Isle of Wight Festival 2009

Isle of Wight Festival 2009
The logo for the 2009 festival
Genre	rock, pop
Dates	12–14 June 2009
Location(s)	Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK
Website
Official website

The Isle of Wight Festival 2009 was the eighth revived Isle of Wight Festival to be held at Seaclose Park in Newport on the Isle of Wight. The event took place from 12 to 14 June. Headline acts were confirmed for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights as The Prodigy, Stereophonics, Simple Minds and Neil Young respectively.

On 8 June 2009 it was reported that tickets for the festival had sold out, however in an attempt to combat ticket touts, a limited number were held on the door.

In February 2009 The Charlatans were announced as headline acts for The Big Top Arena, which has continued from 2008. However lead singer Tim Burgess was given the extra role of curating Sunday's activity by choosing his favourite bands to perform there.

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Thursday (Campers only)

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

In October 2008 it was rumoured that Oasis would be headlining the festival on the Saturday night, according to the Virtual Festivals website. It claimed that the band would be starting their European tour with the Isle of Wight Festival. This was denied on 11 February by the festival's organiser.

U2 have also been rumoured to headline on Sunday.

Other festival rumours have included:

BBC comedy stars Gavin & Stacey could be on the bill and it was reported in the News of the World that Horne and Corden would perform as a band at the festival.

So far, the Isle of Wight Festival has been shortlisted for the "Best Live Event" category of the 2009 NME Awards.