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Video Killed the Radio Star and Smashed Wickham 2016

Posted on by Paul Cooper

Each year we’re amazed by the videos our festival goers post on YouTube, not least this from Alan Mather … party time indeed!  At 12:01 am on the 1st August 1981 VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR was the first ever music video played on MTV in the US to launch the new satellite TV station.  On 12th August 2016, some years later (you do the maths) it smashed our capacity crowd on Saturday.  Roll on next August …

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