This enthralling documentary captures singer-poet Leonard Cohen's memorable set at the 1970 Isle of Wight music festival. Cohen reads his poetry and performs many of his most-famous songs ...

Just by virtue of the combustible dynamics of their personalities, The Who on stage were an improvisational unit of the highest order, apt as easily to implode as explode. At the time of their ...

Seattle screenings include Isle of Wight rock films and art films from Andy Warhol's Factory. Also: Seattle International Film Festival is under way.

American Cinematheque’s annual Mods & Rockers Film Festival will kick off later this month with a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the famed 1970 Isle of Wight Festival that will include ...

The Isle of Wight Festival, which had its humble beginnings in 1968, exploded into prominence with its 1970 edition. This event, held at Wootton, Isle of Wight, quickly became one of the largest ...

The co-founder of the Isle of Wight Festival, Ray Foulk, has said it “grieves” him that festivals now are not as political as they were in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Foulk, who set up the ...

It was the last day of the Isle of Wight Festival, ... 1970: Isle of Wight Festival. Video, 00:02:04 1970: ... Film '82: Jack Nicholson interview.

The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Begins. If the goal of Ron, Ray, and Bill Foulk was to create a British Woodstock, the numbers would show they succeeded.

Since its inception in 1968, the Isle of Wight Festival has routinely made history. Around 600,000-700,000 people attended the 1970 edition of the festival, as estimated by the Guinness Book of ...

About Isle of Wight Festival The Isle of Wight Festival began with a series of Festivals between 1968 and 1970, widely acknowledged as Europe's equivalent of Woodstock.

Jimi Hendrix played the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 (Image: Peter Bull). The festival was revived in 2002 by promoter John Giddings and has seen performances by Robbie Williams, Blondie, Pulp, ...