Well it's official, the 2008 Golden Plains lineup is hotter than summer in the Sahara. If you thought this year's smoker couldn't be matched, you were wrong.

Once again the folks at GP headquarters have rustled together an eclectic mix of performers to take the stage at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre over the Labor Day weekend.

Here's the lineup so far...     

SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS, WEEN, THE VINES, IRON AND WINE, BEIRUT, OPTIMO, THE BANG GANG DEEJAYS, THE DIRTBOMBS, CROOKERS, BRITISH INDIA, THE BAMBOOS, SOUTH RAKKAS CREW, BUFFALO TOM, JAY REATARD, SCIENTISTS OF MODERN MUSIC, FUTURE OF THE LEFT JANE BADLER AND SIR, KAMIKAZE TRIO, PIKELET, THE SEA AND CAKE AND MANY MORE.