Isle of Wight Fest announces 40 Years of Punk lineup December 10, 2015 - 16:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Isle of Wight Festival 2016 has announced a fresh lineup of classic punk acts. Celebrating 40 Years of Punk, the Isle of Wight Festival will be featuring the likes of Iggy Pop, Adam Ant, The Damned, Buzzcocks, and also including The Godfathers and the renowned Sex Pistols cover band, The Sex Pissed Dolls, Gigwise reports. Following the recent announcement of co-headliners Faithless and Stereophonics, the punk legends will also be joining Queen + Adam Lambert at Seaclose Park - and more acts are to be announced soon. In a press statement released by The Isle of Wight Festival: "1976 is widely seen as the year that punk was born. The Sex Pistols signed to EMI Records, and started to generate significant press coverage - not least for their infamous interview in December of that year with Bill Grundy." "The Ramones released their debut album in 1976, and the year saw the formation of not only The Damned and The Buzzcocks, but also other punk legends and luminaries such as The Clash, The Slits, X-Ray Spex, Black Flag and The Adverts."  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
