Das WACKEN OPEN AIR 2008 ist ausverkauft. Alle bislang bestätigten Bands im Überblick:

CHILDREN OF BODOM, KREATOR, IRON MAIDEN, SONATA ARCTICA, AVANTASIA, CARCASS, SALTATIO MORTIS, AT THE GATES, HATEBREED, THE BONES, KRYPTERIA, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, CREMATORY, LORD BELIAL, DREAM OF AN OPIUM EATER, AXXIS, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, OBITUARY, SABATON, PRIMORDIAL, POWERWOLF, AUTUMN, GOREROTTED, GORGOROTH, NIGHTWISH, ENEMY OF THE SUN, WARBRINGER, CORVUS CORAX, LORDI, AXEL RUDI PELL, NIFELHEIM, DESTRUCTOR, EVOCATION, GIRUGÄMESH, BEFORE THE DAWN, HEADHUNTER, VAN CANTO, ENSIFERUM, GRAVE, PSYCHOPUNCH, WATAIN, EXODUS, OPETH, SOILWORK, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, CYNIC, MERCENARY, MACHINE MEN, STURM UND DRANG, LEAVES´ EYES, UNEARTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY, TORTURE SQUAD, NEGURA BUNGET, ALESTORM, NASHVILLE PUSSY, THE HAUNTED, MASSACRE und KAMELOT.