Listen to The Charlatans live at Isle of Wight Festival 2022

Five exclusive songs from The Big Top performance

Author: Scott ColothanPublished 24th Jun 2022

Truly one of the finest live acts around, indie icons The Charlatans played a rapturously received set at The Big Top at Isle of Wight Festival 2022 last Sunday night (19th June).

A few days on from the spectacular performance in the rammed-to-the-rafters Big Top, you can listen to exclusive highlights of The Charlatans’ career-spanning set on Absolute Radio.

Check out The Charlatans performing classic tunes ‘The Only One I Know’, ‘One To Another’, ‘Can’t Get Out of Bed’, ‘How High’ and ‘North Country Boy’ below.

Listen to The Charlatans at Isle of Wight Festival 2022:

Shortly before The Charlatans took to the stage on the Sunday night, The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess and Mark Collins caught up with Danielle Perry for a quick chat.

The ever-genial duo spoke about their career, Isle of Wight Festival and the possibly of recording a 14th studio album – their first since 2017’s ‘Different Days.’

You can also listen to highlights of other sets at cinch presents Isle of Wight Festival 2022 RIGHT HERE.

Sets that feature include Muse Kasabian, Wet Leg, Blossoms, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, Lewis Capaldi, Madness, Nile Rodgers & Chic, The Vaccines and more.

Listen to more sets from Isle of Wight Festival 2022

Isle of Wight Festival 2022 in photos:

Serge from Kasabian

Saturday's main stage headliner Kasabian got the crowd going despite the drizzly weather.

Kasabian on the Main Stage

Kasabian frontman Serge opened the set with Club Foot.

Ben Burrell catches up with The Fratellis frontman

Ben Burrell caught up with Jon Fratelli fresh from their Main Stage set

Blossoms sing Your Girlfriend

Indie rockers Blossoms gave it their all on the Main Stage despite the windy weather on the island.

Blossoms sing Your Girlfriend

Indie rockers Blossoms gave it their all on the Main Stage despite the windy weather on the island.

Bush and Richie on the River Stage


Lewis Capaldi was Friday night's headliner

This was Lewis Capaldi's first ever headline slot at a festival

Madness on the main stage

Madness got the crowd pumped in the sunshine on Friday evening.

Suggs backstage at Isle of Wight Festival

Suggs and Sarah Champion caught up backstage ahead of Madness' set

The Proclaimers backstage at Isle of Wight Festival

The Proclaimers joined Sarah Champion back stage for a chat after leading the festival's biggest singalong.

The Vaccines

The Vaccines chatting to Ben Burrell before their Friday afternoon Main Stage set

The Vaccines took to the stage on Friday

The Vaccines performed in glorious sunshine on Friday afternoon

Wet Leg in the big top

Isle of Wight natives Wet Leg filled the Big Top with their Sunday afternoon set.

Sunday night headliners Muse at IOW 2022

Muse rounded off the weekend with a killer headline set on the Main Stage

Muse brought the weekend to a close on the Main Stage

Muse saw the festival to a close in style with pyrotechnics galore.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy

Muse played a HUGE set including classics Supermassive Black Hole, Starlight and Knights of Cydonia.

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