Bonnaroo unveiled its lineup today in near painstakingly slow fashion through a video marathon hosted by one Weird Al Yankovic, who is in fact partaking in this year's festival as host and performer.
The finalized lineup featured some huge surprises in the form of Sir Paul McCartney, Billy Idol, ZZ Top, David Byrne & St. Vincent and a live performance by Baroness, who hasn’t played a show since an August 2012 bus accident.
Jivewired members Killer Mike and Beach House were also announced as 2013 participants.
Bonnaroo takes place in Manchester, TN the weekend of June 13-16. Ticketing information will be available soon here, and tickets are set to go on sale this Saturday, February 23rd.
Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup:
Paul McCartney
Mumford and Sons
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Wilco
A$AP Rocky
The xx
Passion Pit
David Byrne & St. Vincent
Pretty Lights
Of Monsters and Men
Billy Idol
Grizzly Bear
Nas
Foals
Amadou & Miriam
Wolfgang Gartner
Wild Nothing
Lord Huron
Deep Valley
Killer Mike
Daniel Tosh
Japandroids
Big KRIT
Jim James
21 Pilots
Macklemore
Ryan Lewis
Stepkids
Beach House
Gaslight Anthem
Local Natives
Dirty Projectors
Baroness
The National
Calexico
Lumineers
Dwight Yoakam
The Vaccines
Holy Ghost
Death Grips
R. Kelly
Alt-J
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Cat Power
Wu-Tang Clan
Purity Ring
ZZ Top
Milo Greene
Boyz Noize
Björk
Matt and Kim
Tame Impala
Animal Collective
Glen Hansard
Futurebirds
Soul SuperJam (Jim James with John Oates, Zigaboo Modeliste (of the Meters), Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
Weird Al Yankovic