Bonnaroo promotion company Superfly attempted to halt the weekend-long frenzy over the possibility of Led Zeppelin and Metallica possibly headlining next year’s festival today, via a statement to Billboard:
“The rumors that are out there about the Bonnaroo 2008 headliners are inaccurate,” Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment said in a statement released to Billboard.com. “We’re very excited about the lineup that we’re putting together for this year’s festival. We’ll be announcing the confirmed lineup toward the end of January/beginning of February.”
Hmm… but that doesn’t say flat-out “Led Zeppelin is not playing,” now, does it! Oh, I hate denials that are more confusing than the rumors inspired by them.
Bonnaroo Promoters Quash Lineup Rumors [Billboard]
Billboard: “There is a 1 in 100,000,000 chance that Zepp will play at ‘Roo.”
Me: “So, you’re saying there is a chance! Yessssss!”
Warm up dates have just leaked: the Rongovian Embassy in Trumansburg followed by the Blind Pig in Cleveland.
i just want to hear robert plant sing the line “i saw a lion he was standing alone/with a tadpole in a jar” in front of 100,000 people to satisfy my sense of distorted reality