A couple of days before the Download Pilot, I wrote a feature about the importance of the Download Festival family to so many of us. The response to the piece was far beyond anything I ever hoped for or expected; It was great to talk to loads of people who read it about their Download…
There were tears, cheers and plenty of beers flowing at what will be known as Download Festival’s historic pilot event, which took place 18th-20th June, with a reduced capacity of 10,000 fans and just two stages. When the Download Pilot was announced we couldn’t quite believe it; live music was making a return with a…
Ahead of the Download Pilot Festival this weekend, Jamie Giberti takes a look at just what it is that makes Download hold such a special place in so many people’s hearts. I first went to the Download Festival in 2004 as a very naive, 19 year old kid. Having been told the wonders of Donington…
For those 10,000 or so lucky fans (plus a couple of hundred artists and band members, crew members and staff), the countdown is firmly on to the Download Pilot Festival. Featuring some of the best up and coming heavy and alternative music talent the UK has to offer, plus a few Download Festival veterans like…
Following on from last weeks’ thrilling announcement that the Download Festival team were getting to run Download Pilot as part of the UK Government’s programme to restart the live music and live events industries – we now have plenty more info for you all. The line up for the Download Pilot has now been confirmed!…
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….
The sad news that we all expected has been confirmed; Download Festival 2021 has been cancelled. It was always inevitable given the state of the world with the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the festival’s dates falling before the Government’s intended target “full re-opening” date of the 21st of June, the Download team have now confirmed…
The Download Festival powers-that-be have granted us all another seventeen (17!) bands that have been added to next years’ return to Donington. Topping the new editions, and headlining at Download for the first time in their legendary career are big four thrashers Megadeth! Dave Mustaine and co will headline the Zippo Encore stage on the…
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…
Tickets for Download 2021 are on sale now! As we should have all been enjoying our first days’ action in the fields of Donington, those who want to want to get their hands on tickets for next years’ festival can now do so. A variety of ticket bundles, including 3 and 5 night camping of…
If you’re like us, you may well still be fairly bummed out that the Download Festival team had to do the inevitable and cancel the 2020 edition of the festival last week. But this has put a smile on all of our Download loving faces. The team at Download HQ have launched the “Wash Your…
