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Oxegen 2008
GenreRock
Dates11 - 13 July 2008
Location(s)Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland
Websitewww.oxegen.ie

Oxegen '08 will be the fifth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It is set to take place on the weekend of Friday July 11, Saturday July 12 and Sunday July 13 at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. The festival is to be headlined by Kings of Leon on the Friday, The Verve and R.E.M. on the Saturday and Rage Against the Machine and Kaiser Chiefs on the Sunday.

Build-up

Tickets

Presale tickets went on sale at 8 a.m. on Friday November 30 2007 at a cost of €197. Actual sale tickets went on sale at 8 a.m. on Friday March 7 2008, with 4-day camping tickets priced at €244.50 and 3-day camping tickets priced at €224.50. Thursday camping passes cost €20 extra. Three-day weekend camping and four-day weekend camping tickets along with day tickets for Saturday July 12 were sold out by Monday March 10 2008. A very limited number of three-day (no camping) tickets and day tickets for Friday July 11 and Sunday July 13 were still available for a period after going sale, before the Oxegen website announced at 14:09 on Wednesday May 7 2008 that all tickets were sold out. [1] [2] On Friday June 13, in what they described as “a move to combat touting”, MCD put a limited number of extra weekend tickets on sale for Oxegen 2008. The tickets are available from the official website and Ticketmaster from Friday June 20. [3]

Line-up confirmation timetable

November: On November 27 2007 at 5 p.m, Kings of Leon became the first band to be announced to play Oxegen this summer. The band topped an online poll which asked festival-goers for their dream line-up and so the band were immediately asked and confirmed. Vocalist Caleb Followill said: "We love playing in Ireland, the fans are brilliant and we can't wait to play Oxegen 2008". [4] [5] [6] They will headline the opening night of the festival. [7]

February: On February 15 2008, R.E.M. were confirmed for Oxegen 2008, the second act to be announced and joining Kings of Leon. [8] [9] [10] Meanwhile Kaiser Chiefs confirmed themselves and Rage Against the Machine as Sunday night headliners on their official website; however this announcement was edited on February 18 to bear no mention of Rage Against the Machine who had yet to be officially confirmed. The words "directly before headliners Rage Against The Machine" were removed from the page. [1] Tim Burgess also revealed that The Charlatans would be appearing although that too was hushed up soon afterwards. [11] [2] The Pogues too confirmed themselves online.

On February 19 at 16:29, Kaiser Chiefs, The Raconteurs and Ian Brown were announced on the official website [12] [13], followed by The Fratellis, Interpol and Counting Crows the next day [14]. February 21 saw Hot Chip, Justice, The Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twin and Alabama 3 added to the line-up [15] [16] [17]. Finally, at 09:14 on February 22, Rage Against the Machine were confirmed as headliners by the organisers [18]. On Sunday February 24, The Verve were confirmed on the official website for an appearance at Oxegen 2008. Stereophonics, Band of Horses, Seasick Steve, The Courteeners and Future Kings of Spain were all confirmed by the official website on February 25 [19], with official confirmation of The Prodigy [20], Panic at the Disco, The Feeling [21], DJ Koze, Kaz James (BodyRockers) and Crookers on the following day.

March: The e-mail sent out with pre-sale ticket information to those registered on the official site confirmed that Bowling for Soup, Kate Nash, Editors, The Hoosiers, Newton Faulkner, Pendulum, Scouting for Girls, The Zutons, Battles, Róisín Murphy, Lightspeed Champion and David Jordan would also be playing [3]. These twelve and Richard Hawley were confirmed by the official website on Monday March 3 [22] [23]. On Thursday March 6, Tom Dunne's Pet Sounds show on Today FM (between 7 pm and 10 pm) broadcasted an Oxegen Special previewing this year's line-up alongside festival highlights from previous years. Meanwhile Hot Press was amongst the first news outlets to confirm that Amy Winehouse would again be scheduled to finally appear at Oxegen (although there is no guarantee that she will, given her current condition) [24]. Several bands and musicians such as Echo & the Bunnymen, The Wombats, The Pigeon Detectives, The Subways, Ben Folds, Delays, The Script, Kavinsky, Mindless Self Indulgence, and Boys Noize also confirmed themselves to play Oxegen '08 on their own websites before later being confirmed by the official Oxegen website.[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]

On Wednesday March 5 in the late evening, the Oxegen website began a revamp for the release of the tickets on Friday March 7. On Thursday March 6, Oxegen 2008 was officially launched with the confirmation of appearances by Amy Winehouse [35], The Pogues, The Charlatans and The Swell Season, featuring Oscar winners Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. [36] A breakdown of the acts was also revealed for the first time [37]. A spokesman for promoters MCD said: "This year's line-up is one of the strongest ever. Music fans have quite literally the most diverse and strongest line-up of bands we have seen in Ireland. We are expecting tickets to sell very quickly." [38] Glen Hansard told the Irish Daily Mirror: "I think Oxegen is just as exciting as appearing at the Oscars", saying "it's a dream come true for any Irish musician" [39]. The festival line-up was widely praised by the print media. The Irish Examiner called it a "fairytale line up for a festival", adding that "the fairytale of Naas will come alive this summer".

May: On Tuesday May 6, Tom Dunne confirmed a host of other acts on his Pet Sounds show on Today FM. These included Manic Street Preachers, Feeder, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Ting Tings, Black Kids, MGMT, Bell X1, The Coronas, Concerto For Constantine and Delorentos. These and others including The Kooks and Groove Armada were confirmed by the Oxegen website the following day, [40] [41] [42] along with details of the Dance Stage. The headliners were confirmed to be Unkle, Justice and David Guetta respectively for the three days. Also confirmed for the Dance Stage on the Friday were Calvin Harris and Annie Mac amongst others, for the Saturday were Boys Noize, Mylo, Kavinsky and Japanese Popstars amongst others and for the Sunday were Luciano, Kaz James, Crookers and Does It Offend You, Yeah? amongst others. [43] On Friday May 16 at 09:36, more acts were announced; these were The National, Tricky, The Go! Team, Feeder (again), The Pigeon Detectives, The Enemy, One Night Only and The Whigs. [44] [45]

June: On Monday June 9 at 11 a.m., forty new acts as well as the full stage line-up was announced on the official Oxegen website. [46] [47] New acts confirmed included Mundy, Aslan, Captain and Sugababes for the Friday and Eddy Grant, Flogging Molly and Fight Like Apes for the Sunday.

Cannabis controversy

On February 27, there were calls from the Catholic anti-drugs agency, Crosscare, which runs counselling programmes in the Dublin Archdiocese for teenagers caught with cannabis at Oxegen not to be arrested. They claimed: "Our time is being wasted every year by mostly Leaving Cert students who don’t have an addiction problem but have been arrested for a smoking a joint" [48]. Justice minister, Brian Lenihan rejected the proposal saying that it would amount to the legalisation of cannabis, of which Mr. Lenihan is severely intolerant [49].

Platform III

Bands with Kildare connections were invited to compete in 2008's Platform III competition to win a slot on the Oxegen bill, in which two winning groups were selected to perform on the New Band Stage at Oxegen '08. Editors and The Killers have previously cut their teeth on that stage. Platform III Project Manager, Susan Boyle said that at least one band member should have Kildare connections. [50]

Red Bull Local Hero Skate Tour

Four Irish bands playing at Oxegen '08 played free live outdoor performances as part of the Red Bull Local Hero Skate Tour. On Wednesday June 18, Future Kings of Spain played in Waterford. On Thursday June 19, The Kinetiks played in Ennis. On Friday June 20, Concerto For Constantine played in Letterkenny and on Saturday June 21, they played in Belfast. On Monday June 23, The Coronas played in Dublin.

Local skaters were invited to skate with the Red Bull pro skate team who then selected the best skater from each venue crowning him or her the ‘Red Bull Local Hero’. The ‘Local Heroes’ from each venue will then attend the Red Bull Vert Ramp Camp at Oxegen where they will get coaching from some of the world's top skaters including leading European Vert skater Mack McKelton from Germany and European Street Skating champion Philipp Schuster from Austria. The Local Hero’s prize also includes weekend festival passes to Oxegen '08.

Some of the world’s best skaters have been invited by Red Bull to perform a series of gravity defying demonstrations throughout Oxegen '08. The riders will perform on the Red Bull Vert Ramp which has been used as the playground for professional Skateboarders in such events as X Games and the World Skateboarding Championships in recent years. This enormous structure, which comes for the second time to Ireland, has proved daunting to the world’s best riders in the past standing 10m high, 15m wide and 14.2m in length, completely covered over with clear ‘window’ panels and open on both sides for public viewing.

Production blog

For the first time, the official website features a production blog, which details events taking place immediately before the festival.

Tuesday June 24 Two hundred TV production people, CCTV specialists, electricians, plumbers and other professionals were at Punchestown preparing the grounds for the masses, with numbers rising as the festival moves closer. The weather was described as a little "little grey". In the previous couple of days, portacabins arrived onsite for the professionals to set up their offices. Communications systems are in with phone lines, internet and radios being established. 2,000 panels of heras fence arrived the previous day along with 1 km of steelshield. The blue campsite ha started to be built. The fencing, lighting and security towers were erected with signage to point festival-goers in the right direction. Trackway was also being laid that week. On June 23, there was a pre-event planning meeting held onsite and attended by the local council, Gardaí, fire services, health board as well as the MCD site team, event control and safety officers.

Alterations

New additions

  • Campers at Oxegen '08 should be prepared for some environment-friendly changes to this year's sites and camping gear. [51]
  • Oxegen '08 has been awarded Carbon Neutral status, making it Ireland's biggest ever Carbon Neutral event. In keeping with World Environment Day (June 5), organisers announced that they have been working closely with The Carbon Neutral Company to look at ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions produced from the festival. [52]
  • The reusable Eco-cup will be introduced to reduce the 10% of CO2 emissions attributed to waste that is unrecycled, i.e. landfill emissions. Festival-goers purchasing a drink at any of the bars can pay a €3 deposit for the Eco-cup for their first drink. When buying further drinks the customer exchanges their old cup for a new one at no extra cost and at the end of the night, they can either be exchanged for a full refund or taken home. Irish owned company Earthstream Bio Packaging will also be offering all Oxegen food vendors the opportunity to use bio-degradable packaging. [53]
  • The Hot Press Signing Tent makes an appearance at Oxegen '08 and will be running throughout the three days. [54]
  • The IMRO New Sounds Stage debuts at Oxegen '08, with Blood Red Shoes headlining on the Saturday night and Dry County headlining on the Sunday night. [55]
  • The Xbox Live Stage will make its first ever European appearance at Oxegen '08. Boasting a massive 46 sq m, high-quality LED cinema screen, the Xbox Live Stage will feature live performances and VJ sets from the likes of MTV’s Eclectic Method. The Xbox Live Stage will also show films, including I Am Legend, Lethal Weapon, National Lampoon’s European Vacation and South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut. Fans with Thursday camping tickets can also look forward to a special Batman night. The Big Screen will also give fans the chance to test their competitive edge with some great games including arcade classics like Sonic the Hedgehog, Pac-Man, Sensible Soccer and the movie quiz, Scene It?. The Xbox Live Stage will kick off proceedings at 12 noon on Thursday, and run from 10 am each day of the festival until late. Xbox 360 will also take to the Main Stage with EA Games's popular Rock Karaoke game Rock Band with festival-goers offered the chance to pick the songs to sing along to and rock the world. There will be a vast range of artists, bands and tracks to choose from; including Guns N' Roses, The Police, Radiohead and The Clash. [56]

Changes

  • Stage 2/NME (formerly The NME Stage and previously The Ticket Stage) has been renamed yet again and will, for the 2008 festival, be known as the O2 Stage.

Thursday

For the first ever Thursday night at Oxegen a number of entertainments have been supplied. There will be a circus, a silent disco, a banjo orchestra and a couple of tribute bands. The red camping site will host the Swamp Circus Theatre. The Cloghoppers, the smallest banjo orchestra in the world, will perform on unicycles, alongside the aerial artistry of Emily Rose. At the silent disco, dancers will have a choice of two DJs on their FM headsets. The Rocking Back The Clock Stage will feature tribute acts such as The Stone Roses Experience, and AC/DC cover band, Hells Bells. [57]

Food

Breakfast, bagels, tea & coffee

  • Tea & Toast will again provide breakfast.
  • Bagel Factory will provide over thirty flavours of bagels.
  • Callum’s Real Coffee will offer coffees, smoothies and juices.
  • Steamy Tea will have their special tea & coffee dispensing backpacks on hand to serve up hot beverages for campers.

International cuisine

  • Pasta Mista will provide Italian food.
  • Taco Man and Flaming Cactus will provide nachos, burritos and tacos.
  • Café Mao will provide Thai food.
  • Now & Zen will provide Chinese food.
  • Wok ’n’ Roll will provide stir-fries and other oriental dishes.

Traditional

  • Seacow will provide fish and chips.
  • Abrakebabra will return to provide kebabs.
  • Kiosk Man will provide confectionary, drinks and other essentials.
  • Fireworx will provide a German style barbeque.
  • Eat Fat Pig and The Celtic Hog Company will provide spit roasted pork.
  • The Real Irish Burger Company and The Real Irish Sausage Company provide the best quality Irish beef and pork in their food.
  • The Splendid Chicken Company will provide burgers.
  • Goodness Gracious will cater for vegetarians and vegans.
  • Moon Food will have a vast range of vegetarian pies.
  • Ben & Jerry’s converted American school bus will have an array of ice cream flavours.
  • Choc Allure will provide a chocolate fountain ready to serve chocolate covered strawberries and other treats.

Problems

  • There was some difficulty selling all available tickets for Oxegen 2008 but they eventually sold out in May. [58]
  • Planners for Oxegen 2008 want to cut the parking facilities by one quarter, despite massive problems last year when a downpour saw the parking facilities shut and transferred to another area away from the site. [59] Because an estimated 70% of emissions at Oxegen are associated with travel, festival goers are strongly urged to consider one of the public transport options to get to Punchestown for the festival. Bus Éireann will be running express services from destinations around the country and Dublin Bus will operate a shuttle service from Parnell Square. Car drivers can use the Oxegen Park and Ride site, and take the free shuttle bus to Oxegen. Those wishing to drive are encouraged to car share and as an incentive a free parking ticket is provided when you present four camping tickets at any Ticketmaster outlet.

Broadcasting rights

MTV UK & Ireland is the official live broadcast partner for Oxegen '08. MTV's coverage of Oxegen '08 will premiere with the OXEGEN Festival Weekend on August 2-3 with over fifty hours of programming across MTV’s portfolio of channels, including MTV Two, VH1, MTV Hits, MTV One and TMF as well as support from http://www.mtv.co.uk .

2fm and 2XM will broadcast over fifty hours of music during the three days of the festival. Jenny Huston, Jenny Greene, Cormac Battle, Dan Hegarty, Dave Fanning and Mr Spring will present radio coverage of the event. RTÉ 2XM WebTV will also make a debut at Oxegen. With cameras on the RTÉ 2FM roadcaster and backstage, all the goings-on will be beamed out to the world from Punchestown via the world wide web. To witness these broadcasts one may tune in to the radio on 2FM or watch live RTÉ 2XM Web TV @ Oxegen at http://www.rte.ie/2fm, and, if you want to relive these musical moments, footage will be available online for a week after the festival. [60]

Stages

Oxegen 2008 will have at least 7 stages. These include The Main Stage, The 02 Stage, The Pet Sounds Arena, The Green Room, The Dance Arena, The New Bands/Futures Stage and The IMRO New Sounds Stage.

2008 Line-up

The acts that will play the festival:

Friday 11 July Saturday 12 July Sunday 13 July

Main Stage:

The O2 Stage:

Green Room:

Pet Sounds:

Dance Tent:

New Band Stage/Futures:

Main Stage:

The O2 Stage:

Green Room:

Pet Sounds:

Dance Tent:

New Band Stage/Futures:

IMRO New Sounds Stage:


Main Stage:

The O2 Stage:

Green Room:

Pet Sounds Stage:

Dance Tent:

New Band Stage/Futures:

IMRO New Sounds Stage:

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