3 days, 5 stages, 80 acts. The Oxegen festival brought in 80,000 people in 2005, a huge group of people in its own right.

Oxegen is the music festival formerly known as Witnness, which was sponsored by Guinness beer. It had traditionally been held in Fairyhouse Racecourse, County Meath, Ireland. In 2004, the festival changed strides and changed its name. At that time, the festival was moved to its current location in Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland.

The festival has become known as the Irish counterpart to Scotland's T in the Park. The two festivals have fallen into having similiar line ups on the same weekend, with bands playing opposite days in opposite festivals to cater to audiences in both countries.

Oxegen Music Festival Lineup 2008
Main Stage
FRIDAY 11TH
Kings of Leon
Interpol
Editors
Paddy Casey
The Coronas
Amy Macdonald

SATURDAY 12TH
The Verve
R.E.M.
Stereophonics
AmyWinehouse
Counting Crows
Newton Faulkner
Scouting For Girls
Bowling For Soup

SUNDAY 13TH
Rage Against The Machine
Kaiser Chiefs
The Fratellis
The Kooks
The Blizzards
The Feeling
Eddy Grant

The O2 Stage
FRIDAY 11TH
Groove Armada
The Go! Team
Ben Folds
dEUS
Sugababes
Future Kings of Spain

SATURDAY 12TH
The Prodigy
The Zutons
Feeder
Panic at the Disco
The Enemy
The Hoosiers,
The Wombats
Powderfinger
One Night Only
Little Man Tate

SUNDAY 13TH
Chemical Brothers
The Raconteurs
Republic Of Loose
Kate Nash
The Pigeon Detectives
We Are Scientists
The Courteeners
The Subways

Green Room
FRIDAY 11TH
Bell X1
Mundy
Aslan
The Saw Doctors
The Kinetiks
Dirty Epics

SATURDAY 12TH
Manic Street Preachers
The Charlatans
Pendulum
Echo and the
Bunnymen
Vampire Weekend
British Sea Power
The Ting Tings
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Delays
Concerto For Constantine

SUNDAY 13TH
Ian Brown
The Pogues
Tom Baxter
Reverend and the Makers
Jack Penate
Alabama 3
The Stranglers
The Hold Steady
The Whigs

Pet Sounds
FRIDAY 11TH
Cat Power
Aphex Twin
Tricky
Battles
Captain
God Is An Astronaut

SATURDAY 12TH
The National
Hot Chip
Richard Hawley
Seasick Steve
Declan O’Rourke
Paul Heaton
My Morning Jacket
The Music
Camille O’Sullivan
Jack McManus

SUNDAY 13TH
The Swell Season featuring Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
Roisin Murphy
Band of Horses
MGMT
Delorentos
Lightspeed Champion
David Jordan
Ryan Bingham

2FM New Bands Stage / Futures
FRIDAY 11TH
White Denim
The Rascals
Friendly Fires
The Metros
Noah & The Whale,
Bryn Christopher
Liam Finn
Sparkadia
Leopold

SATURDAY 12TH
Elliot Minor
Royworld
Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong
Black Kids
Alphabeat
Ida Maria
Yeasayer
Holy Fuck
Mindless Self Indulgence
General Fiasco
Offshore
Kill City Defectors

SUNDAY 13TH
Los Campesinos!
Cajun Dance Party
Flogging Molly
Fight Like Apes
Glasvegas
The Script
Twisted Wheel
In Case Of Fire
Jaguar Love
White Lies
Schmackey And The Salads

Dance Stage
FRIDAY 11TH
Calvin Harris
Unkle
Annie Mac
MSTRKRFT
Koze
Kosheen
Sneaky Sound System
Burns

SATURDAY 12TH
Justice
Boys Noize
Slam
Michael Mayer
Streetlife DJs
Kavinsky
The Japanese Popstars
Chemistry DJ's

SUNDAY 13TH
David Guetta
Luciano
Mylo
Kaz James
Carl Craig
Crookers
Radioslave
Does It Offend You Yeah?
Quiet Village

Imro New Sounds Stage

SATURDAY 12TH
Blood Red Shoes
Codes
Gary Go
Oppenheimer
Sons Of Albion
New Amusement
The Golden Silvers
The Cades
The Red Labels
Future Chaser

SUNDAY 13TH
Dry County
Team Waterpolo
Halves
Crayonsmith
The Rocket Summer
Brothers Movement
The Hazy Janes
Fighting With Wire
Arno Carstens
The Television Room

Bacardi B-Live
FRIDAY 11TH
Dj Askillz
Mikki Dee
Shortie

SATURDAY 12TH
Rob Wilder
La Bamba Sound System
Beardyman
Cian Ó'Cíobháin
A$$Quake
Chewy

SUNDAY 13TH
Secret Sundaze
Spontaneous Construction
Ben Westbeech
Tu-Ki
Kormac