2019 marks the golden anniversary of the mass musical gatherings
that saw the hippie generation at their 1969 zenith. Two events
stand out, staged within days of each other that magical August: in
the United States, there was Woodstock, and in the UK the Isle of
Wight Festival of Music. Woodstock drew 400,000 fans and a quality
bill that was a Who's Who of contemporary talent - all bar the main
man the organisers hoped to lure on the doorstep of his home, Bob
Dylan. Instead, Dylan opted to headline at the Isle of Wight, in
front of close to 200,000 adoring fans. Here Bill Bradshaw
celebrates the events of that summer 50 years on... and how the
Isle of Wight, off England's southern coast, staged what was then
the nation's biggest festival - and how it pulled off such a huge
coup. Eye-witness accounts from fans, artists and the promoters
bring alive that gilded summer and how it influenced both Dylan and
the rock festival movement for generations to come.
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