It could've all ended in disaster, but I wasn't about to let my first trip to Bonnaroo go down in flames.
The three-hour wait in line for my media credentials could've slowed me down; it did not. What about spending Wednesday night in the Walmart parking lot, because the official ticket office wouldn't release my media credentials until Thursday morning? Not even close. How about the broken camera, which happened shortly after shooting a mere three bands Thursday afternoon? And the four-hour trip back to WalMart to buy a replacement camera? Didn't phase me. Maybe chasing around the festival reps and Stevie Wonder's agent for hours, to make sure that I was approved to photograph Stevie? Close, but no banana. Not even getting shut out of the Dave Mathews Band show because I missed my escort into the photo pit … wait, what? Never happened. (I found a different way in, of course…)
Put it all together and it only looks like a disaster. Truth be told, it was just another adventure called Bonnaroo 2010. Here are my shots from Thursday through Saturday, with the full gallery from Sunday to be added soon. Click here to read about Andrew and Arielle's Bonnaroo 2010 experiences, and see Andrew's pics from the weekend.
Thursday, June 10
Frontier Ruckus
Bassist Paz Lenchantin of The Entrance Band
Diane Birch
FRIDAY, JUNE 11
Edward Sharpe [pictured] & the Magnetic Zeros
The Gossip
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley and Nas
She & Him [Zooey Deschanel, right, and M. Ward]
[Tons more pics after the jump.]
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2010.