Bonnaroo...It's a marsupial.

The line-up for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has been announced, you can find it here.

Tickets for the seventh annual Bonnaroo go on sale Saturday, February 16 at 12pm EST though http://www.bonnaroo.com/. Also there will be an exclusive 2008 commemorative festival DVD available for purchase when you get your tickets. Hippies and hipsters, start that drum roll and get ready to migrate to Manchester, TN from June 12-15.

The line-up is pretty diverse, which is leading me to believe that the summer festival circuit is now completely unashamed of it's commercial ways. Look, I'm not going to stand on a soap box and scream about the evils of capitalism, but you have to admit that we've slightly drifted from the path of "music equals love" that Woodstock and the Monterey Arts Festival (which introduced the world to Janis Joplin and Hendrix amongst others), had created.

Acts such as Pearl Jam and Jack Johnson headline the line-up, along with Metallica, who isn't normally the choice of the granola, touring scene. The interaction of the naked-because-I-can-be hippie chicks, and the protoypical "metal or die" Metallica fan should be fun. Hey, I like Metallica, and I think some of there stuff is phenomenal, but I just don't see it. It's vibes clashing.

Other acts that jump out at you are perrenials the Allman Brothers, Jack White side project The Raconteurs, brand new alt-rock darlings Vampire Weekend (whose album is awesome, fyi), and hip-hop acts like Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and summer festival vet, Talib Kweli. There will also be some comics on hand, as part of Bonnarro Comedy, such as Zach Galifinakis and David Cross.

The big rumor has always been that Led Zeppelin would stage a reunion show. Which makes sense, because everybody wants to see there rock idols whithered, with one foot in the grave. Ahem, mickandkeith, ahem.

Actually, all-girl Zeppelin cover band Lez Zeppelin will be performing....which is just as good, no? Have no fear, Robert Plant will be in attendance, teaming up with bluegrass chantress Allison Krauss. I find this interesting and would go to see them if they weren't performing deep in the heart of Tennessee. Life south of Maryland frightens me a bit. Maybe it's the illiteracy, droves of hillbillies in overalls walking the streets without shoes, fat guys in white suits drinking mint julips, and that good ole fashioned entrenched racism that just warms my heart so.

Or it could just be that god-awful heat.