Trekking from festival to festival this summer has certainly been exciting, and last weekend's Download 2008 event in Philadelphia, the closing stop of a three-show journey, was certainly no exception.

On Sunday, July 20, throngs of music-hungry fans converged on Los Angeles' Gibson Ampitheatre for Download 2008 to have their craving satiated by sets from Tapes N' Tapes, Datarock, Ghostland Observatory, Gang of Four, and the Jesus and Mary Chain, among others.

To whet your appetite for our extended coverage of this past weekend's (July 19-20) Download 2008, which we will be posting throughout the day, SPIN.com has put together this gallery of exclusive behind-the-scenes images of Datarock, M83, Yeasayer, and several other acts that supported headliners the Jesus and Mary Chain and Gang of Four.

Tech fiends and music nerds unite, as the U.K.-based Download 2008 event arrives stateside for the fourth year in a row, boasting the best of the old and new, led by performances from reunited legends like shoegaze trailblazers the Jesus and Mary Chain and dance-punk godfa

True, numerous festivals have been added to the Whitman's Sampler of musical options this summer, but what they lack Download 2008 has threefold: location, location, location. That's right, with an impressive bill, Download 2008 -- a SPIN experience -- will hit three cities across the U.S. in July and August -- Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia -- and offer fans an array of acts.