John Lawton, Ken Hensley, B.T.R., Granulom, Siluet – Kamen Briag, Bulgaria
Entrance – free.
La Plebe, Catalyst – Backstage Club, Sofia, Bulgaria
Start – 8 p.m.
Fanagoria, Broken Stage, Destroyer, Evolution – Sredetz Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
Start – 4 p.m.
Death Squad, O.H., Avril in Blood, Unreal – The Club, Sofia, Bulgaria
Start – 8 p.m.
Envy, Urban Grey, Past Redemption, Hyperborea, Foeticide, Fuel the Hate, Staro Zlo – Domino Club, Sofia, Bulgaria
Start – 5 p.m.
R.O.B.T.F. – 3 Ushi Club, Sofia, Bulgaria
Start – 10 p.m.
Tuska Open Air – Kaisaniemi Park, Helsinki, Finland
Featuring Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Carcass, Killswitch Engage, Sonata Arctica, Amon Amarth, Kreator, Entombed, Makoma, Stam1na, Behemoth, Nile, Kalmah, Tyr, Primordial, Dying Fetus, The Sorrow, Kiuas, Korpiklaani, Job for a Cowboy, Dream Evil, Noxa, Ghost Brigade, Discard, Morbid Angel, Fields of the Nephilim, Diablo, The Scourger, Kypsk, Sotajumala, Tracedawn, Shade Empire and more.
Rock am HГ¤rtsfeldsee 2008 – Dischingen, Germany
Featuring Apocalypica, Megaherz, Ektomorf, Saltatio Mortis, Deadlock, Mambo Kurt, Within Temptation, Brainstorm, Lacrimas Profundere, Eluveitie and more.
Glastonbury 2008 – Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Featuring Massive Attack, Pete Doherty, The Verve, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, British Sea Power, The Enemy, Goldfrapp, The Fratellis, Editors, Neon Neon, Jimmy Cliff, Dubious and more..
Gods of Metal 2008 – Arena Parco Nord, Bologna, Italy
Featuring Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer, Meshuggah, Enslaved, Morbid Angel, Carcass, At the Gates, Apocalyptica, In Extremo, Rose Tattoo, Obituary, Kingcrow, Yngwie Malmsteen, Testament, Avenged Sevenfold, Between the Buried and Me, Black Tide and more.