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Video Killed the Radio Star and Smashed Wickham 2016

Posted on 8th August 201618th December 2016 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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When I was around 12, I called a number that was one digit off from my best friend's and yelled "RIBBIT". I did it for years, sometimes several days in a row, sometimes leaving months in between. Another friend of mine got blamed and they changed their number eventually.

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Thank you to all of you who've already booked weekend season tickets for next year's Wickham Festival.
Prices were due to rise by now but many people have been away at other festivals or on holiday so we've extended the deadline for Tier 1 Earlybird tickets to the end of August.

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