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With the festival season now fully underway Indiescreet will be giving you the latest news and previews of all the big festivals happening around the world this summer.
Benicassim, which runs from July 16th – 19th, has already been covered (see the related posts for more information) and now is the turn of this weekend’s Isle Of Wight Festival.
This years Isle Of Wight Festival takes place from Friday June 12th through to Sunday June 14th and for anyone rather slow on the uptake or just generally not too bright the festival takes place on the Isle Of Wight.
Acts performing this year include The Prodigy, Pendulum, Stereophonics, Maxïmo Park, The View, The Rakes, The Maccabees, Pixies, The Pigeon Detectives, Black Lips and many many more. See the full lineup at the bottom of this post.
If you do happen to be unaware of where the Isle Of Wight is located, which is fair enough if you live anywhere other than the UK, then here is some geographical information on the island.
The Isle Of Wight is located just off the South coast of England, approx. 3-6 miles by boat. The quickest and shortest way to reach the Isle Of Wight is to take the ferry from a number of different ports such as,
Southampton to Cowes
Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier
Portsmouth Gunwharf to Fishbourne or
Lymington to Yarmouth.
Now for a quick history lesson. The Isle Of Wight festival first took place in 1968 in front of around 10,000 people and featured Jefferson Airplane, T. Rex and more.
The festival ran for another two years after this with the 1970 event being enjoyed by a staggering 600,000 people, most of whom did not have tickets to the event. The 1970 festival featured legends such as The Doors, The Who, Leonard Cohen, Supertramp, Emerson Lake and Palmer and the star of the show Jimi Hendrix.
The aftermath of 600,000 people and the nightmare of transporting them all to a small island, the fact that most people did not pay to attend and the media aftermath ensured the festival would not run again until 2002.
In 2002 the festival was revived, although recent festivals have no connection, apart from location, with the original three festivals. Since it’s revival the Isle Of Wight festival has slowly gained a larger crowds and bigger acts, this years festival is set the be the largest since the revival.
This years festival officially begins tomorrow (Friday June 12th) but for anyone camping at the event there are a handful of acts performing today (Thursday June 11th) on The Big Top stage.
The two main stages are the Main Stage and The Big Top but there are also smaller stages at the festival. The Acoustic Stage hosts smaller unsigned and local acts, The Ray-Ban Rooms will be hosting bands such as The Maccabees, Maximo Park, Esser, White Lies, Golden Silvers and many more and also feature a bar, dance floor and a green room.
Other stages/areas include the Bowtime Bar, The Hipshaker Lounge and Kashmir Cafe all featuring a wide array of musical talent.
There are some tickets still available for the festival from Viagogo. So if you like doing things on a whim and have a free weekend then this could be the perfect opportunity for you. If one day is a bit too short notice (which I guess it is for most sane people) Indiescreet will bring you the latest news and information on next years event (Isle Of Wight 2010) when it is released.
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Indiescreet will be covering the Isle Of Wight Festival 2009 over this weekend with a thorough review of the festival next week.
Thursday (Campers only)
The Big Top
The Human League
King Meets Queen
The Complete Stone Roses
DJ sets by Rusty Egan
Friday 12th
Main Stage
The Prodigy
Basement Jaxx
Pendulum
The Ting Tings
Iglu & Hartly
Sneaky Sound System
The Big Top
Bananarama
Ladyhawke
Alesha Dixon
The Noisettes
Beverley Knight
Eddi Reader
Pixie Lott
DJ sets by Rusty Egan
Saturday 13th
Main Stage
Stereophonics
Razorlight
Paolo Nutini
Maxïmo Park
White Lies
The View
Sharon Corr
The Rifles
The Zombies
The Yeah You’s
Majortones
The Big Top
Australian Pink Floyd
Ultravox
Calvin Harris
McFly
Will Young
Mercury Rev
The Rakes
The Maccabees
Jessie Evans
The Operators
The Arcadian Kicks
Deborah Hodgson
DJ sets by Rusty Egan
Sunday 14th
Main Stage
Neil Young
Pixies
Simple Minds
The Pigeon Detectives
The Script
Goldie Lookin Chain
Judy Collins
Arno Carstens
Papa Do Plenty
The Big Top
The Charlatans
Killing Joke
The Horrors
Black Lips
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Hatcham Social
S.C.U.M
Poppy & the Jezebels
We Could Be Giants
Dance for Burgess
Dj sets by Tim Burgess and Rhys Webb with The She Set
Useful Isle Of Wight Festival 2009 Links:
Official Isle Of Wight Festival Website
Isle Of Wight 2009 Information
eFestivals Isle Of Wight Festival 2009 Guide
Virtual Festivals Isle Of Wight Festival 2009 Guide
Viagogo – Isle Of Wight Festival 2009 Tickets
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