Author: Sal
Isle of Wight Festival 2010: James and Doves Bring Manchester Sound to The Wight
Tuesday, 15th December, 2009 at 12:01 am, Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight Festival, Music, Newport, News
Roll up, roll up as more acts are named for next year’s Isle of Wight Festival.
Happy go lucky Mancunians, James, won’t be needing to dust down their instruments when the arrive in Newport.
Still as busy as ever, the band made a massive contribution to the Madchester sound and will be bringing it to the Isle of Wight next summer.
Classics such as Sit Down and Come Home are sure please the festival crowd as well as their new tunes (natch)!
They’ll be rocking the Big Top on Sunday night, but we wonder if they’ll be sharing a taxi down from Manchester with another confirmed act.
Fellow Mancunians, Doves will be doing their bit on Friday night on the main stage no less. This three piece, is bound to be a popular choice for the IW Festival demographic.
Oasis for Sunday Headliner?
So it begs the question, with at least two Manchester bands confirmed, does this mean Oasis be headlining the main stage on Sunday night?
Need a reminder, check out the vids below,
James – Laid
Doves – Black and White Town
They’ll be joining the likes of Pink, Orbital, Blondie, The Strokes and Jay-Z.
Tickets
TicketZone 08444 99 99 55
Red Funnel 0844 844 9988
WightLink 0871 376 1000
Adult camping £150
Adult non-camping 130
Child camping £75
Child non-camping £65
This year all children 6 and under will be free of charge, but will still need to book in advance in order to receive a wristband
Campervans £250
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Would love to see Oasis headline Sunday night – but haven’t they split up?
I heard a rumour of Paul McCartney for Sun night – it does need a BIG name to boost the otherwise mediocre line-up.
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Jay-Z – the biggest recording artist in the world is hardly mediocre (although Ocean Colour Scene is a different matter!)
But please god not Paul ‘too much hair dye or is it a wig?’ McCartney , la, la la-la, la . . .
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Don’t get excited for Doves… man they where painful @ Hop Farm this year.
I wish John would add a small stage for smaller bands now for us who love the festival but dislike the mainstage direction is taken.
Something hosting small but ace bands like Danananaykroyd, Fight Like Apes, 65daysofstatic, Stagecoach, Tellison, Blakfish, Our Time Down Here. You could probably get half of these bands for the price of one mainstage act.
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because its a family festival not an indie festival. Small bands do get to play in the marquees on Strawberry Fields.
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‘because its a family festival not an indie festival. Small bands do get to play in the marquees on Strawberry Fields.’
Being a Family festival as opposed to an Indie Festival has nothing to do about it. Bestival/Camp Bestival/Hop Farm/Stockport plus lots, lot more manage to be family friendly and still get the varied acts.
I don’t think theres one band there that could be considered offensive – purposely staying away from acts such as Beans on Toast, Gay For Johnny Depp etc which would be out of place at such a clean-orientated festival.
And in all honesty, when do the Marquees put on solid line ups which people bee-line. I’m sure the bar is a major draw – which isn’t really family.
Southseafest is a good example – there are stages for those who like metal, punk, indie alt, family stages, acoustic, world music etc. The fact that there might be a mosh pit going on in a pub next to the acoustic chill out is amazing – and if this can be achieved by a number of premesses being open minded along one street is a small 400-person ish size stage/tent too much to ask at a festival which charges each of their 60,000 visitors £120 min entrance?
http://www.southseafest.com/
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None of them are offensive…but none could be considered ‘family friendly’…an example of which are The Saturdays, who I hear are now on the list.
Most of the Marquees are licensed areas thus excluding children anyway and yes, they could do far more in the way of decent lineups (except Hipshaker of course, which is always brilliant ;-) )
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You got to love Hipshaker.
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especially as I’m playing again this year
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I used to be a hip shaker – now I’m a pill rattler.
I did a good foxtrot and tango as well:-)
Make hay, whilst the sun shines.
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