings on stage. In this footage from the show, you can watch the band perform "Camarilla" and "Windstorm," two of the best songs from their most recent album Disco... | More »
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Best Coast Show Off Their Noisy Side at Bonnaroo
June 10, 2011 1:05 PM ET| Rolling Stone
Best Coast showed off their buzzy, noisy side at the Bonnaroo festival last night. In this video from the gig, the trio plays "Wish He Was You" and "Up All Night," two loud, summery non-album rockers. Singer and guitarist Bethany Cosentino leads the band with a low key charm, playing to the large audience with the relaxed, tossed-off confidence of someone jamming out in their practice space. Bassist Bobb Bruno adds a lightly groovy counterpoint to Cosentino's hazy, strummed chords wh... | More »
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Sleigh Bells, Wavves Kick Off Bonnaroo With Hard-Charging Sets
June 10, 2011 10:25 AM ET| Patrick Doyle
At 10:30 p.m. last night, Sleigh Bells arrived onstage at Bonnaroo – the epic four-day musical festival in Manchester, Tennessee that kicked off yesterday – to the blaring riff of "Iron Man" in front of a wall of Marshall amps. Frontwoman Alexis Krauss extended her arms to the crowd while strobe lights flashed, and the band kicked into "Crown on the Ground," with its thudding, hand-clapping beat, fuzzed-out guitar and a synth that sounds like a siren. It was clear: Bonnaroo has of... | More »
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How to Do Bonnaroo
June 1, 2011 10:55 AM ET| J. Edward Keyes
Since its inception in 2002, the Bonnaroo festival has evolved from a jam-band-heavy, new millennium neo-hippie hoedown to four days and nights of performances that are staggering in their diversity. Indeed, it's now possible for every attendee to leave on Sunday with a completely different experience, their Bonnaroo shaped by their tastes and inclinations. In recognition of the fest's breadth of style and sound, we present four completely different, completely unique festiv... | More »
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