Six years after sprouting as some hippie jam fest, Bonnaroo has blossomed into the best festival this country has to offer. Despite the barrage of new festivals threatening their market share, AC Entertainment and Superfly Productions continue to put together the best lineups.

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Where else can you see such a diverse lineup of the best artists from music’s past, present and future. This year we have Levon Helm, Phil Lesh and Robert Plant representing Team Fiesty Vet; The Raconteurs, Kanye West and My Morning Jacket as the current purveyors of the good stuff; while The Felice Brothers, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, !!! and Back Door Slam offer a taste of where we’re going.

(NME and the Associated Press both reported Led Zeppelin will headline the event, but the Bonnaroo site doesn’t have them on the bill. Yikes, sweet work there, fellas. That “d” is a “z” — Lez Zeppelin will be in Tennessee.)

The one thing that sticks out from looking at this year’s lineup is just how many acts they’ve booked. Where else can you see so many of the top touring acts in the country at one location? The 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival takes place in Manchester, Tennessee on June 12 – 15. Tickets go on sale soon, and if you’re expecting to go, we’d buy ‘em early this year.

Enough of the prelims, read on after the jump for the full lineup…

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

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

Bonnaroo Comedy:
Bonnaroo Late Night Chat About with David Cross
Janeane Garofalo
Zach Galifianakis
Jim Norton
Brian Posehn
Mike Birbiglia
John Mulaney
Michelle Buteau

Scott Bernstein

Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.

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