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Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead Set To Headline Bonnaroo 2012

The festival that really started it all over a decade ago has just announced their hotly anticipated initial lineup including two sets of preeminent jam band Phish, future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Red Hot Chili Peppers and British rockers Radiohead.

Entering its 11th year and taking place June 7 to 10 at the usual spot in Manchester, Tennessee, Bonnaroo will also feature an eclectic undercard, containing the best in hip-hop, bluegrass, jam, rock and electronica music. What started as a grassroots jam band festival has morphed into the biggest and maybe most mainstream event around.

[READ Headstash Magazine's take on the pros and cons of all the different types of festivals.]

Joining the headliners are recent Grammy winner Bon Iver, The Avett Brothers, Umphrey's McGee, Big Gigantic, Skrillex, Ludacris, Foster The People, The Beach Boys and The Shins. Scroll down for the complete lineup.

Tickets will be on sale soon at Price Level 3 for $234.50 plus fees. Last year, tickets went extremely fast so buy them as soon as they're available before the prices increase or sell out entirely. For news, activities and volunteer information, visit the festival's official website.

Last year's event was highlighted by a late-night Pretty Lights set that went until the sun came up, a rousing "Circus" from STS9 during the twilight hours and impassioned performances by Eminem and Arcade Fire. Read Headstash Magazine's comprehensive review of all four days.

For more information on all your favorite festivals including complete lineups, ticketing information and analysis, check out our 2012 Festival Guide.

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Bonnaroo 2012 Initial Lineup

Phish
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Radiohead
The Beach Boys
Bon Iver
The Avett Brothers
The Shins
Foster The People
Skrillex
Aziz Ansari
Dispatch
Feist
The Roots
Alice Cooper
Superjam
Black Star
The Word (John Medeski, Robert Randolph, North Mississippi Allstars)
Ludacris
Ben Folds Five
Flogging Molly
Spectrum Road (Cindy Blackman Santana, Jack Bruce, John Medeski, Vernon Reid)
Mac Miller
Childish Gambino
Majoe Lazer
Tune-Yards
Afrocubism
Flying Lotus
Umphrey's McGee
Little Dragon
St. Vincent
City and Colour
The Civil Wars
Young The Giant
Two Door Cinema Club
Punch Brothers
Needtobreathe
Fitz and The Tantrums
Bad Brains
Yelawolf
Dawes
Battles
Danny Brown
The Black Lips
SBTRKT
Phantogram
Kendrick Lamar
Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires
The Kooks
The Joy Formidable
The Antlers
Kathleen Wards
MiM0SA
Kurt Vile and The Violators
Alabama Shakes
Das Racist
Delta Spirit
Gary Clark Jr.
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Laura Marling
Trampled By Turtles
Mogwai
The War On Drugs
Ben Howard
Grouplove
Blind Pilot
ALO
The Devil Makes Three
White Denim
EMA
Here We Go Magic
K-Flay
The Lonely Forest
Mariachi El Bronx
Big Freedia
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
The Soul Rebels
Kvelertar
SOJA
Steven Bernstein's MTO Plays Sly
Big Gigantic
Sarah Jarosz
Orgone
Darondo
Fruit Bats
Moon Taxi

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Source: Bonnaroo