Isle of Wight festival 2010

There's a riot goin' on! Isle of Wight kicks off in spectacularly chaotic style
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Paloma Faith's pet leopard was a victim of the windy weather
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Pink dropped on to the stage on a wire, although it was nothing compared to the bit when Tom from Editors got blasted out of a cannon
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Paul McCartney got so excited headlining the final night he forgot how to do his thumbs-up sign
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Paul McCartney performs under a giant picture of Liam, Noel and Guigsy
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Tom from Editors. Hurt his neck in the cannon, apparently
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Florence Welch's dress doubles as a tent
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Siobhan Fahey of Shakespeares Sister – age has not changed their dress sense
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Juliette Lewis auditions to join the White Stripes
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Julian Casablancas of the Strokes performed despite having his right foot in a plaster cast
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Blondie's Debbie Harry shows you can't have too many belts
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Festival food was so bad that Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro went ludicrous extremes
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Little Boots singing on the acoustic stage (a strange place for an electro-pop artist to perform, but there you go)
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At least Dappy of N-Dubz loves his nan, eh?
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The Saturdays played on Saturday to avoid any confusion
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Friendly Fires played a friendly set, also to avoid any confusion
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Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet did not wear any spandex nor did they perform any ballet = total confusion
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Question for Marina Diamandis of Marina and the Diamonds: how much and where can we get one?
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Music fans pretend that mud is fun (they're dying inside)
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Some girls in some wellies in some field
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Is that Wally at the back in the far left? Near the red flags? No? OK, we give up
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Festivalgoer Tom Rowell gets muddy. A bit weird as the rest of the site looks perfectly dry
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And finally ... a nice aerial shot
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