By all accounts, the 2024 Isle of Wight Festival was a resounding success last weekend (June 21 - June 23 2024) with its headliners The Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys and Green Day. Such as the unmitigated energy from the crowds at Seaclose Park, Newport that even Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took a moment to remark to the audience: “England knows how to do this s***, that’s for sure. I’m going home and telling everyone ‘you better get your s***t together’.” Last weekend, fans enjoyed performances from The Pretenders, Suede, Jo Whiley's 90s Anthems, The Streets, McFly, Scouting For Girls, Jessie J, Zara Larsson, Crowded House, Simple Minds, and many more on the island. Additionally, there was a live podcast recording from That Peter Crouch Podcast in the Big Top, a DJ set by Denise Van Outen in Electro Love, and Super Vet Noel Fitzgerald's debut performance at the festival on The River Stage. But for those who missed out on tickets for this year’s festival, or have been sold on the idea of eschewing those festivals on drier lands and fancy getting wet legs attending next year’s festival, then you’d be wise to put some money aside already. Thankfully for many people, today is payday. So how can you get your hands on early bird tickets for next year’s Isle of Wight Festival, and what are some of the rumours already regarding 2025’s headliners? The Isle of Wight Festival organisers have announced dates for next year’s event will be the 19 - 22 June 2025, once again at Seaclose Park, Newport. Early bird tickets for next year’s festival are set to go on sale at midday (12pm) later today (June 28 2024) through the Isle of Wight Festival website. Isle of Wight Guru has pulled together a selection of notable quotes from local radio regarding who the organisers have indicated they’d love to have perform at the festival in the future. Of the names that Isle of Wight Festival promoter John Giddings has stated he’d like to see perform previously, Kylie Minogue, Lizzo, Roger Waters and Foo Fighters have constantly been name-dropped by Giddings. The promoter also named Arctic Monkeys as another act he’d like to have perform at the festival, going as far as to reveal in an interview in 2018 with the Isle of Wight County Press "I would love the Arctic Monkeys to play. I asked them ages ago, but I haven't heard back from them". Will you be getting tickets later today to attend the 2025 edition of the Isle of Wight Festival? Were you one of this year’s revellers and would like to share your experiences at the event? Leave a comment down below to let us know or email the writer: Benjamin.Jackson@nationalworld.com.
