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Organizers Say Bonnaroo 2008 Was A Success Despite No Sell-Out

posted Jun 24, 2008 at 9:20 AM by deathbringer.  (4 Comments)

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Billboard.com reports: An ambitious lineup helped the seventh Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival overcome inflated gas prices and a more crowded North American festival scene to post attendance of more than 70,000. The festival ran June 12-15 on a 750-acre rural site about 60 miles south of Nashville.

That's shy of a Bonnaroo sellout of 80,000, but enough to please festival producers A.C. Entertainment and Superfly Presents. "Our sales are a little bit off, but not really what a lot of other people seem to be experiencing," says Ashley Capps, president of Knoxville, Tenn.-based A.C. Entertainment. "We feel very, very lucky."

Logistically, Bonnaroo ran smoothly, with intense heat countered by sporadic rain. Local law authorities reported fewer arrests and there were no deaths this year.

"It's becoming almost a cliche, but every year surpasses the last in some really tangible way," says Capps. "I don't want it to sound in any way like we're resting our laurels, but it really had all the characteristics of a finely tuned machine and it was thrilling to see that in action."

Read the full article at Billboard.com.

Source: Billboard.com

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4 Comments on "Bonnaroo A Success Despite No Sell-Out"

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1. n20verdose writes:

I heard Metallica on XM from bannaroo, dont get me wrong i love metallica, but james needs to stop tryin to sing sh**. it was killing me!

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2. brandedcfh420 writes:

i watched it at bonnaroo's website. i laughed at all the slagging they took at the crowds lack of response, sound probs, etc....

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3. Kalis_wrath writes:

Maybe its time for James to throw in the towel and let them get a new singer in?

On second thought... nah... they all just need to throw in the towel.

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4. my hate writes:

heard gaytallica (from bonnaroo) on xm.....awful.........the worst thing i've ever heard

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