From the streets in the city of Manchester, Tennessee, one could see cars backed all the way out to the highways as the throngs of music fanatics descended on the city's seventh annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
Despite the heavy traffic flow with some waiting more than four hours to get in, the process was orderly conducted with a staff of mostly local volunteers steering traffic and conducting the necessary searches of the camper's overstuffed automobiles.
The townspeople were also out in full force to take advantage of the stranded and hot travelers. Vendors were selling everything from fresh fruit to ice, with prices all marked up well above the average convenience store price. Some even charging four to five dollars for ice. However most were just out to make some spare change or to campaign for a good cause, with many local activist groups and girls softball teams going from car to car for donations.
FIRST DAY SHAKE-UPS & SET CHANGES
According to the blog the Nashville scene, MIA has canceled her entire European tour citing exhaustion something that apparently also includes her much hyped Friday night performance at the festival. There hasn't been an official announcement yet, and speculation continues. Perhaps the festival could fill the spot with the KINGS of LEON who are reportedly here camping at the festival and are currently not booked for any stage time (just a suggestion or a bout of wishful thinking)
To the delight or ire of the fans, the much maligned aligning of KANYE WEST and JACK JOHNSON for similar stage times on Saturday night has been readjusted more favorably. Instead of going head to head, West's show will be starting at 2:45 in the morning on Saturday, following shows by rappers TALIB KWALI and LUPE FIASCO. This puts KANYE and his Glow in the Dark tour at time slot more favorable to the stage setups supposed grandeur. On the downside however, the realignment also puts the beginning of WEST's into the time of SIGUR RUS's set which runs from 1-3.
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