Isle of Wight Festival Podcasts

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion bring you backstage interviews with the biggest artists playing the Isle of Wight Festival.

Suzanne Vega Interview

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion chat to Suzanne Vega about 50 Cent, the Isle of Wight Festival and Lou Reed.

06-14
08:03

Mick Fleetwood Interview

Absolute Radio's Sarah Champion chats to Mick Fleetwood about playing at The Isle of Wight Festival.

06-14
06:28

Ash Interview

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion talk to Ash about going on tour and throwing tantrums.

06-14
08:05

John Giddings Interview

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion discuss Blur, mistaken identity and Fleetwood Mac with festival organiser John Giddings

06-14
04:07

Suzanne Vega Interview

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion chat to music legend Suzanne Vega about her many appearances at the Isle of Wight Festival and taking photos on Instagram.

06-14
08:03

Blur's Alex James interview - IOW 2015

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson talks to Alex James about his new album and how he wants pants and socks on his rider.

06-13
04:43

Pharrell Williams Interview

Absolute Radio's Sarah Champion talks to Pharrell Williams about how he copes with the attention and how he has a lot of love for the Isle Of Wight Festival.

06-13
01:31

Sunset Sons Interview

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion chat to Sunset Sons about their highly anticipated debut album, and the travelling the world.

06-13
05:00

James Bay Interview

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson & Sarah Champion chat to James Bay about marriage proposals at gigs and being starstruck at events.

06-13
06:02

James Interview - IOW 2015

Absolute Radio's Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion chat to James about stage diving, what's on their rider and career regrets.

06-13
14:51

Counting Crows Interview - IOW 2015

Sarah Champion and Pete Donaldson chat to Counting Crows about being on Tinder, touring and making love to their music.

06-12
13:58

The Black Keys Interview - IOW 2015

Sarah Champion chats to The Black Keys about how they will try to bring a bit of Jimi Hendrix into their performance and how they used to spend 12 hours on the road touring each day.

06-12
07:18

You Me At Six Interview - IOW 2015

Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion chat to You Me At Six about their 10 year long career and what their festival would be called if they had one and who would get the headliner slots.

06-12
10:03

Kodaline Interview - IOW 2015

Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion chat to Kodaline about touring the USA, getting a goodie bag from U2 and their next music video being directed by Courtney Cox (AKA Monica from Friends)

06-12
09:59

Travis Interview

Half of Travis venture backstage at the Isle of Wight Festival to pay a visit to the Absolute Radio wigwam. In this clip, they chat with Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champion about their careers so far, how they feel about their 20th anniversary, how they're always losing things, and what exactly the definition of a pie is.

06-15
02:50

Suede Interview

Suede are rudely interrupted by the Red Arrows doing a flypast backstage at the Isle of Wight Festival! But presenter Pete Donaldson calms everything down with some razor-sharp interview skills.

06-15
03:59

Fall Out Boy Interview

Fall Out Boy chat to Pete Donaldson about playing at the Isle of Wight Festival, missing Father's Day, and pretending they need a helicopter... The boys were speaking outside the Absolute Radio wigwam!

06-15
03:01

Passenger Interview

Passenger (AKA Mike) chats to Sarah Champion outside the Absolute Radio wigwam backstage at Isle of Wight Festival 2014. They chat about Mike's international success, who would be on his ultimate all-time festival wish-list, and getting moved on by the British Transport Police.

06-15
03:34

The Waterboys Interview

Mike Scott of the Waterboys chats to Absolute Radio's Sarah Champion about writing a book, living the dream and the ever changing line up of the band.

06-14
07:55

The Specials Interview

Pete and Sarah are joined by 4 Specials backstage at the 2014 Isle of Wight Festival. Topics on the agenda in their chat include advice for their younger selves, the evolution of festivals, and having the Red Hot Chili Peppers as fans...

06-14
07:01

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