Thanks to friend and contributor to VB, Wendy Varley, for sending through these links to reviews of the Isle of Wight Festival. We’ve got interviews with John Giddings, Tim Burgess and the lovely Lucky Elephant guys to come later this week but in the meantime, check out these reviews. Ed
The Times’ David Hayles awards this year’s Festival four stars, describes Simple Minds as “plodding” and Neil Young’s set as “apocalyptic” (in a good way).
The Independent’s Nick Hasted also gives it four stars, says it’s the best since the Stones headlined two years ago, and describes the Isle of Wight as a “strange and lovely island”.
The Telegraph’s Lucy Jones says it was “lad-rock” dominated but that The Pixies and Neil Young shone through.
NME describes Neil Young‘s set as “epic”.
Keep your eyes and ears peeled for VB interviews to come later in the week.
