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Member Back to Top Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Larry Farnsworth said:



Also, I think asking artists on Twitter and Facebook directly is fine, right? Eh, I don't know about that. If Joe Internet e-mails the booking agent for Frank Ocean and is all "hey man, I'm thinking about Bonnaroo this summer, any chance Frank is there?" and the agent answers, what's the problem? There's no expectation of privacy there. If anything, it'd be inappropriate for the agent to leak it, but I don't see anything wrong with asking.Also, I think asking artists on Twitter and Facebook directly is fine, right?



It has nothing to do with the expectation of privacy. I think it's unethical to ask in the first place, particularly with the intention of posting it here. Booking agents aren't supposed to discuss the line-up in the first place and I don't think there should be a thread on Inforoo that encourages people, directly or indirectly, into coercing the info out of booking agents. It has nothing to do with the expectation of privacy. I think it's unethical to ask in the first place, particularly with the intention of posting it here. Booking agents aren't supposed to discuss the line-up in the first place and I don't think there should be a thread on Inforoo that encourages people, directly or indirectly, into coercing the info out of booking agents.

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Member Back to Top Post by itrainmonkeys on I can see both sides of it. Juggs' example seems fine. Simple request and if they give an answer - cool. If they deny an answer - cool and it should be left at that. No need to trick the agents into anything. Like last year there were times where people would send mulitple e-mails to booking agents pretending they wanted to book an artist for the date of Roo and that is definitely a bit much IMO.



Basically...just keep it casual. We don't need any lineup superspies who can manipulate info out of people lol.

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Member Back to Top Post by Alberto Balsalm on This will be my first and last post in this thread. My personal boycott of it begins now. I was a main contributor to this cause last year, and while it was fun and we found a great deal of inside information out, it was a lot of work and most importantly took a LOT of fun and surprise out of the lineup drop for me.



Good luck on your sleuthing, y'all. Hopefully the info found out in here doesn't spill over too much into the other threads, I fear I'll have a hard time avoiding it.

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Member Back to Top Post by Dave Maynar on wannaberoo'ing said: I don't think too many people are paying attention to inforoo's artist direct confirmation thread? If we are gathering information, and we're asking agents for simple yes/no answers, and posting it here, how many people realistically are finding out about it? I'm just asking what everyone thinks, not trying to be snarky.



You'd be surprised at how many people read things firsthand here. On top of that, Consequence of Sound (and probably others) use this board as a resource for reumors that they then repost on their sites. You'd be surprised at how many people read things firsthand here. On top of that, Consequence of Sound (and probably others) use this board as a resource for reumors that they then repost on their sites.