Hey everyone, it’s on! Since Tori will be 8 months pregnant, we won’t be attending, but I want to say again how much fun we had last year. Artist information hasn’t been announced yet, but I have a feeling that Phish will wrap up summer tour with a July 4th show in Michigan. I doubt I’ll be updating ROTHBURY Countdown this year and if someone is interested in picking up the traffic and willing to post regularly, I’d happily fork over the rothburyfest.wordpress.com account.
If you’re on the fence about taking in a US festival this year, I’ll give my whole hearted endorsement to the folks that put together ROTHBURY. It was an amazing freshman festival, and I’m sure this year will be even better!
February 10th, 2009
Via Glide Magazine…
Rothbury 2009 looks like a go thanks to an agreement between AEG Live and A U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee that allows the concert promoter to lease the Double JJ Ranch in Michigan once again this summer.
For the last few years the promoters of Bonnaroo have successfully transformed the event’s image from Hippie Jam Fest to the nation’s best and biggest music festival. If they signed both Phish and The Dead for Bonnaroo 2009 they’d lose all the credibility with the mainstream audience they’ve worked so hard to build since 2002. The folks behind Rothbury don’t have that problem. AEG Live and Madison House embraced the jam fans and have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being the first festival to feature both bands in the same lineup.
Of course, we’ll be headed into the third trimester, but hey…a guy can dream, can’t he?
January 4th, 2009
