Brian Bahr/Getty Images Paul McCartney performing at the Super Bowl in 2005.The summer festivals are beginning to take shape, as Bonnaroo and the Firefly Music Festival released their lineups on Tuesday for this year’s events.
The headliners for Bonnaroo, the major four-day festival in Manchester, Tenn., will be Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. With more than 100 bands, the lineup is heavy with Americana-leaning rock groups and singers, among them the Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, Wilco and the newcomer John Fullbright, as well as the usual collection of alternative andindependent rock bands: Grizzly Bear; Animal Collective; Beach House; Dirty Projectors; the xx; Passion Pit; and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros.
Hip-hop will be represented by Nas, Wu-Tang Clan and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. There will also be a few African imports: Bombino and the married Malian duo Amadou & Mariam are slated to play. The festival takes place June 13 to June16.
Now in its second year, the Firefly Festival in Dover, Del., will showcase headliners like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vampire Weekend, the Avett Brothers and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among about 60 other bands. That festival will be held at the Woodlands of Dover International Speedway from June 21 to June 23. The lineup is mostly emerging alt-rock groups like Atlas Genius, Blondfire, Foxygen and Capital Cities, but there are also a few hip-hop acts in the mix, including Azealia Banks and K! endrick Lamar.
