The confirmed Bonnaroo dates are June 16-18, 2006 as per the Official Bonnaroo website. In addition, the festival will be accommodating 10,000 less people than 2004. This will bring the capacity of the festival back to its 2003 level of 80,000.

As of January 26, 2006, Béla Fleck and The Flecktones and Nickel Creek (both scheduled to perform June 16) are the only bands confirmed for the 2006 festival. The rumored lineup includes Radiohead,The Dead, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Dinosaur Jr, My Morning Jacket, Queens of the Stone Age, moe., String Cheese Incident, the North Mississippi Allstars, Oysterhead, Common, Disco Biscuits (late night), Umphrey’s McGee, Sufjan Stevens, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Wilco, Ben Harper, Gomez, Medeski Martin and Wood (Breakfast Set), Fiona Apple, Willie Nelson, Devendra Banhart, and Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins.

As of January 25, 2006, the Bonnaroo website has said that it will be posting the official line-up (along with ticket sale information) on February 1, 2006.

According to Pollstar, The Neville Brothers, Steel Pulse, and Shooter Jennings are also confirmed.

I swear one day I’m gonna make it to this show.