Isle of Wight Festival 2012
The Isle of Wight Festival 2012 was the eleventh revived Isle of Wight Festival, held at Seaclose Park in Newport on the Isle of Wight. The event ran from 21-24 June 2012.
The 2012 event was the second under a ten-year deal between the Isle of Wight Council and the promoters Solos. Dubbed the "American Trilogy" by festival organiser John Giddings, it was headlined by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
Overnight heavy rain on 21 and 22 June waterlogged the event ground and cars driving on it turned it into a mudbath and had to be towed out by a tractor, resulting in visiting fans' cars waiting to be allowed in backing up the roads all the way back to the ferry dock.Line up
Main Stage
Friday
Saturday
- Pearl Jam
- Biffy Clyro
- Tinie Tempah
- Jessie J
- Madness
- Labrinth
- Big Country
- James Walsh
- Signals
Sunday
Thursday
- Primal Scream
- The Stranglers
- Penguin Prison
Friday
- Groove Armada
- Enter Shikari
- DJ Fresh Presents FRESH/LIVE
- Lana Del Rey
- Kelis
- Caro Emerald
Saturday
- Magnetic Man
- Professor Green
- Wretch 32
- Katy B
- Loick Essien
- Stooshe
- Clement Marfo & The Frontline
- Hue and Cry
- Boyce Avenue
- The Brilliant Things
Sunday
- The Darkness
- Ash
- Pulled Apart By Horses
- Black Stone Cherry
- The Virgin Marys
- Spector
- Zulu Winter
- The Milk
- Switchfoot
Garden Stage
Thursday
- Brit Floyd: The Pink Floyd Tribute Show
- Howard Jones
- Stackridge
- Cerys Matthews
- Tensheds
Friday
- Crystal Castles
- Best Coast
- Dry the River
- Gretchen Peters
- Pronghorn
- Boy Genius
Saturday
- The Charlatans
- Miles Kane
- X
- Thunderclap Newman
- Andrew Roachford
- Sadie and the Hot Heads
- The Christians
- Terry Reid
- Tobi
- The Real D'Coy
- Sofia
Sunday
- The Pierces
- Christina Perri
- Melanie C
- Beth Hart
- Suzanne Vega
- James Walsh
- Matt Cardle
- Fallulah
- Molly McQueen