12:00pm Friday 5th March 2010
By Lorelei Reddin
SO the clever bunnies at Isle of Wight Festival HQ have pulled one out of the hat yet again.
After months of speculation, they finally confirmed this week that they’ve managed to secure the services of Sir Paul McCartney for this year’s party on the island in June.
It had to be pretty special for the 40th anniversary of the inaugural festival and you don’t get much bigger than the celebrated and world-renowned former Beatle.
He’s music royalty and, like him or not, you can’t escape the fact that he’s probably the biggest living legend in the industry, having influenced pretty much every rock ’n’ roll band since the 60s.
This is a great coup for the festival considering Macca has never played a gig on the Isle of Wight, despite referencing it in his hit When I’m 64.
When hysterical fans packed the Gaumont in 1963 to see The Beatles they could hardly hear some of McCartney’s greatest works.
When McCartney appears at Seaclose Park on June 13, there may not be the screams, but just a wonderful opportunity to truly savour some of the greatest music of all time.
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