T4 on the Beach

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = T4 on the Beach


location = Weston-super-Mare, England
years_active= 2003 - present
dates = July 20 2008
genre = Pop
website = [http://www.channel4.com/t4onthebeach www.channel4.com/t4]

"T4 on the Beach" is a British one day music event which is held on the beach at Weston-super-Mare and televised for Channel 4, which is now in its sixth year.

The day usually consists of a number of big acts, usually performing a few of their best known and loved hits.

T4 on the Beach 2008

2008's "T4 on the Beach" took place on 20 July 2008. Tickets went on sale from 9am on 25 April, and sold out in record time just a few weeks later. The event was hosted by T4 presenters Steve Jones, Alexa Chung, Miquita Oliver and Rick Edwards and was broadcast live on Channel 4. The event was heavily critisised due to desperate plugging of T4 shows such as "Shipwrecked", in between the bands and keeping up the miming policy as seen in previous years.

The final line-up was as follows:

T4 Stage

*Basshunter
*The Zutons
*Kelly Rowland
*Ne Yo
*Scouting For Girls
*The Hoosiers
*Robyn
*The Feeling
*Adele
*Pigeon Detectives
*Sam Sparro
*McFly
*Guillemots
*Alphabeat
*Feeder
*The Ting Tings
*Duffy
*Reverend And The Makers
*One Night Only

4Music Stage

*Sugababes
*Dirty Pretty Things
*Cut Off your Hands
*Black Kids
*Five O’Clock Heroes ft. Agyness Deyn
*Lightspeed Champion
*The Automatic (see below)
*The Script
*Envy and Other Sins
*One Eskimo

Cage the Elephant were due to play on the 4Music stage, but because of an injury to a band member, they were replaced by Welsh indie rockers The Automatic.

T4 on the Beach 2007

The T4 presenter hosts of the event in 2007 were June Sarpong, Steve Jones and Miquita Oliver.

New for 2007, 4Music had their very own stage. The 4Music stage also hosted lots of exclusive slightly longer sets from up and coming bands that they reckoned were going to be huge, examples are The Hoosiers, Mark Ronson, Hadouken and The Twang. The winner of the online 4Music unsigned competition kicked the whole afternoon off.

Another new addition to 2007's event was "The Aygo Disco". Members of the audience had the unique opportunity to try their hand at DJ'ing in front of a packed crowd. All they needed to do was bring along their iPod, sign up and they stood a chance of playing a three song set for the music loving crowd.

In 2007 "T4 on the Beach" worked with the Teenage Cancer Trust on their "Rub It In" campaign.

Main Stage

*Kaiser Chiefs
*Maroon 5
*Manic Street Preachers
*Akon
*Natasha Bedingfield
*Mika
*Amerie
*Girls Aloud
*McFly
*Just Jack
*Calvin Harris
*Mutya Buena
*Dizzee Rascal
*Funeral for a Friend
*Kate Nash
*Super Furry Animals
*Reverend and The Makers
*Sophie Ellis Bextor
*Athlete
*The Pigeon Detectives

4Music Stage

*Badly Drawn Boy
*Mark Ronson
*The Maccabees
*Hadouken!
*Jamie Scott And The Town
*Remi Nicole
*The Hoosiers
*The Twang

T4 on the Beach 2006

Acts performing at the 2006 event included:
*All American Rejects
*The Automatic
*Basement Jaxx
*Busta Rhymes
*Dannii Minogue
*Embrace
*The Feeling
*Frank
*Feeder
*Orson
*Lily Allen
*Matt Willis
*McFly
*Ne-Yo
*Pet Shop Boys
*Pussycat Dolls
*Razorlight
*Shayne Ward
*Simon Webbe
*Will Young
*The Zutons

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/t4onthebeach "T4 on the Beach"] at Channel4.com
* [http://www.myspace.com/t4_onthebeach "T4 on the Beach Myspace]