The most infamous year of a historic music festival. 500,000 descended on the Isle of Wight, bringing the island to a standstill for what would be the last large gathering for over 30 years. What’s it like performing in front of an audience that size? What’s it like to manage an event like that, that’s deteriorating in front of your very eyes? And what was it like in the crowd?

Rikki Farr, Isle of Wight MC
Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull
Brian Hinton & Roger Simmons, attendees
Ray Foulk, Original Isle of Wight organiser
John Giddings, Current Isle of Wight organiser and 1970 attendee

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