Isle of Wight Veranstalter über Pink Floyd

Der Veranstalter des Isle of Wight Festivals John Giddings spricht in einem Interview mit Virtual Festivals über das diesjährige Line-Up. Die Headliner sind: Neil Young, Stereophonics und Zazorlight. Dabei kommt er auch auf Begeisterung Pink Floyd und seine Begeisterung für Gilmour und Waters zu sprechen. Beide würde er sofort für einen Auftritt Buchen. Scherzhaft meint er, das er am liebsten beide für den gleichen Abend buchen würde und keinem vom anderen erzählen würde.

VF: So maybe a band like Radiohead would suit. Would you look forward to a band who have maybe been a bit more inventive and more imaginative?
John Giddings: Radiohead are the Pink Floyd of their generation aren’t they?

You could say that. Would you ever look to book them?
John Giddings: Yeah definitely I’d love to have Radiohead, come on down.

There were rumours that Oasis were going to play, how did that fall through?
John Giddings: We talked to them about it but we never came to an agreement on the subject.

Would you like to have them back?
John Giddings: Yeah I’d love to have Oasis, there’s a wish-list for the future and you’ll never run out of bands that you’d love to have. I’d love to have Pink Floyd if they existed.

VF: What about the David Gilmour version?
John Giddings: Yeah I would book Dave Gilmour definitely, one of my ultimate heroes. I’d book Roger Waters and put them on the same bill and not tell anyone.

Quelle: Virtual Festivals