MUSIC NEWS - Organizers of Bonnaroo today announced BONNAROO 365, a program which lets fans relive the festival experience all year long. Select performances will be streamed free at bonnaroo.com throughout the year. All performance footage will be taken directly from the festival's exclusive master tapes, while the audio will be remixed from the festival's soundboard recordings.
The first installment of the new program will start on January 11, 2009 with The Raconteurs, whose furious and blistering Friday afternoon '08 set is considered among the best of the festival. Four of the songs will be available as free audio downloads ; one to everyone, while the other three can be downloaded by Bonnaroo Community members only (membership sign-up is free). The songs that will be available are: "Consoler Of The Lonely," "Old Enough," "Blue Veins" and "Top Yourself." Coinciding with the launch, select radio stations across the US will broadcast the entire set on Sunday, January 11th 2009. A full list of radio stations is below.
The Raconteurs arrived in Manchester, TN, that hot June day on the heels of their Grammy-nominated (best rock album and best engineered) second record Consolers of the Lonely. What first appeared to be a fun side project for all of its members (Brendan Benson, Patrick Keeler and Jack "LJ" Lawrence - both of The Greenhornes and Jack White of The White Stripes), soon became recognized as a major band to be reckoned with as their first album, Broken Boy Soldiers, gave us one of the biggest singles of 2006, the #1 modern rock song, "Steady, As She Goes." Moreover, the explosive energy they brought to their live shows confirmed that these four old friends had much more in mind than a one-off. The Raconteurs were the real deal.
This year, Bonnaroo takes place on June 11 thru 14, 2009 on the same beautiful, 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee (60 miles southeast of Nashville). The festival continues to make a strong impact on the American music industry. It has served as a launching pad for popular artists like Norah Jones, Jack Johnson, Robert Randolph, My Morning Jacket, Ray Lamontagne, Matisyahu, and many others. A creative and cultural success, Bonnaroo has also featured an amazing diverse range of world-class acts such as Bob Dylan, Metallica, Neil Young, Radiohead, Willie Nelson, The Police, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, Tool, Wilco, The Dave Matthews Band, James Brown, The White Stripes, The Dead, Regina Spektor, Widespread Panic, Death Cab For Cutie, Elvis Costello, Amadou and Mariam, Beck, Against Me!, The Black Crowes, Alison Krauss, Bright Eyes, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, Jurassic 5, Modest Mouse, The Mars Volta, Common, Burning Spear, the Flaming Lips, among so many others.
The festival is also starting to make quite an impact on the comedy industry too, as it's featured some of today's best comedians. From Chris Rock, Lewis Black, Flight of the Concords, David Cross and Fred Armisen to Jim Norton, Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Janeane Garofalo and Brian Posehn, Bonnaroo is considered to be an essential play in any comedian's touring plans.
The initial artist lineup for this year's fest will be unveiled on February 3rd. !
The full RACONTEURS set list is below:
Consoler of the Lonely
Hold Up
The Switch and the Spur
You Don't Understand Me
Top Yourself
Old Enough
Store Bought Bones
Steady, As She Goes Rich Kid Blues
Blue Veins
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Many Shades of Black
Salute Your Solution Broken Boy Soldier
Carolina Drama
The following radio stations will be broadcasting the set on January 11, 2009:
KUFO-FM (Portland, OR)
WXRT-FM (Chicago, IL)
WZGC-FM (Atlanta, GA)
WKRK-FM (Cleveland, OH)
WPBZ-FM (West Palm Beach, FL)
WRXP-FM (New York, NY)
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