Music City at Bonnaroo
Lionel Richie made a surprise appearance at the 11th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. on Sunday (6/10). He joined longtime friend Kenny Rogers onstage for a duet of “Lady,” and also performed his mega hit “All Night Long.” “Lady,” originally written and produced by Richie, is one of the biggest hits of Rogers’ career. The two re-recorded it as a duet for Richie’s platinum-selling Mercury Nashville album Tuskegee.
Hanging after Rogers' set at Bonnaroo. (L-R): Kenny Rogers, The Civil Wars’ John Paul White and Joy Williams, and Lionel Richie.
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For the fourth consecutive year, BMI brought three outstanding Nashville-based bands to Bonnaroo. The winners of BMI’s Road to Bonnaroo competition, Wild Cub, Fly Golden Eagle, and By Lightning, each performed solid sets in the Great Taste Lounge Brewed by Miller Lite on Saturday and Sunday.
Pictured (L-R): BMI’s Mark Mason and Wild Cub’s Matt Shaw, Jeremy Bullock, Keegan Dewitt, Eric Wilson, and Jerry Pentecost. Photo: Drew Maynard
