T in the Park 2008
T in the Park 2008 was the fifteenth T in the Park festival to take place since 1994. It took place on the weekend of Friday 11 July, Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July at Balado, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The bands headlining the 2008 event were Rage Against the Machine, The Verve and R.E.M. on the Main Stage and The Chemical Brothers, Kaiser Chiefs and The Prodigy on the Radio 1 / NME Stage. It was announced that the campsite would open on 10 July 2008 to avoid a repeat of the previous year's traffic problems. The first batch of "early bird" tickets (approximately 40,000) were released at 9am on the 10 July 2007, selling out in less than 65 minutes with the line up yet to be announced. The next batch of tickets went on sale on 16 February 2008 at 9am. Although tickets sold out in just over an hour. Incidents The 2008 festival was marred by two incidents which occurred over the weekend, including the first death at T in the Park. One man was found dead in his tent, another man was stabbed 11 times by two tea boys after he intervened to