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Judge: Sullivan County owes cities $180K in past drink taxes
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The Associated Press
Updated: Oct 1, 2016, 6:20 AM
Published: Oct 1, 2016, 7:21 AM

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ordered Sullivan County to pay more than $180,000 to the cities of Kingsport and Bristol for past liquor-by-the-drink revenue collected over a 30-year period.

The Kingsport Times-News (http://bit.ly/2dBcm1L) reports that a chancery court judge on Thursday ordered the county to pay about $107,000 to Kingsport and nearly $76,000 to Bristol.

Sullivan County Attorney Dan Street said he will appeal.

The cities sought the money as part of a counter-lawsuit filed after the county wanted about $2 million in liquor-by-the-drink tax revenues from the cities. The county's lawsuit was dismissed in February.

The tax in question is a 15 percent state tax on on-premise mixed drinks. The money is sent to Nashville, and the state sends half of it back to the locality where it was generated.
Tool, J. Cole, Stevie Nicks to headline Bonnaroo music fest
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Associated Press
Published: Jan 11, 2022, 9:21 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — J. Cole, Tool and Stevie Nicks will headline this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which is set to return after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic and weather. 

The lineup for the June 16-19 festival in Manchester, Tennessee, was released Tuesday and also includes The Chicks, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, 21 Savage, Machine Gun Kelly, Roddy Ricch, Flume and Illenium. 

Last year's festival was set to go on with extra COVID-19 precautions in place for fans, but heavy rains from Hurricane Ida left the grounds unsafe for driving or camping. The festival takes place on a former farm in rural Tennessee about an hour southeast of Nashville. Tickets go on sale Thursday. 

The 2020 festival was postponed to 2021 because of the pandemic.

Other artists on the lineup include Bleachers, Lord Huron, Disclosure, The War on Drugs, Billy Strings, Porter Robinson, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Herbie Hancock. 

Online: https://www.bonnaroo.com/