2012 Bonnaroo Live Webcast Schedule

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The 11th edition of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will be broadcast online this weekend for all your viewing pleasure.

Click HERE to go to their Youtube channel to catch some great bands.

You can also take the jump below to check out the schedule of performances, so you can plan when to tune in, right from the comfort of your own crib.

Official Lollapalooza 2012 Line-up Video

The highly anticipated 2012 Lollapalooza lineup was announced today.

Performers include Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Jack White, a reunited Black Sabbath, Florence & The Machine, At The Drive In, Frank Ocean, and many many more.

Festival date is August 3-5 at Chicago's Grant Park.

-Turnbull

Down & Dirty in the Desert: Musings on the 2012 Coachella Lineup

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Its time to see which musical acts will entertain throngs of sweaty hippies in the California desert this spring.

That's right folks....an annual rite of passage took place this week via the Goldenvoice concert promotions group: The announcement of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Lineup.

A good thing about this festival is that it gives you a pretty strong idea of the bands that'll be playing on the circuit throughout the year, so even it you can't make it to Cali, you'll probably catch some of these acts at a closer, more accessible fest near you.

Looks like they're mixing things up this year by spreading Coachella over two consecutive weekends: April 13th to 15th, and 20th to 22nd.

Goldenvoice's head honcho, Paul Tollett, shares the reason for the back-to-back weekend approach:

(from Boston Globe):
"The thought of this selling out super quick, and the only people who get to go are the people who bought the first minute or bought tickets for more than they sold for, that didn’t seem great to us.  We didn’t want to go with more people and ruin the experience. We can’t add a midnight show, and we didn’t want to add another city or raise the ticket price. So we decided to add another weekend."

Here's the lineup:

Coachella Live Webcast This Weekend

(photo via skinnytie.blogspot.com)

YouTube will have the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival webcast live all weekend.

To watch, click HERE
(note:  All set times are Pacific Daylight Time)

-Turnbull

Music Festivus for the Rest of Us

I've been quite happy with the re-emerging popularity of Music Festivals in recent years.

Three of the major North American "destination" festivals held each year, The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (in Indio, California just outside Palm Springs), Bonnaroo (in Manchester, Tennessee … by Nashville) and Lollapalooza (Chicago) deliver some of the best multi-day/multi-stage concert action money can buy.

Coachella always sets the tone for the outdoor concert season, as it's the first major music fest to take place in the calendar year. This year's dates are April 15th to 17th, and it sold out quick, fast and in a hurry (looking for tix? try eBay, Craigslist or StubHub). This year's headliners include Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, The Strokes, and Animal Collective. Plus there's been tons o' talk about this year's Death From Above 1979 reunion. The band is set to take the stage on Sunday's portion of the event, and will play several other shows throughout the year.

Jay-Z performing at Coachella 2010

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