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Neil Young to headline Isle Of Wight

Legend joins line-up for 2009 event

March 5, 2009 | 7 Comments
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Neil Young is set to headline the Isle Of Wight festival this summer.

The Canadian legend will top the bill on the event's closing night (June 14), joining already announced headliners The Prodigy, Razorlight and Stereophonics (the latter two are co-headlining on the Saturday night).

"I have tried every year since we restarted the festival to book Neil Young," explained festival organiser John Giddings. "His music is part of my life and has inspired generations ever since. I'm sure that his performance will be talked about for years to come."

Bands confirmed for the festival so far are:

The Prodigy
Neil Young
Razorlight
Stereophonics
The Charlatans
Basement Jaxx
The Ting Tings
Pendulum

The festival takes place between June 12 and 14 at Seaclose Park in Newport.

To check the availability of Isle Of Wight Festival tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

smnmatt6

Mar 5, 2009

Strong candidate for the worst major festival line up ever ?Looks like punters being short changed by greedy organisers who won't pay the cash for 'A' list Headliners.

D. Conka

Mar 5, 2009

Apart from the legend that is Neil Young, that is a very poor line-up.

Willy Plonka

Mar 5, 2009

..............that is one weak festival line-up. Razorshite, Stereopie Eaters, The Podgidy, Chubbytalatans.............its like fucking Grandad Rock...........

schnide

Mar 5, 2009

Having bought tickets, I'm so very disappointed by this. Young's undeniably a legend, but is he right to close an entire festival? As one of the last performancess on the Sunday afternoon he'd be great, but his act can't unite 60,000 people in a singalong under the sun.

dorian.gray

Mar 6, 2009

Neil might not 'unite 60,000 people in a singalong under the sun' but he will blow them to hell with a hailstorm of feedback and emotion - something the music scene of today is sadly lacking. Young's fucking real. The proportion of the 60,000 that don't get what he's about before the festival will surely start feeling it afterwards... if they don't, they're lost causes.

D. Conka

Mar 6, 2009

Quite right dorian-gray, I've been fortunate to have seen the great man a few times, everytime was very memorable, blown away. I think schnide would have preferred to have seen Kaiser Chiefs or Snow Patrol on the line-up...

schnide

Mar 11, 2009

You do? I wish I had your psychic powers - maybe then I'd have known in advance that Solo, the festival organisers, were going to make such an unpopular choice! I'm glad you're a fan - I have four tickets plus ferry crossing going. I assume you're interested!