Headliners Slideshow

Over the years, Bonnaroo has seen some big names, particularly in the jam-band community, as headliners. From Widespread Panic to Metallica, a number of bands from different genres have claimed the top spot on the billing in the past eight years. 

Also, there seems to be no ego at the festival, as nearly all the headliners have shared their spotlight with another band.  This year is no exception, with New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band co-headlining with Phish, freshly reunited and playing two shows over the weekend.

This slideshow highlights the headliners of Bonnaroo past and present.

Headliner Dates Announced

On Wednesday, Bonnaroo’s official website released the dates scheduled for the 2009 headliners, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and Phish.

As promised, Phish will play two shows over the four-day weekend, first taking the stage in a special late-night performance on Friday (or early Saturday, depending how you look at it).  Hopefully, they not suffer the same misfortunes that Kanye West faced at last year’s festival, when he upset the Bonnaroo crowd for delaying the start of his set for nearly two hours.  Phish’s second performance, on Sunday, will close proceedings at Bonnaroo.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will make their heavily-anticipated Bonnaroo debut on the Saturday.  Though the times for each of these respective three performances have not yet been named, more information should be released soon. 

June 11 could not come soon enough.