Bonnaroo 2008 Lineup Announced [Zeppelin To Play Bonnaroo, As Girls]

The big Bonnaroo lineup announcement was made today. And though I'm decidedly NOT a big fan of either Pearl Jam or Metallica, I'm also not a huge fan of going to the big headlining concerts at Bonnaroo anyway.

This year brings more metal (Metallica, Mastodon) and more mainstream hip hop (Kanye, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco) to Bonnaroo than ever before. Not to mention the indie bands that will draw all the hipsters (Vampire Weekend, Black Kids, M.I.A.) and the jammier bands (O.A.R., Jack Johnson, The Bluegrass Allstars, Yonder Mountain String Band) to satisfy the hippies, though shockingly no Widespread Panic this year to close out the festivities.

So, who am I excited to see? (Listed in order of excitement, stars by bands I've seen before)

!!!
Kanye West
Sigur Ros
The Allman Brothers Band
Iron & Wine*
B.B. King
The Raconteurs*
Death Cab for Cutie*
Talib Kweli*
Gogol Bordello*
Broken Social Scene
Ozomatli
Mastadon
Lupe Fiasco
Battles

Apparently there is a Zeppelin playing Bonnaroo: Lez Zeppelin! Huh?

After a little Googling, I've discovered it's an all-girl Zeppelin cover band. Haha. Awesome.

The full list is below and also on the Bonnaroo website.

Pearl Jam
Metallica
Jack Johnson*
Kanye West
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Phil Lesh & Friends
My Morning Jacket*
The Allman Brothers Band
The Raconteurs*
Willie Nelson
Death Cab for Cutie*
B.B. King
Sigur Ros
Levon Helm and the Ramble on the Road
Ben Folds*
O.A.R.
The Bluegrass Allstars Feat. Luke Bulla, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela
Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Bryan Sutton
M.I.A.
Umphrey’s McGee*
Iron & Wine*
Yonder Mountain String Band
Swell Season
Talib Kweli*
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi’s Soul Stew Revival
Gogol Bordello*
Broken Social Scene
Robert Randolph’s Revival
Rilo Kiley*
Mastodon
Lupe Fiasco
Against Me!*
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Pat Green
Ozomatli
Tegan & Sara
Solomon Burke
Drive-By Truckers
!!!
The Avett Brothers
Israel Vibration
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck
Phil Lesh / Larry Campbell / Jackie Greene
Aimee Mann*
Ladytron
The Fiery Furnaces
Orchestra Baobab
Ghostland Observatory
Jose Gonzalez
Dark Star Orchestra
Minus the Bear
Donavon Frankenreiter
Lez Zeppelin
State Radio
Battles
Jakob Dylan
Two Gallants
The Sword
Vampire Weekend
Little Feat
Nicole Atkins
The Felice Brothers
Mason Jennings
MGMT
The Lee Boys
Black Kids
Serena Ryder
Steel Train
Grupo Fantasma
Back Door Slam

Bonnaroo Comedy:
David Cross
Janeane Garofalo
Zach Galifianakis
Jim Norton
Brian Posehn
Mike Birbiglia
John Mulaney
Michelle Buteau