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Isle of Wight festival history - 1968 to today
After much typing, we are pleased to present every Isle of Wight festival, lineup and ticket price since 1968!
If you want some more detailed reminiscence, check out our top 10 unforgettable moments from 50 years of the Isle of Wight Festival featuring such highlights at David Bowie's last UK gig in 2004, Bob Dylan's emergence from exile in 1969, the colossal crowd of 1970, Kanye West joining Jay-Z onstage in 2010 and er, Morrissey cancelling in 2005.
Or perhaps you looking for more recent Isle of Wight Festival tickets?
If you want some more detailed reminiscence, check out our top 10 unforgettable moments from 50 years of the Isle of Wight Festival featuring such highlights at David Bowie's last UK gig in 2004, Bob Dylan's emergence from exile in 1969, the colossal crowd of 1970, Kanye West joining Jay-Z onstage in 2010 and er, Morrissey cancelling in 2005.
Or perhaps you looking for more recent Isle of Wight Festival tickets?
Isle of Wight Festival 2025
Headliners: Sting, Stereophonics, Justin Timberlake
Others acts in the lineup: Alessi Rose, Alison Moyet, Amble, Amy MacDonald, Arthur Hill, Björn Again, Busted, Clean Bandit, Crystal Tides, Dean Lewis, Ella Eyre, Emmanuel Kelly, English Teacher, Example, Faithless, James, Jess Glynne, Lightning Seeds, Lottery Winners, Mae Muller, Matilda Mann, Midge Ure, Nieve Ella, Olly Murs, Pale Waves, Paul Heaton featuring special guest singer, Rianne Downey, Razorlight, Remember Monday, Rhythm Of The 90s, Supergrass, Texas, The Corrs, The Lathums, The Lilacs, The Pigeon Detectives, The Saw Doctors, The Script, The Smyths, Twin Atlantic, Yard Act
Adult ticket prices: £289.95 including booking fees. Early bird ticket prices for Islanders were £176.35.
Attendance: An official press release said there were 'over 55,000 people'. Olly Murs announced from the stage that it was 53,000, although we haven't seen that elsewhere. Perhaps he has a part-time job at Ticketmaster? It didn't sell out - as far as we know - but it must have been close.
Notable for: Jess Glynne returning to the main stage, six years after she was given a lifetime ban. Jessica Biel watching her husband Justin Timberlake from the side of the stage. We saw Sting on the ferry, but that's mostly of interest to me! First year of big new sponsorship deal with Sky. There was also an amusing moment where two Foo Fighters tribute acts were competing with each other by playing on different stages at the same time.
Others acts in the lineup: Alessi Rose, Alison Moyet, Amble, Amy MacDonald, Arthur Hill, Björn Again, Busted, Clean Bandit, Crystal Tides, Dean Lewis, Ella Eyre, Emmanuel Kelly, English Teacher, Example, Faithless, James, Jess Glynne, Lightning Seeds, Lottery Winners, Mae Muller, Matilda Mann, Midge Ure, Nieve Ella, Olly Murs, Pale Waves, Paul Heaton featuring special guest singer, Rianne Downey, Razorlight, Remember Monday, Rhythm Of The 90s, Supergrass, Texas, The Corrs, The Lathums, The Lilacs, The Pigeon Detectives, The Saw Doctors, The Script, The Smyths, Twin Atlantic, Yard Act
Adult ticket prices: £289.95 including booking fees. Early bird ticket prices for Islanders were £176.35.
Attendance: An official press release said there were 'over 55,000 people'. Olly Murs announced from the stage that it was 53,000, although we haven't seen that elsewhere. Perhaps he has a part-time job at Ticketmaster? It didn't sell out - as far as we know - but it must have been close.
Notable for: Jess Glynne returning to the main stage, six years after she was given a lifetime ban. Jessica Biel watching her husband Justin Timberlake from the side of the stage. We saw Sting on the ferry, but that's mostly of interest to me! First year of big new sponsorship deal with Sky. There was also an amusing moment where two Foo Fighters tribute acts were competing with each other by playing on different stages at the same time.
Isle of Wight Festival 2024
Headliners: Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys, Green Day
Other acts in the lineup: 86tv's, Andrew Cushin, Angelina Mango, Apollo Junction, Beverley Knight, Beth McCarthy, Big Knight In, Blondie: Vivir En La Habana (Short Film Screening), Blossoms, Bradley Simpson, Caity Baser, Cian Ducrot, Coach Party, Corella, Crowded House, Dagny, Dirty Blonde, Experience 25: Festival Highlight (Screening of highlights from 25 festivals), FLETCHR FLETCHR, Fantasy, Feeder, Fitz & The Fearless Dogs, Freddie Lennox, Georgia, Germein, Henry Moodie, His Lordship, Ivey, Jake Shears, James Marriott, Jessie J, Johnny Hates Jazz, Johnny Marr, Jo Whiley's 90 Club Anthems, Junodream, Keane, King Cerulean, Kingfishr, Loreen, Marnie Marie, McFly, Mitch Sanders, Natalie Imbruglia, NOAHFINNCE, Nothing But Thieves, Picture This, Pronghorn, S Club, SHELC, Scouting For Girls, Simple Minds, Suede, Sun King, Swim School, That Peter Crouch Podcast: Live (including coverage of the Euros), The Bootleg Beatles, The Darkness, The Effect, The K's, The Lilacs, The Mary Wallopers, The Molotovs, The Pill, The Pretenders, The Rolling People, The Streets, The Lilacs, Tim Arnold, Tom Meighan, Toyah and Robert, Venus Grrrls, Wunderhorse, Zara Larsson
Adult ticket price: £269 (including fees whereas previous prices didn't include fees) or £165 for early bird Islander tickets.
Attendance: more than 55,000 according to an official press release. It didn't sell out, but it wasn't far off.
Notable for: an inflatable Dookie aeroplane and ring of fire for Green Day's set. Tragically, there was also a 'sudden death' of a woman in her 40s at the festival campsite. It was not treated as suspicious by police.
Other acts in the lineup: 86tv's, Andrew Cushin, Angelina Mango, Apollo Junction, Beverley Knight, Beth McCarthy, Big Knight In, Blondie: Vivir En La Habana (Short Film Screening), Blossoms, Bradley Simpson, Caity Baser, Cian Ducrot, Coach Party, Corella, Crowded House, Dagny, Dirty Blonde, Experience 25: Festival Highlight (Screening of highlights from 25 festivals), FLETCHR FLETCHR, Fantasy, Feeder, Fitz & The Fearless Dogs, Freddie Lennox, Georgia, Germein, Henry Moodie, His Lordship, Ivey, Jake Shears, James Marriott, Jessie J, Johnny Hates Jazz, Johnny Marr, Jo Whiley's 90 Club Anthems, Junodream, Keane, King Cerulean, Kingfishr, Loreen, Marnie Marie, McFly, Mitch Sanders, Natalie Imbruglia, NOAHFINNCE, Nothing But Thieves, Picture This, Pronghorn, S Club, SHELC, Scouting For Girls, Simple Minds, Suede, Sun King, Swim School, That Peter Crouch Podcast: Live (including coverage of the Euros), The Bootleg Beatles, The Darkness, The Effect, The K's, The Lilacs, The Mary Wallopers, The Molotovs, The Pill, The Pretenders, The Rolling People, The Streets, The Lilacs, Tim Arnold, Tom Meighan, Toyah and Robert, Venus Grrrls, Wunderhorse, Zara Larsson
Adult ticket price: £269 (including fees whereas previous prices didn't include fees) or £165 for early bird Islander tickets.
Attendance: more than 55,000 according to an official press release. It didn't sell out, but it wasn't far off.
Notable for: an inflatable Dookie aeroplane and ring of fire for Green Day's set. Tragically, there was also a 'sudden death' of a woman in her 40s at the festival campsite. It was not treated as suspicious by police.
Isle of Wight Festival 2023
Headliners: Pulp, Chemical Brothers, George Ezra, Robbie Williams
Others acts in the lineup: Groove Armada (DJ Set), LF System, Oh My God! It's The Church, Lottery Winners, Courteeners, OneRepublic, Sugababes, Sophie Ellis Bextor, The Clause, The Human League, Sabrina Carpenter, Peter Hook & the Light, Jamie Webster, Plastic Mermaids, Apollo Junction, Germein, N-Dubz, Anne-Marie, Sam Ryder, Gabrielle, Scouting For Girls, GIRLBAND, Germein, Example, FLO, The Reytons, Joesef, CMAT, The Last Dinner Party, Brooke Combe, The Kairos, Wallis, Blondie, Niall Horan, James Bay, Mika, Ella Henderson, Chinchilla, The Optimists, Phoenix, Manic Street Preachers, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Enemy, Gang of Youths, Lovejoy, Toyah and Robert
Adult ticket price: £215 or £160 for Isle of Wight residents
Attendance: 55,000, which was confirmed by John Giddings in an interview with the Isle of Wight County Press.
Notable for: Weekend tickets sold on June 8th 2023, which was a few days before the start of the festival. Organisers said there were a few Friday day tickets left. There were also drone light shows for the first time.
Others acts in the lineup: Groove Armada (DJ Set), LF System, Oh My God! It's The Church, Lottery Winners, Courteeners, OneRepublic, Sugababes, Sophie Ellis Bextor, The Clause, The Human League, Sabrina Carpenter, Peter Hook & the Light, Jamie Webster, Plastic Mermaids, Apollo Junction, Germein, N-Dubz, Anne-Marie, Sam Ryder, Gabrielle, Scouting For Girls, GIRLBAND, Germein, Example, FLO, The Reytons, Joesef, CMAT, The Last Dinner Party, Brooke Combe, The Kairos, Wallis, Blondie, Niall Horan, James Bay, Mika, Ella Henderson, Chinchilla, The Optimists, Phoenix, Manic Street Preachers, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Enemy, Gang of Youths, Lovejoy, Toyah and Robert
Adult ticket price: £215 or £160 for Isle of Wight residents
Attendance: 55,000, which was confirmed by John Giddings in an interview with the Isle of Wight County Press.
Notable for: Weekend tickets sold on June 8th 2023, which was a few days before the start of the festival. Organisers said there were a few Friday day tickets left. There were also drone light shows for the first time.
Isle of Wight Festival 2022
Headliners: Lewis Capaldi, Kasabian/Pete Tong: The Heritage Orchestra Ibiza Classics with Jules Buckley, Muse
Other acts in the lineup: Madness, Niles Rodgers and Chic, Red Arrows Display, Sigrid, The Vaccines, Craig David presents TS5, Sea Girls, The Snuts, Mimi Webb, The Academic, Ewan Mainwood, Blossoms, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, Jessie Ware, The Proclaimers, The Fratellis, Chinchilla, Greek Tragedies, Shaggy, Joel Corry, Nathan Dawe, Griff, The Amazons, Mark Owen, Everyone You Know, Since September, Germein, Rudimental, Tom Grennan, UB40 Ft Ali Campbell, Freya Ridings, Mavis Staples, Del Amitri, Morgan Wade, Beth Brookfield, The Kooks, The Charlatans, The Coral, Mae Muller,
Wet Leg, Nina Nesbitt, Toyah, Max, Overpass, Happy Mondays, Heather Small, The Compozers, Rick Parfitt Jnr Band,
Adult ticket price: £195 or £145 for Isle of Wight residents
Attendance: 50,000 according to most reports although some reports give higher figures
Notable for: Peter Crouch dancing with Kasabian, Wet Leg's homecoming, strong winds cutting short Blossoms, Lionel Richie cancelling, Muse arriving by Hovercraft
Other acts in the lineup: Madness, Niles Rodgers and Chic, Red Arrows Display, Sigrid, The Vaccines, Craig David presents TS5, Sea Girls, The Snuts, Mimi Webb, The Academic, Ewan Mainwood, Blossoms, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, Jessie Ware, The Proclaimers, The Fratellis, Chinchilla, Greek Tragedies, Shaggy, Joel Corry, Nathan Dawe, Griff, The Amazons, Mark Owen, Everyone You Know, Since September, Germein, Rudimental, Tom Grennan, UB40 Ft Ali Campbell, Freya Ridings, Mavis Staples, Del Amitri, Morgan Wade, Beth Brookfield, The Kooks, The Charlatans, The Coral, Mae Muller,
Wet Leg, Nina Nesbitt, Toyah, Max, Overpass, Happy Mondays, Heather Small, The Compozers, Rick Parfitt Jnr Band,
Adult ticket price: £195 or £145 for Isle of Wight residents
Attendance: 50,000 according to most reports although some reports give higher figures
Notable for: Peter Crouch dancing with Kasabian, Wet Leg's homecoming, strong winds cutting short Blossoms, Lionel Richie cancelling, Muse arriving by Hovercraft
Isle of Wight Festival 2021
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Headliners: Liam Gallagher, Snow Patrol, David Guetta, Duran Duran
Other acts in the lineup: Scouting For Girls, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Are You Experienced?, Foor (DJ Set), Tom Jones, James, Becky Hill, You Me At Six, Lona, Primal Scream, Shed Seven, Sigma (DJ Set), The Snuts, Charlotte Jane, Snow Patrol, David Guetta, Sam Fender, All Saints, James Arthur, Lightning Seeds, Roachford, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, The K's, Kaiser Chiefs, Example, Sam Feldt (Live), Maximo Park, The Manor, Ella Henderson, Stone, Dylan John Thomas, Rebecca Hurn, Duran Duran, The Script, Supergrass, James Vincent McMorrow, Seasick Steve, Megan McKenna, Chinchilla, Razorlight, Maisie Peters, Imelda May, Lawson, New Rules, Lyra, Jasmine Jethwa, Wet Leg Adult ticket price: £185, with cheaper deals for Islanders. Attendance: about 50,000 though we haven't found a definitive figure. Some reports says that it was capped to 50,000. Notable for: moved to September because of Covid-19 restrictions. Attendees had to show a negative test or be double jabbed. Liam Gallagher fell out of a helicopter after his set and Courtney Cox was spotted backstage. Read our blogs from Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Isle of Wight Festival 2021. |
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Isle of WIght Festival 2020 (Cancelled)
This was the festival that never was, but we thought we'd include this one on our list for the benefit of anyone compiling a pub quiz in 2032 about events which didn't happen due to Covid-19.
Headliners: Lionel Richie, Snow Patrol, Duran Duran
Other acts in the line-up: Happy Mondays, Foor, Natasha Bedingfield, Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix Tribute), Lewis Capaldi, Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra Presents Ibiza Classics (feat Maxi Jazz of Faithless), Becky Hill, You Me At Six, Lona, Primal Scream, Shed Seven, Sigma (DJ Set), Joy Crookes, The Lathums, Donna Missal, Rebecca Hurn, Chemical Brothers, Sam Fender, James Arthur, All Saints, Lightning Seeds, Roachford, Rothwell, Asylums, Kaiser Chiefs, Example, Sam Feldt (Live), Maximo Park, The Manor, Ella Henderson, Lyra, Dylan John Thomas, Black Eyed Peas, Supergrass, Dido, James Vincent McMorrow, Seasick Steve, Megan McKenna, Razorlight, Maisie Peters, New Rules, JC Stewart, Balcony
Adult ticket price: £185 (although early bird Islander tickets were only £115)
Attendance: er, zero. I did see one guy wandering around Seaclose Park that weekend but I don't think that counts.
Notable for: as mentioned earlier, the cancellation of the Isle of Wight Festival 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Ticketholders were told they could have a refund or carry over their ticket to the next year.
Headliners: Lionel Richie, Snow Patrol, Duran Duran
Other acts in the line-up: Happy Mondays, Foor, Natasha Bedingfield, Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix Tribute), Lewis Capaldi, Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra Presents Ibiza Classics (feat Maxi Jazz of Faithless), Becky Hill, You Me At Six, Lona, Primal Scream, Shed Seven, Sigma (DJ Set), Joy Crookes, The Lathums, Donna Missal, Rebecca Hurn, Chemical Brothers, Sam Fender, James Arthur, All Saints, Lightning Seeds, Roachford, Rothwell, Asylums, Kaiser Chiefs, Example, Sam Feldt (Live), Maximo Park, The Manor, Ella Henderson, Lyra, Dylan John Thomas, Black Eyed Peas, Supergrass, Dido, James Vincent McMorrow, Seasick Steve, Megan McKenna, Razorlight, Maisie Peters, New Rules, JC Stewart, Balcony
Adult ticket price: £185 (although early bird Islander tickets were only £115)
Attendance: er, zero. I did see one guy wandering around Seaclose Park that weekend but I don't think that counts.
Notable for: as mentioned earlier, the cancellation of the Isle of Wight Festival 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Ticketholders were told they could have a refund or carry over their ticket to the next year.
Isle of Wight Festival 2019
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Headliners: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, George Ezra, Fatboy Slim, Biffy Clyro
Other acts in the lineup: Courteeners, Lily Allen, James, Gerry Cinnamon, DMA's, Wild Front, Bastille, Anne-Marie, Rick Astley, KT Tunstall, The Marcus King Band, Richard Ashcroft, Jess Glynne (although she didn't perform), Madness, Sigrid, Tom Walker, Bjorn Again, Wet Wet Wet, Heather Small, Hacienda Classical, Jax Jones, Sigala, Freya Ridings Dean Lewis, Garbage, Yungblud, Miles Kane, Friendly Fires, Picture This, Keane, Dermot Kennedy, The Coral, Idles, Starsailor, Ward Thomas, Feet Adult ticket price: £175 (although it was as cheap as £110 if you got an early bird Islander ticket) Approximate attendance: 59,000 according to Wikipedia. Notable for: John Giddings announcing on stage that Jess Glynne wouldn't be performing due to 'exhaustion'. Also, fears of a washout or 'tornadoes' came to nothing. Read our blogs about Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Isle of Wight Festival 2019 |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2018
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Headliners: Kasabian, Depeche Mode, Liam Gallagher, The Killers
Other acts in the lineup: The Wombats, Hot Dub Time Machine, T Rextasy, The Script, Chase & Status, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Rita Ora, Feeder, Circa Waves, Tom Grennan, Walking on Cars, Kara Marni, Bang Bang Romeo, Judas, James Bay, Blossoms, Haçienda Classiçal, Kodaline, Jessie J, Soul II Soul, Rak Su, SG Lewis, Tokio Myers, Mullally, Louise, Slydigs, Wild Front, Catherine McGrath, Rothwell, Paradisia, Manic Street Preachers, Van Morrison, Camila Cabello, Sigrid, Travis, Sheryl Crow, Hurts, Lany, The Pretty Things, Hudson Taylor, The Skids, Gerry Cinnamon, The Professionals, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Ten Tonnes Adult ticket price: £209 (although there were early bird and Islander deals) Approximate attendance: 72,000 (sold out) although I've heard other figures elsewhere Notable for: changing dates to the end of June, which coincided with Glastonbury taking a year off |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2017
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Headliners: Run DMC, David Guetta, Arcade Fire, Rod Stewart
Other names in the lineup: Catfish and the Bottlemen, Example+DJ Wire, The Kooks, Zara Larsson, Texas, Jack Savoretti, Melanie C, Tom Chaplin, The Slow Readers Club, Space, The Showshank Duo, Elle Exxe, Bang Bang Romeo, Alex Francis, The Germein Sisters, Victoria, The Novatones, The Second Sons, Bastille, George Ezra, Clean Bandit, Imelda May, The Shires, The Vamps, Scouting for Girls, The Strypes, The Undertones, The Sherlocks, The Amazons, Judas, Wild Front, Kaiser Chiefs, Rag N Bone Man, The Pretenders, Jonas Blue (DJ Set), Nothing But Thieves, Alison Moyet, Ward Thomas, Lucy Spraggan, Paradisia, Razorlight, Starsailor, The Alarm. Adult ticket price: £195 Approx attendance: 45,000+ Notable for: opening on the day of a general election Read our blogs about taking a preschooler and a grandmother to the Isle of Wight Festival 2017. Available to watch: James' set is available to watch on Amazon. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2016
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Headliners: Faithless, Stereophonics, The Who, Queen + Adam Lambert
Other names in the lineup: Adam Ant, Busted, Buzzcocks, The Damned, The Family Rain, The Godfathers, Gutterdammerung, Gabrielle Aplin, Iggy Pop, Half Moon Run, The High Kings, Lissie, Pendulum (DJ Set), Reverend and the Makers, Sex Pissed Dolls, Sigma (Live), Sixx:AM, Twin Atlantic, The Wonderstuff, Feeder, Everything Everything, Cast, Alabama 3, Reef, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Sunset Sons, Turin Brakes, Blossoms, The Second Sons, Ocean Colour Scene, The Kills, Status Quo, The Cribs, Mike + The Mechanics, Richard Ashcroft, Maxi Jazz and the E-Type Boys, Jess Glynne, The Corrs Adult ticket price: £195 Notable for: tributes to David Bowie, including a screening of his performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in 2004. Read our blogs about Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Isle of Wight Festival 2016. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2015
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Headliners: The Black Keys, The Prodigy, Blur, Fleetwood Mac
Other names in the lineup: Pharrell Williams, Paolo Nutini, Billy Idol, Kodaline, Counting Crows, You Me At Six, First Aid Kit, Sheppard, Jessie Ware The Struts, Jess Glynne (cancelled due to surgery, played in 2016 instead), Kool and the Gang, James, Imelda May, Paul Oakenfold, Ash, Courteeners, Suzanne Vega, Foxes, Lightning Seeds, Sharon Corr, The View, UB40's Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, La Femme, Groove Armada (DJ Set), Visconti and Woodmansey, Ruen Brothers, Chickson Speed, Coasts, James Bay, The Charlatans, The Shires, Stiff Little Fingers, Larkin Poe, Sunset Sons Adult ticket price: £195 Notable for: downpours during the Friday night headliners and Blur rattling through the hits |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2014
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Headliners: Calvin Harris, Biffy Clyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings of Leon.
Other big names in the lineup: Rudimental, Kiss FM DJ - DJ Pioneer,Tom Odell, Starsailor, Lawson, The Specials, The 1975, The Waterboys, John Newman, The Pretty Reckless, Nina Nesbitt, Rival Sons Suede, Fall Out Boy, Passenger, Ella Eyre, The Move, Boy George, Inspiral Carpets, From The Jam, The Doors Alive, Katy B, Polyphonic Spree, Alison Moyet, Anna Calvi, The Selecter, Chloe Howl, Hero Fisher, Duke Dumont, Gordon City, Clean Bandit, The Struts, Cher Lloyd, Dappy, The Vamps, Neon Jungle, Travis, The Horrors, Peace, Swim Deep, The Stypes, Deep Vally, July Talk, Amber Run, Pylo Adult ticket price: £190 Approx attendance: 58,000+ (approx. Wikipedia claims Friday and Saturday were sold out) Notable for: announcing the Red Hot Chili Peppers with a sand sculpture at Appley. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2013
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Headliners: Stone Roses, Killers, Bon Jovi
Other names in the lineup: Paul Weller, Ke$ha, Jake Bugg, Emeli Sande, Palma Violets, Ben Howard, Young Guns, The Script, Bloc Party, Paloma Faith, The Maccabees, Ellie Goulding, Happy Mondays, Blondie, Example & DJ Wire, Rizzle Kicks, Damian Lazarus, Everything Everything, Bastille, Little Angels, The Bear Social, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Newton Faulkner, The Boomtown Rats, Tank Trap, Willy Mason, Ian Hunter and The Rant Band, Laura Mvula, Bonnie Ratt, Bastille, The Farm, The Blockheads, Jaguar SKills, Grandmaster Flash, Ms Dynamite, A-Trak, DJ Ez, Gav Foord, Dj Future, Lez Zeppelin, T'Pau, Levellers, Lianne La Havas, Fun, Delilah, Sub Focus, Monsta, Friction, Modestep, Andy C, Zane Lowe, I Am Kloot, Imperial Teen, Young Guns, Kids In Glass Houses, Imagine Dragons, Kodaline, Republica, Tracer, Resonate, Lee Foss, Damian Lazarus Adult ticket price: £185 Approx attendance: 58,000 Notable for: 2000 tickets being held back to stop people buying from touts. New measures to cope with rain. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2012
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Headliners: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Other names in the lineup: Elbow, Biffy Clyro, Noel Gallacher's High Flying Birds, Primal Scream, Example, Tinie Tempah, The Vaccines, Feeder, Jessie J, Madness, Joan Armatrading, Groove Armada, Enter Shikara, Magnetic Man, Professor Green, The Darkness, Ash, The Charlatans, Melanie C, Caro Emerald, Lana Del Ray, DJ Nikki Beatnik, DJ Fresh, Groove Armada, Penguin Prison, The Stranglers, Cerys Matthews, Howard Jones, Stackridge, Brit Floyd, Ten Shed, Noah and the Whale, James Walsh, Signals, Big Country, Labrinth, Magnetic Man, Pro Green, Wretch 32, Katy B, Loick Essien, Stooshe, Clement Marfo, Hue and Cry, Boyce Avenue, Brilliant Things, Miles Kane, The Minutes, Steve Hackett, Pulled Apart By Horses, Black Stone Cherry, Spector, Zulu Winter, Virgin Marys, Suzanne Vega, Mel C, The Pierces, Christina Perri, Beth Hart Adult ticket price: £180 Approx attendance: 55,000 Notable for...moving to a different weekend to avoid the Jubilee...leading to mud, traffic backing up to the ferry car park |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2011
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Headliners: Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, Kasabian
Other names in the line up: Kaiser Chiefs, The Courteeners, We Are Scientists, Pulp, Iggy and the Stooges, Seasick Steve, Eliza Doolittle, Big Country, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Imelda May, Mike and the Mechanics, Tom Jones, The British Pink Floyd Show, The Cult, The Vaccines, Beady Eye, The Script, Plan B, Pixie Lott, Two Door Cinema Club, Jeff Beck, Manic Street Preachers, Public Image Limited, Cast, Nick Lowe, Hadouken!, Boy George, Laura Steel, Edei, Wonderland, The Bonfires, Yellow Wire, John McIvor, Joe Janiak, Lissie, Stornaway, Hurts, The Like, Semi Precious Weapons, WIld Beasts, Roachford, Julie Felix, Tom McRae, Andrew Corr, The Arcadian Kicks, The Scarletz, Stereo Son, James Walsh, Various Cruelties, Brother, Nick Lowe, Tim Burgess and Mark Collins, Ian Broudie, Ben Montague, It's A Beautiful Day Adult ticket price: £175 Approx attendance: 65,000 Notable for: the first under a ten year deal between the Isle of Wight Council and the promoters. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2010
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Headliners: Jay - Z, The Strokes, Paul McCartney
Other names in the line up: Pink, Blondie, Orbital, James, Squeeze, Editors, Biffy Clyro, Crowded House, Calvin Harris, Editors, The Courteeners, Reef, Noah and the Whale, Mr Hudson, Florence And The Machine, N-Dubz, La Roux, Hockey, Doves, Vampire Weekend, Friendly Fires, Spandau Ballet, Ocean Colour Scene, Paloma Faith, The Saturdays, The Hold Steady, Suzi Quatro, Paper Romance, The Coronas, Suzanne Vega, The Bluebyrds, Detroit Social Club, Melanie, One Last Dream, Juliette Lewis, Marina and the Diamonds, Shakespears Sisters, Mini Viva, Woman, Daisy Dares You, I Blame Coco, Midge Ure, The Members, Siskin, Orbital, Devandra Banhart, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Brilliant Things, The Arcadian Kicks, Ben Montague, James Walsh, The Phoenix Rose, Arno Carstens, Space Age Heroes, Malpas, Local Natives, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, The Big Pink, O.A.R, The Alarm, Saint Jude, Holly Kirby, Kirsten Morrell, Evil Nine, The Beat Monkeys. Adult ticket price: £150 Approx attendance: 60,000 Notable for: perhaps the biggest trio of headliners since 1970? Kanye West joining Jay-Z onstage, Pink performing acrobatics and Macca singing Hey Jude. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2009
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Headliners: The Prodigy, Stereophonics, Neil Young
Other names in the line up: Razorlight, Basement Jaxx, Pendulum, Maximo Park, White Lies, The View, The Rifles, Pixies, Simple Minds, The Pigeon Detectives, The Script, Tim Burgess, Australian Pink Floyd, Calvin Harris, McFly, Mercury Rev, Ultravox, Bananarama, Alesha Dixon, The Human League, The Ting Tings, Sharon Corr, Paolo Nutini, Goldie Lookin Chain, Will Young, Killing Joke, Iglu and Hartly, Sneaky Sound System, Majortones, The Yeah Yous, Papa Do Plenty, Arno Carstens, Judy Collins, King Meets Queen, Pixie Lott, Ladyhawke, Noisettes, Beverley Knight, Eddi Reader, The Australian Pink Floyd, The Rakes, The Maccabbee, Jessie Evans, The Operators, The Arcadian Kicks, Deborah Hodgson, Who's Who, The Horrors, Black Lips, The Rumble Strips, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Tim Burgress, Hatcham Social, S.C.U.M., Poppy and the Jezebels, Dance for Burgess, The She Set Adult ticket price: £140 Approx attendance: 50,000 Notable for: the world's greatest band (TM) making their first appearance at the festival (in our humble opinion). |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2008
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Headliners: Kaiser Chiefs, The Sex Pistols, The Police
Other names in the line up: The Enemy, N.E.R.D., Ian Brown, The Wombats, The Hoosiers, James, Kate Nash, Iggy And The Stooges, The Zutons, KT Tunstall, Amy MacDonald, The Kooks, Starsailor, Newton Faulkner, Starsailor, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, The Answer, Scouting for Girls, One Night Only, Blackstone Cherry, Delays, Feeder, Sugababes, The Stranglers, The Australian Pink Floyd, The Duke Spirit, Bjorn Again, We See Lights, Proximity Effect, Suspiciously Elvis, Arno Carstens, Curved Air, Scars on 45, Wills and the Willing, Ida Maria, Jackson Analogue, Andy LoRusso - The Singing Chef, Stone Gods, Gundogs, Laura Critchley, Paul Newsome, The Cribs, NYPC, The Music, Liam Gerner, Florence K, The Arcadian Kicks, Gweido, Little Fish. Adult ticket price: £130 Approx attendance: 55,000 Notable for: first year of the Big Top (second stage). First year of coverage on ITV2. Available to watch: The set from N.E.R.D. is available to watch on Amazon. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2007
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Headliners: Snow Patrol, Muse, The Rolling Stones
Other names in the line up: Groove Armada, The Feeling, Echo and the Bunnymen, Kasabian, Ash, Wolfmother, Amy Winehouse, Donovan, Keane, The Fratellis, Paolo Nutini, James Morrison, Melanie C. Siniez, The Hedrons, Country Joe McDonald, The Menschen, The Thirst, Carbon/Silicon, Arno Carstons, Koopa, The Bees Adult ticket price: £125 Approx attendance: 60,000 Notable for: The Rolling Stones and their moving stage...and the Red Arrows on Saturday afternoon. First year that the festival started on Thursday rather than Friday. Available to watch: the set from Wolfmother is available to watch on Amazon. I have no idea why Wolfmother's set made the cut but the Rolling Stones and Muse didn't... |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2006
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Headliners: The Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Coldplay
Other names in the line up: Placebo, Goldfrapp, The Rakes, Morning Runner, Primal Scream, Editors, Dirty Pretty Things, The Kooks, The Proclaimers, Suzanne Vega, Richard Ashcroft, Lou Reed, Maximo Park, Kubb, Procol Harum, Delays, The On Offs, 747s, The Upper Room, Skyline Heroes, The Windows, Cathead, Marjorie Fair, Kubb, Adult ticket price: £105 Approx attendance: 55,000 Notable for: Final year of Nokia Sponsorship. Mani from Primal Scream getting the Isle of Wight confused with the Isle of Man. Available to watch/listen: Paolo Nutini's set is available |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2005
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Headliners: Faithless, Travis, R.E.M.
Other big names in the line up: Razorlight, Supergrass, Idlewild, The Black Velvets, Roxy Music, Feeder, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Babyshambles, Ray Davies, Nine Black Alps, Snow Patrol, Embrace, Starsailor, The Magic Numbers, The Subways Adult ticket price: £90 Approx attendance: 50,000 Notable for: Morrissey headlining...and then not |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2004
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Headliners: Stereophonics, The Who, David Bowie
Other big names in the line up: Groove Armada, Super Furry Animals, Manic Street Preachers, The Charlatans, Snow Patrol, Jet, Delays, The Electric Soft Parade, British Sea Power, 22-20's, Suzanne Vega, The Ordinary Boys, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, The Duke Spirit, Adult ticket price: £75 Approx attendance: 35,000 Notable for: The first year of three days rather than two (since the 2002 revival). A big increase in festival capacity. The Libertines dropping out (although with Bowie and The Who performing, no-one really noticed). David Bowie's final full concert in the UK. Available to watch: You can watch The Who's set on Amazon Video. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2003
Headliners: Paul Weller, Bryan Adams
Other big names in the line up: Starsailor, Iggy Pop, Counting Crows, John Squire, Hell is for Heroes, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Darkness, The Raveonettes, The Thrills, The Basement, The Burn, Jimmy's Big Fish
Adult ticket price: £50 (two days)
Approx attendance: 14,000
Notable for: The first year of two days, rather than one. The first year that the event was run by Solo. The first year to be held on the second weekend in June. It's also curious that there is far more footage on YouTube of the 1970 festival than there is of 2003!
Other big names in the line up: Starsailor, Iggy Pop, Counting Crows, John Squire, Hell is for Heroes, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Darkness, The Raveonettes, The Thrills, The Basement, The Burn, Jimmy's Big Fish
Adult ticket price: £50 (two days)
Approx attendance: 14,000
Notable for: The first year of two days, rather than one. The first year that the event was run by Solo. The first year to be held on the second weekend in June. It's also curious that there is far more footage on YouTube of the 1970 festival than there is of 2003!
Isle of Wight Festival 2002
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Headliners: The Charlatans
Other big names in the line up: Robert Plant and Strange Sensation, Ash, Starsailor, Hundred Reasons, The Coral, The Bees, Johnny4, DNA Doll Adult ticket price: £35 (one day) Approx attendance: 8,000 - 10,000 Notable for: The revived festival covered a fortnight of music but the main event was Rock Island at Seaclose Park in Newport on June 3rd. John Giddings has said that this festival lost a lot of money! |
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Isle of Wight Festival 1990
Artists in the line-up: Audience, Pete Brown Group, Volker Cat, Clear Blue Sky, Julie Felix, John Fielder, Groundhogs, John Richardson, Dick Taylor and Friends, Third Eat Band. Some Facebook chit-chat also says that Boy George and Captain Sensible performed but they aren't on the poster that I've seen.
Approx attendance: unknown, but we assume it was less than 5000 as there was an act of parliament in place banning larger gatherings on the Isle of Wight.
Notable for: This one-day festival was sold as a 20th celebration of the 1970 Festival and took place on the Monday of the bank holiday weekend in late August. The venue was Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde and it ran from 11am to 11pm. We don't know a great deal about it but there are posters describing it as the 'Isle of Wight Festival of Music' so we think it's worth including.
Approx attendance: unknown, but we assume it was less than 5000 as there was an act of parliament in place banning larger gatherings on the Isle of Wight.
Notable for: This one-day festival was sold as a 20th celebration of the 1970 Festival and took place on the Monday of the bank holiday weekend in late August. The venue was Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde and it ran from 11am to 11pm. We don't know a great deal about it but there are posters describing it as the 'Isle of Wight Festival of Music' so we think it's worth including.
Isle of Wight Festival 1970
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Headliners: Chicago, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix Experience
Other big names in the line up: Chicago, The Who, Joan Boaz, Taste, Ten Years After, Donovan & Open Road, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen & The Army, Arrival, Sly and the Family Stone, Richie Havens, Melanie, Cat Mother, Moody Blues, Voices of East Harlem, Free, Pentangle, East Harlem, Lighthouse, Emerson Lake and Palmer, John Sebastian, Good News, Ralph McTell, Jethro Tull, Mungo Jerry, Spirit Adult ticket price: £3 (equivalent of about £40 in today's money) Approx attendance: estimates vary but some say 600,000 to 700,000 - others say it was more like 200,000 to 300,000. Notable for: Many things! Last festival before the introduction of an Act which stopped future large gatherings. First and last held in Afton Down. Jimi Hendrix's last UK performance. Available to watch: You can buy sets from Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Moody Blues, Taste, Leonard Cohen, The Who and The Doors. There's also a documentary called Message To Love which features several performers. Dimbola in Freshwater Bay has an exhibition about the 1970 Festival and a statue of Jimi Hendrix. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 1969
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Headliners: Bob Dylan, The Who
Other big names in the line up: Free, Family, Joe Cocker, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, Pentagle, The Nice, The Pretty Things, Third Ear Band, Blodwyn Pig, Blonde on Blonde, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Aynsley Dunbar, Eclection, Fat Mattress, Gary Farr, Julie Felix, Gypsy, Heaven, Marsha Hunt & White Trash, Indo Jazz Fusions, King Crimson, The Liverpool Scene, Mighty Baby. Adult ticket price: £2 10s Approx attendance: 150,000 Notable for: Bob Dylan's return was huge - supposedly drawing a crowd including John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Eric Clapton, Yoko Ono, Liz Taylor, Richard Burton, Jane Fonda and Elton John. Held near Wootton. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 1968
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Headliners: Jefferson Airplane
Other big names in the line up: Arthur Brown, The Pretty Things, Plastic Penny, Smile, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Fairport Convention Adult ticket price: £1.25 Approx attendance: 10,000-15,000 Notable for: The first festival! Held near Godshill. |
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Most of the names on this page were gathered using official sources, such as posters advertising the festivals. However, some of the lesser-known bands came from less official sources such as (ahem) Wikipedia. If you reckon that we've made a mistake and that Joe Flipstick and the Diddlewotsits actually played at the 2006 festival, please get in touch.
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