Skipping out on Phish I opted to check out a couple of other artists before calling it a day. First up was French electronic/indie act Phoenix who played That Tent. Shockingly there was a giant crowd in the tent cheering them on. I guess not everyone went to Bonnaroo to see Phish.
After Phoenix my friends and I went to check out one of the greatest hip hop acts of my time, Public Enemy. They took over This Tent just after midnight and performed just as well as they would have twenty years ago. Opening with “Bring The Noise” Check D and Favor Flav announced that they would be playing their 1988 classic It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back in its entirety. That right there was the perfect ending to a great day.
Day Two at Bonnaroo was much better than the first. It only rained for less than five minutes during the late evening and was nothing to be concerned about. All of the Bonnaroo festival-goers were in great moods and everyone was just having fun.
Day Three looks to be even a bigger day with performances by Heartless Bastards, Jenny Lewis, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and Nine Inch Nails. I already know that tomorrow will be the longest day of the weekend for me so I think it would be best to get some shuteye at this time.
Article comments
1 - El Bicho
Sorry to hear the cops hassled you. No doubt their hard work is keeping Bonnaroo drug free. What jackasses.
Good to see you paid some respect to Reverend Al.
PE did the same thing at Coachella.
Looking forward to Day Three.
2 - Jordan Richardson
Check D and Favor Flav announced that they would be playing their 1988 classic It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back in its entirety.
*drools*
3 - Glen Boyd
Don't miss Bruce Brian. The setlists have gotten much better in Europe...he played "fade away" a couple of nights ago for the first time in 26 years. If you get "The Price You Pay" (which I'm assuming from what little I know about you wouldn't be a big deal to you anyway), remind me that I may have to kill you.
Either way, I wish I was there. Just don't miss Bruce dude.
-Glen
4 - Snickers
Big mistake skipping out on Phish chief
5 - oneshowatatime
wow, written by a true rook. not even camping at the roo? please...
6 - El Bicho
Snickers, he can always catch Phish on Sunday
7 - Ilena
Phish sucks. The only thing good about them is their light shows. I would never have missed Phoenix for them!
But that sucks the cops hassled you. I would have been pissed. I mean it's not like 90% of the people were on fucked up on something all weekend.
It was amazing though! I'm sad it's over :(
8 - Sneed
Phish's first show and then Girl Talk starting at 2:30 in the morning was the best part of Bonnaroo, no lie