sábado, 1 de septiembre de 2012

Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beach Boys to Headline Bonnaroo

Thom Yorke of Radiohead at the 2006 Bonnaroo Music an Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.Christopher Berkey for The New York TimesThom Yorke of Radiohead at the 2006 Bonnaroo Music an Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.

Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the reunited Beach Boys will headline this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, organizers said Tuesday. The sprawling four-day festival that starts on June 7 will have 125 bands on 13 stages, covering a wide range of genres and styles.

It will be the first time the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, will play the 11-year-old festival, which is held annually on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tenn.

The confirmed acts so far range from acoustic Americana groups like the Avett Brothers and the Civil Wars to electronic dance music producers like Skrillex, SBTRKT and Flying Lotus. Indie bands are well represented with Bon Iver, the Shins, Feist and Tune-Yards. Blues acts slated to play include Alabama Shakes and Gary Clark Jr. On the rap front, Das Racist and Yelawolf will perform.

So far, other groups who have committed to the festival include Phish, Black Star, Alice Cooper, Flogging Molly, Childish Gambino, Ben Folds Five, the Roots, Bad Brains, St. Vincent, Punch Brothers, Dawes, the Joy Formidable, Group Love, Kurt Vile & the Violators and Big Freedia.

Tickets go on sale Saturday at noon, Eastern time, at bonnaroo.com.

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