Isle of Wight Festival Recap

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  • Isle of Wight Festival Recap

    Rain, wind and mud didn't keep Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers from the Isle
    of Wight Festival and their headlining set on Friday, the first day of the legendary
    three-day festival located on an island in the English Channel.

    Fans trying to reach the Isle of Wight in time for the first notes of
    music Friday afternoon had their hands full with gridlock traffic all day
    Thursday and early Friday that left some waiting and sleeping overnight in
    their cars for more than 10 hours. Even a Heartbreakers crew bus was
    entrapped, spending 12 hours getting to the festival site before working
    through the night to prep for the next day's concert!

    While artists including Groove Armada, Lana del Rey, Crystal Castles and
    Best Coast played out on stages throughout the grounds on Friday, Feeder,
    Noah & the Whale and Elbow opened things up on the Main Stage before the
    house lights a few minutes after 10pm and Tom and the band hit the stage.

    With the sunlight fading into night and the winds dying down, the guys
    blasted through a set that made the 60,000-plus fans in attendance forget
    the weather and terrible traffic. "Here Comes My Girl" was the last in a
    massive three-song sing-a-long with the audience fronted by "You Wreck Me"
    and " I Won't Back Down," tonight's big highlight.

    Amsterdam, we're here tonight! Come out and see us and keep checking back
    to the site for updates from the 2012 Summer Tour!

    SET LIST
    Listen to Her Heart
    You Wreck Me
    I Won't Back Down
    Here Comes My Girl
    Handle with Care
    Good Enough
    Oh Well
    Something Big
    Don't Come Around Here No More
    Free Fallin'
    It's Good To Be King
    Something Good Coming
    Learning to Fly
    Yer So Bad
    I Shoulda Known It
    Refugee
    Runnin' Down A Dream

    ENCORE:
    Mary Jane
    American Girl

    2012 Tour