Kaiser Chiefs For Isle Of Wight Festival

added 06 December 2007 at 12.11

Kaiser Chiefs have been confirmed as the third headliner for the Isle of Wight Festival 2008, joining previously announced acts The Police and The Sex Pistols.

The hugely successful Leeds band will take to the stage on the opening night of the three day event on Friday June 13.

The quintet will no doubt showcase tracks from their Mercury-nominated five times platinum debut, 'Employment', alongside hits such as 'Ruby' from the follow-up, 'Yours Truly Angry Mob'.

Since its rebirth in 2002, The Isle Of Wight Festival's stage has been graced by the likes of The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, David Bowie, The Who, The Coral, Kasabian and Muse amongst many others.

The first Isle Of Wight festival was held in 1968 and was organised by locals to raise money for a community swimming pool. Bob Dylan, The Who, T Rex, The Move, Fairport Convention and Jefferson Airplane all played the event with the final year of the festival in 1970 boasting the legendary line up of The Doors, Joni Mitchell and Jimi Hendrix.

Ticket for the event go on general sale at 9am on December 10 and can be purchased from Ticketzone on 08705 321 321 (ticketzone.co.uk) or Wightlink on 0870 582 7744 (wightlink.co.uk).

Ticket prices are as follows and subject to a booking fee: Weekend camping £130, Weekend non-camping £110 with further details available from the Festival's official website.

Exclusive pre-release tickets and ferry-inclusive ticket packages are available from December 7 from Red Funnel on 0871 222 1010 (redfunnel.co.uk/iowfestival).

Any disabled purchasers must call Ticketzone on 08705 321321 to book their ticket and place on the disabled platform, disabled car park area and, if applicable, disabled camping area and shuttle bus.

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