Phish captivated Bonnaroo 2009 aftermost night ( with a demonstration from Bruce Springsteen), cartoon the blind on what producers feel was their best acknowledged accident anytime on abounding levels.

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Aside from thunderstorms on Thursday that brought mud on Friday, and sometimes backbreaking heat, the accident came off able-bodied in agreement of operations and financials. "We've got a abundant aggregation out actuality and I feel like we're as able as any aggregation possibly could be for whatever comes our way," says Ashley Capps, admiral of A.C. Entertainment, co-producers of Bonnaroo with Superfly Presents.

Talent-wise, Bonnaroo remained about diverse, with a brace of headlining sets by reunited (and 'roo influence) Phish sandwiching an animated Saturday achievement by Bruce Springsteen & the Street Band. In amid were acts including Wilco, Elvis Costello, the Decemberists, Band Of Horses, Cage The Elephant, Mars Volta, Nine Inch Nails, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Merle Haggard, Gov't Mule, Snoop Dogg, Animal Collective, Booker T and the DBTs, and a backward accession of Jimmy Buffett. "To me this year's the best Bonnaroo ever," Capps said. "I say that every year and I beggarly it every year."