Hyde Park's Wireless adds more acts

The Courteeners, and The Rascals, join Morrissey on Friday

By Scott Williams | Published: Thu 24th Apr 2008

Wireless Festival 2008 - crowd shots
Photo credit: Bryn Russell

Wireless Festival 2008

Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th July 2008
Hyde Park, London, W2 2UH, England MAP
one day £45 - for the Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday

More acts have been announced for the Friday of the Wireless Festival which happens in Hyde Park, London from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th July.

Joining the bill for the Friday which is headlined by Morrissey are fellow North West acts the Mancunian indie four-piece The Courteeners and Liverpool's psych-pop quintet The Rascals fronted by Miles Kane who is also one half of The Last Shadow Puppets.

Attendees at the event now in its fourth year can expect popular acts on all three stages with Jay-Z to headline on the Thursday supported by Mark Ronson, Hot Chip, Roisin Murphy, and Hercules And Love Affair. Morrissey tops the bill Friday with Beck, The National, Guillemots, Siouxsie Sioux, Dirty Pretty Things, New York Dolls, and Lightspeed Champion also playing that day. Fatboy Slim headlines Saturday, with Underworld, and Bootsy Collins And The Rubber Band. Sunday headliners are Counting Crows, and also playing Sunday are Delays, The Hold Steady, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, and Powderfinger. Plus there's many more acts confirmed and still to be announced. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Tickets for the Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are available at a price of £45. To buy your tickets click here.

The festival will probably also have an acoustic band stand, a fairground, chill out areas, street theatre, performance art, markets, food caterers, a five aside football pitch and lockers are available on site at a cost of £6 a day.

There is a disabled customers hotline number that patrons can call when booking tickets to reserve a place on the platform. It is 0121 767 9729. Disabled customers will be provided with one free ticket for their helper, where required. Should additional helper tickets be required, please call the disabled access ticket line on 0121 767 9729 or email access@wirelessfestival.co.uk

The Wireless Festival is also offering customers the opportunity to offset their carbon emissions associated with travelling to Hyde Park, there is an option to add 40p to your order on the shipping page to cover your carbon footprint.


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