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What
Bruce Springsteen headlines 2012 Isle of Wight Festival
When
22–24 June 2012
Where
Newport, Isle of Wight
The Fanfare
Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will headline the 2012 Isle of Wight Festival.
The three-day event will also feature Elbow, Biffy Clyro, Madness, Example, Noah and the Whale and Noel Gallagher.
The Isle of Wight Festival was first held in 1968. The 1969 event starred Bob Dylan and The Band.
In 1970, with The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis and the Doors headlining, the festival attracted an estimated crowd of 600,000.
This led to the parliamentary Isle of Wight Act in 1971 which prevented gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence.
After a 32-year gap, the festival was revived in 2002 with Robert Plant as the headline act.
Since then Paul Weller, the Rolling Stones, the Police, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Coldplay, the Sex Pistols and the Stereophonics have all appeared at the event, which won the Best Major UK Festival award in 2008.
The Isle of Wight is England’s largest island, lying 3–6km (2–4 miles) off the south coast.
It measures 37km x 21km (23 x 13 miles) and has a resident population of about 132,000.
Over half the island is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it attracts around 2.6 million visitors a year.
There are ferry crossings to the island from Southampton, Portsmouth and Lymington.
The Isle of Wight Festival is on the weekend of 22–24 June, tickets for all three days £190 including camping, £160 without camping.
Isle of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight
Tel: +44 844 499 9955
Website: www.isleofwightfestival.com
Facebook: Official Isle of Wight Festival
Twitter: @IsleOfWightFest
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