Rural men take trains…

Headin back to NYC for NYE.

It seems like the perfect match, doesn’t it? The biggest rock band in the world playing North America’s largest festival.

Ever since U2 signed on to play Glastonbury last month rumors have been circulating that U2 was being lined up for next year’s Bonnaroo. And while this may have been well-wishing at the beginning, it sounds like it may not be well-wishing after all. According to Alex Young, CEO of online music publication Consequence of Sound, Bonnaroo officials have not ruled the band out, an about face from 2008′s ‘Roo when promoters came out of the wood work to kill Led Zeppelin rumors. While the U2 buzz may not have reached Zeppelin heights it still proves that the ‘Roo promoters are not afraid of squashing rumors.

Young states: “U2 feels more and more like Springsteen last year — it was hard to imagine, but in the back of our minds, we knew it was going to happen. U2 is certainly capable of hitting Manchester even despite the fact they’ll be in the west coast. Bruce & Co. flew from Europe last year. I do not have any specific word of them being confirmed yet, but I have not got one blatant “no” from the people I’ve talked to.”

If Bono, The Edge, Adam and Larry do indeed choose to grace the Manchester farm this summer, it won’t be a stretch for the Irish quartet to fit right in. In addition to being in the midst of a world-wide tour, the lads have also played their fair share of festivals over the years.

As for Roger Waters, the moon and the stars may be aligned for an appearance this upcoming summer. Waters came out earlier this year saying he has been working on The Wall Tour, tentatively slated to be played in 2010 and 2011. While there is no concrete news that he has signed on to play the farm, he has been the subject of conversation for some time…and many times where there is smoke, there is fire.

We are going to continue covering all-things Bonnaroo here at The Rural Minority, please be sure to sign up to get all the info.

Here his a video to remind us what Bonnaroo is all about:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r05YEvtHZA[/youtube]

More Bonnaroo to come..

AND…thank you Bonnaroo Paul.

PS.  Note that video was created by the Rural Minority’s own BRBEANER and features PaulieOdowd and more members…

My little brother Brad has a new band he is jamming with now. They are playing NYE at the Temple in Canandagua. I’ll get more details or Brad can get on here and promote his own shit

GO SUPPORT!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP2GCTIKBp4[/youtube]

I am wondering if any drinks bought are business expenses of 745 ENTERTAINMENT WORLDWIDE Inc.

We will begin with a few pix of the Fillmore Liquor Store…

745 N Union bound….

I mean, how cool is this?  They were out busking on Grafton St. on Christmas Eve for charity.

Here are a couple of videos…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzg97xwoJwk[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS2H6s-qALQ&feature=related[/youtube]

Enough said…

According to the web site Consequence of Sound, here are some educated guesses on who may be heading to Bonnaroo next year (and yes, pumped about the first one, if it’s true):

Bonnaroo (June 10-13; Manchester, TN):

• U2 - It’s beginning to appear more and more that Bono and Co. will be making their way to Manchester.

• Roger Waters performing The Wall - Word on the street is that The Who isn’t happening. Roger Waters seems like a suitable replacement.

• The String Cheese Incident – This year’s Phish.

• Guns N’ Roses – If Axl were to play any music festival this summer (and we know he wants too), then it would have to be Bonnaroo.

• Jay-Z - Might be a bit of a stretch considering he already has a date in Europe that weekend, but Bonnaroo does need some hip-hop and it only makes sense that the world’s biggest festival would tap the world’s biggest rapper. Late night set? Thank goodness there are things such as airplanes.

• Pavement - Exclusivity won’t matter by then. Why not have them?

• Pixies - Keeping the reunion going.

• My Morning Jacket – My Morning Jacket and Bonnaroo belong together.

• Others: The Flaming Lips, Them Crooked Vultures, She & Him, The Whigs, Deftones, The National, Rufus Wainwright, Drive-By Truckers, STS9, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros