Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 2008 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 241 acts for Glastonbury 2008 across 10 stages. Headliners were Kings of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve. 176 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.

241acts
10stages
73%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
Kings of Leon
The Fratellis Editors The Gossip The Feeling KT Tunstall Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly The Subways Kate Nash
Panic! at the Disco The Enemy We Are Scientists Foals The Hoosiers Ben Folds Vampire Weekend Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong The Rascals Ida Maria Pete Doherty Dizzee Rascal John Cale Franz Ferdinand Edwyn Collins The Duke Spirit Operator Please Sons and Daughters Santigold Beggars Magic Wands Island Line The Langley Sisters The Cribs Reverend and the Makers MGMT The Kills The Ting Tings The Young Knives Lightspeed Champion +23 more
Saturday
Jay-Z
Amy Winehouse Manu Chao The Raconteurs James Blunt Crowded House Seasick Steve Martha Wainwright Shakin' Stevens
Massive Attack Hot Chip Elbow Duffy The Wombats Neon Neon Black Kids One Night Only Los Campesinos! Golden Silvers The Travelling Band Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) Battles MGMT The Last Shadow Puppets Shlomo Kool Keith Guilty Pleasures Alphabeat St Vincent Jape Eugene McGuinness Biffy Clyro The Futureheads Band of Horses The Black Lips Vampire Weekend The Courteeners British Sea Power Holy Fuck +23 more
Sunday
The Verve
Leonard Cohen Goldfrapp Neil Diamond John Mayer Brian Jonestown Massacre Gilbert O'Sullivan Martina Topley Bird
Groove Armada The Zutons The Pigeon Detectives Mark Ronson Scouting for Girls Jack Peñate Newton Faulkner Black Mountain Hoodoo Gurus Black Cherry My Morning Jacket Tunng Saki Cult Laura Marling Mystery Jets Kathryn Williams & Neil MacColl The Cave Singers Alberta Cross Mumford & Sons lan Tyler & The Lost Sons Redbridge Brass Band The National Spiritualized Crystal Castles Blood Red Shoes Stars Rocket Summer Friendly Fires The Whip Yeasayer +19 more
Sharon Shannon & Big Band Xavier Rudd Hazel O'Connor The Men They Couldn't Hang Ron Sexsmith Frank Turner Kissmet Hobo Jones & the Junkyard Dogs The Proclaimers Will Young Bacalao The Handsome Family The Wurzels Rachel Unthank & The Winterset Alabama 3 unplugged Malarchy One String Loose Katie Melua Blazin' Fiddles Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara John Tams & Barry Coope The Baghdaddies Big Band The Family Mahone Räfven Aisle 16 Attila the Stockbroker Dzifa Benson Sophia Blackwell The Book Club Baba Brinkman +41 more

Friday lineup

Pyramid Stage

  1. 1Kings of Leon
  2. 2The Fratellis
  3. 3Editors
  4. 4The Gossip
  5. 5The Feeling
  6. 6KT Tunstall
  7. 7Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
  8. 8The Subways
  9. 9Kate Nash

Other Stage

  1. 1Panic! at the Disco
  2. 2The Enemy
  3. 3We Are Scientists
  4. 4Foals
  5. 5The Hoosiers
  6. 6Ben Folds
  7. 7Vampire Weekend
  8. 8Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong
  9. 9The Rascals
  10. 10Ida Maria (Replaced Hilltop Hoods)

Park Stage

  1. 1Pete Doherty
  2. 2Dizzee Rascal
  3. 3John Cale
  4. 4Franz Ferdinand (special guest)
  5. 5Edwyn Collins
  6. 6The Duke Spirit
  7. 7Operator Please
  8. 8Sons and Daughters
  9. 9Santigold
  10. 10Beggars
  11. 11Magic Wands
  12. 12Island Line
  13. 13The Langley Sisters

John Peel stage

  1. 1The Cribs
  2. 2Reverend and the Makers
  3. 3MGMT
  4. 4The Kills
  5. 5The Ting Tings
  6. 6The Young Knives
  7. 7Lightspeed Champion
  8. 8Make Model
  9. 9Glasvegas
  10. 10Hadouken!
  11. 11Patrick Watson
  12. 12Royworld

Acoustic stage

  1. 1Seasick Steve
  2. 2Sinéad O'Connor
  3. 3The Blockheads
  4. 4Arno Carstens
  5. 5Eddi Reader
  6. 6Camille O'Sullivan
  7. 7Eleanor McEvoy
  8. 8Devon Sproule
  9. 9Acoustic Stage Blues Club With Grainne Duffy

Jazzworld Stage

  1. 1Jimmy Cliff
  2. 2Estelle
  3. 3Fun Lovin' Criminals
  4. 4Lupe Fiasco
  5. 5Candi Staton
  6. 6Alabama 3
  7. 7Soha
  8. 8Phantom Limb
  9. 9Mankala

Saturday lineup

Pyramid Stage

  1. 1Jay-Z
  2. 2Amy Winehouse
  3. 3Manu Chao
  4. 4The Raconteurs
  5. 5James Blunt
  6. 6Crowded House
  7. 7Seasick Steve
  8. 8Martha Wainwright
  9. 9Shakin' Stevens

Other Stage

  1. 1Massive Attack
  2. 2Hot Chip
  3. 3Elbow
  4. 4Duffy
  5. 5The Wombats
  6. 6Neon Neon
  7. 7Black Kids
  8. 8One Night Only
  9. 9Los Campesinos!
  10. 10Golden Silvers
  11. 11The Travelling Band

Park Stage

  1. 1Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS)
  2. 2Battles
  3. 3MGMT
  4. 4The Last Shadow Puppets (special guest; with Jack White and Matt Helders)
  5. 5Shlomo
  6. 6Kool Keith
  7. 7Guilty Pleasures
  8. 8Alphabeat
  9. 9St Vincent
  10. 10Jape
  11. 11Eugene McGuinness

John Peel stage

  1. 1Biffy Clyro
  2. 2The Futureheads
  3. 3Band of Horses
  4. 4The Black Lips
  5. 5Vampire Weekend
  6. 6The Courteeners
  7. 7British Sea Power
  8. 8Holy Fuck
  9. 9The Teenagers
  10. 10Hilltop Hoods
  11. 11Emmy the Great
  12. 12Dogtanion

Acoustic stage

  1. 1Gilbert O'Sullivan
  2. 2The Swell Season Featuring Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
  3. 3Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers
  4. 4Seth Lakeman
  5. 5Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders
  6. 6Thea Gilmore
  7. 7Sid Griffin & Coal Porters
  8. 8Emily Maguire
  9. 9Acoustic Stage Blues Club With Grainne Duffy
  10. 10Average Bell Ends
  11. 11The Travelling Band

Jazzworld Stage

  1. 1Éthiopiques
  2. 2Buddy Guy
  3. 3The Imagined Village
  4. 4Joan Armatrading
  5. 5Eric Bibb
  6. 6Massukos
  7. 7The Blessing
  8. 8The Neil Cowley Trio
  9. 9Bedouin Jerry Can Band

Sunday lineup

Pyramid Stage

  1. 1The Verve
  2. 2Leonard Cohen
  3. 3Goldfrapp
  4. 4Neil Diamond
  5. 5John Mayer
  6. 6Brian Jonestown Massacre
  7. 7Gilbert O'Sullivan
  8. 8Martina Topley Bird

Other Stage

  1. 1Groove Armada
  2. 2The Zutons
  3. 3The Pigeon Detectives
  4. 4Mark Ronson
  5. 5Scouting for Girls
  6. 6Jack Peñate
  7. 7Newton Faulkner
  8. 8Black Mountain
  9. 9Hoodoo Gurus
  10. 10Black Cherry

Park Stage

  1. 1My Morning Jacket
  2. 2Tunng
  3. 3Saki Cult
  4. 4Laura Marling
  5. 5Mystery Jets
  6. 6Kathryn Williams & Neil MacColl
  7. 7The Cave Singers
  8. 8Alberta Cross
  9. 9Mumford & Sons
  10. 10lan Tyler & The Lost Sons
  11. 11Redbridge Brass Band

John Peel stage

  1. 1The National
  2. 2Spiritualized
  3. 3Crystal Castles
  4. 4Blood Red Shoes (replacing The Long Blondes)
  5. 5Stars
  6. 6Rocket Summer
  7. 7Friendly Fires
  8. 8The Whip
  9. 9Yeasayer

Acoustic stage

  1. 1Joan Baez
  2. 2Suzanne Vega
  3. 3The London Community Gospel Choir
  4. 4Stackridge
  5. 5Tom Baxter
  6. 6Tift Merritt
  7. 7Foy Vance
  8. 8Acoustic Stage Blues Club With Grainne Duffy
  9. 9Amsterdam
  10. 10Lazenby

Jazzworld Stage

  1. 1Manu Chao
  2. 2King Solomon Burke
  3. 3Eddy Grant
  4. 4Dub Colossus
  5. 5Asere & Billy Cobham
  6. 6Balkan Beat Box
  7. 7Almasala
  8. 8Portico Quartet
  9. 9Sense of Sound

Full lineup

Avalon Stage

  1. 1Sharon Shannon & Big Band
  2. 2Xavier Rudd
  3. 3Hazel O'Connor
  4. 4The Men They Couldn't Hang
  5. 5Ron Sexsmith
  6. 6Frank Turner
  7. 7Kissmet
  8. 8Hobo Jones & the Junkyard Dogs
  9. 9The Proclaimers
  10. 10Will Young
  11. 11Bacalao
  12. 12The Handsome Family
  13. 13The Wurzels
  14. 14Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
  15. 15Alabama 3 unplugged
  16. 16Malarchy
  17. 17One String Loose
  18. 18Katie Melua
  19. 19Blazin' Fiddles
  20. 20Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
  21. 21John Tams & Barry Coope
  22. 22The Baghdaddies Big Band
  23. 23The Family Mahone
  24. 24Räfven

Poetry&Words Stage

  1. 1Aisle 16
  2. 2Attila the Stockbroker
  3. 3Dzifa Benson
  4. 4Sophia Blackwell
  5. 5The Book Club
  6. 6Baba Brinkman
  7. 7Alison Brumfitt
  8. 8Gary Death
  9. 9Melinda May Deathgoth
  10. 10Dizraeli
  11. 11Kat Francois
  12. 12Helen Gregory
  13. 13Hammer and Tongue
  14. 14A.F. Harrold
  15. 15John Hegley
  16. 16Adam Horovitz
  17. 17Michael Horovitz
  18. 18Libby Houston
  19. 19Joolz
  20. 20Cat Kidd
  21. 21Kokumo
  22. 22Emma McGordon
  23. 23Olúmìdé Pópóọlá

Avalon Cafe Stage

  1. 1Nuala & The Alchemy Quartet
  2. 2Benji Kirkpatrick
  3. 3Rod Thomas
  4. 4Lewis Garland & the Kett Rebellion
  5. 5The Epstein
  6. 6The Gala Band
  7. 7The Cedar
  8. 8Your Garden Day
  9. 9Infected Loop
  10. 10Green Angels
  11. 11The Johnsons

Late n Live Stage

  1. 1Courteeners
  2. 2Orphan Boy
  3. 34:Fifteen
  4. 4Rook and The Ravens
  5. 5The Travelling Band
  6. 6Golden Silvers
  7. 7The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
  8. 8Gideon Conn
  9. 9Danny and Champions of the World
  10. 10Karima Francis
  11. 11Lazy Bones
  12. 12The Filth Wizard
  13. 13DJ Jon Ford / Shoplifters
On this bill

Their festival histories

Foals 30 appearances · headlined 1× Vampire Weekend 25 appearances · headlined 2× Kings of Leon 24 appearances · headlined 14× Hot Chip 22 appearances Franz Ferdinand 21 appearances · headlined 1× Mumford & Sons 21 appearances · headlined 12× The National 21 appearances · headlined 2× The Wombats 21 appearances

First time at Glastonbury in 2008

Jay-ZThe Brian Jonestown MassacreCrowded HouseThe FeelingGilbert O'SullivanJohn MayerKate NashLeonard CohenMartina Topley BirdNeil DiamondThe RaconteursShakin' Stevens4:FifteenA.F. HarroldAcoustic Stage Blues Club With Grainne DuffyAdam HorovitzAisle 16Alberta CrossAlison BrumfittAlmasalaAlphabeatAmsterdamAndy Fairweather Low & The Low RidersArno CarstensAsere & Billy CobhamAttila the StockbrokerAverage Bell EndsBaba BrinkmanBacalaoThe Baghdaddies Big BandBalkan Beat BoxBand of HorsesBattlesBedouin Jerry Can BandBeggarsBen FoldsBenji KirkpatrickBlack CherryBlack KidsBlack Lips+136 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Stackridgelast played Glastonbury in 197038 years
  2. The Blockheadslast played Glastonbury in 198424 years
  3. Joan Baezlast played Glastonbury in 198424 years
  4. Buddy Guylast played Glastonbury in 199216 years
  5. Joan Armatradinglast played Glastonbury in 199216 years

Other festivals in 2008

Coachella 2008 23 sharedReading & Leeds 2008 40 sharedLollapalooza 2008 18 sharedAustin City Limits 2008 13 sharedOutside Lands 2008 4 sharedNewport Folk 2008Splendour in the Grass 2008 8 shared
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Questions about Glastonbury 2008

Who headlined Glastonbury 2008?

Kings of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve were the headliners of Glastonbury 2008. The source marks no headliners, so these are the first acts listed on the main stage each day.

How many acts are on the Glastonbury 2008 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 241 acts for Glastonbury 2008 across 10 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 2008?

176 acts on the 2008 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including Jay-Z, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Crowded House, The Feeling and Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Source: Wikipedia, "Glastonbury Festival line-ups" (revision 1381296015), 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. This year's source marks no headliners, so the first act listed on the main stage each day is shown as the headliner. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.