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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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ITV2 team gotta lotta bottle

The ITV2 team broadcasting highlights of the Isle of Wight festival over the weekend got something of a shock on Sunday when parts of the crowd suddenly turned on their temporary studio, hurling bottles and debris at it. Security officials were so alarmed that presenter Lauren Laverne and the rest of the ITV production team were rushed away on golf buggies, eyewitnesses told Monkey (who was at the festival, but was too busy investigating the free booze in the Virgin Radio tent at the time). It seems The Kooks might have had something to do with it after one of the band apparently shouted "fuck off" at the VIP section from the main stage. Despite ITV2's area being on the opposite side, members of the crowd then started hurling bottles and other debris at the studio. "There were lots of bottles flying - security rushed in and everyone who was in the studio was taken out," one eyewitness said. The channel's coverage continued unaffected, presumably minus footage of Laverne being hurried on to a golf buggy and driven away.

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