The Isle of Wight Festival 2012 was the eleventh revived Isle of Wight Festival, held at Seaclose Park in Newport on the Isle of Wight. The event ran from 21 to 24 June 2012.
The 2012 event was the second under a ten-year deal between the Isle of Wight Council and the promoters Solos. Dubbed the "American Trilogy" by festival organiser John Giddings, it was headlined by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
Overnight heavy rain on 21 and 22 June waterlogged the event ground and cars driving on it turned it into a mudbath and had to be towed out by a tractor, resulting in visiting fans' cars waiting to be allowed in backing up the roads all the way back to the ferry dock.Radio news c.8 am 22 June 2012
Line up
Main Stage Friday Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Elbow Example Noah & the Whale Feeder
Saturday Pearl Jam Biffy Clyro Tinie Tempah Jessie J Madness Labrinth Big Country James Walsh Signals
Sunday Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds The Vaccines Band of Skulls Joan Armatrading Steve Hackett The Minutes Naked Fridays
Big Top Thursday Primal Scream The Stranglers Penguin Prison
Friday Groove Armada Enter Shikari DJ Fresh Presents FRESH/LIVE Lana Del Rey Kelis Caro Emerald
Saturday Magnetic Man Professor Green Wretch 32 Katy B Loick Essien Stooshe Clement Marfo & The Frontline Hue and Cry Boyce Avenue The Brilliant Things
Sunday The Darkness Ash Pulled Apart By Horses Black Stone Cherry The Virgin Marys Spector Zulu Winter The Milk Switchfoot
Garden Stage Thursday Brit Floyd: The Pink Floyd Tribute Show Howard Jones Stackridge Cerys Matthews Tensheds
Friday Crystal Castles Best Coast Dry the River Gretchen Peters Pronghorn Boy Genius
Saturday The Charlatans Miles Kane X Thunderclap Newman Andrew Roachford Sadie and the Hot Heads The Christians Terry Reid Tobi (special guest Andy Fraser) The Real D'Coy Sofia
Sunday The Pierces Christina Perri Melanie C Beth Hart Suzanne Vega James Walsh Matt Cardle Fallulah Molly McQueen
References
External links Isle of Wight Festival official website