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Posted at 3:07 PM on June 15, 2008 by Jill Riley (1 Comments)

Last night I found out I could be one of "those people" to watch a show from on stage. A big group of the folks staying on site at the radio compound were invited to see Jack Johnson perform on the main stage. I've never been a huge fan of Jack Johnson, but it was super fun to see a show from right on stage. As I looked out at all the thousands and thousands of fans in the crowd, I started to feel guilty because there were so many more people who would have just died to be up where I was. I would've given my right pinky to have been on the stage platform for Metallica or Pearl Jam. But, I did have a fun moment when Eddie Vedder came out on stage to sing a tune with Jack Johnson (photo credit Music Allies). I figured it was the closest I would ever be to Eddie Vedder, so I was pretty happy with that!

Speaking of Pearl Jam, they played after Jack Johnson on the main stage. Eddie Vedder seemed really happy with the vibe of the whole Bonnaroo festival. He said they've had some bad festival experiences in the past, so he wasn't even sure at first that they wanted to play a big festival. I'm glad they did, the setlist was great. They included all the hits of course, which I feel is necessary for a festival crowd. Pearl Jam ended up playing about an hour longer than their timeslot, which made all the fans happy. But-- would make trouble later for Kanye West.

All weekend long I've heard the buzz about the Kanye West show. I personally don't like the guy at all, but I was interested in seeing his show. I figured just because I don't like him doesn't mean I shouldn't report on the show, right? As it turns out I wouldn't see him anyway and I'll tell you why. Originally, Kanye was set to play at 8:45pm last night on the "Which Stage". At the start of the festival we were all notified that he would play the main stage at 2:45 am Saturday night/Sunday morning. Since there was a big timeslot and stage change, folks were chatting that he might be bringing some fabulous guests in during his performance. None of that happened. Everyone was expected the fabulous light show that goes along with his show. That didn't even happen. He didn't go on until 4:30am this morning because he's Kanye. So he only played half his set anyway, but it was getting light out so the light show wouldn't work.... Thanks Kanye. By the way... I didn't stay up till 4:30am. I have sources that did.

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I tried so hard to stay up for Kanye. What a jerk! First he has his set rescheduled for the middle of the night to better show off his light show. Then he doesn't go on until dawn! Wonder what those lights looked like at 5:00 in the morning as the sun came up?

I'll share my favorite Kanye hater moment. On Sunday during Robert Randolph's encore he had T-Bone Burnett come up and play with him. During his reworked jam of Whole Lotta Love he called Kanye out leading the crowd in a rousing chant of "Kanye Sucks!" It was priceless!

Posted by Bonnaroo or Bust | June 16, 2008 10:29 PM

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