Having just celebrated Record Store Day 2025 (see our recommended best release pick up’s for that on this post), the Download Festival team have another glut of announcements for everyone! This includes the full District X programme – but more on that later! The one that ties in most closely to RSD 2025 is the…
After the build up, the months of anticipation, the last minute band pull cancellations and the constant weather watching, Download 2024 was upon us! On our arrival we find Donington in a very soggy state, but that isn’t going to stop thousands of Download devotees from having a good time. With various members of our…
We’re just a few days away now from the gates of Donington being thrust wide open and then Download Festival 2024 will commence! To get you in the mood, or maybe to persuade you to part with your hard earned cash for some last minute tickets, here are ten of the bands Rock Sins thinks…
Back in March 2013, the heartbreaking news of My Chemical Romance breaking up was revealed to us. Fast forward to 2020 and they’re back with us dropping news of a run of live shows. With multiple cancellations and rescheduling, almost 2 and a half years later, the New Jersey legends arrived back on UK soil….
The return of Funeral For A Friend was well worth the wait and if you were lucky enough to catch them at last year’s Slam Dunk Festival you’ll know that it just built the excitement more for their own shows even more! Joining the welsh emo rockers on this run were Holding Absence and Static…
It’s Tuesday which means we have another new playlist for you lot! We’re opening things up with new music from Sheffield’s Malevolence who have been turning a lot of heads recently and are due to release their third album later this year. This will certainly be one to look out for! A number of tours…
After the last 18 months it was hard to imagine festivals ever returning, so walking into the hallowed grounds of Hatfield Park last weekend was truly a blessing. With big line-up changes from its first announcement and the cancellation of last year, the skepticism of some was, it has to be said, fairly high. But…
Festivals may have been few and far between this year, but Slam Dunk has pulled through and will be going ahead in September. Slam Dunk being able to go ahead shows we’re rapidly moving forward to live music fully returning. With a varied line up there’s sure to be something for all music fans to…
A bumper announcement from the Download Festival team about Download Festival 2022 this morning! A mixture of bands from the cancelled 2020 and 2021 lineups, along with some fresh faces have given us all plenty to look forward to in June 2022. Confirmed alongside headliners KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro for the main stage…
For those unfamiliar with Those Damn Crows, imagine all the best bits of American mainstream rock, wrapped up in songs that are actually good and presented with something resembling an actual personality and you’re almost there. For the last 18 months, these Welsh rockers have been tearing it up on bigger and bigger stages as…
It’s another whopper of an announcement from the Download Festival team for the 2020 edition of the annual Donington shenanigans! Over forty bands have just been added, and we’ve got more than music for you as well! Kicking things off and filling Saturday’s special guest slot, in something of a poorly kept secret are Rock…
Words by Jamie Giberti, Lisa Fox, James Halstead, Sam Dignon, Jessica Howkins, James Weaver and Katie Needham. Photos by Jamie Giberti except where credited. Headline Muse photo by Richard Johnson. Following the torrential rain that started during Friday afternoon and carried right on through to the early hours of Saturday many of the occupants of…
