Official June 16, 2013 - UK - Newport -Isle Of Wight Thread
 

I'll start the thread as I will be going to the show.

Bon Jovi do have some pretty big boots to fill:

David Bowie
REM
Coldplay
RollingStones
The Police
Neil Young
Paul McCartney
Kasabian
Bruce Springsteen

so lets see what happens with it being a festival and all.....

All I know is it will be better than Slane..... :)

Seeing as Sky currently have nothing advertising coverage of this, I tweeted them last night to find out if they will be covering.
They will only be showing highlights this year, nothing shown live :(

Shame as last year it was on in 3D

Yvonne's gonna love this ...... Weekend camping tickets were available for just £85 earlier today!!!

Hahaha! Couldn't go for the whole weekend as I'm working on Friday.... Best part about next weekend is, its going to rain :cool: Thats the forecast at the moment.

You left out the most iconic performers at the festival.

http://ring.cdandlp.com/rocknrollbaz.../114228240.jpg

Thats ok because you just reminded me :)

Are Absolute Radio covering this live? I've had a look on their website but can't find anything definitive!

All I know is it will be better than Slane..... :)[/QUOTE]

Why do you think it is going to be better than Slane?!

The Doors played Isle of Wight in 1970 too.

Why do you think it is going to be better than Slane?![/QUOTE]

because that's my opinion :-)

Can't see any coverage of this on Sky's TV guide for next week.

Absolute Radio are broadcasting the entire set live, it's on their homepage now.

They are showing highlights w/end of 22nd & 23rd June

The Sky Arts highlights are the following weekend commencing 21st June.

http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/onair...Wight+Festival

There you have it!

bob geldof to join BJ on stage at Isle of wight:

http://music-news.com/shownews.asp?H...&nItemID=67029

And when they reach the chorus of I don't Like Mondays Richie will jump out from behind the stage, kick Phil up the arse and carry on where he left off.

Just my prediction.

Ugh if this is true.... Boomtown Rats are on before them so its possible.

Wouldn't be so bad if it had never happened before, but now it's almost expected.
Couple of people from work have gone for the weekend, so I'm looking forward to hearing what they think of Sunday!

Just on the IOW website and there live video streaming, so keep an eye out.

For anyone who is interested heres the stage times for some acts:


Boomtown Rats 15:25 - 16:15
Paloma Faith 16:45 - 17:45
The Script 18:15 - 19:15
Bon Jovi 19:45 - 22:45


The main stage closes at 11pm....

Just watching the stream of FUN on the website and can't even begin to imagine how mad the crowd could go for songs like Prayer, Wanted, Always etc.

Its gonna be great :)

I've just tuned into Paul Wellar, looking good. I hope the stream works on Sunday too!

Won't be online tomorrow for obvious reasons, will be in a field somewhere on the island :) Hoping for a good one and no wellies needed here :)

I hope you enjoy it Yvonne!!

Hope all who are going have a great time !!!!!! Want to hear you all sing when im listening on the radio :)

Robbie will be making an appearance.

For real.

Not a fair comparison, Fun. performed on a secondary stage to a small audience, whereas Jovi are, obviously the main stage headliners. Remember the crowd noise during the HRC broadcast 2 years ago? I think tonight is gonna be similar, but it will be even better with the video :)

Let's just hope Jon delivers decent vocals.

Shouldn't this be on in a few minutes or do I have my times screwed up? Daylight savings time maybe?

Should be 5 before 3 according to FestivoTV.

Thanks Deb - I thought it was 2:45 and was getting nervous LOL. I'm trying to grab the audio.

They are due on now, so will see when they get this band off the smaller stage.

If you manage to get the audio would you be a good egg and share via dime

1. that's what the water

Radio are live, YouTube is NOT broadcasting....

If they will let me sure - they can get picky about SBD stuff.

I'm recording the video from youtube :) And audio from absolute radio.

Got pic now thanks to refresh.

Geeze - Bobby could crack a smile and pretend he's having a good time LOL

The video is on the official Isle of Wight website too. Thanks Kathleen you are a star.