• Bonnaroo Lineup 2016 to Be Announced by Conan O'Brien Next Week on TBS

    Bonnaroo has always bridged the worlds of music and comedy, and to roll out its 2016 lineup, the Tennessee festival will make those lines even more blurry. Next week, Conan O'Brien announced that he will be rolling out the full Bonnaroo lineup on his self-titled late night show.
  • Alice Cooper to Present Award at FestForward Conference in November

    Behind every major musical festival is a strong team of producers and promoters and on November 22-24, 2015, the masterminds behind the burgeoning music festival industry will come together in Santa Barbara, California for FestForward, an interactive business-to-business conference and networking event.
  • Childish Gambino Premieres New Song at Bonnaroo Ahead of Album

    Bonnaroo came and went this past weekend and while many attendees are still making their way home and piecing their lives back together, but the rest of us are ogling over live footage from the various Super Jams, live premieres and impromptu guest appearances that are customary on The Farm. One of the artists that used the massive platform that is Bonnaroo to premiere some music was Childish Gambino. He took the stage on Saturday night and appeared to open his set with a brand new track that would indicate a brand new direction with his music.
  • Mumford & Sons Joined On Stage by My Morning Jacket, Ed Helms and The War on Drugs

    Music festivals tend to bring about endless collaborations and guests to the stage, leaving audience members eager to see if their favorite artists will enlist the help of any fellow musicians. During Mumford & Sons headlining set at Manchester's Bonnaroo on Saturday, the folk rockers invited special guests to join them in a cover of The Beatles classic, "With A Little Help From My Friends."
  • Northside Festival 2015 Lineup: Run The Jewels, Best Coast, Vince Staples

    Most music fans are familiar with the major music festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella, Glastonbury and Lollapalooza that showcase the biggest bands in the world. However, there are plenty of smaller local festival that showcase mid-level, up-and-coming and local acts that will be the next wave of headliners at those major, big-ticket festivals. New York City has countless music events happening every weekend, notably during the summer, and in three weeks, Northside Festival will be taking over Brooklyn with a combination of speakers, films and music. The festival just announced the majority of the artists who will be performing this year including Best Coast, Run The Jewels, Zola Jesus and Vince Staples.
  • Live Nation Buys "Controlling Interest" In Bonnaroo Festival

    With the recent string of consolidation taking place in the United States live event space over the past few years; the list of independent promoters has dwindled to a smaller and smaller number. Bonnaroo has remained one of the largest independent festivals in the United States for the past 14 years - until yesterday when it was announced that Live Nation had taken a "controlling interest" in the festival via a partnership with promoters Superfly and AC Entertainment.
  • Bonnaroo Announces 2015 Set Times

    Bonnaroo is just under two months away and the four-day festival have unveiled its 2015 set times. Normally festivals wait until the week leading up to the event or a little before to release set times and make fans scramble to figure out their plans, but this time Bonnaroo has been generous in letting giving fans time to agonize over who they will see where and when. As is customary with any festival with this much talent, there will always be conflicts that arise when two or more great artists perform at the same time. 2015 is no exception with several pretty tough ones scattered across the four days.
  • Bonnaroo 2015: D'Angelo, Kacey Musgraves, Songhoy Blues Join Lineup, Late-Night Sets Revealed

    Last week Bonnaroo announced its day-by-day lineups, and now they've revealed some artist additions. R&B legend D'Angelo -- who released his first album in 15 years, Black Messiah, back in December -- and his band the Vanguard have joined the festival as well as alt-country singer Kacey Musgraves, who made her Bonnaroo debut back in 2013, and Mali desert blues punk band Songhoy Blues. The festival also revealed which acts will be playing late-night sets that weekend.
  • Bonnaroo Announces Daily Lineups: Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, Billy Joel

    Bonnaroo has announced the daily lineups for the 2015 edition of the music festival, and each day is even more impressive than the next. This year's roster includes headlining sets by Tove Lo, deadmau5, Mumford & Sons and Billy Joel. Kendrick Lamar will also be featured. As per usual, Saturday and Sunday boast the best lineups, but Thursday and Friday are looking just fine.
  • Bonnaroo Reddit AMA: Festival Additions, Acts Declined Headlining Spots

    The co-founders of the festival giant Bonnaroo participated in a Reddit AMA to answer questions about this year's event. Jonathan Mayers and Kerry Black fielded inquires about festival additions, what acts declined headlining spots, artists they tried to book and what changes they made to the festival site. Bonnaroo, now in its 14th year, will take place June 11 to 15 in Manchester, Tennessee.
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