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FROM THE ARCHIVES • 10TH ANNIVERSARY

Creamfields 2008 Line-up – Complete Saturday & Sunday Archive

23–24 August 2008 • Daresbury, Cheshire

The original two-day stage-by-stage artist listings from Creamfields’ tenth-anniversary festival.

From the Creamfields archives

This page preserves the original stage-by-stage announced line-up for Creamfields 2008, when the festival celebrated its tenth anniversary with a two-day event at Daresbury. The layout has been updated, while the original artist entries, arena names, order and festival information have been retained.

Artists on the original billing included Fatboy Slim, Paul van Dyk, Tiësto, Underworld, Eric Prydz, Pete Tong, Pendulum and Gorillaz Soundsystem.

Historical listing: This is an archive of the published line-up, not a verified record that every announced artist performed. Original spellings are retained where independent verification is pending.

Creamfields 2008 at a glance

Dates

23–24 August 2008

Location

Daresbury, Cheshire

Milestone

10th anniversary

Format

Two days with camping

Saturday

10 original arena sections

Sunday

10 original arena sections

Explore the 2008 line-up

Choose a day or jump to the historical festival details. Every arena can be expanded or collapsed individually.

Saturday line-up
Sunday line-up
Opening times
2008 highlights
More history

Saturday 23 August 2008 – Full Line-up

Saturday’s archived programme covers the Main Stage, Cream Arena, Subliminal Sessions, Chibuku, Ape, Tidy, hospitality arenas, Residents Bar and BBC Introducing Bus. Artist order follows the original page; it is not a confirmed running order.

Main Stage5 archived entries
  1. Fatboy Slim
  2. Pendulum
  3. Gossip
  4. Simian Mobile Disco
  5. The Presets
Cream Arena8 archived entries

In association with M8 Magazine & Dontstayin.com

  1. Paul Van Dyk
  2. Sasha
  3. Eric Prydz
  4. Pete Tong
  5. Heman Cattaneo
  6. James Zabiela
  7. Danny Howells
  8. Gareth Wyn
Subliminal Sessions Arena8 archived entries
  1. Erick Morillo
  2. Dubfire
  3. Tom Novy
  4. Yousef
  5. Laidback Luke
  6. Harry Choo Choo Romero
  7. Anton Powers
  8. Special Guest: Felix Da Housecat
Chibuku and Annie Mac Presents Arena9 archived entries
  1. Ian Brown
  2. 2 Many DJ’s
  3. Erol Alkan
  4. Annie Mac
  5. Luciano
  6. Adam Beyer
  7. Claude Von Stroke
  8. The Whip
  9. Dom Chung
Ape Arena14 archived entries

In association with DJ Magazine

  1. Roots Manuva & DJ MK
  2. Andy C
  3. DJ Marky
  4. DJ Hype
  5. High Contrast
  6. Skream & Benga Presents Magnetic Man
  7. Subfocus
  8. Noisia
  9. Futurebound
  10. Rich Reason
  11. MC Dynamite
  12. MC GQ
  13. Mc IC3
  14. Tonn Piper
Tidy Arena15 archived entries
  1. Judge Jules
  2. Tidy Boys
  3. Rob Tissera LIVE
  4. Lisa Pin-up
  5. Matt Hardwick
  6. BK
  7. Amber D
  8. Alex Kidd
  9. Kutski
  10. Ben Stevens
  11. Paul Maddox
  12. Tidy DJs
  13. JP & Jukesy
  14. Rodi Style
  15. Kym Ayres
Cream Hospitality Arena8 archived entries
  1. Wally Lopez
  2. Mason
  3. Tocadisco
  4. Henrik B
  5. John Kelly
  6. Andy Mac
  7. Alan Hartley
  8. James Rand
Annie Mac Presents Arena11 archived entries

In association with MySpace

  1. Herve
  2. Midnight Juggernaughts (Live)
  3. Plastic Little (Live)
  4. The Black Ghosts (DJ’s)
  5. Boy 8 Bit
  6. Drop The Lime
  7. PNAU (Live)
  8. The Clik Clik (Live)
  9. Little Boots (DJ Set)
  10. Frankmusik (DJ Set)
  11. Rachel Barton
Residents Bar7 archived entries
  1. Darius Syrossian (Wax on, Beak Out Audio, Leeds)
  2. DJ Ellesse (Kaluki, Manchester)
  3. Gareth Wyn (Cream)
  4. H2 (Socio Ritmo /Filthy Sessions, Manchester)
  5. Mucky Beats (Techno Experiment, Manchester)
  6. Scott Udberg, Mark Johnson & Simon Quick B2B (Habit, Newcastle)
  7. Terry Pointon (Tangled, Manchester)
BBC Introducing Bus1 archived entry

Line-up listed as TBA in the original archive.

Sunday 24 August 2008 – Full Line-up

Sunday included Underworld, Tiësto, Kasabian, the Swedish House Mafia Arena and the return of Bugged Out. All listings follow the original published order.

Main Stage6 archived entries
  1. Kasabian
  2. Soulwax
  3. Chic Feat. Nile Rodgers
  4. Hercules And Love Affair
  5. Kissy Sell Out (Live)
  6. Yacht
Radio 1 Arena7 archived entries
  1. Underworld
  2. Gorillaz Soundsystem
  3. John Digweed
  4. Sander Kleinenberg
  5. Deadmau5
  6. Nick Warren
  7. Mark Brown
Cream and Goodgreef Arena6 archived entries

In association with M8 Magazine & Dontstayin.com

  1. Tiesto
  2. Paul Oakenfold
  3. Ferry Corsten
  4. Eddie Halliwell
  5. Sander Van Doom
  6. Adam Sheridan
Swedish House Mafia Arena6 archived entries
  1. Steve Angello
  2. Axwell
  3. Sebastian Ingrosso
  4. Dirty South
  5. Dave Spoon
  6. Special Guest: David Guetta
Bugged Out Arena7 archived entries

In association with DJ Mag

Bugged Out returns: After a five-year absence, Bugged Out returned for Creamfields’ tenth anniversary. Associated with the festival from 1998 to 2003, its 2008 arena included Dave Clarke, Green Velvet and the complete seven-act billing below.

  1. Dave Clarke
  2. Green Velvet
  3. Switch
  4. Justin Robertson
  5. Jo Jo De Freq
  6. James Holroyd
  7. Brendan Long
Skins Live Arena7 archived entries

In association with MySpace

  1. Late Of The Pier
  2. Cut Copy
  3. David E Sugar
  4. The Freelance Hellraiser
  5. Burns
  6. Cassette Jam
  7. Sonny J
Hacienda Hospitality Arena6 archived entries
  1. Peter Hook
  2. Mike Pickering
  3. Graeme Park
  4. Dave Haslam
  5. Jon Da Silva
  6. Chris Crooks
Go Dutch! Arena9 archived entries
  1. Groovenatics
  2. Baggi Begovic
  3. Funkerman
  4. Oliver Twizt
  5. Bart B More
  6. Benny Rodrigues
  7. Nuno Dos Santos
  8. Warren Fellow
  9. Darko Esser
Residents Bar8 archived entries
  1. CantmixWontmixShouldntMixDontMix (Warehouse Party)
  2. Digital Dj’s (Super Social, Loaded, Lancashire)
  3. Get Carter (Ultra, Stupid Underground, Birmingham)
  4. Lee and Anthony B2B (Cream)
  5. Pat & Huey (Twisted Elegance, Manchester)
  6. Prostitutes & Policemen DJ’s
  7. Rob Casson, Andy Currie (Freeze, Liverpool)
  8. Tim Owen (Plush, Manchester)
BBC Introducing Bus1 archived entry

Line-up listed as TBA in the original archive.

Creamfields 2008 festival opening times

Saturday campsite

Opens 9am, 23 August

Saturday festival site

Opens 2pm; closes 4am Sunday

Sunday festival site

Opens 12pm; closes 11pm

Monday campsite

Closes 11am, 25 August

Times reproduced from the original archived announcement. No individual artist set times were provided.

Creamfields 2008 highlights

The tenth-anniversary programme brought together major dance music names and live acts across two days. Saturday’s Main Stage listed Fatboy Slim, Pendulum and Gossip, while the Cream Arena brought together Paul van Dyk, Sasha, Eric Prydz and Pete Tong.

Sunday’s published programme included Kasabian and Soulwax on the Main Stage, Underworld and Gorillaz Soundsystem in the Radio 1 Arena, and Tiësto, Paul Oakenfold and Ferry Corsten in the Cream and Goodgreef Arena.

The dedicated Swedish House Mafia Arena listed Steve Angello, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso individually, alongside Dirty South, Dave Spoon and special guest David Guetta. The return of Bugged Out was another notable anniversary feature.

For a fan’s perspective on the weekend, read our original Creamfields 2008 review.

More Creamfields history

Our archive has followed Creamfields since its earlier years. Explore the wider history, festival coverage and music released to celebrate its first decade.

Line-up History
2008 Fan Review
2008 BBC Coverage
10 Years Album Review

Independent fan archive: CreamfieldsFestival.co.uk is an independent fan website and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by Creamfields or its organisers. This page documents the historical 2008 announced programme.