2008 is slowly turning out to be a big year for big time live musical performances of top notch, world class talents in the UK. All throughout the year, big name international musical acts from different musical genres — from alternative rock to heavy metal, from R&B to hip hop, from techno to emo – will grace various venues all around the country. The first major and eagerly anticipated event for the second half of the year is the O2 Wireless Music Festival which features top local talents like Roisin Murphy, Hercules & Love Affair, Robyn, and Does It Offend You Yeah and top international stars like Beck, Fatboy Slim, and the hip hop icon Jay Z.

As early as late last year, Stevie Wonder Tickets and Tina Turner Tickets have already seen strong demand among local and European fans alike, more so the material girl’s Madonna Tickets. It’s not often that such a stellar collection of musical superstars grace UK stages, so fans excitedly try to be a part of this much anticipated events.

For rock and roll enthusiasts, there’s the 2008 Reading Festival to look forward to, which will be held in the third week of September. This eagerly anticipated heavy metal extravaganza features performances by Rage Against The Machine, Metallica, The Killers, Manic Street Preachers, The Raconteurs, Bloc Party, and many more. Seeing Zach dela Rocha reunite with Tom Morello and the rest of the Rage Against the Machine gang should be enough reason to catapult Reading Festival tickets at the top of the Most Wanted Ticket list. Add the classic thrash metal opuses of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and the rest of Metallica to the equation, and you’ll surely have a total musical pandemonium! If you are a big rock fan, then the Reading Festival is one event which you should not miss.

For the more mellow fans of local indie rock heroes Coldplay, you have several opportunities to see your favorite band live in action at several dates and venues all around the country and the rest of Europe. The band’s European tour will kick off in Strasbourg and move to key cities in France, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Austria, the UK and the rest of Europe. This yearlong tour will start early September, so even now ecstatic fans have already lined up in box offices and online ticket vendors for hot selling Coldplay tickets. Because of the band’s wide fan base, all performances are expected to be packed and very successful.