Enfin ! Le festival belge de rock, le Pukkelpop, nous revient avec des infos toutes fraîches ! C’est plus de 57 nouveaux groupes qui sont annoncés ainsi que le programme des 3 jours de musique qui nous attendent en aout.

Les nouveaux groupes annoncés :
Bloc Party
Róisín Murphy – Soulwax – 2manydjs
Tindersticks – Stephen Marley
Jamie Lidell – The Gutter Twins – Hercules And Love Affair
The Breeders – Dr. Lektroluv – Elbow – The National
Hot Chip – Ian Brown – MGMT – We Are Scientists – Diplo
Robyn
Yelle – The Pigeon Detectives – Crystal Castles – Black Mountain
The Futureheads – Switch – A-Trak – OneRepublic – The Dø
Tunng – Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. – Sam Sparro – Kid Sister
The Ting Tings – M83 – Midnight Juggernauts – Lykke Li
Tokyo Police Club – Samim and Miguel Toro (Percussions) live
Alela Diane
Girl Talk – Operator Please – Flying Lotus – Pete & The Pirates
Dan Deacon – A Mountain of One – Disco Ensemble – White Lies – The Dodos
Fuck Buttons – Red Light Company – Menomena – State Radio – XX Teens
Pivot – Caribou – The Whip – El Guincho

Et voilà le programme jour par jour :

### LE PROGRAMME PAR JOURNÉE ###

***Jeudi 14 aout 2008***

The Killers – Róisín Murphy

The Flaming Lips – Serj Tankian

Dropkick Murphys

Mercury Rev – Carl Craig – Danko Jones – Stereo MC’s

The Cribs – Joan As Police Woman – Pendulum – Thrice

Hot Chip – Ian Brown – Iron & Wine

The Pigeon Detectives – Hadouken! – Switch

Henry Rollins (spoken word) – Infadels – Uffie & Feadz

Kaizers Orchestra – High Contrast + MC Wrec – Bob Mould Band

SebastiAn – Sam Sparro – The Ting Tings – DJ Mehdi

The Casualties – The Subways – Midnight Juggernauts

Holy Fuck – Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong – The Unseen

Operator Please – A Mountain of One – Disco Ensemble – White Lies

TC – Have Heart – Drive-By Truckers – The Shoes – Headman – Little Dragon

Louis XIV – Red Light Company – Menomena – …

***Vendredi 15 aout 2008***

Metallica

Within Temptation – The Gutter Twins

Tindersticks

Boys Noize – Alkaline Trio – Ricardo Villalobos

Miss Kittin & The Hacker (live) – The Breeders – Diplo

Robyn

Sons And Daughters – The Futureheads

DJ Hype & Daddy Earl – Cult of Luna

Does It Offend You, Yeah? – OneRepublic – Volbeat

The Count & Sinden (live) – A Wilhelm Scream

Mindless Self Indulgence – The Dø – Tunng

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. – Lykke Li – Tokyo Police Club

MxPx

Los Campesinos! – Dusty Kid (live) – Nina Nastasia – Radioclit

Lightspeed Champion – Witchcraft – Yuksek (live) – Brodinski

Year Long Disaster – Chase & Status – Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Pete & The Pirates – The Dodos – State Radio – Caribou – El Guincho – …

***Samedi 16 augustus 2008***

Bloc Party

Soulwax – 2manydjs

Stephen Marley – Elbow – Jamie Lidell

Etienne de Crecy (live) – Dr. Lektroluv

Plain White T’s – MGMT – Anti-Flag

Hercules And Love Affair – The Wombats

Killswitch Engage – Simian Mobile Disco (live)

The Dresden Dolls – Neurosis – The National

We Are Scientists – Less Than Jake

Yelle – As I Lay Dying – Crystal Castles – DJ Friction

Black Mountain – A-Trak – Junkie XL – Epica

Klaxons DJ Set (Jamie Reynolds) – Kid Sister – M83

Yeasayer – Tocadisco – Two Gallants – Alela Diane

Samim and Miguel Toro (Percussions) live – Late Of The Pier

Black Kids – Benga – The Heavy – Girl Talk – Flying Lotus – Dan Deacon

The Ocean – Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Crookers – The Bloody Beetroots
Shackleton – Fuck Buttons – This Is Menace – XX Teens – Pivot – The Whip – …

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Personnellement, je suis un peu déçu par l’affiche, surtout comparé à l’édition 2007. Bon en revanche, du coup, la découverte va être maximale cette année ^^
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