more acts confirmed for Isle of Wight

for the Bowtime Bar, including Evil Nine, Unabombers, and Alex Metric

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 4th Jun 2008

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Friday 13th to Sunday 15th June 2008
Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2DN, England MAP
£130 w/e (under-13 £65) with camping, £110 without (under-13 £55), campervans £250 - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 50,000
Last updated: Tue 10th Jun 2008

The Bowtime Bar in the Strongbow Rooms at The Isle Of Wight Festival, which takes place at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th June has announced its line-up.

The new announcement includes a mix of headline artists including Evil Nine, Leeroy Thornhill (ex-Prodigy), and live acts like The Whip and Beatlife Orchestra, plus DJ sets from Foals and The Wombats.

The line-up is as follows:

Friday 13th June
17:00 - 17:30 Beatlife Orchestra - LIVE
17:30 - 19:00 Jamie Bull (Electric Chair)
19:00 - 19:30 The Petebox - LIVE
19:30 - 20:30 The Wombats DJ Set
20:30 - 21:30 David Griffiths (House Rules)
21:30 - 22:30 Subsource - LIVE
22:30 - 24:00 The Beat Monkeys (Chibuka)
24:00 - 02:00 Evil Nine

Saturday 14th June
13:30 - 14:00 The Laurel Collective - LIVE
14:00 - 15:00 David Griffiths (House Rules)
15:00 - 15:30 The Maybes? - LIVE
15:30 - 17:00 Paddy Freeform (Universal Vibes)
17:00 - 17:30 Black Cherry - LIVE
17:30 - 18:30 The Foals DJ Set
18:30 - 20:00 Peter Parker (Fingathing DJ Set)
20:00 - 21:30 Ali B (Fabric)
21:30 - 22:30 6ix Toys - LIVE
22:30 - 24:00 The Nextmen
24:00 - 02:00 Unabombers

Sunday 15th June
14:00 - 14:30 The Golden Silvers - LIVE
14:30 - 15:30 Slim Jim
15:30 - 16:00 Man Like Me - LIVE
16:00 - 17:00 Slim Jim
17:00 - 17:30 Devils Gun - LIVE
17:30 - 18:30 The Maccabees DJ Set
18:30 - 19:30 The Whip - LIVE
19:30 - 21:00 Streetlife DJ's
21:00 - 23:00 Leeroy Thornhill (X-Prodigy)
23:00 - 01:00 Alex Metric

They join the previously confirmed acts of the three headliners of the Kaiser Chiefs on the Friday, the Sex Pistols on the Saturday and The Police on the Sunday, along with Lily Allen, The Enemy, James, Kate Nash, Iggy And The Stooges, The Zutons, KT Tunstall, Ian Brown, The Kooks, N.E.R.D, The Hoosiers, and Scouting For Girls. For the line-ups for each day, confirmed so far, please see here.

Tickets are officially sold out.

Evil Nine


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