“See the great Wight star”
As if there wasn't enough Bowie on TV and radio this weekend (there's never enough), what with BBC TWO's Bowie Night (which kicks off at 21:15 in the UK this evening) and Absolute Radio’s virtual Isle of Wight Front Room Festival, Sky Arts will also be showing footage from the latter on Sunday.
With this year’s festival unable to take place, Sky Arts is showing “Isle of Wight Festival - Greatest Hits” over this weekend as they air exclusive content from the archives. However, only a handful of performances of the 20-song set from Bowie's final full UK show were filmed on the day (16 years ago today) and those were:
Rebel Rebel
Sister Midnight
All The Young Dudes
The Loneliest Guy
I'm Afraid Of Americans
"Heroes"
In 2010, Sister Midnight, All The Young Dudes and "Heroes" were made available as videos on iTunes. So, best case scenario is that Sky Arts is showing all six of the filmed songs, though the time-slot suggests there won't be enough time for them all. Either way, we'll leave you with the line-up for Sunday...
SUNDAY
19.00 - Iggy Pop (2016)
19.30 - Simple Minds (2009)
20.00 - Manic Street Preachers (2018)
20.30 - Nile Rodgers and Chic (2018)
21.00 - Kings of Leon (2014)
21.30 - David Bowie (2004)
22.00 - Rod Stewart (2017)
22.30 - The Specials (2014)
23.00 - Blondie (2010)
23.30 - Biffy Clyro (2019)
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