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Fans ‘cannot believe their luck' as sun shines on Isle of Wight Festival

Fans ‘cannot believe their luck' as sun shines on Isle of Wight Festival

He told the Rock 'n' Roll Book Club's Music Maps Podcast: '(Bob) Dylan was sold on the idea because he looked up the Isle of Wight, and it had the heritage of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens, all of that. Lewis Carroll, they all came down and hung out there.
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