Pitchfork Music Festival 2008 | |
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Dates | July 18–20, 2008 |
Location(s) | Union Park, Chicago, United States |
Website | pitchforkmusicfestival |
The Pitchfork Music Festival 2008 was held on July 18 to 20, 2008 at the Union Park, Chicago, United States. [1]
In that year, Pitchfork partnered up with promotion companies All Tomorrow's Parties to present a Don't Look Back stage, on which all of the bands performed one of their classic albums in its entirety on Friday. [2]
Artists listed from latest to earliest set times. [3]
Friday, July 18 | Saturday, July 19 | Sunday, July 20 |
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Public Enemy [lower-alpha 1] | Animal Collective The Hold Steady Vampire Weekend Fleet Foxes Jay Reatard | Spoon Spiritualized The Dodos The Apples in Stereo Dirty Projectors |
Friday, July 18 | Saturday, July 19 | Sunday, July 20 |
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Sebadoh [lower-alpha 2] Mission of Burma [lower-alpha 3] | Jarvis Cocker !!! Dizzee Rascal Caribou Titus Andronicus | Dinosaur Jr. M. Ward Les Savy Fav Boris Times New Viking |
Saturday, July 19 | Sunday, July 20 |
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No Age Atlas Sound Extra Golden Elf Power The Ruby Suns Fuck Buttons Icy Demons A Hawk and a Hacksaw Boban i Marko Marković Orkestar | Cut Copy Bradford Cox/King Khan/Jay Reatard Impromptu Jam Session Bon Iver Ghostface Killah & Raekwon Occidental Brothers Dance Band International King Khan and the Shrines HEALTH High Places Mahjongg |
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