The Police will attend the Isle of Wight Festival, so what you might think, but this Police is the reformed 80s supergroup The Police headed by Sting. The Police will close the 7th Isle of Wight Festival on 15th June 2008 in front of over 50,000 at the Best Major Festival in the UK according to the UK Festival Awards.

Festival Promoter John Giddings confirmed The Police will headline Sunday night and bring 2008’s Festival to a close, “It’s a coup to get The Police for the Festival, we’re very happy to have the biggest tour of the last two years stopping by the Isle of Wight.”

The Police reformed this year, touring the world, and they took in concerts at Twickenham Stadium London and Millenium Stadium Cardiff. The Isle of Wight Festival in 2008 will be their only UK Festival Perfomance.
The Police add to the steller list of acts who have graced the Seaclose Park, Newport site, acts such as The Who, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Rolling Stones have all wowed the Island.
The Isle of Wight Festival takes place 13th – 15th June at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight
Tickets go on sale at 9am on December 10th 2007, Weekend Camping Tickets Cost £130.

The original anarchy in the UK punk rockers the Sex Pistols are to headline the Isle of Wight Festival 2008 on the Saturday of the three day Festival. Isle of Wight Festival is taking place on the 13th, 14th & 15th June 2008.

When do Isle of Wight Festival tickets go on sale? They go on sale at 9am on 10th December 2007.

It is now 30 years since Sex Pistols Album “Never Mind the Bollocks…. heres the Sex Pistols” was released, so it will be a great party night at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight on the Solent.

Isle of Wight Festival Ticket Prices

Camping £130
Non-camping £110
Child camping £65
Child non camping £55
Campervan £250

The Isle of Wight Festival was recently voted the best major festival at the Festival Awards. and 50,000 fans are going to attend the 7th Festival since it was relaunched in 2002, it goes from strength to strength with artist over the last few years including The Who, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, REM, Coldplay, Amy Winehouse, Snow Patrol, Muse and the huge coup last summer of The Rolling Stones.
Along with the Sex Pistols, also The Police are to headline the closing night on the Sunday.

The most succesful R&B Group of all time are to tour the UK. I remember having posters of them on my walls as a teenager, and getting sick of their hit “The End of the Road.” Boyz II Men won 4 Grammys and have sold 60 million albums, they will tour the UK in March.

Boyz II Men 2008 Tour datesThursday 6th March Birmingham Symphony Hall
Friday 7th March Gateshead The Sage
Saturday 8th March Manchester Apollo
Mon 24th March London Hammersmith Apollo

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Kylie Minogue has confirmed she will embark on a full European tour in 2008, includes 6 dates in the UK at Manchester MEN Glasgow SECC and finishing at London’s O2 Arena.
The tour may give a clue on Glastonbury line up, the Glastonbury weekend is free (weekend of 27th June 2008) so she might take a headline slot offered to her in 2005, which she had to pull out from due to illnessThe KylieX2008 tour will support her new album “X” and tickets go on sale on Monday 3rd December 2007 at 9am, we will have ticket details at this time

Kylie European Tour 2008.

Tue 6th May: Paris Bercy
Wed 7th May: Antwerp Sportpaleis
Fri 9th May: Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
Sat 10th May: Frankfurt Festhalle
Mon 12th May: Prague Sazka
Wed 14th May: Vienna Stadthalle
Thu 15th May: Budapest Sports Arena
Tue 27th May: Cologne Arena
Thu 29th May: Münich Olympiahalle
Sat 7th Jun: Hamburg Colorline Arena
Sun 8th Jun: Copenhagen Forum
Tue 10th Jun: Oslo Spektrum
Wed 11th Jun: Stockholm Globe
Fri 13th Jun: Helsinki Hartwell
Sun 22th Jun: Berlin Velodrom
Mon 23th Jun: Rotterdam Ahoy
Thu 26th Jun: Belfast Odyssey Arena
Fri 27th Jun: Belfast Odyssey Arena
Sat 5th Jul: Glasgow S.E.C.C.
Sun 6th Jul: Glasgow S.E.C.C.
Mon 14th Jul: Manchester M.E.N. Arena
Tue 15th Jul: Manchester M.E.N. Arena
Sat 26th Jul: London 02 Arena
Sun 27th Jul: London 02 Arena

Liverpool Music Week kicks off next Thursday with 2 almighty launch parties at New Young Pony Club kick off the celebrations on The indie/electronic band from London have received rave reviews off the back of their tour with Lily Allen and at this years Creamfields festival and has marked them as one of 2007’s most talked about must hear, must see bands.   They will be supported by Ezra Band & Hot Machine and local band Delta Fiasco who recently took the roof off a sell out gig at Korova.    

New Young Pony Club + The Delta Fiasco + Ezra Bang & Hot Machine Thursday 29th November Carling Academy Liverpool  Good Shoes + Hot Club De Paris + goFASTER>> + John Kennedy Friday 30th November Carling Academy Liverpool  Hard Fi + Rebecca + The Rumble StripsThursday 6th December Aintree Pavilion  Kaiser Chiefs + The Little Ones + Mystery Jets Friday 7th DecemberAintree Pavilion  Madness + The BeesSaturday 8th December Aintree Pavilion  The Chemical Brothers + Simian Mobile Disco (Live)Sunday 9th December Aintree Pavilion   

The Blissfields festival recently  voted the best small music festival in the UK Festival Awards is on the move.  The festival is moving to the bigger Matterley Bowl site near Winchester in 2008.  
The Matterley Bowl has played host to huge festivals such as homelands in the past,  but the blissfields festival will be a maximum 5000 capacity,  which is up from their 1000 in 2007.

Matterley landowner Peveril Bruce has permission to run several small-scale events on his land. The 5,000 limit on Blissfields means that the organisers do not have to submit a licensing application.

The Blissfields festival is likely to have a campsite and stages on the same site,  the Blissfields festival is scheduled for  July 4-6 2008

Iron Maiden have announced  that they will play their first ever stadium concert in the UK as part of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008.  Amazingly they have never play a huge open air arena,  although they have of course played outdoor festivals such as Donington and Reading Festival in the past. 
Iron Maiden will play at Twickenham on Saturday 5th July 2008,  50,000 rockers will be able to enjoy their only live date in the UK in 2008.

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Iron Maiden’s Somewhere Back In Time World Tour dates:

The Foo Fighters are set to play their biggest concert in the UK yet.   The Foo Fighters are to play wembley stadium on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th 2008.   Foo Fighters Tickets went on sale on 23rd November 2007 and sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale.

Ireland’s number one festival Oxegen returns again in 2008 and for three days.   The Oxegen Festival takes place from  Friday 11th to Sunday 13th July 2008.  Once again it will take place at the  Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare

Oxegen Tickets go on sale from Friday 30th November 2007.   They will be priced at 2007 prices at €197.50, and if you book 4 tickets you get free parking.

The Campsite opens on Thursday,  but you will need to purchase a Thursday Camping Ticket for €20 and there is a choice between campsite red and campsite blue.

The line up is due to be announced in Febuary 2008,  but it is expected to have some of the worlds tops acts performing. 

To get more news visit the Official Oxegen Website