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
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,
Scotland
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. The bands headlining the 2008 event were
Rage Against the Machine,
The Verve and
R.E.M.
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on the Main Stage and
The Chemical Brothers
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,
Kaiser Chiefs and
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band formed in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 by producer, keyboard player and songwriter Liam Howlett. The original line-up also featured dancer and singer Keith Flint and dancer and occasional l ...
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.
The first batch of "early bird" tickets (approximately 40,000) were released at 9am on the 10 July 2007, selling out in less than 65 minutes with the line up yet to be announced. The next batch of tickets went on sale on 16 February 2008 at 9am. Although tickets sold out in just over an hour.
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, another man was stabbed 11 times by two
tea boys after he intervened to stop them harassing a female friend of his. 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
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.
Line ups
The 2008 line-up was as follows:
Main Stage
* The
Sugababes were on the line up for the main stage on the Saturday however pulled out for unknown reasons.
Radio 1 / NME Stage
King Tut's Tent
Slam Tent
Pet Sounds Arena
Futures Stage
Relentless Stage
T-break Stage
The Relentless Stage, new to the 2008 version of the festival, was named after and sponsored by
Relentless energy drink.
References
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