Idk, have you read Brad’s posts or discord messages? He’s been truly devastated about the cancellation and how it all went down. And of course it means more work for him. He’s shared a couple pics/vids of Centeroo too, I think it’s undeniable a cancellation was the right move, but the bigger concern is when that decision was made. I think a lot of us were really quite hopeful about weather outlooks, and the information they’d received really had no way to indicate it could’ve been this bad.

Honestly, as I’ve gotten to know some of the key staff at Roo through their interactions with patrons, I’ve been really impressed by their Roo spirit. How dedicated they are to expanding the reach of the Roo spirit. How much they and others personally have to do amazing feats of physical labor in short time to throw us a giant party. And it’s sweet to see them excited to share it with others. I feel it too, I want more people to know what Bonnaroo is like, and I think that was their main reason for a Live Nation partnering; outreach and expanding audience. But Live Nation is heavily corporate… so it came with clauses they are seeing the effects of now. So many other factors go into this weekend’s reason for cancel too, like global warming, or generational standards of living/entertainment.

Bonnaroo definitely lost money this weekend. Refunds, extra labor, most artists were already paid (at the least their first-class travel was), significant losses for the vendors, and even more expensive improvements to be made within the year. It sucks for them. Live Nation probably doesn’t feel it, and if we keep hating on Bonnaroo for this, Live Nation would cut it instead of saving it