Oasis For Isle Of Wight Festival
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Stop Crying Your Heart Out
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October 16, 2008
Oasis are set to headline next year's Isle Of Wight Festival and four other major European festivals, Virtual Festivals can exclusively reveal.
The Gallagher boys are gearing up for their busiest live summers in years with a European festival tour penned for 2009 - and we've got all the details before anyone else.
The Isle Of Wight Festival, winner of last year's Best Major Festival at the UK Festival Awards, is expected to be the band's first stop over the weekend of 12-14 June.
Liam and Noel are clearly keen to follow in the footsteps of rock royalty, such as The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols and Muse, and are likely to headline the Saturday night (13th).
Three weeks later the band will play a staggering three festivals in one weekend, taking in Rock Werchter in Holland, Roskilde in Denmark and Eurockennees De Belfort in France between 2-5 July.
Benicassim on the Spanish coast beckons next, with the band set to headline one of the days between 16-19 July.
Oasis announced to the media earlier today that they will be playing a 'super-gig' in Ireland's Slane Castle on 20 June, with another also planned for somewhere in Manchester.
But Virtual Festivals is the only website to have scooped the rest of the band's festivals plans, after being tipped off by a source close to the band.
We were told: "Oasis are keen to get on the road again because they're really proud of this album (Dig Out Your Soul). The Isle Of Wight Festival is a big one for them as it's really upped its profile in recent years.
"The boys are keen to show people they can play festivals in style after getting luke warm receptions at Glastonbury and V Festival in recent years. It should be a great summer for them, let's just hope the Noel and Liam can handle that much time together!"
Of course, nothing can be certain until officially confirmed, however Oasis are holding a press conference later today when details of their live plans for 2009 are expected to be revealed.
Source: www.virtualfestivals.com