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The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was a music festival held between 26 and 30 August 1970 at Afton Down, an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England. It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the island between 1968 and 1970 and often acknowledged as the largest musical event of its time, with a larger ...
The first lighthouse was established on St Catherine's Down in 1323 on the orders of the Pope, after a ship ran aground nearby and its cargo was either lost or plundered. Once part of St Catherine's Oratory , its octagonal stone tower can still be seen today on the hill to the west of Niton .
The 1970 event was by far the largest of these early festivals and the unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament adding a section to the Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 preventing overnight open-air gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence from the council. The event was revived in ...
In the summer of 1970, Lighthouse represented Canada and Ontario at Expo '70 in Japan. The band appeared at the Strawberry Fields Festival in August 1970, followed by the Isle of Wight Festival where they performed two nights, along with The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Chicago, Miles Davis, and The Who.
[13] [14] On September 20, Mudflat were warming up the crowds for Lighthouse at a free concert set up by radio station CHUM. It was a welcome back event for Lighthouse who had recently performed at the 1970 Isle of Wight Rock Festival. [15]
According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the point population was included in the civil parish of Northwood, Isle of Wight. Original optic, removed in 1969, now on display at Hurst Castle. Egypt Point lies in between the town of Cowes and the village of Gurnard. Between 1897 and 1989 a lighthouse was maintained there by Trinity House. It ...
These songs were performed at the concert and were not featured on the original video release of the concert. "Naked Eye" had previously been released as part of Message to Love, a DVD released in 1997 as a compilation of songs performed at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 that was also directed by Murray Lerner.
St Catherine's Lighthouse at St Catherine's Point The beach directly below the lighthouse. Erosion threatens the southern wall of the lighthouse compound (2017). St Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight. It is close to the village of Niton and the point where the Back of the Wight changes to the Undercliff of Ventnor.