Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Bonnaroo Bonnaroo '09: Public Enemy, Triumph and More Added
Posted by Adam Gold on Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Angry grrrls, Black Panthers, metalheads, indie rock snobs and those of you who think you have a sense of humor, rejoice. Bonnaroo just announced an additional 16 artists who will be appearing at this year's festival, as well as the comedians who will be appearing in the comedy tent. Among the artists announced are Ani DiFranco, Dillinger Escape Plan, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and Public Enemy. I caught Public Enemy's set at last year's Pitchfork Festival where The Spin had this to say about them:
Our 473-mile drive prevented us from seeing most of Friday night's opening festivities, but allowed us time to see Public Enemy play It'll Take a Nation of a Million to Hold Us Back. At least, that's what Flava Flav kept calling it. Of course, the record is called It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, but perhaps Flav felt this historic performance was a good time for some titular revisionism.All jokes aside though, Public Enemy was every bit as legendary as we hoped they would be, their set not only including the album, but classics such as "911 Is a Joke," "Welcome to the Terrordome" and "Fight the Power." There really is nothing like watching a 90 percent white audience chant along to choruses that are so 100 percent black. Hip-hop live is usually like watching an onstage frat party, but this was a true show, by true showmen, complete with militant dancers, a turntable solo from Terminator X, and the greatest hype-man in the game--Flava Flav--who to this day is still a perfectly odd catalyst for Chuck D's--the Joe Strummer of hip-hop--message of black empowerment and social justice.
Take a look after the jump to see the full list of newly added performers.
Public Enemy
Ani DiFranco
Amadou & Mariam
Shadows Fall
Heartless Bastards
Tony Rice Unit
High On Fire
Passion Pit
Dillinger Escape Plan
Wailing Souls
The Itals
MURS
White Rabbits
Janelle Monáe
Hockey
Pretty Lights
And in the "air-conditioned" comedy tent:
Jimmy Fallon
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Presents Bonnapoo 2009
An Evening (or Afternoon) with the Daily Show featuring John Oliver & Rob Riggle
Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter
Aziz Ansari
Kristen Schaal
Arj Barker
Todd Barry
Rory Albanese
Wayne Federman
Nick Thune
Nick Kroll
Kurt Braunohler
Amy Schumer
Kumail Nanjiani
Pete Homes
Oh yeah, and The Features!
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The Itals? Really? I understand that the hippy kids need a certain amount of roots reggae or their frisbees don't work right, but that seems like a real random selection.
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Oh God. Fuck Springsteen: John Oliver AND Arj Barker? I might have to actually go this year, for reals.
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