The announcements for 2009's music-festival season are fast approaching, and rumors are flying all over about who's playing where.
Through some smart Net sleuthing (on artists' MySpaces, etc.), many artists' festival appearances have already been identified. LAist.com, for example, has determined that the Killers, No Age, Girl Talk, Hold Steady and Fleet Foxes will be at Coachella.
But what about the more outlandish rumors? The juiciest one for Coachella is clearly Britney Spears. Many speculated earlier this week that it's well within the realm of possibility for the pop star to drop by the fest (as Madonna did in 2006). She just happens to be performing in Los Angeles that same weekend, and the Coachella grounds in Indio are just a few short hours' drive away.
There's also speculation that the Coachella headlining slot will be Blur's first reunion show. They're already confirmed to be reuniting for a one-off show in the U.K. in the summer, but is an earlier debut in California in the cards?
Then there's Bonnaroo. We've already reported the widespread rumors that legendary jam-band Phish are headlining the Tennessee fest, but over the last week talk has also intensified over at the Inforoo message board suggesting that Bruce Springsteen is set to take the What stage. The only other name to be "confirmed" indirectly thus far for the Roo is Erykah Badu (via her friend Rceezy's MySpace).
Today also marks the beginning of this year's Roo Clues, a series of riddles appearing on Bonnaroo Radio that hint at confirmed performers. You can keep up-to-date on all the Roo Clues over the next few weeks at this handy site set up by an Inforoo member. But if you don't feel that ambitious, just stay tuned to MTVNews.com. You can be sure that we'll have the full lineups for all of this year's major fests as they're announced.