Thousands of festival goers will be invited to don masks of David Bowie at the Isle of Wight Festival.

Bowie’s last festival appearance was at the Isle of Wight Festival in 2004. He died in January after a battle with cancer.

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The tribute, which will be held at 3:45pm today, has been organised by Stand Up to Cancer, a fundraising campaign by Cancer Research UK and the Isle of Wight Festival’s official charity partner for 2016.

The festival’s chief, John Giddings, told the Daily Echo: “David was a true musical icon, an immense talent who as a performer was incredible. His energy, creativity and passion were incomparable and I feel very lucky to have spent so many years working with him.

“His set at the Isle of Wight festival in 2004 was one of the highlights of my career, and sadly his last UK festival show. I was hoping he’d play this year so our tribute will be a very emotional moment for me.”

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