So having taken on Reading with my ideal line up, I've now taken on Isle Of Wight. Except this time it's not a fantasy line up it's a projection. Now I'm not going for an exact prediction as I've left of lots of bands I dislike who probably will play but have generally tried to be realistic.
Again for those of you that don't know Isle Of Wight is a classic MOR festival, that targets a family market so it pitched towards a broader demographic. They tend to go for lots of classic acts (Rolling Stones, Police, Neil Young) as well as acts who played the original festival (Procol Harum, Donovan), but they also have some heavy more contemporary acts (Pixies, Horrors, Prodigy, Muse) as well as the big MOR hitters (Snow Patrol, Coldplay, Kaiser Cheifs).
It's a fascinating festival to predict it's line ups can vary wildly and they have a habit of having surprise headliners, thus it tends to either hit a home run or fail miserably but all in all the festival is built on a feel good atmosphere rather than relying on garenteeing you anything line up wise, it's a real mixed bag.
So my line up is a mixture of bands who I'm guessing will actually play this year and acts I really want to see. So I've gone with a classic festival closer in Fleetwood Mac who are quite possibly the quintessential Isle Of Wight headliner (if there were such a thing). On Saturday traditionally the rock night I've gone for Killers, there a great little band designed for this sort of feel good festival, and will bring the huge singalongs. They are very inconsistent however, I've seen them three times, the first two times they were great, the third they had the legendary sound problems that dogged their Glastonbury and Reading Headline sets. Below them I've placed Kasabian who are big festival favourites and due a return. I've given the line up it's older flavour with the help of The Specials on Saturday and Chuck Berry on Sunday.
Friday is tradionally the fast paced Dance night (although it has been headlined by MOR acts). I've opted for Chemical Brothers as a safe bet to headline, they fit the bill, I've never seen them due to injury, and they'd go down a treat with the crowd. Below that Dizzee Rascal is an obvious choice as he's played everywhere else and is still touring. And as he's touring with my beloved Lily Allen it was only logically to slip her in on Sunday on the spot she pulled out of two years ago. Some of the other choices are based on the Festivals 40th anniversary with Leonard Cohen and Kris Kristopherson returning 40 years on. I've included Snow Patrol as they are festival favourites and will be promoting their greatest hits collection. In the big top they have a ladies night and Girls Aloud seem like the natural choice and the line up follows that theme. I've guessed the Public Image Ltd. will headline the Big top as the festival organiser was a big Sex Pistols fan and I figure seeing as their on tour he'd probably like to see PIL grace his festival too.
I have to say I'd love this to be the line up, because while it doesn't really represent my musical tastes, it includes some of my favourite acts (Lily, Girls Aloud, Lost Prophets, Fleet Foxes, Bat For Lashes, Animal Collective) alongside acts I believe the festivals clientèle would enjoy.
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