Oxegen announce full stage line-up
Oxegen have announced the full line-up for the now three day festival with Kings of Leon, REM, and Rage Against the Machine among the highlights.
The Hot Press Newsdesk, 09 Jun 2008
Anyone who’s anyone is playing Oxygen this year. Organisers are dubbing it as the 'Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Weekend of the Year' and with one of the best festival line-ups in Europe and an extra day added to the event, they might just be right.
MTV have also been confirmed as the live broadcast partner for the festival which will take place at Punchestown from July 11–13. Those who missed out on tickets can still see the going’s on throughout the weekend over all the MTV stations.
And for the lucky ones with the tickets – prepare to squeal with excitement – here's the full stage line-up:
FRIDAY JULY 11:
Main Stage: Kings of Leon, Interpol, Editors, Paddy Casey, The Coronas and Amy Macdonald.
O2 Stage: Groove Armada, The Go! Team, Ben Folds, dEUS, Sugababes and Future Kings of Spain.
Green Room: Bell X1, Mundy, Aslan and Captain.
Pet Sounds: Cat Power, Aphex Twin, Tricky, Battles and God Is An Astronaut.
2FM 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 and Burn.
SATURDAY JULY 12:
Main Stage: The Verve, R.E.M., Stereophonics, Amy Winehouse, Counting Crows, Newton Faulkner, Scouting For Girls and Bowling For Soup.
O2 Stage: 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.
2FM New Band Stage/Futures: Elliot Minor, Royworld, Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong, Black Kids, Alphabeat, Ida Maria, Yeasayer, Holy Fuck, Mindless Self Indulgence, Cage The Elephant and Sergeant.
Dance Tent: Justice, Boys Noize, Slam, Michael Mayer, Kavinsky, The Japanese Popstars and Chemistry DJ’s.
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