Isle of Wight 2023

[sisco]

34 minutes ago, FxxxItFlowers said:

won't be much of the undercard

it'll be the headliners and id say maximum 3 of each on each days

if going by how they've normally done it that is

that was last time 

[retrokev]

9 minutes ago, sisco said:

Sure the IOW announcements are normally early aren’t they? 

they are but normally announce where and when.absolute norm all over it

[gfa]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

6pm for this then i guess - wonder how much undercard we're getting too! @sameimpala was there lots of undercard or was it just the names you said?

Thought it was monday!

[FxxxItFlowers]

52 minutes ago, retrokev said:

what time 2mrw 8 on absolute or evening at 18.00

had no idea two announcements were happening, 8am will be the headliners for certain

[sisco]

4 minutes ago, FxxxItFlowers said:

had no idea two announcements were happening, 8am will be the headliners for certain

There’s only 1 announcement 

[FxxxItFlowers]

4 minutes ago, sisco said:

There’s only 1 announcement 

ah right ok yeah I follow you now,

I don't think absolute are announcing it this year, might be wrong but i've not heard anything on their end

[retrokev]

if line up is true  then how about an indie mix friday with wolf alice and nothing but thieves before pulp and dmas b4 blondie

[sameimpala]

Was just the headliners with a few others for each day like blondie, niall etc.

[WhoOdyssey]

24 minutes ago, sameimpala said:

Was just the headliners with a few others for each day like blondie, niall etc.

Do you remember any other names from it?

[sisco]

[The All Round Ball :|]

Imagine having Robvie Williams to close the weekend when this year was Muse. 

Bit of a joke.

[49Lawson]

There’s the makings of a decent festival there but (Chemical Brothers aside) that Saturday main stage will likely be the worst main stage of any UK festival this year. Dear me 

[SkyRocket]

15 minutes ago, The All Round Ball :| said:

Imagine having Robvie Williams to close the weekend when this year was Muse. 

Bit of a joke.

Agreed. 

[SkyRocket]

A bit underwhelming. 

Wheres the rock?

Anyone want to buy my ferry tickets? Car plus 2 passengers. 

[charlierc]

37 minutes ago, The All Round Ball :| said:

Imagine having Robvie Williams to close the weekend when this year was Muse. 

Bit of a joke.

What is that Saturday? Tonally that's really all over the shop.

Eh. I'm a big Muse fan so I would prefer that, but for a festival in the niche that Isle of Wight has fallen into, a Robbie Williams is a decent get and as a UK festival exclusive to boot, plus Blondie is a good choice of sub.

Plus it's another chance to see the strange regional variation that is The Courteeners if they're subbing Pulp here whereas up north they have the option of seemingly picking wherever they want.

[maelzoid]

For my taste, this is not good enough to attend, which is a shame. Feels very Radio 2 retro, almost a 90s tribute fest…

But getting Robbie as an exclusive and Pulp it feels at least they’ve arrested the slide into a second division fest over the last few years.

[gfa]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

What is that Saturday? Tonally that's really all over the shop.

Eh. I'm a big Muse fan so I would prefer that, but for a festival in the niche that Isle of Wight has fallen into, a Robbie Williams is a decent get and as a UK festival exclusive to boot, plus Blondie is a good choice of sub.

Plus it's another chance to see the strange regional variation that is The Courteeners if they're subbing Pulp here whereas up north they have the option of seemingly picking wherever they want.

Courteeners subbed in 2019 as well.

I think its fairly strong and will sell well - just not to a lot of people on here's taste. Once the second stage gets filled out it will look far better.

[DDave]

I'd take RW over Muse all day long. 

Undercards hit and miss but decent headliners apart from Ezra. 

[atomised]

57 minutes ago, DDave said:

I'd take RW over Muse all day long. 

Undercards hit and miss but decent headliners apart from Ezra. 

I'm tempted by all 4 headliners. something for all my group 

[Neil]

On 10/29/2022 at 2:13 PM, gfa said:

What were Blur up to again?

i know they're lining up a Wembley date for july. i doubt that'll be the only show.

[sameimpala]

glad i was right 😀

[KevRP]

I've been attending since 2008 and totally underwhelmed by this lineup. JG recently spoke about the rising costs and it is reflected here. The bigger tickets touring next year, Springsteen, Pink, Coldplay are out of reach, long gone are the days when top dollar was paid for the RHCP, Macca, Stones etc. The 2012 lineup included Springsteen, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam, Biffy, Elbow and Noel. In 2011 Pulp were sub to the Foo's.

There seems to be more solo pop artists this year, the rock identity of the festival has also been lost. I do have a good deal of sympathy for anyone organising large events at this time, the alternative I guess is to follow Glastonbury'lead and hike prices by £80. Our group of 8 will still make our annual pilgrimage, however the general feeling after today is that we may take a break after next year. I live in hope that the next announcement may bring more cheer! 

[FxxxItFlowers]

for what its worth, minus Ezra thats a really good set of headliners for this, none have headlined before which is a rarity for what its worth

Friday looks great all around to me, Ill only be going Saturday for the time being as its finally my chance to see The Chem's, not turning that opportunity down

[sisco]

1 hour ago, KevRP said:

I've been attending since 2008 and totally underwhelmed by this lineup. JG recently spoke about the rising costs and it is reflected here. The bigger tickets touring next year, Springsteen, Pink, Coldplay are out of reach, long gone are the days when top dollar was paid for the RHCP, Macca, Stones etc. The 2012 lineup included Springsteen, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam, Biffy, Elbow and Noel. In 2011 Pulp were sub to the Foo's.

There seems to be more solo pop artists this year, the rock identity of the festival has also been lost. I do have a good deal of sympathy for anyone organising large events at this time, the alternative I guess is to follow Glastonbury'lead and hike prices by £80. Our group of 8 will still make our annual pilgrimage, however the general feeling after today is that we may take a break after next year. I live in hope that the next announcement may bring more cheer! 

I’ve been saying for a while IOW has turned into a mid tier festival.  It used to pay massive money for their headers but now it’s at Glastonbury sub/Other stage headliner level.  

They do still pull the odd big act like a Muse but guessing it’s 1 a year max.  
 

IOW was my initial backup incase I didn’t get Glasto tickets but it’s far too poppy for me this year.  I’ll stick with Victorious and then look for another if the worst happens and I don’t get tickets.

[gfa]

2 hours ago, FxxxItFlowers said:

for what its worth, minus Ezra thats a really good set of headliners for this, none have headlined before which is a rarity for what its worth

Friday looks great all around to me, Ill only be going Saturday for the time being as its finally my chance to see The Chem's, not turning that opportunity down

If this didn't have Ezra people would probably complain less honestly. Pulp Robbie (uk exclusive) and Chems are pretty strong for a 50k ish festival

Edited October 31, 2022 by gfa