As promoter of the event he once attended as a fan, John Giddings is the common thread between the Isle Of Wight Festival’s famed 1970 incarnation and its 2002 revival. Here, 50 years on from its debut, Giddings and co-founder Ray Foulk talk building - and rebuilding - a legendary 

John Giddings was having a bad day: a month’s worth of rainfall in a single night had caused the Isle Of Wight Festival’s car park entrances to collapse, turning the ...