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Burgess Announced Last Acts for IOW Fest

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

burgess Following yesterday’s new additions to the Isle Of Wight Festival, the man in charge of the Sunday line-up in the Big Top Tent, Tim Burgess (lead singer of The Charlatans), has revealed the final acts for the tent.

Kicking off the Sunday will be Dance For Burgess (what a fitting name) who will open The Big Top Tent on the final day of the festival.

The tent will close with a set from the curators own band, The Charlatans. Throughout the day Burgess will be spinning tunes in the tent with Rhys Webb (from The Horrors) as DJ’s.

Reformed punk group Killing Joke will be playing in the tent during the day. They will be joined by The Horrors as well as US acts Black Lips and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.

Poppy And The Jezebels, S.C.U.M and Hatcham Social will all be playing too.

The event takes place on the 12th, 13th & 14th June 2009 at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight. Tickets are still on sale priced at £140 for an adult camping ticket with other options available.

The currently confirmed headliners for the event are The Prodigy, Stereophonics, Neil Young and Razorlight. Maximo Park, Basement Jaxx, Pendulum, White Lies and The Pixies are all also set to take to the main stage during the event.

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Four More Acts Added to IOW Line-Up

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Isle of Wight Festival organisers have confirmed four more acts for The Big Top tent: disco DJ Calvin Harris, pop-rockers Mercury Rev, British indie sensation The Maccabees and rock outfit The Rakes.

The newly announced bands will all be playing on the Saturday of the three day event. They will be joining other bands playing in The Big Top such as The Australian Pink Floyd Show, McFly, Ladyhawke, Noisettes and The Charlatans.

The event takes place on the 12th, 13th & 14th June 2009 at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight.

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Maximo Park to Play Isle of Wight

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

The Isle of Wight festival line-up just keeps getting bigger and better. This morning saw the addition of several new bands including: Maximo Park, Australian Pink Floyd and Ultravox.

Friday sees The Prodigy and Basement Jaxx on the main stage alongside Pendulum and The Ting Tings. Saturday seems to be filling up nicely on the line-up poster which sees Stereophonics and Razorlight headline the main stage. Maximo Park, White Lies, The View, The Rifles, The Zombies and Paolo Nutini all also share the Saturday main stage. Australian Pink Floyd and Ultravox will headline the Big Top tent the same day. Neil Young, Pixies and The Charlatans will all be playing on the Sunday.

The Isle of Wight festival takes play from 12th-14th June and tickets are priced at £140 with other ticket option available.

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Corden and Horne Play Isle Of Wight Festival

Monday, March 16th, 2009

British comedy double act James Corden and Matthew Horne, famous for their roles in ‘Gavin and Stacy’ and more recently in their own self titled comedy sketch show, are reported to be playing at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival.

The pair won’t be doing stand-up or any sketches as you would expect, instead they will be playing in a band. The duo are to take part in a new ITV show called ‘We Are Rock Stars’, where they have just five days to start up the band and rehearse for the gig at the festival.

News Of The World were told “James’s experience of fronting music gigs extends to playing the cornet at school, so it should be interesting to say the very least. But Matt’s a DJ these days so he’s got a bit more of an idea.”

“They’re setting up a band from scratch, which is a hell of a challenge, so the set list is likely to include songs that aren’t too taxing but will get everyone going.”

Other acts set to play the event include Basement Jaxx, The Ting Tings, The Charlatans and Pendulum. The headliners are The Prodigy, Stereophonics and Razorlight.

Tickets for this year’s festival are now on sale priced at £140 for an adult weekend pass with camping with other ticket options available. The festival has been a huge event over the last few years selling out consistently over the past three years. This year looks like it should be the same with around 50,000 music lovers attending the event.

Isle Of Wight takes place from 12-14 June at Seaclose Park, Newport.

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Pixies for Isle Of Wight Festival

Friday, March 13th, 2009

American rockers, Pixies, have been confimed for this year’s Isle Of Wight Festival. The band will be playing on the Sunday (14th June) right before headliner Neil Young takes to the stage.

Isle of Wight festival promoter, John Giddings, said: “It was hard to think of someone capable of complementing the musical talent of Neil Young but once I had the idea it was blindly obvious and it will surely be a legendary day on the Isle of Wight.”

Other acts set to play the event include Basement Jaxx, The Ting Tings, The Charlatans and Pendulum. The other headliners are The Prodigy, Stereophonics and Razorlight.