Pukkelpop 2008 was a music festival that took place on the plains beside the Kempische Steenweg in Kiewit, Belgium, located near the city of Hasselt, on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August 2008.
Metallica, The Killers, and Sigur Rós headlined the event, which also saw appearances from acts such as The Flaming Lips, Hot Chip, Within Temptation, Erol Alkan, Manic Street Preachers, MGMT, and Crystal Castles. Belgian electro band Soulwax brought the festival to a close, performing on the Main Stage on the final night.
This year saw the introduction of a new indoor stage, The Shelter. It replaced the Skate Stage, the event's second outdoor stage and a festival mainstay for the past decade. The new setting still focused on punk and metal acts, with Soulfly, Meshuggah, and Killswitch Engage closing the stage on each of the three nights respectively.
The event was attended by 152,000 people, a record number for the festival at the time.
Line-up
Thursday, August 14
Main StageMarqueeDance HallThe ShelterThe Killers Róisín Murphy Editors Dropkick Murphys Serj Tankian Danko Jones Amy Macdonald The Subways TriggerfingerThe Flaming Lips Mercury Rev Ian Brown Joan as Police Woman Dirty Pretty Things The Cribs The Pigeon Detectives Kaizers Orchestra Die! Die! Die!Stereo MCs Pendulum Hot Chip Tricky Infadels Santogold De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig Midnight Juggernauts The ShoesSoulfly Thrice The Casualties Animal Alpha The Unseen Have Heart Hi-Fi Handgrenades Disco Ensemble
Boiler RoomClubChateauWablief?Mish Mash Soundsystem Carl Craig High Contrast SebastiAn Ed and Kim Uffie and Feadz DJ Mehdi TC Headman Shabalala CompuphonicThe Ting Tings Iron and Wine Hadouken! British Sea Power One Night Only Soko Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong Louis XIV Red Light CompanyHoly Fuck Drive-By Truckers Henry Rollins White Lies Menomena Little Dragon Kid Harpoon A Mountain of OneThe Subs Le Le Headphone Freaky Age AKA The Junkies MaxNormal.TV The Germans Motek
Friday, August 15
Main StageMarqueeDance HallThe ShelterMetallica Within Temptation Stereophonics Cold War Kids Arsenal Michael Franti and Spearhead Das Pop Sons of AlbionThe Gutter Twins Tindersticks The Breeders Tim Vanhamel Foals A Brand Girls in Hawaii Sons and Daughters State RadioBoys Noize Miss Kittin and The Hacker Robyn Leila Deadmau5 Modeselektor and Pfadfinderei The Count & Sinden Dusty Kid AutoKratzMeshuggah MxPx Mindless Self Indulgence Volbeat A Wilhelm Scream Cult of Luna Witchcraft Year Long Disaster
Boiler RoomClubChateauWablief?Ed & Kim Ricardo Villalobos DJ Hype and Daddy Earl Erol Alkan Surkin Brodinski Radioclit Chase & Status MurdockThe Rascals Blood Red Shoes The Futureheads Does It Offend You, Yeah? The Dø Lightspeed Champion Pete and the Pirates Those Dancing DaysTokyo Police Club Alphabeat Martina Topley-Bird Tunng Los Campesinos! Caribou Nina Nastasia The DodosLady Linn And Her Magnificent Seven Kitty Daisy & Lewis Creature with the Atom Brain
Saturday, August 16
Main StageMarqueeDance HallThe ShelterSoulwax Sigur Rós Bloc Party Manic Street Preachers Plain White T's The Wombats The RonesElbow Jamie Lidell The Dresden Dolls MGMT Anti-Flag The National Black Kids The Black Box Revelation Lykke LiEtienne de Crecy Simian Mobile Disco Hercules and Love Affair Junkie XL Girl Talk Yelle Late of the Pier The Whip Samim and Miguel ToroKillswitch Engage Neurosis Less Than Jake As I Lay Dying Epica Amenra This Is Menace The Ocean
Boiler RoomClubChateauWablief?Hermanos Inglesos Dr. Lektroluv 2 Many DJs Erol Alkan Tocadisco A-Trak DJ Friction Crookers The Bloody Beetroots GoldfoxWe Are Scientists Alela Diane Black Mountain Yeasayer Two Gallants The Heavy Look See ProofCrystal Castles M83 Chrome Hoof Shackleton Benga Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip A Storm of Light Fuck Buttons PivotMonza The Hickey Underworld Lemon Móveis Coloniais de Acaju COEM Roadburg
External links Official website for 2008 edition Official website for current edition References