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Special Feature: Download Festival 2017 Main Stage Preview – Ten To Watch

Jamie Giberti9 years ago07 mins

Words by Jamie Giberti, Ali Cooper and Simon Crampton. So, with Download 2017 virtually upon us, we come to the final part of our stage-by-stage Download Festival 2017 preview. If you’ve missed the other parts of our preview and would like to catch up, you can read the previews of The Dogtooth Stage, The Avalanche…

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Download Festival 2017: The Podcast Preview Special!

Jamie Giberti9 years ago02 mins

Continuing our build up to the 2017 Download Festival which is now just a handful of days away, we’re turning things over to the world of podcasts. Recently Rock Sins were lucky enough to have two of our longest serving writers, James and Sam, start up the in-depth Back C(h)atalogue podcast. Our newest podcast, is…

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Special Feature: The Download Festival 2017 Zippo Encore Stage Preview – Ten To Watch

Jamie Giberti9 years ago06 mins

Words by Jamie Giberti & Ali Cooper. The Zippo Encore Stage is often the place at the Download Festival where “the metulz” are found. Download 2017 is no different, with an assortment of bands from Slayer to The Cavalera Brothers serving up everything from thrash to old school heavy f***ing metal. But it’s not just…

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Special Feature: The Download Festival 2017 Avalanche Stage Preview – Ten to Watch

Ali Cooper9 years ago06 mins

With only four weeks between now and the deluge known as Download Festival, it’s about time we had a glance at who’s gracing the third and largest tent stage this year, entitled The Avalanche Stage and hosted by none other than Kerrang! Packed with acts that are seeing in their second Download and beyond, Donington…

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Special Feature: The Download Festival Dogtooth Stage 2017 Preview – Ten To Watch

Jamie Giberti9 years ago07 mins

Words by Jamie Giberti and Ali Cooper. We’re just over six weeks away from the annual mudfest that is the Download Festival at Donington Park (we must SURELY be due a dry year this time, surely, please?). As is always the case, “the little tent”, currently known as The Dogtooth Stage, has a wide and…

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Download Festival Team Announce Site and Layout Improvements for 2017 Event

Jamie Giberti9 years ago03 mins

It’s not just band news we bring our readers when it comes to the big festivals such as Download. Anyone who was in attendance at Donington last year will know that it was the soggiest Download to date, which caused A LOT of problems in and out of the arena. Add to that a major…

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Download Festival Adds 20 More Bands To Huge 2017 Line-Up!

Nick Holmes9 years ago02 mins

Twenty more acts have been announced by the organisers of Download Festival, taking place at “rock’s spiritual home” Donington Park on 9 – 11 June. Canadian prog-metal professor Devin Townsend will bring his very own Devin Townsend Project to the event after a recent successful UK tour. He will be joined by highly-rated newcomers Code…

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WWE NXT To Return To Download Festival In 2017 After Success Of Last Year

Jamie Giberti9 years ago02 mins

Well, well, well. Download is going to be getting another dose of WWE NXT action! Following the overwhelmingly positive response and reaction to superstars such as Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura and Asuka appearing on the hallowed Donington turf last Summer, the Download Festival team have brought NXT back for a second appearance for 2017. Whilst…

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A Day To Remember, In Flames, Steel Panther & Loads More Join Download Festival 2017 Line Up

Jamie Giberti9 years ago03 mins

As far as festival announcements go, you don’t get much bigger than this. The 2017 Download Festival have only gone and added a whopping FORTY EIGHT bands to the line up for this years’ event. There are some huge bands in this announcement so it’s tough to know where to start, but a good place…

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Alter Bridge, Sum 41, Opeth, Mastodon and Airbourne Among 26 New Bands Added To Download Festival 2017

Jamie Giberti9 years ago02 mins

Merry Christmas to us all from the powers that be at Download Festival HQ. Andy Copping and the team have just unveiled an amazing selection of bands for the 2017 Download Festival that will go a long way towards winning over some of the fans who weren’t already convinced by the first announcement, and make…

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