Isle of Wight festival
Hippy dream or total nightmare? The untold story of Isle of Wight 1970
50 years ago this week, the Hendrix-headlined festival rocked a reported 600,000, but the fallout affected how music events would be run forever. Now a more positive story is emerging
Patrick Glen
25, Aug, 2020 @11:09 AM
Joni Mitchell, Isle of Wight 1970: the day the music nearly died
A bad vibe and worse acid hung around the 600,000-strong festival, with Mitchell getting heckled – but she used a stretch of perfect songs to create a moment of harmony
Laura Barton
07, Jul, 2020 @10:00 AM
Download and Isle of Wight festivals cancelled due to coronavirus
Metal and pop events called off, joining Glastonbury, the Great Escape and more on the cancellation list
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
26, Mar, 2020 @1:42 PM
Isle of Wight festival bans Jess Glynne for life after last-minute cancellation
Singer says she pulled her performance because she felt ‘incredibly weak and full of anxiety’
Laura Snapes
18, Jun, 2019 @2:14 PM
Writers on their worst festival moments
From stolen contact lenses to Friendly Fires-related injuries, it’s not always a camp classic
Eva Wiseman, Leonie Cooper, Issy Sampson and Hannah Verdier
04, May, 2019 @9:00 AM
Lana Del Rey, George Ezra and Snow Patrol to headline Latitude
Ezra will also top the bill at Isle of Wight festival alongside Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Biffy Clyro
Laura Snapes
24, Jan, 2019 @11:54 AM
Greg Lake obituary
Key figure in 1970s prog rock as bass guitarist for Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Adam Sweeting
08, Dec, 2016 @6:50 PM
Festivals 2016: the essential A-Z
Adele or Ice Cube? Reading or Wireless? Our writers give you the heads-up on what to look out for this year
Kathryn Bromwich, Stuart Dredge, Priya Elan, Killian Fox, Sam Richards, Jude Rogers
13, Mar, 2016 @9:47 AM
Robert Stredder, 29, kissing at the Isle of Wight festival, 1970
‘I can’t remember her name. I was only with her for the duration of the festival. You lose friends all the time in a crowd of half a million, and there were no mobile phones so it was hopeless’
Robert Stredder
28, Aug, 2015 @3:00 PM
The cost of staging a music festival: 'We spent £30,000 on the waste'
What are the economics of organising a festival? From artists, to catering and waste management, sometimes the costs are so high they’ll leave organisers crying in the portable loos
Eamonn Forde
09, Jul, 2015 @5:50 PM
Glastonbury, Reading or Creamfields: which 2015 festival has the fewest female artists?
The charts are dominated by female performers, but this year’s British music festival lineups are 86% male. The Guardian’s data team crunches the numbers, while Jenny Stevens asks promoters why progress is so slow
Jenny Stevens and Ami Sedghi
23, Jun, 2015 @5:15 AM
Isle of Wight festival 2015 – review
This traditionally gentler event is whipped into shape with a rousing performance from Blur, a rowdy Prodigy and a raunchy Pharrell Williams
Mark Beaumont
14, Jun, 2015 @11:54 AM
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