Saturday, Semi Precious Weapons took over the big top stage at this year's Isle of Wight Festival. This is their second year performing at the Isle of Wight festival. They took some new music and some familiar music to the stage and even rocked out to 'cherries on ice' and got stickayy with the UK pop group 'parade'. Check out some video below!
All children 6 years old and under on 10th June 2011 can go free of charge but must still be included in your booking in order to receive a wristband."
"Boy George, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, and Iggy & the Stooges, lead the latest raft of acts announced for next summer's Isle of Wight Festival.
Joining the acts on the main stage on Saturday will be Iggy & the Stooges, Seasick Steve, Hurts, Stornoway, and Lissie. Boy George will headline in the Big Top on early entry Thursday, with punk pioneer Joan Jett And The Blackhearts topping the bill there on Friday.
The Big Top will also host performances from Wild Beasts, The Vaccines, and Semi Precious Weapons on Saturday, with the headline act still to be announced in the coming weeks.
Kings Of Leon will headline the Friday, Foo Fighters and the reformed Pulp appear on Saturday, and Kasabian closing the festival on Sunday, with The British Pink Floyd Show headlining the Big Top on Saturday, and The Manic Street Preachers on Sunday. Other acts include Tom Jones, Jeff Beck, Beady Eye, The Script, Plan B, Public Image Ltd. (PiL), Cast, Hadouken!, Nick Lowe, and more.
For the line-up details, day and stage splits, as available please click here. This year the Isle of Wight Festival celebrates its 10th birthday from Friday 10th until Sunday 12th June 2011 at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Tickets are selling very quickly for the event. Weekend Camping Tickets are now only available from ferry companies Red Funnel and Wightlink. The price of an adult ticket without camping is £150 and £75 for children (aged 7 to 12 years). All children 6 years old and under on 10th June 2011 can go for free but must still have a ticket.
Campervan permits were priced at £250 (all occupiers must also have a valid camping ticket) and have already sold out."
You can buy your tickets here: http://bit.ly/eVAZ9H
Lady Gaga’s special guests on her Monster Ball Tour, the Semi Precious Weapons, played the Big Top today and lead singer Justin Tranter was in typical over the top dress mode.
“We don’t believe in festival wardrobe, we believe in life wardrobe,” pouted 6ft Justin who was dressed in a fashionable nude shade – white and nude fishnet tights, a white t shirt barely covering his modesty and large eyelet adorned leather jacket, with his trademark six inch heels.
“I wore six inch green heels yesterday too. A colour to match the mud,” said Justin.
“Jay Z was amazing – we danced the whole time. And we saw Marina and the Diamonds and Florence and the Machine.”
The band also played in the big top on Thursday evening for those lucky enough to be camping.
“John Giddings saw us open for Gaga at the O2 and asked us if we’d play his festival. We said yes but we didn’t even know where his festival was,” said Justin.
“Our manager came and told us “Now you’re playing the IW Festival twice”,” he laughed.
“This is our first festival and it’s been amazing. There’s a lot more people who know who we are than we thought. It was insane – there were so many people who knew our words and the album isn’t even out yet.
“We’ve had a great time. We’ve got to fly back to the US tomorrow to play Nylon Party in LA.
“We’re the new rat pack,” claimed Justin. “All rock bands take themselves so seriously but we’re having a great time.”
The Weapons are all Berklee School of Music graduates. “Our drummer (Dan Crean) has a degree in classical composition, which is a bit bizarre,” said Justin.
“Lady Gaga has been a huge fan of ours for four years. She’s so fun and exciting and secretly a very good musician.”
In 2008 Justin caused a stir when Kate Moss attended their gig at London’s Death Disco Club and danced with the outrageous blond bisexual singer.
