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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 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 |
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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 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, 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 big 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. 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 big 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, Suzanne Vega 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 big 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 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 big 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 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 big 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 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 big 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 Adult ticket price: £130 Approx attendance: 55,000 Notable for: first year of the Big Top (second stage). First year of coverage on ITV2. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2007
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Headliners: Snow Patrol, Muse, The Rolling Stones
Other big 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 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. |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2006
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Headliners: The Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Coldplay
Other big names in the line up: Placebo, Goldfrapp, The Rakes, Morning Runner, Primal Scream, Editors, Dirty Pretty Things, The Kooks, The Proclaimers, Suzanne Vega, Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft, Lou Reed, Maximo Park, Kubb, Procol Harum, Delays 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. |
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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). |
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Isle of Wight Festival 2003
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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. |
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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. |
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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 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. |
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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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