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2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival

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The 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was held June 12–15. Aside from the festival's opening year (2002), attendance at the 2008 event, at approximately 70,000, was the smallest in Bonnaroo's history.

Cancellations and rescheduling

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Bonnaroo had many cancellations and reschedules by artists both before and during the event. Cancellations included Black Kids, who appeared on the initial line-up but were later removed. Two months prior, due to health issues, The Allman Brothers Band cancelled their slot at the festival. Their cancellation led to the replacement band Widespread Panic being announced as the festival closer.[1] Due to a schedule conflict, David Cross also had to cancel his appearance and was replaced by Louis C.K. in the Bonnaroo Comedy Theatre.[1]

During the festival

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The surprise SuperJam was composed of Les Claypool on bass/vocals, Eugene Hutz (guitar/vocals), Sergei Ryabtsev (violin), Oren Kaplan (guitar), and Yuri Lemeshev (accordion) of Gogol Bordello, and Claypool's touring drummer (and Cake member) Paulo Baldi on drums. They were later joined by Kirk Hammett of Metallica on guitar for three numbers. Hammett was introduced by Claypool as "some guy that used to sell me weed back in high school." The set consisted of eleven Tom Waits covers ("Russian Dance" was performed twice, the second time as an encore), along with a single Claypool song, "D's Diner".

Chris Rock's main stage set was billed as being "one of the largest ever for a comedy show".[2]

Kidz Jam, a non-profit organization out of Dayton, Ohio provided free entertainment, water, earplugs and safety information for the families which attended Bonnaroo in 2008.

Kanye West's Saturday night set, having been moved back and forth between stages by Bonnaroo promoters, eventually ran on the main stage. West was not on time due to a scheduling conflict. This, in addition to Pearl Jam playing over an hour longer than scheduled and taking a long time to remove their equipment, and the complex stage set-up for West's performance, meant the show started at 5:00 am.[3]

Line-up

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2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival Line-up[4]
BP Artists Venue BP Artists Venue
United States !!! That Tent United States The Avett Brothers The Other Tent
United States Against Me! United States Aimee Mann The Other Tent
United States B.B. King What Stage Isle of Man Back Door Slam That Tent
United States Battles This Tent United States Ben Folds Which Stage
United States Zappa Plays Zappa Canada Broken Social Scene The Other Tent
United States Dark Star Orchestra The Other Tent United States Death Cab for Cutie Which Stage
United States Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi’s Soul Stew Revival That Tent United States Donavon Frankenreiter
United States Drive-By Truckers Which Stage United States Ghostland Observatory This Tent
United States Gogol Bordello United States Grupo Fantasma
United States Iron & Wine This Tent Jamaica Israel Vibration
United States Jack Johnson United States Jakob Dylan This Tent
Sweden José González This Tent United States Kanye West What Stage
England Ladytron The Other Tent United States Levon Helm and the Ramble on the Road The Other Tent
United States Lez Zeppelin That Tent United States Little Feat
United States Lupe Fiasco The Other Tent England MIA That Tent
United States MGMT This Tent United States Mason Jennings
United States Mastodon That Tent United States Metallica What Stage
United States Minus the Bear That Tent United States My Morning Jacket Which Stage
United States Nicole Atkins United States OAR Which Stage
Senegal Orchestra Baobab United States Ozomatli What Stage
United States Pat Green This Tent United States Pearl Jam What Stage
United States Phil Lesh & Friends Which Stage United States Rilo Kiley This Tent
England United States Robert Plant & Alison Krauss What Stage United States Robert Randolph's Revival That Tent
Canada Serena Ryder United States Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings Which Stage
Iceland Sigur Rós That Tent United States Solomon Burke That Tent
United States State Radio United States Steel Train
Republic of Ireland The Swell Season This Tent United States Talib Kweli The Other Tent
Canada Tegan & Sara This Tent United States The Allman Brothers Band (cancelled)
United States Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
feat. Bela Fleck
Netherlands United States
Sweden Canada
Tiësto feat. Cary Brothers,
José González, and Tegan & Sara
This Tent
United States The Felice Brothers United States The Fiery Furnaces That Tent
United States The Lee Boys That Tent United States The Raconteurs What Stage
United States The Sword That Tent Canada MSTRKRFT That Tent
United States Two Gallants This Tent Umphrey's McGee Which Stage
United States Vampire Weekend This Tent United States Willie Nelson Which Stage
United States Yonder Mountain String Band What Stage Canada Chromeo This Tent
United States The Disco Biscuits That Tent United States Les Claypool Which Stage
United States Chali 2na The Other Tent Don DiLego
The Sons of Roswell England Newton Faulkner
United States Stephen Marley What Stage United States Vampire Weekend This Tent
United States Widespread Panic What Stage United States What Made Milwaukee Famous This Tent
United States Phil Lesh, Larry Campbell and Jackie Greene United States The Bluegrass Allstars feat. Luke Bulla, Sam Bush,
Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Bryan Sutton

Somethin' Else- New Orleans:

Bonnaroo Comedy:

Cafe Acts

Cinema Tent

References

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  1. ^ a b "News | Bonnaroo 2015". Bonnaroo.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "News | Bonnaroo 2015". Bonnaroo.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  3. ^ "Kanye West's Bonnaroo Debacle | Music News". Spin. June 15, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  4. ^ "2008 Line-up". Bonnaroo.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2009.