'They booed Joni Mitchell and threw s*** at Jimi Hendrix': The amazing story of the 1970 Isle of Wight festival

'They booed Joni Mitchell and threw s*** at Jimi Hendrix': The amazing story of the 1970 Isle of Wight festival

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Kris Kristofferson hated it, the compere had a meltdown and called the audience pigs, but 50 years ago, the counter-culture brilliance of the Isle of Wight weekend set the tone for UK festival culture. Mark Beaumont tells the story

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