If you haven't got your ticket for the Isle of Wight Festival already you could be very sorry.
Tickets for this summer's festival only went on last on Thursday and it has sold out in record time. Now in its sixth year since it was revived, the festival has sold out faster than ever before, with all 50,000 tickets being snapped up within days.This year's festival line-up boasts the best of British.
It includes headline performances from the biggest-selling band of 2006, Snow Patrol, and winners of the Brit Award for Best Live Act, Muse.
Also on the line-up are Best British Female Brit Award winner Amy Winehouse, Best British Male Brit Award winner James Morrison and Best British Breakthrough Brit Award winners The Fratellis, as well as Kasabian, Keane, Ash and some hot newcomers in the form of Paolo Nutini, Wolfmother, and The Feeling.
The headline act for Sunday has not yet been announced although speculation has been rife that it will be the Rolling Stones.
In recent years big name acts to play at the festival have included REM, Coldplay, The Who, Foo Fighters and The Prodigy.
The festival was revived in 2002 - the last of original festivals took place in 1970, when 600,000 hippies descended on the Island to see Jimi Hendrix perform what would be his penultimate concert.
The early Isle of Wight Festivals featured legendary line-ups. As well as Hendrix, artists such as Bob Dylan, The Who, The Doors and Joni Mitchell took to the stage.
Since it was relaunched in 2002 it has become more and more popular and able to attract increasingly big-name artists - so it's no surprise that everyone is talking about who Sunday's unnamed headliners will be.
The festival takes place over three days from June 8 at Seaclose Park in Newport.
Source: http://www.thisishampshire.net
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