It’s that time of year when all of the big Summer destination festivals announce their lineups. We’ve already heard Coachella’s lineup, and Metallica “surprised” us with their own festival. Now, we know who will be playing this year’s Bonnaroo. And with headliners like Phish, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Beach Boys, this year’s lineup somewhat makes Orion Music + More slightly more metal.
However, there are a few names confirmed for Bonnaroo 2012 that will certainly catch your eye. Namely, Alice Cooper, Kvelertak, and Bad Brains are a few of the bands that were announced today. Plus, although the band Battles is more math-rock than metal, their drummer John Stanier was formerly in Helmet. Also keep in mind that there are still more bands to be announced, meaning that there could potentially be more heavier acts added to the bill.
Tickets for this year’s Bonnaroo, being held on held from June 7 to 10 in Manchester, TN, will go on sale via the festival’s website on Saturday, February 18 at noon EST. You can check out the bands confirmed so far after the jump.
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Phish
The Beach Boys
Bon Iver
The Avett Brothers
The Shins
Foster The People
Skrillex
Aziz Ansari
Dispatch
Feist
The Roots
Alice Cooper
SuperJam
Black Star
The Word
Ludacris
Ben Folds Five
Flogging Molly
Spectrum Road
Mac Miller
Childish Gambino
Major Lazer
tUnE-yArDs
Afrocubism
Flying Lotus
Umphrey’s McGee
Little Dragon
St. Vincent
City and Colour
The Civil Wars
Young The Giant
Two Door Cinema Club
Punch Brothers
NEEDTOBREATHE
Fitz & The Tantrums
Bad Brains
Yelawolf
Dawes
Battles
Danny Brown
The Black Lips
SBTRKT
Phantogram
Kendrick Lamar
Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires
The Kooks
The Joy Formidable
The Antlers
Kathleen Edwards
Mimosa
Kurt Vile & The Violators
Alabama Shakes
Das Racist
Delta Spirit
Gary Clark Jr.
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Laura Marling
Trampled by Turtles
Mogwai
The War On Drugs
Ben Howard
Grouplove
Blind Pilot
ALO
The Devil Makes Three
White Denim
EMA
Here We Go Magic
K-Flay
The Lonely Forest
Mariachi El Bronx
Big Freedia
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
The Soul Rebels
Kvelertak
SOJA
Steven Bernstein’s MTO Allstars Plays Sly
Big Gigantic
Sarah Jarosz
Orgone
Darondo
Fruit Bats
Moon Taxi