As we get closer and closer to next month’s Bonnaroo Festival, the event’s team continues to pump out material through their Bonnaroo 365 YouTube channel. Just this week a batch of videos from HT faves Umphrey’s McGee’s 2010 appearance at the ‘Roo’s Which Stage have surfaced.

For UM’s 2010 Bonnaroo set, they ended their set with the interesting pairing of Mantis and Glory. As Umphrey’s made their way through Mantis, the title track of their most-recent album at the time, all of the sudden the band changes course and starts Glory. Following a typically gorgeous take on Glory, they go right back to the point they were at in Mantis. Check it out…

You can also view Conduit and Booth Love from UM’s Bonnaroo 2010 set.

Over the last few months Bonnaroo organizers have been sharing videos of last year’s SuperJam on their YouTube channel. The 2012 edition of the SuperJam featured D’Angelo performing on an American stage for the first time in 12 years. The Roots drummer Questlove, participating in his third Bonnaroo SuperJam, put the ensemble which backed D’Angelo together.

The latest installment of Bonnaroo’s SuperJam 2012 mini-doc finds D’Angelo and Questlove leading the band through The Beatles’ Abbey Road classic She Came In Through The Bathroom Window…

UPDATE: There have been more Bonnaroo additions that have just been revealed. Solange, Empire of the Sun, ALO with special guests, The Polyphonic Spree, Black Prairie and Delta Rae will play the ‘Roo this June.

Bonnaroo organizers have revised this year’s lineup with a slew of additions, including HT faves the Ryan Montbleau Band, The Revivalists and Von Grey. Kacey Musgraves, Maps & Atlases, James McCartney, Rayland Baxter and Mac DeMarco are among the other acts that are set to play The Farm in Manchester, Tenn. this summer. Bonnaroo 2013 takes place between June 13 – 16 with a lineup that features headliners Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bjork and Wilco.

Here’s the full list of Bonnaroo 2013 additions…

Main Stage: Solange, Empire of the Sun, ALO with special guests, The Polyphonic Spree, Black Prairie, The Rubens and Delta Rae

Club Stages: Alanna Royale, Alice and the Glass Lake, Andrew Duhon, Bean, Capital Cities, Casey Crescenzo (of The Dear Hunter), Cat Martino, Chris Stapleton, Cloney, Daniel Romano & The Trilliums, He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister, Houndmouth, James McCartney, Jillette Johnson, Jonny Fritz, Kacey Musgraves, KYNG, Lil Iffy, Little Red Lung, Lucius, Luxury Liners, Mac DeMarco, Maps & Atlases, Matrimony, Milow, Naia Kete, Nocona, On an On, Peanut Butter Lovesicle, Ranch Ghost, Rayland Baxter, Ri¢hie Royal, Thunder, Ryan Montbleau Band, SIMO, The Mowgli’s, The Revivalists, Tiny Victories, von Grey, Wake Owl, White Lung, William Tyler

Superjam:

Larry Graham – Bassist (Graham Central Station, Sly & the Family Stone)
Bilal – Vocalist Extraordinaire

General admission tickets for Bonnaroo are currently on sale for $269.50 plus fees.

This week, Bonnaroo organizers will announce additions to this year’s festival. We know one of those bands as if you look at the lineup page on Bonnaroo.com and sort alphabetically, you’ll see “Bustle In Your Hedgerow” listed. Bustle shows find guitarist Scott Metzger, bassist Dave Dreiwitz, keyboardist Marco Benevento and drummer Joe Russo re-imagining Zeppelin tunes.

[Photo and Sleuthing via Wakamacca]

We’re not sure what day Bustle will be at the ‘Roo, but we do know it won’t be on the 14th as the quartet is set to play Chicago’s Bottom Lounge for an official Taste of Randolph Street after party.

Over the past few months Bonnaroo has been rolling out videos from their Hay Bale Sessions series of performances on the Bonnaroo365 YouTube channel. The series is described as “Tucked away backstage at Bonnaroo, buried beneath a stack of hay bales, is a room where artists duck out of the weekend’s madness to play stripped-down versions of their songs. The Hay Bale Sessions will lead you through a secret doorway where you can join artists to watch these pure and intimate performances.” The latest set of videos from the Hay Bale Sessions features Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’s Hay Bale Sessions contains three tunes – Nothing But Our Love, Simple Girl and Skeletons. We’ve put the three clips into one handy playlist for your viewing pleasure…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Hay Bale Sessions

Superfly Presents has teamed with YouTube to webcast the last few Bonnaroo festivals and Outside Lands in 2009, so we were surprised to see that the event organizer has turned to Ustream to simulcast their two biggest events – Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. Ustream will broadcast the events through its website as well as through the Ustream mobile app and mobile website.

This is particularly good news for those who can’t attend Outside Lands as there was just an audio-only webcast available last year and none in 2011 and 2010 for the San Francisco-based event.

Ustream has big plans for the webcasts…

Music fans anywhere in the world will now have the ability to personalize their viewing experience by choosing from unique content across multiple stages, as well as candid fan views from Ustream’s Mobile Mob. Ustream’s Mobile Mob is a new grassroots approach that will empower selected festival attendees to share their unique experiences with other fans, live, via their mobile devices.

“This year, fans will be granted never-seen-before, live access to two of the most important festivals in the U.S. — even in the palms of their hands via mobile devices,” said Chris Blocker, senior vice president of sales and business development for Ustream. “The mix of premium and fly-on-the-wall content powerfully illustrates how bands can become fans and fans can join bands in a seamless social entertainment experience such as this.”

Bonnaroo takes place down on the farm in Manchester, Tennessee from June 13 – 16, while Outside Lands takes place in San Francisco, California’s Golden Gate Park on August 9 – 11. Veteran producer and audio engineer Hank Neuberger has been tapped to orchestrate Ustream’s multi-camera shoots at both events. Expect the schedules to drop a few days before each festival.

[via JamBase]

One of the more intriguing bits on last month’s Bonnaroo 2013 lineup announcement dealt with this year’s SuperJams. First off, there will be at least two SuperJams on “the farm” in June. Actor/musician Ed Helms of The Office will host a tent called “Bluegrass Situation.” As part of his duties, Helms will also curate a bluegrass SuperJam with “special guests.” Also, Jim James will front what was originally billed as a “Soul SuperJam” that will feature the My Morning Jacket singer/guitarist performing with John Oates of Hall & Oates, drummer Zigaboo Modeliste of The Meters and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. There’s been a slight change in verbiage to the James’ led SuperJam which we found interesting and thought you might as well.

If you look at the Bonnaroo.com page with the 2013 lineup on it, you’ll notice the name of the SuperJam has changed. What was originally the “Soul SuperJam” is now “Rock N’ Soul Dance Party SuperJam.” Does that mean one or more of the famous rockers on the ‘roo bill will join Jim James, Zigaboo and Pres Hall? Can we expect a few dance and rock classics blended in among soul songs?

Here’s what we know: according to Modeliste’s website this SuperJam is set to take place on Saturday of Bonnaroo Weekend. Also, when The Tennessean posted about the Jim James SuperJam here’s what they had to say…

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One of the many memorable moments that took place at last year’s Bonnaroo was the event’s SuperJam which featured D’Angelo performing on an American stage for the first time in 12 years. The Roots drummer Questlove, participating in his third Bonnaroo SuperJam, put the ensemble which backed D’Angelo together. Today, the first episode of a concert film/mini-documentary about the 2012 SuperJam has been posted on the Bonnaroo365 YouTube channel.

The mini-doc follows Questlove as he leaves New York City on a Friday night after a Late Night with Jimmy Fallon taping and heads for Tennessee. Questo explains the process that went into preparing for the SuperJam and the previous Bonnaroo SuperJams he took part in. This first installment concludes with D’Angelo, Questlove, Frankie Knuckles, Kirk Douglas, Pino Palladino, James Poyser, Eric Leeds, Jesse Johnson and Kendra Foster performing My Summertime Thang – a song Prince wrote and produced for Morris Day and The Time’s Pandemonium album. Let’s take a look…

Look for the next episode of the SuperJam ’13 mini-doc on Wednesday, April 3rd.

Bonnaroo 365 has continued to churn out professionally-shot videos of classic Bonnaroo moments and we’re particularly psyched with the latest selection. This one comes from My Morning Jacket’s instant classic late night show at Bonnaroo 2008 in the pouring rain.

For the finale of the Louisville-based band’s first of two marathon sets at Bonnaroo’s Which Stage, My Morning Jacket brought out “new friend” Kirk Hammett on Metallica to help out on One Big Holiday.

My Morning Jacket w/ Kirk Hammett – One Big Holiday

And Bonnaroo 365 also shared video of Andrew Bird with MMJ on The Bear from ’06…

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Bonnaroo365 has started rolling out archival videos from past festivals as part of their Bric-A-Brac: Before They Were Headliners series and the first two of the year are amazing. First up, watch Phoenix perform 1901 to close their set at Bonnaroo 2010…

Phoenix @ Bonnaroo 2010 – 1901

Next up, check out a super young My Morning Jacket at Bonnaroo 2003…

My Morning Jacket @ Bonnaroo 2003 – Lowdown

Earlier today Weird Al Yankovic hosted the Bonnaroo Lineup Announcement Megathon in which the lineup for this year’s Bonnaroo fest was revealed. There were plenty of complaints about the format, but for the hour when Yankovic and his guests were announcing the ‘Roo acts, it seemed Bonnaroo was all our readers were talking about on Twitter and Facebook.

Bonnaroo performers and HT faves Portugal. The Man were tasked with providing the musical entertainment and we thought they delivered a fine version of perhaps their most well-known tune – So American. In true Bonnaroo spirit, Weird Al joined them to add some rockin’ accordion. Take a look…

Later, Portugal. The Man backed Yankovic on Canadian Idiot…

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Today is Bonnaroo Lineup Announcement Day and this year Superfly and AC Entertainment have tasked Weird Al Yankovic with announcing the acts that will play Bonnaroo 2013 on June 13 – 16.

Paul McCartney will make his first Bonnaroo appearance this June, while fellow headliners Mumford & Sons and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers will return to The Farm. HT faves Wilco, Pretty Lights, David Byrne & The National, Passion Pit, Animal Collective, Jim James, Gov’t Mule, Portugal. The Man, Trombone Shorty and Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers are also set to appear at Bonnaroo this June. Superjam wise, we’re excited to see Jim James paired up with Meters drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, John Oates and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for a Soul SuperJam, while actor Ed Helms will front a bluegrass jam session. Also of note, Weird Al himself will appear at the festival.

Here’s the complete Bonnaroo 2013 lineup…

Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Björk, Wilco, Pretty Lights, R. Kelly, Wu-Tang Clan, Daniel Tosh, The National, The Lumineers, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Passion Pit, The xx, Kendrick Lamar, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Of Monsters and Men, Nas, ZZ Top, Beach House, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Cat Power, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, A$AP Rocky, Jim James, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Tame Impala, SUPERJAMS: Soul SuperJam ft. Jim James with John Oates, Zigaboo Modeliste (of the Meters), Preservation Hall Jazz Band and more TBA!, Ed Helms Bluegrass Situation Superjam with special guests, Boys Noize, Glen Hansard, Gov’t Mule, Gaslight Anthem, Portugal. The Man, Wolfgang Gartner, Billy Idol, Sam Bush & Del McCoury, Dwight Yoakam, Foals, Porter Robinson, Local Natives, Matt & Kim, Dirty Projectors, Trombone Shorty, John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, Noam Pikelny & Friends, Amadou & Mariam, Alt-J, Father John Misty, Baroness, The Tallest Man On Earth, Walk The Moon, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, A-Trak, The Vaccines, Earl Sweatshirt, Paper Diamond, Holy Ghost!, Divine Fits, Mike Birbiglia, Purity Ring, Swans, Frank Turner, Big K.R.I.T., Allen Stone, Cults, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Fatoumata Diawara, Two Gallants, The Sheepdogs, Four Tet, Calexico, Japandroids, Death Grips, Conspirator, Wild Nothing, AraabMUZIK, John Fullbright, Django Django, HAIM, Killer Mike, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Action Bronson, Clockwork, twenty | one | pilots, Reptar, DIIV, Milo Greene, Lord Huron, Futurebirds, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Charli XCX, JEFF The Brotherhood, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Sea Wolf, JD McPherson, Trixie Whitley, Deap Vally, Patrick Watson, Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers, The Stepkids, Aoife O’Donovan, Bombino, Bernhoft, Matthew E. White

Watch the official lineup announcement vid hosted by Daniel Tosh…

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Since its humble beginnings in 2002, Bonnaroo organizers have found all sorts of ways to announce the festival’s lineup. This year, they have enlisted Weird Al Yankovic to host a one-hour event on YouTube in which he’ll reveal the lineup.

Organizers haven’t let us know exactly when this one-hour event will take place, but they have announced that in addition to the lineup reveal, the broadcast will also feature classic Bonnaroo performances, live in-studio appearances and performances, surprises and giveaways. This should be interesting. We’ll let you know when we find any additional information.

Over the past few months our friends at Bonnaroo365 have been posting clips of their Hay Bale Sessions in which they had Bonnaroo 2012 performers play a few songs in a quiet setting. We’ve already pointed you towards Delta Spirit’s and Umphrey’s McGee’s Hay Bale Sessions and today you NEED to check out HT fave Michael Kiwanuka in action.

Bonnaroo365 has posted three songs from Kiwanuka’s Hay Bale Sessions – I’m Getting Ready, Tell Me A Tale and Rest – and they are all soul stirring. Check ‘em out…

Over the past few months Bonnaroo has been rolling out videos from their Hay Bale Sessions series of performances on the Bonnaroo365 YouTube channel. The series is described as “Tucked away backstage at Bonnaroo, buried beneath a stack of hay bales, is a room where artists duck out of the weekend’s madness to play stripped-down versions of their songs. The Hay Bale Sessions will lead you through a secret doorway where you can join artists to watch these pure and intimate performances.” The latest set of videos from the Hay Bale Sessions features HT faves Umphrey’s McGee.

On Wednesday, UM’s Hay Bale Sessions performance of the funky Comma Later debuted on Bonnaroo365 followed by Domino Theory yesterday. Today, we’re pleased to help premiere Umphrey’s take on the soul-laden Booth Love that the sextet laid down for the Hay Bale Sessions. Here’s a playlist containing all three songs as well as other Hay Bale Sessions performances…

Bonnaroo365 Hay Bale Sessions

In other UM-related news, SiriusXM’s Jam_ON channel will broadcast the band’s sold-out anniversary show live from Brooklyn Bowl this Sunday. Tune in starting at 8PM ET for a special pre-show that will be hosted by Jam_ON’s Ari Fink and UM LD Jefferson Waful. I’ll be a guest on the broadcast as will our friend Mike Greenhaus of Relix/Jambands.com, with other surprises in store.