Isle of Wight Festival 2008
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The forthcoming Isle Of Wight Festival 2008 is the seventh revived Isle of Wight Festival to be held at Seaclose Park in Newport on the Isle Of Wight. The event will take place between June 13 - June 15, 2008.
Tickets went on sale in December 2007 and were sold out within weeks.
This year will be the first time that the festival will be screened live on TV. After four years of highlights packages being broadcast on Channel 4, this year ITV have announced that they have won the rights to broadcast live on ITV2. There will be live programmes on each of the three days. These programmes will start at 11:00pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and contain mainly highlights of the days performances, each show will feature some live elements and possibly performances, but don't expect all day live coverage.
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[edit] Line Up
[edit] Main Stage
Friday
- Kaiser Chiefs
- N.E.R.D as special guest.
- KT Tunstall
- The Hoosiers
- The Wombats
- Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
- The Answer
Saturday
- Sex Pistols
- Ian Brown as special guest.
- Iggy & The Stooges
- The Zutons
- The Enemy
- Kate Nash
- The Cribs
- Amy Macdonald
- One Night Only
- Black Stone Cherry
Sunday
- The Police
- The Kooks as special guest.
- James
- Starsailor
- Scouting For Girls
- Newton Faulkner
- Delays
[edit] The Big Top
Thursday (campers only)
- Bjorn Again
- Suspiciously Elvis
Friday
- The Stranglers
- Curved Air
- The Duke Spirit
- Arno Carstens
Saturday
- The Sugababes
- The Australian Pink Floyd Show
- Arno Carstens
Sunday
- Feeder
- Arno Carstens
Also appearing over the weekend, but as yet unscheduled, in the Big Top are Stone Gods and New Young Pony Club, amongst other acts.
[edit] Festival First
Festival First is a new system for 2008 which guarantees members two tickets for the next three years, for a one off fee of £75. It also allows other benefits such as a fast entry queue, solely for Festival First users, and other privileges yet to be announced. It has been designed as a way to guarantee members the peace of mind that they have no ticket worries.
