Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Bonnaroo Bonnaroo Headliner Performance Dates Announced: Jun. 13 to Be the Greatest Day in Middle-Tennessee History
Posted by Adam Gold on Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Phish will be performing on the Friday and Sunday of the festival weekend. The Friday show will be a special late night performance and the Sunday show will close out the weekend. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will be performing on Saturday. Look for more details coming soon!
So there you have it. Like a juicy slice of prime rib sandwiched between two bunk pot brownies. There is one concern to have over Springsteen's scheduled performance at the 'Roo and that's the availability of drummer Max Weinberg.
Weinberg will be starting his new gig as bandleader for the Tonight Show on Jun. 1. During his tenure on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, NBC had permitted my fellow Jewish drummer to take sabbaticals to tour with Springsteen. Word on E Street right now is that the suits are hammering out the particulars of Weinberg's availability as we speak. According to Rolling Stone:
When Max himself spoke to Rolling Stone earlier this year he described NBC's extreme patience over his frequent absences, hitting the road with the increasingly busy Springsteen. "It's a hell of a problem to have in this economy," he said, explaining that a well known NBC sitcom star's attorney asked why Weinberg was allowed sabbaticals when his client couldn't take one to film a movie. "The NBC lawyer thought for a second, then said, 'The next time Bruce Springsteen asks your client to play drums, she can do that.' In the legal department it's known as the Weinberg-Springsteen Rule."
Here is a reminder of Weinberg's value to NBC:
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If Costello and Springsteen wind up on the same day, peace cannot help but come to the Middle East.
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My question is, who's gonna carry Gold's body back to the press area after his head explodes that Saturday night?
Dammit, you know it's going to be me. Swearing at Gold's stupid, headless, Costello-Springsteen-U2 loving corpse the whole time.
"According to Elvis Costello's website, he's also playing Saturday."
(spits full glass of milk across desk)
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