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Download Festival Announce Government Pilot Camping Festival For June 2021 – “Download Pilot”

Last month, Download Festival head honcho Andy Copping hinted that he might be seeing a few of us sooner than we might think. Oh how right he was. Mr Copping and the team at Live Nation and Festival Republic have been given Government permission to stage the UK’s first camping festival since the COVID-19 outbreak….

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Download Festival 2021 Announce Over 70 Bands Including Headliners KISS, Biffy Clyro & System Of A Down

The Download Festival team have pulled out all the stops for a mega first announcement of Download 2021! As promised by festival booker Andy Copping, the bulk of the 2020 lineup has re-joined the party for 2021, but with some interesting new additions and replacements for those who couldn’t rejoin from 2020. Headliners KISS (on…

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An Interview With Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess: “There is definitely a spot where all the musical talent and vision comes together and I think Distance Over Time is that”

Last month, Rock Sins had the huge privilege of spending some time with Dream Theater’s legendary keyboard wizard Jordan Rudess. Ahead of their performance at the 2019 Download Festival, Jordan braved the improving muddy conditions to talk to us about all things Dream Theater as well as his recent solo album Wired For Madness. For…

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