Consider the names Brice Springsteen, Noel Gallagher, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Madness, Joan Armatrading. All of them truly massive stars, and all of them listed to appear at this year's Isle of Wight Festival in June.
The Festival itself has a magnificent history, stretching back to 1968. In that year, and in 1969, it built itself a reputation in the music world by playing host to such acts as Joe Cocker, The Move, T. Rex and Bob Dylan. In what was probably the most famous Festival of all, some 600,000-700,000 people attended in 1970, more than at Woodstock, and all this on an island with a population of only perhaps 100,000 people. Performers included The Who, Joan Baez, Free, Emerson Lake & Palmer and of course the late and legendary Jimi Hendrix.
Sadly logistical and technical difficulties determined that 1970 would be the last of a short but memorable series of events.
At the time it was believed that the Isle of Wight Festival would become but a memory, an enduring and nostalgic taste of what could have been without the difficulties it brought in its wake.
That was until, in 2002, a smaller, tighter and better organised event, blessed with the benefit of thirty-two years of technological improvements and organisational experience, the Festival was launched once again to the sounds of Robert Plant singing Hey Joe as a tribute to Hendrix.
This year's then will be the eleventh event since the relaunch, the fourteenth overall. All of the Island's many hotels, caravan sites, bed and breakfasts and guest houses will be expecting to take full advantage of the situation by accommodating some of the visitors. The ferries will be filled to the funnels. Some will bring their tents and find a nice soft spot somewhere after they arrive.
One option is to find a motorhome to rent before going across. Hiring a motorhome, or camper van to some, is an inexpensive, practical and versatile option that enables the hirer to find the best possible location, to sleep over comfortably, and to travel around the Island and visit some of its many sights and attractions along the way. It can be taken across on the ferry and driven right back to its point of hire.
When looking for a campervan to hire it pays to find a supplier that has established a reputation, having been in the business for a while, and where one may be sure of receiving some useful help and advice about where to go and how best to take advantage of the freedom it provides.
Written by Mark Richards for GoArticles.com, to whom acknowledgements.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
The Isle of Wight Festival 2012
Tickets are on sale from the Official Festival Ticket Hotline on 08444 99 99 5, or visit the Festival website at www.isleofwightfestival.com.
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