Isle of Wight Festival 2003 explained

Music Festival Name:	Isle of Wight Festival 2003
Location:	Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK
Dates:	14–15 June 2003
Genre:	rock, pop

The Isle of Wight Festival 2003 was the second revived Isle of Wight Festival to take place on the Seaclose Park site in Newport on the Isle of Wight. It was the first to take place on the second weekend in June, which would be then set as the Festival's annual date.^[1]

A follow-up to Rock Island 2002, the event was taken over by promoters 'Solo' and was thus the first curated by John Giddings. Camping facilities near the site were increased, available from Thursday to Monday. Attendance was around 14,000.

Line-up

Main stage

Saturday	Sunday^[2]
Paul Weller Starsailor Iggy Pop John Squire The Cooper Temple Clause The Thrills The Burn	Bryan Adams Counting Crows Hell is for Heroes The Darkness The Raveonettes The Basement Jimmy's Big Fish

Starsailor was the first band to return to the revived festival. They would appear again in 2005 and 2008.

Weekend Tickets cost £50.

External links

• Official Isle of Wight Festival Website – isleofwightfestival.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: efestivals – Isle of Wight Festival 2003. www.efestivals.co.uk. 2009-02-17.
2. Web site: Isle of Wight Festival History – 2003 . www.isleofwightfestival.com . 2009-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130000436/http://isleofwightfestival.com/Isle-of-Wight-Festival-2003.aspx . 30 January 2009 .