Editing Bonnaroo (section)

==Reception==
When the festival began in 2002, ''[[USA Today]]'' referred to Bonnaroo as "the culmination of a musical movement."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2002/2002-06-25-bonnaroo.htm |title=Bonnaroo bands jam for a wider audience |date=June 25, 2002 |website=USA Today |access-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref> [[CNN]] described it as "music and subculture melted together into a pot of creative bubbling energy."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Van Harken |first=Joseph |title=Raising the Bonnaroof - Jun. 18, 2003 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/18/sprj.cas03.bonnaroo.cover/index.html?iref=allsearch |access-date=November 2, 2012 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>

In 2008, it was named "Best Festival" by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, calling it "the ultimate over-the-top summer festival".<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20200609/page/23 |title=The 125-Plus People, Places and Things Ruling the Rock & Roll Universe : Rolling Stone |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=March 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404161938/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20200609/page/23 |archive-date=April 4, 2010 |access-date=July 8, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' said "Bonnaroo has revolutionized the modern rock festival" in 2012,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/arts/summer-festivals-pop-and-jazz-bonnaroo-jams-in-everyone.html?pagewanted=10 |title=SUMMER FESTIVALS: POP AND JAZZ; Bonnaroo Jams In Everyone |work=The New York Times |date=May 2, 2004 |access-date=November 2, 2012|last1=Sisario |first1=Ben }}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' called it the "best festival of the summer",<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ4ej5RmWFUC&q=%25E2%2580%259CBest%20festival%20of%20the%20summer%25E2%2580%259D%20%25E2%2580%2593%20SPIN&pg=PA110%23v |title=SPIN - Google Boeken |date=November 2003 |access-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref> and the [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]'s have deemed it "the pinnacle of summer music festivals".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonnaroo: The Pinnacle Of Summer Music Festivals {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/news/bonnaroo-the-pinnacle-of-summer-music-festivals |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=grammy.com}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' named Bonnaroo the 8th best music festival in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Dave |date=2022-06-28 |title=Billboard’s Top 50 Festivals of 2022, Ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/concerts/top-50-festivals-2022-1235089182/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

Bonnaroo has been referred to as "the [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]] Festival of the United States", due to comparisons with the massive British festival, including the necessity of camping, the communal vibes of the attendees, and the large farm grounds it takes place on.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Locker |first=Melissa |date=2016-06-08 |title=Bonnaroo: high fives to the Glastonbury of American music festivals |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/08/bonnaroo-music-festival-tennessee-history-pearl-jam-lcd-soundsystem |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>