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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