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PAGE 2B the Bonaroo 2009 a blast Ira f Miller On the town Bon naroo IS a marathon of music, exhaustion combined with exhilaration. There were more than 160 acts packed into the four-day weekend start¬ ing June 12. I saw as many as was humanly possible. Once again, my pain will be your gain. While I will continue to bring you highlights through¬ out the year as Bonnaroo acts head to Atlanta, here is as much of the weekend as 1 can fit. Phish reunited for the first time in five years, twice. Trent Re/nor of Nine Inch Nails declared it would be his last live show in the U.S. Bruce Springsteen performed “Santa Claus is Coming to Tow n." David Byrne per¬ formed in a ballerina costume. Jimmy Buffet showed up on Saturday to per¬ form with llo and the Coral Reefer Band. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog joined Springsteen on stage Saturday. Springsteen joined Phish on stage Sunday. And those are only a few of the highlights. On Eriday. 1 saw Tift Merritt. Gomez, Gala¬ ctic, The Yeah. Yeah, Yeah's. 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First V—- r H V H C 11 ■A-I— s Dr. Richard Lee, iound/ny Posiot f 2100 Peachtree Parkway, Cumming, GA 30041 ,** (GA 400, Exit 13, East 3 f> Miles) McCwwt lw l»d 678-513-9400 \ wwwfirstredeemer org FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Sunday, June 28, 2009 On the Town - Atlanta Entertainment During the Next Two Weeks Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd Tonight Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood $20 $226 The Beach Boys Tonight Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheatre $35 $70 Thomas & Friends Live! A Circus Comes To Town Today The Fabulous Fox $15 $40 Demi Lovato 6/29 The Arena at Gwinnett $39.50 $49.50 Boz Scaggs & Michael McDonald 7/1 Chastain Park Amphitheatre $25- $80 An Evening with II Divo 7/1 Fabulous Fox Theatre $53.78 $128.75 Beyonce 7/1 Philips Arena $20.75 - $109.75 The Orb 7/2 Variety Playhouse $20 50's Family Sock Hop 7/3 Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheatre $17 $20 Big & Rich,Cowboy Troy, and Craig Morgan 7/3 Verizon Amphitheatre at Encore park $10.79 - $60 311 with Ziggy Marley and the Expendables 7/4 Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood $38.50 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: All American Celebration 7/4 Verizon Amphitheatre at Encore Park $21 - $59 Lenox Mall 50th Anniversary 4th of July Celebration 7/4 Lenox Mall Free Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson 7/8 Chastain Park Amphitheatre $25 $75 The Wallflowers 7/10 Atlanta Botanical Garden $35 Lynyrd Skynyrd, Toto, Steppenwolf and Journey 7/10 Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheatre $15 $40 Kansas with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 7/10 Chastain Park Amphitheatre $25 S59 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Star Wars and More 7/11 Verizon Amphitheatre at Encore Park $21 $59 Diana Krall 7/11 Chastain Park Amphitheatre $35 $96 Randy Travis 7/11 The Villages Amphitheatre $35 $62.50 >I ! H % \ 1 vt , i, / v- jy»' m f i* Photos/Submitted Jam band Phish performs during the 2009 Bonaroo music festival in Manchester, Tenn. on the Radio, The Itals, Ani DiEranco, Lucinda Williams. Femi Kuti and I'he Beastie Bovs. I am not particularly a jam band kind of guy, but there was something masiical about the Phish reunion. 1 also wandered over to catch Public Enemy with Flavor Elav and Chuck D at the mic. Did I mention Flavor Flax was there? Need I sav more? On Saturday 1 started the day with Jimmy Buffett and ended it with Springsteen and Nine Inch Nails. That was worth every minute of the three-hour drive to Manchester, Tenn., right there. In between I saw Robyn Hitchcock <£ The Venus 3, Raphael Saadiq. Wilco, The Decemberists, The Mars Volta and an absolutely awesome solo Elvis Costello set filled with classic hits. 1 also discovered Mexican duo Rodrigo y W j * ' . 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"Bonnaroo is kind o! like the Superdome at Hurricane Katrina, only outdoors and without the hope." and. "Phish is getting back together alter five years, it’s a shame because they could have played four or five songs in that time," had me rolling. Jimmy Fallon blew me away with one of the best comedy routines 1 have ever seen. He closed his act with a tribute to all the comedi¬ ans that ever played Bonnaroo. His impressions, from Bill Cosby to Chris Rock, were all dead on and hilarious. Sunday 1 got my sec¬ ond wind. It would have been a fairly laid back day with Citizen Cope, Andrew Bird. Todd Snider. Erykah Badu. Band of Horses. Neko Case, topped with a sec¬ ond helping of Phish. However, the festival dedicated the That Tent to metal, and these bands rocked like thev had something to prove. 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But 6 p.m. Sunday was really the moment the diversity and wonder of Bonnaroo sank in. I was at Merle Haggard watching a country legend perform at the top of his game and then walked over to the main stage to check out Snoop Dogg. Where else would such a tiling be possible? More than 75TMKJ peo¬ ple descended on the grounds. While everyone had to be hot and tired, there was a smile on each face. That's a year's worth of nights on the town in three day s. I get tired even think¬ ing about it. but by the time Bonnaroo 2010 comes around 1 won’t remember the sweat or the swollen ankles, only the incredible experience etched in my memory for a lifetime. I can’t wait to do it again. Check out ww w.bon naroo.com for pictures, set lists, coverage and videos from this year's event. Also, sign up for the newsletter to stay on top of next year. If Bonnaroo hasn't become a yearly ritual for you yet. it should be. Check out the grid for shows on the town. Ira Miller nun he reached by sending e-mail to ira.miller@charter.net. Ira Miller's entertainment column appears every Sunday.