With the Bonnaroo 2012 lineup announcement likely approximately a month away, typically dropping in early to mid-February, Bonnaroo staff have been building expectation among their devoted set of superfans with their annual set of lineup clues.
But Bonnaroo Cluemaster Gary Chardonnay isn't making things easy for would be sneak peekers. While clue solvers got off to a quick start by guessing Clue #1 as Mogwai, and just today the answers to Clue #2 and Clue #4, were solved as Battles and Fruit Bats by the clever clue sleuths on Twitter and the Inforoo fan boards, Clues #3, #5, #6, and #7 are still up in the air.
Now Bonnaroo's official Twitter account has released the 8th in the 2012 lineup clue series:
"In another trip to space we wake. A speckled lad leads us down a bewitching path."
This clue is interesting in that it has some very similar language to a Bonnaroo 2011 clue. That one went "A trip to space thwarted by a speckled lad's demise. A watershed moment otherwise"
The 2011 clue was solved as Opeth, but since Opeth is in Austria on June 9, it is unlikely this clue points to a return by Opeth. It could, however, lead to a theme. Last year the "speckled lad" was Ron Howard, aka Andy Griffith's Opie. It could be that this answer may also lie in the work of Ron Howard.
What do you think Bonnaroo 2012 Clue #8 means? Let us know your guesses in the comments section. Or you can join in the clue solving fun on the Inforoo message boards or on Twitter using hashtag #rooclues.
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