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Queen and Adam Lambert will headline the Isle of Wight Festival 2016.
The group will close the annual event at Seaclose Park on Sunday June 12 in what will be their first-ever festival appearance and only UK gig next year, it was confirmed yesterday (10.11.15).
Guitarist Brian May said: "I think Queen at The Isle of Wight Festival is a date that was long overdue. How incredible to take on this challenge at this point in our lives. With an injection of new blood in the shape of the incredible Adam Lambert, Queen will be ready to tear it up on this legendary stage in 2016. Freddie would have loved it. Can't wait."
Drummer Roger Taylor said: "When I think of The Isle of Wight Festival I think of Hendrix, Dylan and The Who. What immortal company to be in.
"Queen are thrilled to be there and can promise a special night."
And organiser John Giddings says he is "honoured" to be welcoming the band to the 15th anniversary of the festival.
He said: "It's an honour for us to have Queen + Adam Lambert at our festival. It's the perfect way for us to celebrate our 15th anniversary. Queen's music appeals to people of all generations and it's hard to think of another band with such a famous collection of songs. It's going to be an incredible moment for The Isle of Wight Festival when they share these songs with us."

Aerosmith feel "abandoned" by Steven Tyler.
The 'Crazy' hitmakers had been expected to go on tour next year, but guitarist Brad Whitford has confirmed the plans are now on ice because the frontman "doesn't want to" go on the road as he is busy with his solo career.
He told Billboard: "Steven doesn't want to do it. It's unfortunate.
"We kind of feel a little bit abandoned by him. I guess he seems to think his solo career is going to go great guns, and he doesn't seem to realise that - in my opinion - his fans around the globe want to see him in the context of Aerosmith and don't really care for whatever he thinks he's gonna do.
"I don't know if he gets that but, hey, that's what he wants to do. I can't put a gun to his head. It's just pretty disappointing."
Brad has been working on his own new album with Ted Nugent singer/guitarist Derek St. Holmes, and thinks the record will be well-received by Aerosmith fans.
He said: "It's a classic rock album -- modern classic rock. I mean, that's what we do. We're all rockers, and we're not gonna try and do anything else but what we know and what we love.
"I think a lot of Aerosmith fans are really going to enjoy this record because all I ever hear is, 'When you gonna do another 'Toys'? When you gonna do another 'Rocks'?'
"That's what this album is. It's very straight-ahead, stripped-down classic rock."

Chris Jericho plans to get a selfie with Brian May at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards on Wednesday night (11.11.15).
The frontman of Fozzy and WWE wrestler is hosting the awards ceremony sponsored by Classic Rock magazine and says he is going to use his host status as an "icebreaker" to speak with the stars attending, including Queen guitarist Brian May and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz ahead of the awards, he said: "It's a really great icebreaker and I plan to have my camera ready for those guys. Especially Brian May and Jimmy Page if I can. It will be great to at least say hi to those guys because for me I have always been more of a Queen guy than a Led Zeppelin guy.
The 45-year-old is a massive Queen fan and recalled holding onto a page of Kerrang! magazine, from when asked the 'We Will Rock You' hitmaker a question.
He gushed: "Brian May is a number one target if you will if I get a chance to take a picture with. Kerrang! had an ask the stars whatever it is and it was ask Brian May a question and I phoned in because I wanted to ask a question. That was cool and I actually took that page out of Kerrang! and kept it."
The Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards will be held at London's Roundhouse on 11 November.

Azealia Banks is being investigated for criminal battery after allegedly assaulting a nightclub security guard.
TMZ has obtained video of Azealia and some friends at Break Room 86 in Los Angeles late last month, where they were asked to leave after being "unruly".
On their way out the rapper allegedly tried to pull the fire alarm and a security guard grabbed her.
After her pals pulled him off her she can be seen on the video jumping on him and hitting him repeatedly.
This comes just days after the controversial rapper cancelled her upcoming concert dates.
She tweeted: "I'm very busy at work. Your coins will be refunded and I will be back in January."
Meanwhile, in September Banks was caught on video branding a flight attendant a "f***ing f****t" and defended herself on Twitter, insisting she isn't homophobic and alleging she would have been treated differently if she was white.
She wrote: "I am bisexual. my brother is trans. My employees are all gay men. . Nothing else to say.
"Cause yall KNOW, that they would've politely handed a white woman her bags and a spritzer. #whatever (sic)"

Allen Toussaint has died aged 77.
The legendary New Orleans R&B songwriter and producer - known for hit songs such as 'Working In The Coalmine' and 'Southern Nights' - suffered a heart attack shortly after performing on stage at Madrid's Teatro Lara on Monday night (09.11.15), according to Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
Toussaint was discovered in his hotel room and resuscitated
but suffered a second heart attack while being taken to the Jimenez Diaz Foundation Hospital in Madrid where he was pronounced dead on arrival, a spokesperson has confirmed.
The musician was due to play at London's Jazz Festival on Sunday (15.11.15) among other concert dates.
During his varied career, Toussaint worked with some of the greats of popular music, including Sir Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones and Joe Cocker, while his songs have been covered by a variety of artists such as The Neville Brothers, Robert Palmer and Otis Reading over the past 40 years.
Since news of his passing broke, several stars have paid tribute to the iconic musician.
The Rolling Stones posted a short message on their Twitter account alongside a video of the song 'Fortune Teller', which Toussaint wrote for the band.
They simply wrote: "RIP Allen Toussaint (sic)"
'The Simpsons' voice actor Harry Shearer shared lyrics to one of Allen's songs on the micro-blogging site as a tribute.
He wrote: "If you didn't know before, now you do (sic)"
While actor-and-musician Hugh Laurie tweeted: "Allen Toussaint. Poor old world, lucky old heaven."
The American musician got his first lucky break stepping in for Huey Smith at the age 17 performing with Earl King's band in Prichard, Alabama.
Toussaint swiftly made a name for himself penning many superb songs, which have become R&B staples and have been covered by numerous artists.
The Rolling Stones were among his biggest admirers, and not long before his death Toussaint admitted he was particularly glad the band decided to record his song 'Fortune Teller' because it earned him a good pay day.
He quipped: "I was so glad when The Stones recorded my song - I knew they would know how to roll it all the way to the bank!"
He is survived by his two children, son Clarence and daughter Alison, who both acted as his managers.

Kirk Hammett says Metallica will play live until they are "into their 70s".
The band's guitarist has promised fans the metal group will perform for as long as they are standing just like their musical peers The Rolling Stones as they still have the drive to get up on stage.
Speaking on 103.3 The Edge Radio, he said: "James, Lars and Rob still have things they want to do.
"We're all getting up there, but we still have drive, we still have energy, we're still inspired, we still have things that we wanna do. Mentally, emotionally - I think that we're not done yet.
"And if people like Keith Richards and Mick Jagger can do it into their 70s, why can't we? That's my attitude."
The 52-year-old rocker says he will keep performing and making music until he physically is unable to.
He continued: "And on a personal level, I'm a musician. I wanna continue to play and perform and do what I do, which is make music. I don't wanna stop doing this. I don't wanna stop making music. I will always be a working musician, until I can't be any more."
The 'Enter Sandman' hitmakers - also comprised of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Rob Trujillo - are currently working on the follow up to 2008's 'Death Magnetic' LP.
Kirk admits their new music may not be out until 2017 but he hopes it will be sooner.
He explained: "We're hoping that the album will be released next year. I don't wanna say that we're a third into it, or two-thirds into it, or an eighth into it, because anything could happen that'll just change that number.
"But, eventually, you will see a new Metallica album, and it will most likely be in 2016, and at the very worst, at the beginning of 2017. It's pretty much more along the same lines as 'Death Magnetic' - kind of like that direction."

Busted have already started working on new music and hope to release it after their May 2016 comeback tour.
The rock/pop group - who parted ways in 2005 when frontman Charlie Simpson quit the band - today (10.11.15) announced they had reunited after 10 years apart and it was their excitement about recording fresh songs that brought them back together although the process has been very gradual over the last few years.
Speaking at a press conference at The Soho Hotel in London about how the reunion happened, Charlie said: "This has been an incredibly gradual process. About three years ago Matt and James came round to my house. It was the first time we'd spent time together in eight years.
"It was a surreal moment because we had drifted apart. They came round and we were hanging out in my garden. They wanted to tell me about the idea of doing Busted again and they wanted to run the idea past me."
Charlie - released albums with Fightstar and two solo LPs while away from the group - originally turned them down, but cites that day three years ago as being the "catalyst" for their reformation as he realised he and James were on the same page musically.
He added: "I told them at the time it wasn't something I wanted to pursue. But the amazing thing about that afternoon, which honestly was a catalyst for us being here right now. But we played new music to each other. I had a Spotify playlist on and I was pretty astounded to find out James had been listening to a lot of the music I had been listening to. And when I left the band in 2005 we'd become worlds away creatively. It was an amazing moment, quite a poignant moment that we landed 10 years later and there was some common ground there."
The trio initially got together in April 2015, when Charlie agreed to jam with his old bandmates - who have been a part of super-group McBusted in 2013 and 2014 - and everything fell into place.
Charlie explained: "James came round to mine April of this year and said I want to play you these two songs to see what you think of them. He played them to me and I was like dude that is f***ing awesome.
"He basically said, 'What do you think of us going to the studio for a few days and hanging out as the three of us being creative and see what happens?'
"He had a friend called Eric who owned a studio in Philadelphia and so we got on a plane and went there and we spent all week in the studio."
Busted will tour the UK and Ireland in May 2016 and have promised new music will follow, if not before.
Bassist Matt said: "We are definitely going to be releasing new music ... there might be new music before that who knows."

Naughty Boy is back in the studio with Emeli Sandé making changes to her next album.
The producer has been busy this week working with the 'Next To Me' hitmaker on tracks for her second studio LP - the follow-up to 2012's smash hit 'Our Version of Events' - and has hinted the pair will be spending the next few months perfecting the record.
In a Twitter post, he revealed: "Back in the lab.. cookin that... w/ @emelisande #summersgone #meetmywinter 🙂 (sic)"
Naughty Boy masterminded nearly all of the tracks on Emeli's debut and began collaborating with her from the outset of her music career and has been the main producer on her next offering of tracks.
Emeli's LP was due out at the end of 2015 but a decision was made to delay its release so it wouldn't clash with Adele's long-awaited third album, which is out on November 20.
The postponement has given the pair the chance to make some changes to the album to ensure it is perfect.
Previously revealing why the decision was made to delay the LP, Naughty Boy said: "They (Adele and Emeli) can't go against each other. Nobody wants to. Adele's album is coming and labels have cleared their schedules because they know it's going to wipe the floor with everything. Emeli's album is coming out next year now."

The Manic Street Preachers are playing a massive open air show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album 'Everything Must Go'.
The rock trio will perform at Swansea City soccer team's Liberty Stadium on Saturday, May 28, 2016, in their native Wales to mark the release of their acclaimed 1996 LP - which was the band's first ever major commercial success and featured the hit singles 'A Design For Life' and 'Kevin Carter' among others.
The band will perform two sets; fourth studio LP 'Everything Must Go' in full and a second set which will feature rarities, a handful of new songs and greatest hits.
Frontman James Dean Bradfield has revealed the idea for the concert came from bassist Nicky Wire following the success of their anniversary shows marking the release of 'The Holy Bible' in December 2014.
Speaking to Wales Online, he said: "It was Nicky's idea. There was no indecision in doing something like this because we know that musically, stepping out on stage and playing the songs, it's a much easier task for us.
"We enjoyed the experience of playing 'The Holy Bible' anniversary shows but purely in terms of just playing the songs that was much harder and much more problematic 20 years on because it's such a vitriolic experience to play that music physically.
"But the difference with 'Everything Must Go' is that it breathes so easily. It has a flow to it and more warmth and humanity to it."
The Manic Street Preachers will be joined on the bill by guests Super Furry Animals and Public Service Broadcasting.
The band - which also includes drummer Sean Moore - are currently working with BAFTA Award-winning director Kieran Evans, who they worked with on videos for their last two albums, to create a new visual backdrop for the concert based around the artwork from 'Everything Must Go'.
Recalling his memories of the album's release at the height of Britpop, Bradfield admits it was a fantastic time but also "bittersweet" because guitarist Richey Edwards had gone missing in February 1995 never to be found.
He said: "We were a much more inclusive band around the time of 'Everything Must Go', which was such a gigantic achievement because, let's face it, 'The Holy Bible' wasn't such an inclusive experience.
"The memories of the album are of this strange sensation of being a popular cult band, to suddenly going overground and having 20,000 people singing songs back to me for the very first time. It was a shock. A completely new experience. It was a bittersweet experience, of course because there was the three of us, instead of four but it was affirmation that we could still rely on each other to be a different version of the Manics."
Tickets for The Liberty Stadium show go on sale this Friday, visit www.manicstreetpreachers.com for more information.