Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder took Bonnaroo headlining duties in 2010, followed by Eminem and Lil Wayne in 2011. While their cult like following makes Radiohead the favorite for headlining duties this year, some formidable Hip Hop artists will also be joining the bill.
Kendrick Lamar, The Roots, Black Star, Yelawolf, Ludacris, Mac Miller, Childish Gambino, Flying Lotus and Danny Brown have also been listed as scheduled performers.
The Roots have previously performed at the Manchester, Tennessee music festival in 2007, with Black Thought shouting out the event on Thurz’s “Riot,” rhyming, “I’ll beat your ass like your mama do / Smoking catatonic chronic out in Bonnaroo.” Black Star will be appearing on the list of performers for the second consecutive year, and Talib Kweli also performed as a soloist in 2008.
A full roster of performers is listed below. This year’s edition of Bonnaroo will take place from June 7 – 10 in Manchester, Tennessee. For tickets and more information, visit the official Bonnaroo website.
2012 Bonnaroo Lineup:
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Phish
The Beach Boys
Bon Iver
The Avett Brothers
The Shins
Foster The People
Skrillex
Aziz Ansari
Dispatch
Feist
The Roots
Alice Cooper
Superjam
Black Star
The Word
Ludacris
Ben Folds Five
Flogging Molly
Spectrum Road
Mac Miller
Childish Gambino
Major Lazer
Tune-Yards
AfroCubism
Flying Lotus
Umphrey’s McGee
Little Dragon
St. Vincent
City and Colour
The Civil Wars
Young The Giant
Two Door Cinema Club
Punch Brothers
Needtobreathe
Fitz & The Tantrums
Bad Brains
YelaWolf
Dawes
Battles
Danny Brown
The Black Lips
SBTRKT
Phantogram
Kendrick Lamar
Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires
The Kooks
The Joy Formidable
The Antlers
Kathleen Edwards
MiMosa
KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS
Alabama Shakes
Das Racist
Delta Spirit
Gary Clark Jr.
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Laura Marling
Trampled by Turtles
Mogwai
The War on Drugs
Ben Howard
GROUPLOVE
Blind Pilot
ALO
The Devil Makes Three
White Denim
EMA
Here We Go Magic
K-Flay
The Lonely Forest
MARIACHI EL BRONX
Big Freedia
DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR.
The Soul Rebels
Kvelertak
Soja
Steven Bernstein’s MTO Plays SLY
Big Gigantic
Sarah Jarosz
Orgone
Darondo
Fruit Bats
Moon Taxi
This looks dope.
Damn I would love to go to this shit…if I had an extra G or so to drop.
Does DX realize that Das Racist is Hip-Hop too?
DX is getting better at reppin that real shit, props DX
they need to be reppin das racist too