You know winter’s almost over when the festival line-ups start taking shape. To help you decide which events to shell out for, we’ve put together an at-a-glance guide to who's rumoured to be playing where - and who's actually confirmed. Keep clicking back – we’ll be updating it the second we get new info.
Key: * denotes acts that are 100% officially confirmed.
BESTIVAL
(5 - 7 September)
My Bloody Valentine*
Aphex Twin*
Foals*
Parliament*
The Human League*
These New Puritans*
CSS*
The Breeders*
www.bestival.net
THE BIG CHILL
(1 - 3 August)
The Mighty Boosh
Bomb The Bass
Little Dragon
Mum
Nina Nastasia
Bill Bailey
www.bigchill.net
DOWNLOAD
(13 -15 June)
Kiss*
The Offspring*
Lostprophets*
Judas Priest*
Incubus*
Motorhead*
HIM*
Coheed And Cambria*
In Flames*
Fall Out Boy
www.downloadfestival.co.uk
GLASTONBURY
(27 – 29 June)
Jay-Z*
Kings Of Leon*
The Verve*
Massive Attack*
Kate Nash*
CSS
Neil Diamond*
Elbow
Hot Chip*
Fatboy Slim
Leonard Cohen*
British Sea Power*
Adele
MGMT
My Bloody Valentine
Amy Winehouse
Duffy
www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
ISLE OF WIGHT
(13 – 15 June)
Kaiser Chiefs*
Sex Pistols*
The Police*
www.isleofwightfestival.com
ITUNES LIVE
(21 Feb - 2 March)
Laura Marling*
Jose Gonzalez*
Stephanie Dosen*
KT Tunstall*
Billy Bragg*
Joe Lean & The Jing Jong*
Alphabeat*
Tom Baxter*
Estelle*
Mystery Jets*
Dawn Kinnard*
Jason Mraz*
Roisin Murphy*
Yoav*
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds*
Spiritualized*
www.ituneslive.co.uk
LATITUDE
(17 - 20 July)
Franz Ferdinand*
Sigur Ros*
Interpol*
Death Cab For Cutie*
Elbow*
The Breeders*
M.I.A.*
Tindersticks*
Grinderman*
The Mars Volta*
The Go! Team*
Seasick Steve*
www.latitudefestival.co.uk
O2 WIRELESS
(3 –6 July)
Morrissey*
Guillemots*
New York Dolls*
Dirty Pretty Things*
Fatboy Slim*
Underworld*
Bootsy Collins*
Mark Ronson
Ben Harper*
Powderfinger*
Does It Offend You Yeah?*
Robyn*
The Whip*
Beck*
Lightspeed Champion*
www.O2wirelessfestival.co.uk
OXEGEN
(11 – 13 July)
R.E.M.*
Rage Against The Machine*
Stereophonics*
Kings Of Leon*
Kaiser Chiefs*
The Chemical Brothers*
Ian Brown*
The Raconteurs*
Band Of Horses*
The Courteeners*
Seasick Steve*
Justice*
Hot Chip*
Interpol*
The Fratellis*
Counting Crows*
www.oxegen.ie
READING/LEEDS
(22 – 24 August)
The Killers*
Metallica*
Rage Against The Machine*
Babyshambles*
The Cribs*
Manic Street Preachers*
Queens Of The Stone Age*
The Enemy*
The Fratellis*
Biffy Clyro*
Serj Tankian*
Dizzee Rascal*
Taking Back Sunday*
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly*
Anti-Flag*
Bloc Party*
The Raconteurs*
Editors*
We Are Scientists*
Dirty Pretty Things*
The Subways*
Slipknot*
Feeder*
Avenged Sevenfold*
The Wombats*
Vampire Weekend*
MGMT*
Bullet For My Valentine*
Justice*
Foals*
Pendulum*
Conor Oberst*
www.readingfestival.com
T IN THE PARK
(11 –13 July)
R.E.M.*
Rage Against The Machine*
The Verve*
Kings Of Leon*
Kaiser Chiefs*
The Prodigy*
We Are Scientists*
The Zutons*
Kate Nash*
The Hoosiers*
Pigeon Detectives*
The Raconteurs*
The Fratellis*
Biffy Clyro*
Feeder*
The Enemy*
Panic At The Disco*
Pendulum*
Interpol*
One Night Only*
www.tinthepark.com
V FESTIVAL
(16 - 17 August)
Muse*
Amy Winehouse*
Kings Of Leon*
Kaiser Chiefs*
The Chemical Brothers*
Newton Faulkner*
The Prodigy*
The Futureheads*
The Kooks*
Stereophonics*
Pigeon Detectives*
Ian Brown*
Girls Aloud*
One Republic*
Girls Aloud*
Reverend And The Makers*
The Twang*
The View*
The Feeling*
Scouting For Girls*
Jamie T*
Hot Chip*
The Hoosiers*
Maximo Park*
Duffy*
www.vfestival.com
WOMAD
(25 – 27 July)
Boy George*
Eddy Grant*
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry*
Roni Size & Reprazent*
Squeeze*
Orchestra Baobab*
www.womadshop.com
4:13 PM | 20/02/2008
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