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Festival promoter brands Royal Albert Hall levy scheme ‘ludicrous’

Industry veteran John Giddings claims levy means ‘charging the general public’ and insists artists should instead be doing more to support the venues they started out in

The Independent UK

‘Gut feeling more important than social media likes’, says festival promoter

Isle of Wight Festival curator John Giddings says headline acts need to be able to ‘deliver’ to a crowd.

Evening Standard

The Alarm's Mike Peters has died after a 30 year battle with blood cancer

Songwriter, singer, campaigner and force of nature Mike Peters has died, aged 66.

Louder

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Glastonbury cannot afford Oasis, says Isle of Wight Festival organiser

Isle of Wight Festival boss John Giddings has said he doesn’t believe Oasis will perform at any festivals next summer because no-one can afford to book them.

Evening Standard

Oasis would ‘snub’ Glastonbury because it ‘can’t afford them’, claims Isle of Wight boss

Band have ruled out performing at any festival next year

The Independent UK

"He didn't want to do Glastonbury and Michael Eavis didn’t want him — he was worried he was going to do a Tin Machine set or a little drum and bass set": When David Bowie played a career-altering Glastonbury festival set… by accident

"At the end of that show you realised, and he realised, that his career had changed"

MusicRadar

Isle of Wight promoter ‘blessed’ to still host festival 21 years on

“If you had told me 21 years ago that I would be standing here today, I wouldn’t have believed you,” John Giddings said

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