Mercury Prize winners to perform at 2025 Isle of Wight Festival
A new wave of acts has been announced - which also includes this year's UK Eurovision hopefuls
The latest wave of acts have been announced for the 2025 Isle of Wight Festival, featuring a Mercury Prize winner, BRIT Award nominees and the UK's Eurovision hopefuls.
Razorlight, Yard Act, English Teacher, Midge Ure, Pale Waves, Twin Atlantic, Mae Muller and Remember Monday are among the names joining the bill for the event at Seaclose Park in Newport.
They have been named by bosses 100 days before gates open for the event, which takes place between June 19th and 22nd.
Razorlight, who join the bill on Saturday, reunited in 2021 after achieving drove 3 Top 5 albums, 9 Platinum certifications, an NME Award, and more as one of Britain's biggest indie rock groups of the early 2000s.
English Teacher claimed the 2024 Mercury Prize for their debut album 'This Could Be Texas', just four years after forming.
Meanwhile bosses have said Midge Ure will 'take audiences on a journey showcasing his influence on music' as he plays fan favourite tracks and rarely heard gems from his extensive career as part of Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids, Visage and Ultravox.
Over on the Big Top, UK pop-country trio Remember Monday will perform songs including their recently-selected Eurovision entry 'What the Hell Just Happened?', while the festival will also feature a performance from another UK Eurovision entrant, 2023's Mae Muller.
The latest names join previously-announced headline acts Sting, Stereophonics and Justin Timberlake.
Other acts on the bill for the event in Seaclose Park in Newport include Jess Glynne, Supergrass, Busted, Amy Macdonald, Ella Eyre, Lightning Seeds and The Pigeon Detectives.