Bonnaroo 2008 LineupReleased.. in Riddles?

Wed 6th Feb, 2008 in International News

Festival season may be winding up in Australia as the summer draws to a close, but it is just getting started in the United States. Held on a 700 acre private farm, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival sees 100,000 strong crowds watching main stage acts such as The Police, Tool, Radiohead and The Greatful Dead.

While the full festival lineup is expected to be released early Thursday morning Australian time, Bonnaroo’s promoters have dropped hints at who might be playing via their online radio station Radio Bonnaroo. Not wanting to make things too easy for fans, they have created clever riddles hiding who may be playing this year. With plenty of speculation about, rumours on 2008 acts include Metallica, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, The Verve, The Flaming Lips, REM and Gogol Bordello.

FasterLouder will have the full lineup as soon as it’s released, in the meantime – start guessing!

1. “There is more than one Manchester”
2. “Memphis isn’t Albany”
3. “Clouds taste this way”
4. “Some Herrings are red, Jimmy”
5. “Hard Substance, Soft Substance”
6. “Janis Joplin’s reserves will be preserved”
7. “Rumors are just rumors, but twist them sideways, grow your humor hair and they become a more yen reality. No, this is not about Fleetwood Mac”
8. “It’s not sour, what is sowed in the earth”
9. “Three certain birds, add one”
10. “Look to the center of Europe to get the sound, but the band comes from all around.”
11. “Here is another clue for you message board people. Open up the church and you will see the steeple. Some of your guesses have been way off but correct for the wrong clues. Now I must cough.”
12. Charlie’s imaginary band will not be playing and don’t believe what he wrote on his hand and the last few things he was not saying.