Bonnaroo around the Web: Saturday
Pearl Jam played three hours, Eddie Vedder joined Jack Johnson on stage, B.B. King was awarded the key to Manchester, Tennessee, and Kanye West pissed off a lot of people?
Saturday at Bonnaroo sure seemed eventful…
- Kanye came on a hour and 45 minutes late - bright and early at 4:25 A.M.
- Ben Folds retired “Bitches Ain’t Shit”
- Spin Magazine covered Pearl Jam’s headlining set like crazy…
Cat Power played “Dreams”
Iron & Wine played “The Shepard’s Dog”
B.B. King via understandastar...
Mastodon played “Ghost Of Karilla”
Ben Folds via Inside Celebs Pics…
Eddie Vedder with Jack Johnson via WBRU…
Pearl Jam’s three-hour marathon (an hour over their listed play time) included “WMA” - played for the first time in 13 years. It seemed like they’d never leave as they kept coming back and the encores kept going on. No complaints though, of course!
Eddie Vedder via Spin Magazine…
Pearl Jam played “Courduroy”
From our front row vantage point, we notice people pointing to the above-stage VIP area (the spot from where we watched Jack Johnson). They were pointing to, sure enough, the Olsen twins. Yes, both versions of Michelle Tanner were at the ‘Roo celebrating their birthday over the weekend. We’re told they’re big fans of Pearl Jam, but no word on which one’s dating Eddie Vedder.
Lupe Fiasco via Reville…
What a mistake that was. Kanje didn’t bother to start his set until 4:25 AM. Toward the end of the interminable wait flotsam and jetsum began raining on the stage to the chants of “Bullshit!, Bullshit!”. One carefully aimed projectile (a water bottle I suspect) made considerable contact with a video screen hanging toward the front of the cheesy plywood set and caused some damage (blue and red pixels).
Jun 17th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
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Jun 15th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
[...] As we mentioned, Kanye West didn’t hit the What Stage until 4:27 a.m. this morning - almost a hour and half later than what was his originally scheduled Bonnaroo set time. Of course, this comes after West succeeded last week in changing his performance time to ensure his “Glow in the Dark” tour would occur during complete darkness. [...]