Bloodstock yesterday, Reading & Leeds last night and now Download this morning! It’s hard to keep up if you’re interested in the world of UK rock and metal related festivals in the last twenty four hours. But after two of their competitors made big announcements yesterday, Andy Copping & The Download Festival HQ Team have…
With the recent news that Sonisphere Knebworth won’t be happening in 2015, booking bands just got a lot easier for the Download Festival – not that they generally have problems anyway. The latest batch of rock, metal and alternative acts have just been announced by Andy Copping and his team for Download 2015, and it’s…
In news that should surprise no one, Andy Copping and his team at Live Nation / Download HQ have managed to squeeze out a new Download Festival 2015 line up announcement before Christmas. And in the true spirit of Christmas, it’s a whopper, with a very impressive 19 (nineteen) new bands announced to join the…
The past two Days of Download Festival 2015 announcements have brought us some great quality bands topped off by Slipknot and Muse. Now the final night of 2015’s annual Donington shenanigans is set to be headlined by none other than the costumed masters of rock n’roll KISS. Gene Simmons “accidentally” let the cat out of…
After years of trying to get them, Andy Copping has finally succeeded. He’s only gone and booked Muse to headline Download! Devon’s prog rock trio will headline middle Saturday at Download 2015 and are bound to bring one hell of a stage show and a collection of tunes bigger than Matt Bellamy’s vocal range. Muse…
It’s been long speculated that off the back of their worldwide smash hit album .5: The Gray Chapter Slipknot would be back at Download in 2015, and the rumour mill has proven right. For the third time in their illustrious career the Iowan metal nine piece behemoth that is Slipknot will headline the Download Festival,…
The 2014 summer festival season is far from over with the likes of Hevy Fest (whom Rock Sins will be covering in full) and Reading and Leeds still to come. However, it’s already time to start thinking about next year, and as they often do, Download have come off the blocks first when it comes…
