The count down to Bonnaroo Music Festival 2008 has officially begun with the announcement today of the dates for the 7th annual event produced by Superfly Productions. Confirmed to take place June 12 - 15, 2008, the four-day festival will once again be held on the same beautiful, 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles southeast of Nashville. Previous festival headliners have included Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Radiohead, The Police, Tom Petty, Tool, Wilco, The Dave Matthews Band, James Brown, The White Stripes, The Dead, Widespread Panic, Beck, The Black Crowes, Steve Earle, Jurassic 5,Modest Mouse, The Mars Volta, Common, Burning Spear and the Flaming Lips.

Consistently and successfully looking for ways to improve the festival each year, Bonnaroo's seventh promises to build on the triumphs of the previous six in every way. From its music programming to the non-music attractions, activities and art, the promoters are already hard at work adding new and exciting elements to create yet another legendary weekend. Last year's event caused "Rolling Stone" to call Bonnaroo, "hands down, America's greatest festival."

Since it's inception in 2002, the festival has evolved into an incomparable multi-faceted entertainment experience, swiftly earning its status as the country's premier music and arts event. "It's rewarding to see how the festival has matured in all aspects from production to music programming," says Superfly's Rick Farman. "But what we are just as excited about as producers are the special attractions we have created such as the Cinema, Comedy Theatre, Somethin' Else Jazz Club, Planet Roo, and the new elements we are creating for this coming year. We believe that it's these ingredients that make being at an around-the-clock festival so unique and special."

Stay tuned to MetroWize for more Bonnaroo news as artist line ups and other news unfolds throughout the spring. See you there!
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