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Even though Conan was jumped, beaten up, and left for dead by NBC, he's still managing to make headlines. O'Brien announced on his twitter that he'll be, "heading to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour. I repeat: It's half-assed." The ‘Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour' was announced shortly after the twitter craze that Conan sparked by following a random person (Sarah Killen), who went from 3 followers (pre-Conan) to 27,900 followers and was given a bunch of free stuff.
One of the last stops on tour will be at this year's Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Conan has never turned down the opportunity to rock out on his previous talk shows, so it seems like a perfect fit.
The tour will start April 12th in Eugene, Oregon, for tickets and details visit Team Coco.
Not to be outdone by the announcement of the Coachella lineups last week, the lineup for 2009’s edition of Bonnaroo has leaked to the internet today. Bonnaroo is one of the other most heralded outdoor music festivals in the country, and last year Rolling Stone magazine named it the “Best Festival” of 2008. It takes place annually every summer on a 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee.
Bonnaroo primarily first focused on jam bands, but has since branched out to include artists from a wide array of genres. However, this year the concert is getting back to its roots by featuring perhaps the most prominent of the jam bands, Phish, as its headliners. The Vermont-based band has been on hiatus since 2004, but Phish heads will be thrilled that they are playing three reunion shows in Virginia in April, and than performing two sets at Bonnaroo.
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