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July 2008 will see over 100 top live acts, bands and DJs descend on The Garden of England as they perform beside the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park’s mix of ferocious, fearsome and friendly animals. Superstar DJ and producer Mark Ronson is the first-ever headliner at Zoo Thousand and will play a full live set with backing band The Version Players on the Friday night. Support on the Main Stage comes from leading UK rapper Dizzee Rascal, while the Tap ‘N’ Tin Stage is headlined by hardcore punk outfit Gallows, who are joined by Lethal Bizzle and NME’s hot tip, F***ed Up. Raucous Yorkshire trio The Cribs top Saturday’s Main Stage on a bill that also sees indie favourites Ash and British Sea Power perform alongside Roni Size / Reprazent. Joining them will be The Rascals as Miles Kane returns to the day job after teaming up with Arctic Monkey Alex Turner for side project The Last Shadow Puppets. The Tap ‘N’ Tin stage – programmed by the underground Chatham venue that have signed many of the top acts for the festival – sees The Young Knives headline and appearances come from the Rolex-wearing Wiley, local favourite Kid Harpoon, Chas and Dave for some Cockney Rock and Roll. The curtain will be brought down at Port Lympne by garage rockers The Hives, but Athlete, Funeral For A Friend Flogging Molly and Does it Offend You, Yeah? will all perform on the Main Stage before the Swedish show men Issued by Idea Generation IG Contact Details
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Other performances throughout the weekend include DJ sets from Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke, a 90 minute stint from Aussie drum and bass group Pendulum and a two hour marathon from Andy C as Zoo Thousand and Eightcaters for a range of musical tastes. Freemasons, Bodyrox, Bassment Jaxx’s Vula, Seb Fontaine, Yousef, Friction, Goldie, Fabio, MSTRKRFT, Switch and Stanton Warriors are among some of the other names playing the various stages and tents through the weekend.
The festival will accommodate 20,000 revellers and camping is onsite, meaning that it will be among the largest music festivals in the South East. And keeping in mind its location, ZOO8 will be one of the greener festivals on the calendar.
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park is run by registered charity The Aspinall Foundation and the festival is making a donation to the Foundation to help pay for the upkeep of the animals and their enclosures. A car-sharing scheme will be in place to minimise the number of visitors arriving by vehicle, and there will be a tree-planting initiative to take part in.
 While the animals will be kept at a safe distance from the crowds and artists in the 600-acre site, festival-goers will be able to visit the Animal Park for a reduced price which is home to The Palace of the Apes, the biggest gorillarium in the world and the largest breeding herd of black rhino outside Africa as well as Siberian and Indian tigers, African elephants and many endangered species besides.
There will even be the opportunity to take the African Experience Safari, where giraffes, rhinos, wildebeest, ostrich antelope roam free.
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