2008 Summer Festival Outlook (Part VIII)
Willie Nelson at Bonnaroo? Animal Collective at Coachella? Today’s update sees some major additions to three of the biggest festivals of this upcoming summer.
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* = Lineup Addition

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2008:
June 12-15, 2008 - Manchester, Tennessee
Confirmed:
- BB King —

- Pat Green —

- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss —

- Willie Nelson —
*
- Radiohead, Neil Diamond, Foo Fighters, and Lily Allen all won’t be at Bonnaroo.
Rumored:
- My Morning Jacket —

- Led Zeppelin —

- Pearl Jam —

- Rush —
- No date scheduled during Bonnaroo
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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2008:
April 25-27, 2008 - Indio, California
Confirmed:
- Akron/Family’s band (f. The Dodos) —
* - Animal Collective —
* - Austin TV —

- Autolux —

- The Breeders —

- The Cinematic Orchestra (w/Heidi Vogel) —

- Chromeo (?) —

- Death Cab for Cutie (?) —

- Deltron 3030 (?) —

- DREDG —

- Duffy —

- Electric Touch —

- Goldfrapp —

- Kavinski —
* - Kidsister —

- Sia —

- Sons & Daughters —

- Spirtualized —

- VHS or Beta (?) —

- The Prodigy, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, MSTRKRFT, Caribou will not be at Coachella
Rumored:
- Animal Collective —
- They’ll “perhaps [play] at least one show in April in the USA”
- Swervedriver —
- Possible Coachella appearance mentioned
- Mogwai —
- Want to play in Spring U.S. festival
- Chemical Brothers —

- Portishead —

- Simian Mobile Disco —
- In the surrounding area during or around Cocachella
- Dwight Yoakam —
- In the surrounding area during or around Cocachella
- Hot Chip —
- In the surrounding area during or around Cocachella
- Radiohead —
- Growing increasingly doubtful
- The Verve —

- Green Day —
- No official rumor, but new album due out in 2008
- My Bloody Valentine —

- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks —

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South by Southwest 2008:
March 12-16, 2008 - Austin, Texas
Confirmed:
- R.E.M. —

- My Morning Jacket —

- Alina Simone —
* - A Place to Bury Strangers —

- Bella —

- The Black Crowes —

- The Black Keys —

- Black Joe Lewis —

- Black Mountain —

- Born Ruffians —

- Bowerbirds —

- The Breeders —

- British Sea Power —
* - Bun B —

- Chester French —

- The Cribs —

- Daniel Lanois —

- Dead Confederate —
* - DeVotchKa —

- The Dodos —

- Dokkebi Q —

- El Jesus De Magico —

- Fanfarlo —
* - Fleet Foxes —
* - Gallows —

- Hanne Hukkelberg —

- The Hard Lessons —
* - Headlights —
* - Health —

- Holy Fuck —
* - Hot Water Music —

- Hotel Cafe Tour —

- The Kills —

- Jens Lekman —

- Joe Lean + The Jing Jang Jong —

- Lightspeed Champion —

- Mala Rodriguez —

- Man Man —

- MGMT —

- My Brightest Diamond —

- Nada Surf —

- Office —
* - Parts & Labor —
* - Pato Banton —

- Pinstripe —

- Phosphorescent —

- Popup —

- Ra Ra Riot —

- Radar Bros. —

- The Raveonettes —

- Robyn —

- Sam Champion —

- Sia —

- Smalltown Supersound —

- Sons & Daughters —

- The Stills —

- South —
* - Sunny Day Sets Fire —
* - TECH N9NE —

- These New Puritans —

- Uncrowned —

- Uffie —

- Vampire Weekend —

- The Vines —

- The Voom Blooms —

- Watershed —

- White Williams —

- Wooden Shjips —

- Showcases from: Domino Records, Columbus Discount Records, Little Radio + Noise Pop, Signal to Noise Magazine, The Bay Bridged
- Lou Reed, Thurston Moore, Daryl Hall, and Seymour Stein are confirmed to speak
[Autinist] has a list of some of the small, local bands confirmed for SXSW
What we don’t know?
- What is there to know?























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