Day 2 at Bonnaroo: The rain captivated off but the calefaction didn't, Animal Collective and Phoenix fabricated admirers accept the hype, Public Enemy had them arguing otherwise, the Beastie Boys brought out a adolescent Fresh York MC to admission a fresh clue and an activated Phish concluded their night with "A Day In the Life."

Phish assuming night two at Bonnaroo 2009.

Phish captivated bottomward their responsibilities as agitator of the capital date on Friday night. The two-day headliners (including Sunday's festival-closing set) came through with a set abounding of crowd-pleasers, a little article for anybody but annihilation outrageously alarming all told. Five years on from "farewell festival" Coventry, Phish seemed aback at home in advanced of the immense crowd, arena a acceptable accord of the archetypal Phish assize including "Harry Hood," "Wilson," "You Enjoy Myself," "Divided Sky" and "Chalkdust Torture"

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Roller-coaster improvisational assignment accent "Kill Devil Falls," while the band's antic attributes was best represented by a leash of covers: AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," "Also Sprach Zarathusra" ("2001"), and an acclamation achievement of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life."

Phish put on what for best bands would be a assertive headlining performance, but it was bright abstemiousness was a agency as well; some surprises absolutely were captivated aback for Sunday night. Nonetheless, Friday concluded on a celebratory note: Phish is back, they're not the alone agitative bandage on display, and Bonnaroo 2009 is off to an absorbing start.

Friday at Bonnaroo bankrupt about as alluringly as could be accepted afterward Thursday night's one-day cloudburst season, and backward that way throughout; by day's end the antecedent evening's vast, flip-flop-abducting mud puddles were demography on that nice baked-mud smell, which, incidentally, is not a complaint.

This was acceptable news, as there was abundant to get to, starting with Gomez, who eased things accessible with a solid, sprawling Which Date achievement featuring a lovely, airy "See the World" singalong and a adequate cruise through "Airstream Driver."

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The capital What Date opened for business on Friday, hosting the Rev. Al Green, who shimmered throughout his soul-drenched set of adulation standards like "Let's Stay Together" and "Here I Am," admitting actuality affected to added or beneath ballista red roses to admirers beyond the aegis barrier. The Beastie Boys provided an aboriginal highlight, bringing out adolescent Fresh York rapper Nas to admission a fresh clue from the band's accessible "Hot Sauce Committee" record, possibly blue-blooded "Too Many Rappers."

The added generally you blog, the added acceptable you were to be begin at the Which Stage, which hosted skewed-pop accouterments Animal Collective, who played to a massive afternoon crowd, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (performing in a barbarous afternoon sun), TV On The Radio and David Byrne.