Bonnaroo fifth-time around calls for coverage from my cellphone. Tweet-up anyone?

Lauren Spuhler and Melanie Horton at Bonnaroo 2009.

Lauren Spuhler and Melanie Horton at Bonnaroo 2009.

Lauren Spuhler

Photo by News Sentinel staff

Lauren Spuhler

I'm Lauren Spuhler, an online producer for knoxnews.com. And on Thursday morning, I'll be heading to Manchester, Tenn., for Bonnaroo 2009 .

It's my fifth year covering the music festival for knoxnews.com and Knoxville.com and I'm very excited about the changes in coverage I have planned:

I'm using Twitter and a cell phone that does live-stream video to cover Bonnaroo for people at Bonnaroo. Twitter will be a quick way for me to send dispatches as I see them occur.

I'll be relying on exhaustive Twitter updates (follow me @bonnaroonews!) and daily live-stream videocasts. You can find both here on our Bonnaroo page on Knoxville.com.

With the help of a fellow user on Twitter , I've helped organize our first Bonnaroo Tweet-up for Friday morning at 11 a.m. CDT at the fountain. It's an early call for some, but I'll be live-streaming the gathering and giving away free stuff. And who doesn't love free stuff?

I'm also looking to retweet interesting things going on, so don't forget to include "@bonnaroonews" in your Twitter updates.

I'll be sharing Bonnaroo photos through Twitpic and our own user-submitted platform im.knoxnews.com. If you're 'Roo-bound, sign up to share your photos with us.

Each day I'll post additional edited videos and text dispatches on this page.

Every year I ask for your advice and suggestions on who to see and what to check out. If you've got any, please share them with me in the comments below.

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