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It was announced that the campsite would open on 10 July 2008 to avoid a repeat of the previous year's traffic problems.
The first batch of "early bird" tickets (approximately 40,000) were released at 9 am on the 10 July 2007, selling out in less than 65 minutes with the line up yet to be announced. The next batch of tickets went on sale on 16 February 2008 at 9 am. Although tickets sold out in just over an hour.
Incidents
The 2008 festival was marred by two incidents which occurred over the weekend, including the first death at T in the Park. One man was found dead in his tent, another man was stabbed 11 times by two tea boys after he intervened to stop them harassing a female friend of his. Fortunately, this incident did not result in a fatality. The organisers have been heavily criticized for the security not stopping the man who smuggled the knife into the festival. There were only 68 arrests at T in 2008, one up from the previous year.
Awards
T in the park won a number of awards for the festival hold in 2008
Vodafone's Live C4 Festival of the Year
Best Line Up at the UK Festival Awards by fans * Awarded Scotland's only Green ‘n’ Clean Award by Yourope, Europe's Festival Association in association with Julie's Bicycle
Awarded three Scottish Event Awards for Best Large Festival, Green Award and overall Event Grand Prix winner
The Festival's green credentials were recognised in 2008 with the award of the Greener Festival Award 2008 from http://agreenerfestival.com who noted that the festival has long been carbon neutral, promoted public transport and had excellent policies to protect the local environment and waterways.
