The full stage line-up for Oxegen 2008 has been revealed and the festival, which takes place from 11th to 13th July 2008 at Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare (Ireland) is shaping up to be a fab weekend.
Festival goers at Friday’s Oxegen can see performances from the queens of urban-pop, Sugababes as well as Scottish singer songwriter Amy Macdonald. They can also check out the fresh new talents of Friendly Fires, Noah & the Whale and Liam Finn.
Saturday’s Oxegen will feature the spiky Indie-Pop of The Wombats, Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong, hotly tipped to be among the best new bands of the year, as well as a performance by cult heroes The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
New additions to Sunday’s bill include Brooklyn rockers The Hold Steady, who’ll be appearing at Oxegen the day before the release of their new album Stay Positive. Reggae superstar Eddy Grant and Ireland’s own Republic Of Loose will also be entertaining the Punchestown crowds.
The full OXEGEN line-up
Friday 11th July
Main Stage: Kings of Leon, Interpol, Editors, Paddy Casey, The Coronas and Amy Macdonald.
TheStage: Groove Armada, The Go! Team, Ben Folds, dEUS, Sugababes and Future Kings of Spain.
Green Room: Bell X1, Mundy, Aslan, The Saw Doctors and Captain.
Pet Sounds: Cat Power, Aphex Twin, Tricky, Battles and God Is An Astronaut.
New Band Stage/Futures: White Denim, Friendly Fires, The Metros, Noah & The Whale, Sparkadia, Bryn Christopher, Liam Finn and Leopold.
Dance Stage: Calvin Harris, Unkle, Annie Mac, MSTRKRFT, Koze, Kosheen, Sneaky Sound System and Burns.
Saturday 12th July
Main Stage: The Verve, REM., Stereophonics, Amy Winehouse, Counting Crows, Newton Faulkner, Scouting For Girls and Bowling For Soup.
TheStage: The Prodigy, The Zutons, Feeder, Panic at the Disco, The Enemy, The Hoosiers, The Wombats, Powderfinger, One Night Only and Little Man Tate.
Green Room: Manic Street Preachers, The Charlatans, Pendulum, Echo and the Bunnymen, Vampire Weekend, British Sea Power, The Ting Tings, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Delays and Concerto For Constantine.
Pet Sounds: The National, Hot Chip, Richard Hawley, Seasick Steve, Declan O’Rourke, Paul Heaton, My Morning Jacket, Camille O’Sullivan and Jack McManus.
New Band Stage/Futures: Elliot Minor, Royworld, Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong, Black Kids, Alphabeat, Ida Maria, Yeasayer, Holy ***, Mindless Self Indulgence, Cage The Elephant and Sergeant.
Dance Tent: Justice, Boys Noize, Slam, Michael Mayer, Streetlife DJs , Kavinsky, The Japanese Popstars and Chemistry DJ's.
Sunday 13th July
Main Stage: Rage Against The Machine, Kaiser Chiefs, The Fratellis, The Kooks, The Blizzards, The Feeling and Eddy Grant.
TheStage: Chemical Brothers, The Raconteurs, Republic Of Loose, Kate Nash, The Pigeon Detectives, We Are Scientists, The Courteeners and The Subways.
Green Room: Ian Brown, The Pogues, Tom Baxter, Reverend and the Makers, Jack Penate, Alabama 3, The Stranglers, The Hold Steady and The Whigs.
Pet Sounds: The Swell Season featuring Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová, Roisin Murphy, Band of Horses, MGMT, Delorentos, Lightspeed Champion, David Jordan and Ryan Bingham.
New Band Stage/Futures: Los Campesinos!, Cajun Dance Party, Flogging Molly, Fight Like Apes, Glasvegas, The Script, Twisted Wheel, In Case Of Fire, Jaguar Love and White Lies.
Dance Tent: David Guetta, Luciano, Mylo, Kaz James, Carl Craig, Crookers, Radioslave, Does It Offend You Yeah? and Quiet Village.
Stay tuned
For all the latest Oxegen news including line-up up-dates, camping, travel, age restrictions and parking information, see www.oxegen.ie
Stay tuned to www.MelodyTrip.com for further Oxegen updates and live blogs from the festival
Finally, if you want to see it all again, MTV UK & Ireland will be filming at the festival and coverage will premiere with the OXEGEN Festival Weekend on 2nd and 3rd August with over 50 hours of programming across MTV’s channels.
Yvonne Gordon is a Melody trip writer. view her news from Glastonbury 2007 at http://www.melodytrip.com/Community/blogs/yvonne_gordon/archive/2007/06/26/glastonbury-2007-hailed-a-success-despite-rain-and-mud.aspx