Isle of Wight Festival, review

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Published June 14, 2010 at 4:50 a.m.

With performances from The Strokes and Jay-Z, the Isle of Wight festival ... provided a resolutely unpretentious start to a summer of musical events ... Rating: * * * * ...

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Bestival Announces Line-up

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Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 10:32 p.m.

The Flaming Lips, Dizzee Rascal and LCD Soundsystem head to the Isle Of Wight ...

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The Prodigy To Headline Bestival

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Published March 10, 2010 at 9:08 p.m.

The Braintree dance goliaths head to the Isle Of Wight ...

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More Isle Of Wight Festival Line-Up Additions

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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.

Who else will be joining The Strokes and Jay-Z next summer? ...

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Vampire Weekend and Spandau Ballet to play Isle Of Wight Festival

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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 4:28 a.m.
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Line up for June event grows again ...

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James And Doves Added To Isle Of Wight Festival

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Published Dec. 15, 2009 at 9:30 a.m.

Plus, Ocean Colour Scene join the line-up for 2010 ...

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The Strokes To Play Isle Of Wight Festival 2010

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Published Nov. 30, 2009 at 7:08 a.m.

NYC's favourite sons re-appear for live date next year ...

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Album: Leonard Cohen, Live at The Isle of Wight 1970, (Columbia)

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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Now that Leonard Cohen is acknowledged as a musical treasure, it's fascinating to revisit this performance from a time when his star was in its early ascendancy ...

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All Tomorrow's Parties | DVD review

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Published Oct. 3, 2009 at 6:09 p.m.

(Warp) ... While music festivals have flourished in recent years, another venerable tradition, the music festival film, has all but died out. The best of those movies - DA Pennebaker's Monterey Pop, the Maysles brothers' Gimme Shelter and Murray Lerner's Message to Love (about the 1970 Isle of Wight festival) - not only served as documents of the times but did much to propagate the myth of the music festival as the locus of a ritualistic experience that united artist and audience. Into this

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Bestival, Isle of Wight

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Published Sept. 13, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
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Bestival, the last major gig of the summer, drew to a close yesterday, as over 43,000 music lovers enjoyed a third day of music. During the day, the crowd had a chance to relax before the final night of music, with the main stage playing host to a special performance from the English National Ballet. Dancing to a medley of dance tunes, including Michael Jackson and Faithless, their combination of street dance and ballet certainly impressed ...

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