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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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William Hosie

Isle of Wight Festival review: Sugababes and Blondie shone amid a mishmash of music

What do N-Dubz and the Royal Family have in common? Both were in the Isle of Wight this weekend as Mike and Zara Tindall skipped the King’s birthday to attend the annual festival on the outskirts of Newport.

Nostalgia was en vogue as crowds descended in their thousands to see the likes of Blondie and The Human League, while parents and teenagers gathered for late night revelry under Seventies-themed marquees and in tea barns turned to silent discos.

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