During a week in June each year the main road northbound is completely closed to vehicles during the Isle of Wight Festival.
#"Sing Another Song, Boys" (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 31, 1970) - 6:17
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1970 - The Isle of Wight Festival takes place at Afton Down attracting huge crowds, estimates varying from five to six hundred thousand, who witness what would be the last UK performance by Jimi Hendrix - he is to die less than three weeks later.
They appeared on Tubridy Tonight in Ireland playing out the show and on a Channel 4 documentary about Isle of Wight Festival.