Led Zeppelin To Headline Bonnaroo?
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It is now official! The 7th Annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is now confirmed for the dates June 12—15, 2008. The four-day camping and music festival will once again be held a beautiful, 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee.
Announcements regarding the 2008 line up will be made in late January/early February. Meanwhile, it has been rumored that Led Zeppelin will be headlining at 2008’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival in Manchester.
Led Zeppelin, probably the greatest rock and roll band of all time, has not played together since the early 1990’s. They recently announced a one time only tribute show at O2 Arena in London for the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegün. Over 20 million fans from all over the globe requested tickets to the December 10 show. It cost at least $2,000 dollars to buy a ticket on the resale market. Led Zeppelin has not made any official announcements of any dates outside of their December 10th reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena.
Like The Police in 2007, Led Zeppelin’s possible decision to headline “the largest hippy festival in the world,” frequented by college students on summer break is a great way to introduce themselves to a new (think link: younger) group of hardcore fans. Many older performers are now actively engaged in selling themselves to a new generation.
The four-day festival begins June 12, and the official Bonnaroo website states that tickets will go on sale in March of 2008. Now is a good time to start saving and planning for this great annual event.
Will they play or not? A good promoter would deny the rumor in order to keep fueling the internet hype/rumor machine and optimize the free publicity, perhaps even leaking some rumors on their own. Imagine the ticket sales if you combine a legendary band with a web full of rumors and a fan base that wouldn't miss this performance for anything. In this case, fan speculation will be worth millions of dollars to the promoters. Just good old ballyhoo on their part! Check out the promoter's quote above, parse it and pause. Did they say anything about Led Zeppelin in their quote. No not at all. They only referred to the "headliners" which are as yet not named. Hmmmm......
Our opinion at the c>log is that this is part of the promotion for this year's festival and you will most likely get to see Led Zeppelin perform. Why? Because "it's been a long time" since they rock 'n' rolled...
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It is now official! The 7th Annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is now confirmed for the dates June 12—15, 2008. The four-day camping and music festival will once again be held a beautiful, 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee.
Announcements regarding the 2008 line up will be made in late January/early February. Meanwhile, it has been rumored that Led Zeppelin will be headlining at 2008’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival in Manchester.
Led Zeppelin, probably the greatest rock and roll band of all time, has not played together since the early 1990’s. They recently announced a one time only tribute show at O2 Arena in London for the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegün. Over 20 million fans from all over the globe requested tickets to the December 10 show. It cost at least $2,000 dollars to buy a ticket on the resale market. Led Zeppelin has not made any official announcements of any dates outside of their December 10th reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena.
Like The Police in 2007, Led Zeppelin’s possible decision to headline “the largest hippy festival in the world,” frequented by college students on summer break is a great way to introduce themselves to a new (think link: younger) group of hardcore fans. Many older performers are now actively engaged in selling themselves to a new generation.
The four-day festival begins June 12, and the official Bonnaroo website states that tickets will go on sale in March of 2008. Now is a good time to start saving and planning for this great annual event.
Update:
Unfortunately, after a rumor that Led Zeppelin and Metallica would headline the 2008 Bonnaroo festival, which caused an internet rumor frenzy, the event's promoters have spoken out to quash the reports.
"The rumors that are out there about the Bonnaroo 2008 headliners are inaccurate," Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment said in a statement released to Billboard.com. "We're very excited about the lineup that we're putting together for this year's festival. We'll be announcing the confirmed lineup toward the end of January/beginning of February.
Unfortunately, after a rumor that Led Zeppelin and Metallica would headline the 2008 Bonnaroo festival, which caused an internet rumor frenzy, the event's promoters have spoken out to quash the reports.
"The rumors that are out there about the Bonnaroo 2008 headliners are inaccurate," Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment said in a statement released to Billboard.com. "We're very excited about the lineup that we're putting together for this year's festival. We'll be announcing the confirmed lineup toward the end of January/beginning of February.
Will they play or not? A good promoter would deny the rumor in order to keep fueling the internet hype/rumor machine and optimize the free publicity, perhaps even leaking some rumors on their own. Imagine the ticket sales if you combine a legendary band with a web full of rumors and a fan base that wouldn't miss this performance for anything. In this case, fan speculation will be worth millions of dollars to the promoters. Just good old ballyhoo on their part! Check out the promoter's quote above, parse it and pause. Did they say anything about Led Zeppelin in their quote. No not at all. They only referred to the "headliners" which are as yet not named. Hmmmm......
Our opinion at the c>log is that this is part of the promotion for this year's festival and you will most likely get to see Led Zeppelin perform. Why? Because "it's been a long time" since they rock 'n' rolled...
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Related c>log Articles:
Led Zeppelin Catalog Now Available!
Add A New Friend: Led Zeppelin on MySpace
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