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teamed up again with Green Eye Events,

continues to perform and record for Motown

Riverside Productions and English Heritage to

to this day. Among his best known works are

Island’s most popular events and Rob da Bank

put on the shows. John said: “I can’t think of a

singles such as ‘Superstition’, ‘Sir Duke’, and ‘I

said: “The theme for Bestival 2012 is Wildlife.

more perfect summer evening than Tom in the

Just Called to Say I Love You’.

We want you to unleash the party beast from

grounds of Osborne House. I am sure Queen
Victoria would have been proud of us.”
Meanwhile, Bestival organiser Rob da Bank

He has recorded more than 30 US top ten

The award-winning Bestival is one of the

the hinterlands of your imagination, covering

hits and received 22 Grammy Awards, the most

Robin Hill with some properly wild things, from

ever awarded to a male solo artist. In 2008

fantastic fauna, kings of the jungle and even

has pulled off one of his greatest coups by

Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot

organisms aplenty to just the outrageously wild.

bringing Stevie Wonder to the Island. Stevie,

100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US

The sky is far from the limit of what can happen

blind since shortly after birth, signed with

singles chart's 50th anniversary, with Stevie at

when you get amongst the wildlife.”

Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, and

No5.

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