Pitchfork Music Festival 2008

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2008
Dates	July 18–20, 2008
Location(s)	Union Park, Chicago, United States
Website	pitchforkmusicfestival.com

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]

Lineup

Artists listed from latest to earliest set times.^[3]

Aluminum Stage
Friday, July 18	Saturday, July 19	Sunday, July 20
Public Enemy^[a]	Animal Collective The Hold Steady Vampire Weekend Fleet Foxes Jay Reatard	Spoon Spiritualized The Dodos The Apples in Stereo Dirty Projectors

Connector Stage
Friday, July 18	Saturday, July 19	Sunday, July 20
Sebadoh^[b] Mission of Burma^[c]	Jarvis Cocker !!! Dizzee Rascal Caribou Titus Andronicus	Dinosaur Jr. M. Ward Les Savy Fav Boris Times New Viking

Balance Stage
Saturday, July 19	Sunday, July 20
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

Notes

^ Public Enemy performed a full set of their sophomore studio album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.^[4]
^ Sebadoh performed a full set of their fourth studio album Bubble & Scrape.^[5]
^ Mission of Burma performed a full set of their debut studio album Vs..^[6]

References

^ "2008 Pitchfork Music Festival – full lineup announce". BrooklynVegan. April 25, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ Stosuy, Brandon (July 19, 2008). "Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Mission Of Burma And Sebadoh Look Back". Stereogum. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^
Daily recap:
- "Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Friday". Pitchfork. July 22, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- "Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Saturday". Pitchfork. July 22, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- "Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Sunday". Pitchfork. July 22, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ Singh, Amrit (July 19, 2008). "Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation Of Millions… Will Not Be Overshadowed, Not Even By Flavor Flav". Stereogum. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ "Sebadoh played 'Bubble & Scrape' @ P4K Fest 2008 – pics". BrooklynVegan. July 21, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ "Mission of Burma performed 'Vs' @ Pitchfork Fest 2008 – pics". BrooklynVegan. July 21, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

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Official website

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