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Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Rolls Out: Weezer, Jeff Beck, The Flaming Lips and More
2/9/10, 12:03 pm EST

The lineup for the 2010 Bonnaroo Festival is very slowly rolling out as artists playing the Manchester, Tennessee fest are revealing the news via Twitter, MySpace and their official Websites. It’s all part of the Internet-wide global “virtual event” that organizers planned to drum up excitement for this year’s fest, which will take place June 10th to 13th. Tickets for the festival will go on sale around 12 p.m. EST at the official Bonnaroo Website. At that time, a sampling of the artists recruited to play the 2010 fest will be revealed, with the full lineup scheduled to be unveiled tonight.

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Phoenix were the first band to “officially” announce they’ll be performing Bonnaroo, with Weezer coming in a close second. Jeff Beck, Jeff Fogerty, OK Go, Martin Medeski & Wood and the Avett Brothers also confirmed they’ll be on hand. As Rolling Stone previously reported, the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne accidentally let slip that his band will perform Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon during a late-night set, while still-unconfirmed reports named Paul Simon as a potential headliner. Dave Matthews is all but guaranteed a slot headlining one night of Bonnaroo, having left a long gap in his summer touring schedule around the festival, but so far no “official” announcement regarding DMB’s involvement has been made.
This “virtual event,” however, has opened the window for unknown bands and people who aren’t even musicians to tweet that they are included in the lineup. Keep it tuned all day to Rolling Stone as we sift through the truth and the fiction while updating the official Bonnaroo lineup as it is announced.

Check out all of Rolling Stone’s coverage of Bonnaroo.

Artists confirmed for Bonnaroo 2010:

Phoenix
Weezer
Flaming Lips covering Dark Side of the Moon
OK Go
Jeff Beck
John Fogerty
Medeski Martin & Wood
Chromeo w/ guest Daryl Hall
Punch Brothers
The Avett Brothers
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Isis
311
Baroness
Blues Traveler
Bassnectar
Neon Indian
Black Keys
The Constellations