Trey Anastasio Added to Rothbury Lineup

Trey Anastasio has been added to the lineup of this year's inaugural Rothbury Festival, joining already-announced headliners Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Widespread Panic and Phil Lesh and Friends on the bill — and stoking rumors that a Phish reunion could go down at the Michigan event. Rothbury will be held July 3-6 in Rothbury, Michigan, at the Double JJ Ranch. Anastasio also has a new live album coming out on June 10th called Original Boardwalk Style. The show was recorded over two nights at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and features the Anastasio-led band the Undectet.

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Song Stories

“The A Team”

Ed Sheeran | 2011

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.

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