This year, at Bonnaroo, jam band royalty Umphrey’s McGee returned to The Farm for their 9th year at the massive festival held in Manchester, Tennessee. Ahead of the festival, following news that Simon Posford (perhaps better known as the DJ behind Shpongle) could not secure a visa in time, Umphrey’s McGee was tapped to take over Posford’s scheduled late night performance in That Tent on Saturday, June 10th. With a long-standing history of tearing up Bonnaroo late nights—the band is still notorious for their late night set in 2012 that raged on until the sun rose—Umphrey’s McGee gladly accepted the offer, putting on a shred-heavy hour-long set ahead of their daytime performance the next day at the Which Stage.
Bonnaroo clearly holds a special place in the members of Umphrey’s hearts. In an interview with Red Bull TV during their time at the festival, bassist Ryan Stasik and guitarist/vocalist Brendan Bayliss talked about why the event holds particularly gravity over the band. As Stasik noted, “It’s special because it’s unlike any other festival. It’s huge, it’s almost overwhelming sometimes, you get a little bit of everything. It’s almost like the Super Bowl, if you want to make a sports analogy. It’s just special.” Later, Bayliss interjected, “No other festival has had us nine times, so it’s gonna mean more to us.”
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You can watch Umphrey’s full performance below, courtesy of the band. You can also check out the full setlist below, which also contains timestamps to denote the start of each song, courtesy of Youtube userparnesj.
Setlist: Umphrey’s McGee | Bonnaroo Music Festival | Manchester, TN | 6/10/2017
One Set: Bathing Digits -> 1348 [1:54], Bad Friday [12:45], Bridgeless -> [22:45] Day Nurse [34:10], Booth Love -> [43:40] Frankie Zombie [57:00], Higgins -> [1:04:35], Bridgeless [1:21:25]
Encore: Encore Intro [1:27:45], The Floor [1:28:08]