With the Isle of Wight Festival kicking off today we thought it would be a good time to look back to 1970 where an estimated 600,000 people came to the festival to watch Jimi Hendrix play one of his last ever gigs. #IOW2025 | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1970: People were arriving at East Afton Farm for the Isle of Wight festival - which would feature Jimi Hendrix, The Who and a lot of tea. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1970: "Home for who knows how many hippies, weirdies, beatniks, dropouts and just plain old-fashioned pop fans" BBC News reported from 'Devastation Hill', just outside the Isle of Wight Festival arena. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1970: The last Isle of Wight festival for 32 years was underway. | BBC Archive

Original Samples used for Oasis F****n in the Bushes Taken from Message to Love, a feature documentary film of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. If you didn't know, now you do 😀 @oasis @liamgallagher @NoelGallagher | Man Savings