1. Never leave your computer, ever. For the past week, I’ve either been in a car, boiling, or tent, boiling, or waiting to see Paul McCartney, boiling, at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee, so I wasn’t able to take part in the collective Internet orgasm known as OMG NEW KANYE WEST YEEZUS #yeezus Day when the album leaked.
Bonnaroo is a 4-day music festival in the middle of nowhere Tennessee, 70-miles outside Nashville. It ended yesterday after 90,000 people enjoyed music performances by Billy Idol, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, The Lumineers, R. Kelly and more. Show More Summary
In today’s musical birthdays … Beatles icon Paul McCartney turned 71 on Tuesday, but his age didn’t stop him from
Happy Birthday to Blake Shelton! He’s 37 today. Let’s see who else is celebrating a birthday. Musician Paul McCartney is 71. Actress Linda Thorson is 66. Keyboardist John Evans of The Box Tops is 65. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 61. … Continue reading »
“We’re about to see a goddamned Beatle.” You couldn’t walk five feet without hearing at least one person utter that glowing refrain during night two of Bonnaroo around the What Stage (not that you could walk five feet; by nightfall, the 16-acre Manchester, Tennessee, farm was packed to the silo with 70,000 people). Show More Summary
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin ZZ Top / The Wu-Tang Clan / Jim James / green girl @ Bonnaroo 6/14/2013 Depsite a couple cancelations (Mumford, Earl Sweatshirt), Bonnaroo 2013 had more than enough starpower to keep the masses entertained throughout...
This year’s Bonnaroo curators covered important bases in terms of top-level talent: from iconic boomer-fare like Paul McCartney and Tom Petty, to iconic R&B fare like R. Kelly, to iconic hipster/hippie fare (a Bonnaroo speciality) in Animal Collective. And the undercard was ripe, too, with strong names from most every genre over four days on [...]
Senator Schumer seeks to crack down on "academic doping," Southern pastors want to decriminalize drug use, and Paul McCartney smells weed on-stage at Bonnaroo.
What is there more to say about Paul McCartney’s set, other than it was basically perfect on this chilly Friday night?
Paul McCartney took a moment out of his two-and-a-half-hour, headlining Bonnaroo set to show support for the incarcerated Russian punk band Pussy Riot. As he and his band wrapped “Back in the U.S.S.R,” off the Beatles‘ 1968 self-titled double album, a screen flashed images of traditional Russian folk dancers before a message appeared: “FREE PUSSY... More »
Macca flashes "Free Pussy Riot" during "Back in the USSR".
MANCHESTER, Tennessee (AP) — Even a former Beatle needs a moment standing on the main stage at Bonnaroo.
The Bonnaroo Music Festival runs Friday through Sunday and some of music's biggest names will be performing. Can't make it to the Tennessee event? No worries, because it's streaming live.
Who said you can’t teach an old rocker new tricks? He basically invented most of the tricks in the bag anyway. Can you believe it, we actually really dig this. Listen to the heavy track on Rolling Stone: “Out of Sight” (which also features...Show More Summary
Get back, JoJo (I'm about to drop the bass).
Paul McCartney was just named Music's Coolest Dad by iHeartRadio listeners, and he's perhaps rewarding youthful fans with a crossover treat. "Out of Sight," McCartney's...
Many acts from the music fest, including Paul McCartney, will stream live.
Along with Paul McCartney and Tom Petty, the hugely popular but controversial vest-folk revivalists Mumford & Sons were scheduled to headline this weekend’s Bonnaroo Festival. But now, that won’t happen, and Bonnaroo organizers will have to find someone else to fill tomorrow night’s headliner spot. Mumford & Sons have a good reason for the cancellation: [...]
Despite his massive popularity with the Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney and his Wings bandmates worked incredibly hard to find the right intimate gigs to play in Britain. McCartney appeared on The Colbert Report this week and he told host Stephen Colbert that he would drive up and down British streets in search of colleges where his new [...]Show More Summary
Bonnaroo 2013 is set to begin down in Manchester, Tennessee and you can watch the show live online. Some of the biggest names in music will be playing at Bonnaroo this year, including Of Monsters and Men, Paul McCartney, Macklemore and Mumford & Sons, and many of the concerts will stream live online. The Bonnarooo [...]Show More Summary