T in the Park 2008

T in the Park 2008
Genre	Various
Dates	10 – 13 July 2008
Location(s)	Balado, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Website	http://www.tinthepark.com

T in the Park 2008 was the fifteenth T in the Park festival to take place since 1994. It took place on the weekend of Friday 11 July, Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July at Balado, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The bands headlining the 2008 event were Rage Against the Machine, The Verve and R.E.M. on the Main Stage and The Chemical Brothers, Kaiser Chiefs and The Prodigy on the Radio 1 / NME Stage.

It was announced that the campsite would open on 10 July 2008 to avoid a repeat of the previous year's traffic problems.[1]

The first batch of "early bird" tickets (approximately 40,000) were released at 9 am on the 10 July 2007, selling out in less than 65 minutes with the line up yet to be announced.[2] The next batch of tickets went on sale on 16 February 2008 at 9 am. Although tickets sold out in just over an hour.[3]

Incidents

The 2008 festival was marred by two incidents which occurred over the weekend, including the first death at T in the Park. One man was found dead in his tent,[4] another man was stabbed 11 times by two tea boys after he intervened to stop them harassing a female friend of his.[5] Fortunately, this incident did not result in a fatality. The organisers have been heavily criticized for the security not stopping the man who smuggled the knife into the festival. There were only 68 arrests at T in 2008, one up from the previous year.

Awards

T in the park won a number of awards for the festival hold in 2008

• Vodafone's Live C4 Festival of the Year
• Best Line Up at the UK Festival Awards by fans * Awarded Scotland's only Green ‘n’ Clean Award by Yourope, Europe's Festival Association in association with Julie's Bicycle
• Awarded three Scottish Event Awards for Best Large Festival, Green Award and overall Event Grand Prix winner[6]

The Festival's green credentials were recognised in 2008 with the award of the Greener Festival Award 2008 from http://agreenerfestival.com who noted that the festival has long been carbon neutral, promoted public transport and had excellent policies to protect the local environment and waterways.[7]

Line ups

The 2008 line-up was as follows:

Main Stage

Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July	Sunday 13 July
The Verve Stereophonics KT Tunstall Newton Faulkner	Rage Against the Machine The Fratellis The Kooks Biffy Clyro The Feeling Kate Nash Gun Eddy Grant Sharleen Spiteri	R.E.M. Kings of Leon Amy Winehouse Counting Crows The Enemy Amy Macdonald Shed Seven Bowling for Soup

• The Sugababes were on the line up for the main stage on the Saturday however pulled out for unknown reasons.

Radio 1 / NME Stage

Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July	Sunday 13 July
The Chemical Brothers Feeder Scouting for Girls The Wombats	Kaiser Chiefs The Raconteurs The Pigeon Detectives We Are Scientists The Courteeners The Subways dEUS The Rocket Summer The Blackout	The Prodigy The Zutons Panic! at the Disco Goo Goo Dolls The Hoosiers Powderfinger One Night Only Little Man Tate Mindless Self Indulgence

King Tut's Tent

Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July	Sunday 13 July
The Futureheads The Music Kids in Glass Houses Alphabeat Los Campesinos!	Ian Brown The Pogues Reverend & The Makers Jack Peñate Sons and Daughters Alabama 3 The Stranglers David Jordan In Case of Fire Jaguar Love	Primal Scream The Charlatans Pendulum Echo & the Bunnymen Vampire Weekend British Sea Power The Ting Tings Delays Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Royworld

Slam Tent

Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July	Sunday 13 July
N/A	Jeff Mills Modeselektor Erol Alkan Model 500 Carl Craig Dusty Kid Dubfire The Black Dog Damian Lazarus	Richie Hawtin Aphex Twin Justice DJ Hell Miss Kittin & The Hacker Slam Michael Mayer Rob Da Bank

Pet Sounds Arena

Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July	Sunday 13 July
N/A	Interpol Ben Folds Band of Horses MGMT The Hold Steady Lightspeed Champion Will Young Tom Baxter The Whigs Arno Carstens	Eddie and the Robbers (listed on programme as TBC)[8] Hot Chip The National Seasick Steve Paul Heaton Battles My Morning Jacket Brian Jonestown Massacre 1990s

Futures Stage

Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July	Sunday 13 July
N/A	Air Traffic Cajun Dance Party The Rascals The Law Glasvegas The Script White Lies The Metros Gabriella Cilmi Bryn Christopher Twisted Wheel Fight Like Apes	Elliot Minor Captain Black Kids Sergeant We Are The Physics Ida Maria Yeasayer Beth Rowley Jack McManus Sons of Albion Gary Go The Haze

Relentless Stage

Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July	Sunday 13 July
Blood Red Shoes Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong Bombay Bicycle Club The Displacements Haunts	Cancer Bats Fucked Up The Blackout The Ghost of a Thousand Fighting with Wire Devil Sold His Soul Skirtbox Shels	The Presets Holy Fuck Metronomy Johnny Foreigner Sparkadia The Rushes The Xcerts

T-break Stage

Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July	Sunday 13 July
State Of Affairs No Kilter Figure 5 Luva Anna The Down And Outs Joe Acheson Quartet The New York Fund	The Fire And I Isosceles The King Hats The Twilight Sad Parka Twin Atlantic The Hazey Janes Running With Horses Haight-Ashbury Be A Familiar Alto Elite Grace Emilys	Zoey Van Goey Jocasta Sleeps Ex Wives Frightened Rabbit Edgar Prais The Vivians Fangs Velcro Quartet Come On Gang We See Lights Departures Concerto For Constantine Hi-5 Alive

The Relentless Stage, new to the 2008 version of the festival, was named after and sponsored by Relentless energy drink.

References

1. "T in the Park will open day early to ease traffic chaos". The Herald.
2. "Record sell out for T in the Park". News.bbc.co.uk. 10 July 2007.
3. "T in the Park tickets have sold out". Efestivals.co.uk.
4. "32-year-old man dies at T in the Park". The Herald.
5. "Death and stabbing at T festival". News.bbc.co.uk. 13 July 2008.
6. "STV programmes news and information". Entertainment.stv.tv.
7. "Festival Tickets, Festival Lineups, Festival Rumours and much more Festival related news". Virtualfestivals.com. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
8. "Exclusive: Ex-Formula 1 boss Eddie Jordan set for T in the Park slot". The Daily Record.