Making sure everything is all Wight and in even balance, now it is the boys turn to perform.
Editors, The Courteeners, Reef, Noah and the Whale, Devendra Banhart and The Coronas join the Isle of Wight Festival line-up.
In a bill already bursting at the seams, the boys will show the girls how it’s done as the mighty Editors, band of the moment The Courteeners and Irish four piece The Coronas play the Main Stage on Sunday while the recently re-formed Reef will be in the Big Top.
Flying the flag for the boys on Saturday, Noah and the Whale and Americans Devendra Banhart will be a big draw in the Big Top.
With third album ‘In This Light And On This Evening’ debuting at No. 1 in the UK in October 2009 and delivering top ten placing throughout Europe, Editors are one of the biggest acts in the UK. Already million selling artists before the release of that third album, the band have a well deserved reputation for stunning live performances on big stages meaning their appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival will be a highlight for fans and newcomers alike.
Manchester four-piece, The Courteeners, ended 2009 by playing the biggest gig of their career to date, as 10,000 fans flocked to see them - the number will increase as they perform at the Festival’s Main Stage on Sunday 13 June. Following the success of their debut album, ‘St Jude’, the band are tipped for big things this year with the release of their second album ‘The Falcon’.
Reef are the West Country’s favourite sons and have reformed for a nationwide tour and will play the Big Top on Sunday.
Noah and the Whale are Charlie Fink, Doug Fink, Tom Hobden and Urby Whale. Formed in 2006, Noah and the Whale quickly gained a foothold on the London music scene. Texas born Devendra Banhart was on the international music scene in 2002. He performs with his band in the Big Top on Saturday 12 June.
The Coronas are one of the best Irish bands to emerge in the past five years and this was proved to be the case at this year’s 10th Anniversary Meteor Music Awards as the band were up against stiff competition and won ‘Best Album’. They play the Main Stage on Sunday. Their first release, ‘Heroes Or Ghosts’ entered the charts through virtual word of mouth and the band have gone from strength to strength since then with their second album, ‘Tony Was An Ex-Con.’