At Oxegen 2008, The Kinetiks followed Dirty Epics onto the Green Room stage. In an interview with the "Irish Independent" beforehand, the band said they relished the prospects of playing in front of their biggest audience to date. Vocalist Gaz Harding (23) said: "We're not nervous, just looking forward to it. Obviously the tent is massive. We're going to go and do what we do and hope that everyone will be blown away and we can go out and have a great night afterwards." On 16 January 2009, The Kinetiks featured on Aidan Power's "The Cafe", performing "Lightbulb" the lead track from their "Aye Aye Aye Aye" EP. In July 2009, they supported the charity music site Music Box For Life.Com by donating some of their music. The Kinetiks received a nomination in the category "Hope for 2008" at the 2008 Meteor Awards but lost to Ham Sandwich at the ceremony on 15 February 2008.