On Thursday 17 July 2008 , just days after the 2008 festival had ended , Phantom FM published a report suggesting that organisers of T in the Park , Oxegen 's sister festival which traditionally shares many of the same bands as Oxegen , were reportedly seeking David Bowie to headline the 2009 festival which took place on the same weekend . The 62-year-old was previously due to headline both T and Oxegen in 2004 , but had to pull out due to illness . Klaxons put themselves in contention to play at Oxegen 2009 after announcing that they will " play every festival possible " in 2009 . But they did n't
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