Voodoo Fest 2008 lineup has been announced! Well, sort of...

The 3 headliners have been announced... and, they are more than worthy of headlining the 10th Anniversary of Voodoo! Voodoo Fest 2008

NIN, STP and REM!

Nine Inch Nails
Stone Temple Pilots (I've seen STP twice - always a good show!)
R.E.M. (what does that stand for?)

We'll definitely be there again this year. It's gonna be tough to top last year's show w/ Rage Against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins. Check out last year's pics and videos.

2008 Voodoo Fest

Voodoo Experience: The Tenth Ritual

And, don't forget... Voodoo is always on Halloween weekend. Check it out: Halloween in New Orleans

That's a great lineup! And it would've been a great lineup fifteen years ago too. They know what they're doing when it comes to booking headliners.

And REM, the story I always heard is that they named themselves after flipping through a dictionary. So, it'd stand for the usual old "rapid eye movement."

ive been waiting! Thanks!

From an email we received from Voodoo....

THE TENTH RITUAL BEGINS
The Voodoo Experience celebrates the Tenth Ritual, October 24, 25 & 26 in City Park, New Orleans. Join us under the century old oak trees as 100+ bands take seven Voodoo stages and fill the air with a unified musical spirit. This year’s line-up features a return visit by Nine Inch Nails, a reunited Stone Temple Pilots and for the first time on the Voodoo stage, R.E.M. You will also witness powerful collaborations like King Brit’s tribute to Sister Gertrude, and the Blind Boys of Alabama Sunday Brunch with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Erykah Badu, Panic at the Disco, Death Cab for Cutie, Manchester Orchestra, Lupe Fiasco, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the Rebirth Brass Band and many more will express their inspiration too. For a complete list, please visit the lineup page: Voodoo Fest Lineup

JOIN THE RITUAL
Join the Tenth Ritual right now. For a limited time 3 day weekend tickets and LOA Lounge VIP passes will be available. 3 day weekend tickets allow in/out privileges all weekend. LOA Lounge VIP passes offer an exclusive VIP experience with reserved parking, grand stand viewing of the main stage, full bar services, exclusive New Orleans cuisine, a tented dining area, in/out privileges, private restrooms, a Tenth Ritual poster signed by the artist and much more. Purchase your tickets here: Voodoo Fest Tickets

PLAN YOUR JOURNEY
The Voodoo Experience won’t be the only gathering taking place in New Orleans in October. The month long celebration of Halloween will be alive and energized from City Park to the Fauboug Marigny to the historic French Quarter. We suggest you book your hotel rooms now. We have partnered with the New Orleans Marriott on Canal Street for a special Voodoo Experience rate. Click here to make your reservation: New Orleans French Quarter Hotel: Marriott New Orleans Hotel in the French Quarter

Editor's note:
More New Orleans hotel rooms available here:
Hotels in The New Orleans Greater Area, Louisiana

The complete Voodoo Music Experience lineup has just been added to our event article. Check it out below!

Click here to read "Voodoo Music Experience - New Orleans, LA"

Definitely looking fwd to being in NOLA for this. I'm not going to have any money left after my Dallas adventure to Ozzfest, but this will still be doable.

THE MARS VOLTA, N*E*R*D, TV ON THE RADIO, IRMA THOMAS, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, BEN JELEN, FISHBONE AND MORE THAN FORTY PERFORMERS JOIN LINE-UP FOR TENTH ANNUAL VOODOO EXPERIENCE

$50 SINGLE DAY TICKETS AVAILABLE BEGINNING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5;

DAY-BY-DAY LINE-UP OF MORE THAN 130 BANDS NOW REVEALED

With New Orleans safe despite the dire predictions about Hurricane Gustav, producers of the VOODOO EXPERIENCE, one of the most enduring large-scale music festivals in America, continue on their path to pull out all the stops to mark the milestone of the annual event’s 10th anniversary, October 24, 25, and 26 in New Orleans’ historic and picturesque City Park.

Having already announced such superstars as REM, Nine Inch Nails, Stone Temple Pilots and Lil Wayne, the full line-up for the 2008 VOODOO EXPERIENCE now encompasses more than 130 acts including The Mars Volta, N*E*R*D, TV On The Radio, Irma Thomas, Butthole Surfers, Ben Jelen, Fishbone and others. Beyond the aforementioned artists, the VOODOO EXPERIENCE will again pay homage to the rich musical traditions of this unique American city; the acts will perform on six stages in three distinct areas--Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival--each of which highlights a unique side of the personality of New Orleans.

This week, when VOODOO EXPERIENCE’s future was once again put in jeopardy (as it was in 2005, when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused devastation throughout the area), festival organizers began to look at other options for moving forward if a worst case scenario presented itself.

“As I left New Orleans on the last flight out on Sunday, it was déjà vu,” says Stephen Rehage, founder and independent producer of the annual VOODOO EXPERIENCE. “I remembered all the struggles of 2005 and the options we might have to consider, but not moving forward this year never crossed my mind. From the runway, I sent three emails: one each to Mayor Nagin and Lt. Governor Landrieu commending them on their heroic leadership and thanking them for their service to the city. The third was to Trent Reznor (the first artist to commit to the 2005 VOODOO EXPERIENCE) which simply read: ‘are you ****ing kidding me?’”

Three years ago, in the aftermath of the storms and despite the obvious obstacles, the VOODOO EXPERIENCE took place on October 29--two months to the day after the city was flooded. This first live event held in New Orleans was staged as a free daylong concert for those involved in the city’s recovery efforts, along with local supporters and residents.

The day-by-day line-up (as of September 3) is as follows:

Friday, October 24: Stone Temple Pilots; Erykah Badu; TV on the Radio; Joss Stone; Wyclef Jean; Angels & Airwaves; Reverend Horton Heat; Joseph Arthur; Grace Potter and the Nocturnals; Ben Jelen; The Gutter Twins; The Dirtbombs; Dustin Welsh; Big Blue Marble; Sons of William; King Britt tribute to Sister Gertrude; The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker & Big Sam's Funky Nation; Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra; Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show; DJ Soul Sister; The Leo Trio featuring Leo Nocentelli; DJ Butterfoot; 101 Indian Runners; Marva Wright plus the BMW’s; The Iguanas; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio; Rockie Charles; Man Man; The New Orleans Bingo! Show; Paul Varisco and The Milestones; Zydepunks; Vavavoom; One Man Machine; Oscillation Communications; Worms Union; New Orleans Sunken City Circus featuring Pain Tribe & Tap Water Mind Control; CHANT; Andre Williams; The Wallstreet Traitors; My Graveyard Jaw; Hurray For the Riff Raff; Ray Bong; The Low Down Throwdown; The Bad Off; White *****'s Prey Drive; Mad Mike; sHellShoCk; Gravity A; Common Thread; DJ Tom Harvey; Sonic Boom Contest Winner; Wooded Teeth; Nag Hammadi; F.I.S.T.; Extra Action Marching Band

Saturday, October 25: Nine Inch Nails; The Mars Volta; Lil Wayne; Old 97's; Thievery Corporation; Innerpartysystem; Dead Confederate; Ghostland Observatory; Shudder to Think; Manchester Orchestra; Ashes Divide; Marc Broussard; Fishbone; Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk; Bonerama; Dan Dyer; Shamarr Allen; DJ Soul Sister; DJ Butterfoot; Walter Wolfman Washington; Hot 8; Dr. Michael White Jazz Band; Treme Brass Band; Sam & Ruby; John Boutte; Fatter Than Albert; DeVotchKa; The New Orleans Bingo! Show; Fleur de Tease; Clint Maedgen +9; Rotary Downs; The Happy Talk Band; DJ Proppa Bear; Ratty Scurvics Singularity; LOID; Good Guys; C-Ba$ Sideshow; Rabbit Junk; NOOMOON TRIBE; DJ Slice; Nag Hammadi; Widetrack; American Disaster Party; Crooked; Deep in the Ninth; Worlds Most Dangerous; Dave Gregg & the Barefoot Philistines; Under the Green; F.I.S.T.; Extra Action Marching Band

Sunday, October 26: R.E.M.; N*E*R*D; Butthole Surfers; Lupe Fiasco; Tokyo Police Club; Panic At The Disco; Dashboard Confessional; Cold War Kids; Ozomatli Reunited with Chali 2na; Irma Thomas; Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings; Blind Boys of Alabama; The Vettes; Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue; The Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Morning 40 Federation; Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves; The Lee Boys; Cowboy Mouth; DJ Butterfoot; Soul Rebels Brass Band; Deacon John’s Tribute to New Orleans R&B featuring Wardell Quezerque; Preservation Hall Jazz Band with special guest Big Al Carson; Hot Club of New Orleans; Melody Clouds; The New Orleans Bingo! Show; Quintron & Miss *****cat; The Tin Men with The Valparaiso Men's Chorus; Bones; Crimes Against Nature; Sirena Serpentina; Trevor Green; Illusion Fields; Spoonfed Tribe; C-Ba$ Sideshow; Why are we building such a big ship?; Manwitch; Sista Otis; Hands of Nero; Belly Dancers; Edge Set Mary; Worms Union; People on the Side; DJ Slice; F.I.S.T.; Extra Action Marching Band

Tickets are on sale now via Voodoo Experience Tickets - official website and Ticketmaster (Voodoo Fest Tickets via Ticketmaster). All tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. General Admission single day tickets are available as of Friday, September 5 at $50 and $125.00 for weekend passes; LOA VIP Experience passes are offered for $450 which includes 3-day admission with in/out privileges, grandstand viewing of the main stage, reserved parking, full bar services, exclusive New Orleans cuisine, private bathrooms, a Tenth Ritual poster autographed by the artist, exclusive experiences and more.

In 1999, the VOODOO MUSIC EXPERIENCE launched as an alternative to the music festivals that had come before it. Its purpose: a celebration of music to attract fans of all ages from places near and far. Throughout the years, the VOODOO EXPERIENCE has brought together a collection of talent that has bridged the social, economic and generation gaps by creating a unique music event with a commitment to every genre of music while at the same time celebrating the music of the region.

This year’s VOODOO EXPERIENCE sponsors are Miller Lite, Southern Comfort, PlayStation, Natural American Spirits, Billboard.com, Southwest Airlines, Marriott, AXE Body Spray and Pickup Pals. Media Partners include Fuse TV, Alarm, Fader, Filter, Spin, URB, Relix, WDSU, Nola.com, WWOZ, Offbeat Magazine, New Orleans Magazine, Where Y’at Magazine, Antigravity and Big Easy.

The lineup looks unbelievable this year, thanks for posting! Can't wait for my trip down there. New Orleans is a great city for music every day of the week, every week of the year, but the week before Halloween this year, kicking off with Voodoo Fest and ending on Sat. Nov 1st is full of such a variety of truly fun and exciting performers.. I'm psyched! If you live down there or are stickin around the week after Voodoo, Widespread Panic's playing on Halloween and on Saturday at UNO, should be great, and there's some really cool post-show parties to attend if you just don't want to call it quits! Here's some of the best ones...
Check 'em out and I'll see you at Voodoo!!

**10/31 @ Tipitina's- Dirty Dozen Brass Band plus Big Sam's Funky Nation
**11/1 @ Tipitina's- Hill Country Revue (w members of North Mississippi Allstars n guest Rotary Downs)
**11/1 @ Blue Nile- Groovesect plus Soul Rebels Brass Band

Welcome to the forums Julia!

We're loking forward to being in NOLA for Voodoo, however, we won't be there for 10/31 and 11/1.... which is too bad cos I;m a big fan of Tipitina's AND Widespread!

Here's a Club Hour episode featuring Tipitinas:
TripSmarter.Com Video Vault   Club Hour: Tipitinas - New Orleans, LA

And, thanks for the tips!

great video, thanks! Tips seems like the place to be! The band they featured in the video, soul rebels brass band, is great! They're actually playing on 11/1 @ Blue Nile before Groovesect. very cool

Thanks again!

Hey, if anyone's interested... we'll be making live updates here in the forums reporting on Voodoo Fest and New Orleans during the weekend.

We'll have photos, videos and reports from the festival and the quarter!

Stay tuned....