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Teenager who looked up festival as attack target detained for terror offences

A teenage Muslim convert who looked up the Isle of Wight Festival as a potential target for a terror attack has been detained for seven years. As part of his plot, the 16-year-old, who was 15 at the time and cannot be named because of his age, also ...

15 Apr 2024 at 12:38

Music

The Prodigy and Green Day among headliners for Isle of Wight Festival 2024

The Prodigy, Green Day and Pet Shop Boys are the first headline acts to be announced for the Isle of Wight Festival 2024. The event which saw headline performances from the likes of Pulp and The Chemical Brothers last year will be taking place ...

02 Nov 2023 at 15:26

Medical team at Isle of Wight Festival sees 15% rise in heat-related incidents

The medical team at the Isle of Wight Festival said they have seen fewer heat-related issues than expected but there has still been a 15% rise in incidents since last year. Medical commander David Rock, from Festimed, expected 40% to 50% of ...

18 Jun 2023 at 14:27

Music

Sugababes ‘making up’ for lack of female headline acts at Isle of Wight

Girl band, Sugababes, who performed on the main stage at the Isle of Wight Festival on Friday, said they are “making up” for the lack of female headline acts at this year’s event. The group – which consists of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan ...

18 Jun 2023 at 08:00

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Sam Ryder ‘stoked’ to be at Isle of Wight Festival

Eurovision runner-up Sam Ryder said he is “stoked” to perform at the Isle of Wight Festival this year, and told fans to “send good energy” for his upcoming new work and music. Ryder, 33, also spoke about the Eurovision Song Contest, ...

17 Jun 2023 at 15:28

Isle of Wight promoter ‘blessed’ to still host festival 21 years on

The promoter of the Isle of Wight Festival said he is “blessed” to continue hosting the “extraordinary” music event 21 years on. John Giddings, who reinstated the festival in 2002 during the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, compared the ...

17 Jun 2023 at 12:32

Music

Isle of Wight Festival announces four headliners for 2023

Robbie Williams, George Ezra, The Chemical Brothers and Pulp will headline the Isle of Wight Festival next year. Britpop band Pulp, fronted by Jarvis Cocker, will perform on the Friday night as part of their first run of live ...

31 Oct 2022 at 12:59

Finance

Barclays steps back as sponsor of Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight festivals

Barclays has stepped back as a sponsor of all Live Nation festivals as bands boycott the events in protest of the bank’s ties to defence companies supplying Israel, and fossil fuel firms. Barclaycard was removed from the ...

14 Jun 2024 at 17:23

Music

It grieves me festivals are not political – Isle of Wight Festival co-founder

The co-founder of the Isle of Wight Festival, Ray Foulk, has said it “grieves” him that festivals now are not as political as they were in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Foulk, who set up the music event alongside his ...

19 Sept 2024 at 07:43

Music

‘Gut feeling more important than social media likes’, says festival promoter

A leading music festival promoter has said “gut feeling” is more than important than social media likes when booking headline acts. John Giddings, who has run the Isle of Wight Festival since it restarted in 2002, ...

08 Jun 2025 at 00:11

News

Fans ‘cannot believe their luck’ as sun shines on Isle of Wight Festival

Music-lovers have said they “cannot believe their luck” as they queued in sunshine for ferries to take them across the Solent to the Isle of Wight Festival. Thousands of party-goers are heading to Seaclose Park, ...

19 Jun 2025 at 15:56

Entertainment

An Englishman in Newport – Sting wows Isle of Wight Festival

Former The Police frontman Sting has wowed the crowds at the Isle of Wight Festival with a set of greatest hits. Wearing a white T-shirt and tight black trousers, the 73-year-old raced straight into fan ...

21 Jun 2025 at 00:38

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