Lineup Archive

Coachella 2008 lineup

The Coachella line-up page lists 152 acts for Coachella 2008 across 6 stages (Apr 25–27, 2008). Headliners were Jack Johnson, Prince and Roger Waters. 116 acts appeared at Coachella for the first time in our records. 8 other billed acts cancelled.

Apr 25–27dates
152acts
6stages
76%first time at Coachella
Friday
Jack Johnson
The Verve The Raconteurs Tegan and Sara The Breeders Slightly Stoopid John Butler Trio Rogue Wave
Serj Tankian The Swell Season The National Vampire Weekend Architecture in Helsinki Les Savy Fav Luckyiam Fatboy Slim Pendulum Aphex Twin Diplo Sandra Collins Adam Freeland Busy P SebastiAn Midnight Juggernauts DJ Mehdi Black Lips Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Aesop Rock Goldfrapp múm Jens Lekman Black Kids Redd Kross American Bang Professor Murder Spank Rock Datarock Santogold +14 more
Saturday
Prince
Portishead Kraftwerk Death Cab for Cutie Café Tacvba Cold War Kids Minus the Bear VHS or Beta
Flogging Molly Mark Ronson Rilo Kiley Dwight Yoakam Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks DeVotchKa dredg Little Brother Jupiter's Ring Above & Beyond Sasha & John Digweed M.I.A. Junkie XL Hot Chip Erol Alkan Boys Noize James Zabiela Kavinsky Uffie featuring DJ Mehdi Institubes Enter Shikari Yelle Animal Collective Islands Scars on Broadway Kate Nash MGMT Man Man The Teenagers The Bird and the Bee +17 more
Sunday
Roger Waters
My Morning Jacket Sean Penn Gogol Bordello Stars Shout Out Louds The Cool Kids Austin TV
Love and Rockets Metric Autolux Manchester Orchestra Electric Touch Grand Ole Party Vas Defrans Justice Chromeo Simian Mobile Disco Modeselektor Danny Tenaglia Booka Shade deadmau5 Dimitri from Paris Perry Farrell Institubes Black Mountain Murs Sia Spiritualized Swervedriver Duffy I'm from Barcelona Annuals Plastiscines Sons and Daughters Kid Sister with A-Trak Does It Offend You, Yeah? Holy F*ck +11 more

Friday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Jack Johnson
  2. 2The Verve
  3. 3The Raconteurs
  4. 4Tegan and Sara
  5. 5The Breeders
  6. 6Slightly Stoopid
  7. 7John Butler Trio
  8. 8Rogue Wave

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Serj Tankian
  2. 2The Swell Season
  3. 3The National
  4. 4Vampire Weekend
  5. 5Architecture in Helsinki
  6. 6Les Savy Fav
  7. 7Luckyiam

Sahara

  1. 1Fatboy Slim
  2. 2Pendulum
  3. 3Aphex Twin
  4. 4Diplo
  5. 5Sandra Collins
  6. 6Adam Freeland
  7. 7Busy P
  8. 8SebastiAn
  9. 9Midnight Juggernauts
  10. 10DJ Mehdi

Mojave

  1. 1Black Lips
  2. 2Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
  3. 3Aesop Rock
  4. 4Goldfrapp
  5. 5múm
  6. 6Jens Lekman
  7. 7Black Kids
  8. 8Redd Kross
  9. 9American Bang

Gobi

  1. 1Professor Murder
  2. 2Spank Rock
  3. 3Datarock
  4. 4Santogold
  5. 5dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip
  6. 6Cut Copy
  7. 7Dan Deacon
  8. 8Battles
  9. 9Porter

The Do LaB

  1. 1Lucent Dossier Experience
  2. 2The Ianator
  3. 3Sammy Bliss
  4. 4Jesse Wright
  5. 5DJ Wolfie
  6. 6Djun Djun
  7. 7Henry Strange
  8. 8Geno Cochino
  9. 9Chad Rock

Saturday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Prince
  2. 2Portishead
  3. 3Kraftwerk
  4. 4Death Cab for Cutie
  5. 5Café Tacvba
  6. 6Cold War Kids
  7. 7Minus the Bear
  8. 8VHS or Beta

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Flogging Molly
  2. 2Mark Ronson
  3. 3Rilo Kiley
  4. 4Dwight Yoakam
  5. 5Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
  6. 6DeVotchKa
  7. 7dredg
  8. 8Little Brother
  9. 9Jupiter's Ring

Sahara

  1. 1Above & Beyond
  2. 2Sasha & John Digweed
  3. 3M.I.A.
  4. 4Junkie XL
  5. 5Hot Chip
  6. 6Erol Alkan
  7. 7Boys Noize
  8. 8James Zabiela
  9. 9Kavinsky
  10. 10Uffie featuring DJ Mehdi
  11. 11Institubes

Mojave

  1. 1Enter Shikari
  2. 2Yelle
  3. 3Animal Collective
  4. 4Islands
  5. 5Scars on Broadway
  6. 6Kate Nash
  7. 7MGMT
  8. 8Man Man
  9. 9The Teenagers
  10. 10The Bird and the Bee

Gobi

  1. 1Calvin Harris
  2. 2Akron/Family
  3. 3Yo! Majesty
  4. 4The Cinematic Orchestra
  5. 5St. Vincent
  6. 6Bonde do Rolê
  7. 7120 Days
  8. 8Carbon/Silicon
  9. 9Yoav

The Do LaB

  1. 1Lucent Dossier Experience
  2. 2The Glitch Mob
  3. 3Random Rab
  4. 4David Starfire with iCatching
  5. 5Jesse (of Brazilian Girls)
  6. 6Dandelion
  7. 7DJ Imagika
  8. 8Adam Ohana

Sunday lineup

Coachella Stage

  1. 1Roger Waters
  2. 2My Morning Jacket
  3. 3Sean Penn (spoken word)
  4. 4Gogol Bordello
  5. 5Stars
  6. 6Shout Out Louds
  7. 7The Cool Kids
  8. 8Austin TV

Outdoor Theatre

  1. 1Love and Rockets
  2. 2Metric
  3. 3Autolux
  4. 4Manchester Orchestra
  5. 5Electric Touch
  6. 6Grand Ole Party
  7. 7Vas Defrans

Sahara

  1. 1Justice
  2. 2Chromeo
  3. 3Simian Mobile Disco
  4. 4Modeselektor
  5. 5Danny Tenaglia
  6. 6Booka Shade
  7. 7deadmau5
  8. 8Dimitri from Paris
  9. 9Perry Farrell
  10. 10Institubes

Mojave

  1. 1Black Mountain
  2. 2Murs
  3. 3Sia
  4. 4Spiritualized
  5. 5Swervedriver
  6. 6Duffy
  7. 7I'm from Barcelona
  8. 8Annuals
  9. 9Plastiscines

Gobi

  1. 1Sons and Daughters
  2. 2Kid Sister with A-Trak
  3. 3Does It Offend You, Yeah?
  4. 4The Field (cancelled)
  5. 5Holy F*ck
  6. 6Sean Penn (spoken word)
  7. 7Linton Kwesi Johnson
  8. 8Brett Dennen

The Do LaB

  1. 1Lucent Dossier Experience
  2. 2Adam Freeland
  3. 3Jupit3r
  4. 4Patricio
  5. 5Oscure
  6. 6El Papa Chango
  7. 7Helios Jive
  8. 8Ana Sia
  9. 9Saynt

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Jamie T (dropped (cancelled))
  2. 2Madness (dropped (cancelled))
  3. 3New Young Pony Club (dropped (cancelled))
  4. 4The Bees (dropped (cancelled))
  5. 5The Horrors (dropped (cancelled))
  6. 6The Streets (dropped (cancelled))
  7. 7Turbonegro (dropped (cancelled))
On this bill

Their festival histories

Vampire Weekend 25 appearances · headlined 2× Cold War Kids 22 appearances Hot Chip 22 appearances The National 21 appearances · headlined 2× Chromeo 20 appearances · headlined 1× Manchester Orchestra 20 appearances My Morning Jacket 20 appearances · headlined 1× Gogol Bordello 17 appearances

First time at Coachella in 2008

PrinceRoger WatersAustin TVThe BreedersCold War KidsThe Cool KidsJohn Butler TrioPortisheadThe RaconteursRogue WaveSean PennSlightly StoopidStarsThe VerveVHS or Beta120 DaysAbove & BeyondAdam OhanaAkron/FamilyAmerican BangAna SiaAnnualsAphex TwinArchitecture in HelsinkiBattlesThe Bird and the BeeBlack KidsBlack LipsBlack MountainBonde do RolêBooka ShadeBoys NoizeBrett DennenCalvin HarrisCarbon/SiliconChad RockChromeoThe Cinematic OrchestraCut CopyDan Deacon+76 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Spiritualizedlast played Coachella in 19999 years
  2. Fatboy Slimlast played Coachella in 20017 years
  3. Sandra Collinslast played Coachella in 20026 years
  4. Sasha & John Digweedlast played Coachella in 20026 years
  5. Jack Johnsonlast played Coachella in 20035 years

Other festivals in 2008

Glastonbury 2008 23 sharedReading & Leeds 2008 14 sharedLollapalooza 2008 28 sharedAustin City Limits 2008 14 sharedOutside Lands 2008 10 sharedNewport Folk 2008Splendour in the Grass 2008 2 shared
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Questions about Coachella 2008

Who headlined Coachella 2008?

Jack Johnson, Prince and Roger Waters were the headliners of Coachella 2008.

How many acts are on the Coachella 2008 lineup?

The Coachella line-up page lists 160 acts for Coachella 2008 across 6 stages; 8 of thems cancelled. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

When was Coachella 2008?

Coachella 2008 took place on Apr 25–27, 2008, in Indio, California.

Who played Coachella for the first time in 2008?

116 acts on the 2008 lineup had not appeared at Coachella before in our records, including Prince, Roger Waters, Austin TV, The Breeders and Cold War Kids.

Source: Wikipedia, "Coachella Festival line-ups" (revision 1381296443), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.