Heads Up: Sasquatch Lineup Announced

After months of wild speculation, the official 2008 Sasquatch lineup has finally been announced:

R.E.M. / The Cure / The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / Death Cab For Cutie / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Breeders / Built To Spill / The Hives / Tegan & Sara / The Presidents / Ghostland Observatory / Ozomatli / The New Pornographers / Blue Scholars / The National / The Kooks / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Cold War Kids / Beirut / Rogue Wave / Okkervil River / Fleet Foxes / Kinski / Mates of State / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Sera Cahoone / Battles / Destroyer / Dyme Def / The Blakes / Pela / Jamie Lidell / The Cops / Dengue Fever / Siberian / Say Hi / White Rabbits / David Bazan / The Little Ones / "Awesome" / Dead Confederate / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Grand Archives / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Joshua Morrison / Throw Me The Statue / J. Tillman / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / The Cave Singers / Matt Costa / The Shaky Hands

So (as expected) no Radiohead, but all in all, that's a damn fine lineup. Plus, this year, in addition to the three live music stages, there's also going to be a comedy tent. Still no word as to who's playing on what day for the three-day festival (Memorial Day weekend, May 24th-26th). While we understand that in its seventh year, the festival is all growns up, we still miss how it used to be just one solid day of music, instead of a couple okay days. Or in this case, what looks like a couple solid days, forcing us to choose whether we want to go for just one day, or if we dare brave camping at the Gorge (*shudder*).

Ticket information:

$55 per day for the on-sale weekend only, beginning Saturday, March 8th at noon.
$65 per day beginning Monday, March 10th.
$75 week of the festival, beginning Monday, May 19th.
V.I.P. package tickets with special amenities also available.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 8th at noon and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com, sasquatchfestival.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone in Seattle (206) 628-0888, in Oregon (503) 224-4400, and in Eastern Washington (509) 735-0500.

Camping is available for May 23, 24, 25, 26 and reservations can be made when purchasing tickets via Ticketmaster.

And of course, between now and then, there's bound to be more announcements and information at the Sasquatch website.