We can’t quite believe it but somehow we’re only seven days away from the gates opening at Donington once again. The 2015 Download Festival is upon us and so it’s time to start looking at the bands that we think will give you what for many people is their best weekend of the year. So…
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…
Some people prefer to say in on New Years’ Eve. However, for the ones who like nothing better than a massive party we’ve got news of the biggest event to hit London as we see off 2013 in style. New Years Eve 2013 will see The London O2 Arena play host to a spectacular night…
We’re now only ONE WEEK away from the start of Download 2013, and that means it’s time for the final part of our annual Donington preview. If you’ve missed the first two parts, you can catch them on the links below: Download 2013 Preview (Friday) Download 2013 Preview (Saturday) This final part focuses (naturally) on…
Artist: Modestep Album: Evolution Theory Record Label: A&M Records Release Date: 11th February 2013 For Fans Of: Pendulum, Linkin Park, Enter Shikari, Knife Party, Dubstep, Electronic Rock In the last twelve months, Modestep have taken the steps from being something of an underground phenomenon to being heralded across the UK music world. The British four…
It seems that Andy Copping and The Powers That Be at Castle Donington & Live Nation HQ are just determined to continuously outdo themselves this year. Well, this most recent bit of news for Download 2013 is gonna go down in the history of Download as one of the most impressive announcements ever. Not content…
In another sign of the growing success of rock and metal acts amongst the UK’s music buying public, we have two more chart success stories to report. Two weeks after Biffy Clyro took the number one spot on the album chart with their latest offering Opposites, and a week after Fall Out Boy’s comeback single…
Having recently been on tour across the UK with their new friends in Welsh rock band Lostprophets, I had the pleasure of catching up with electro-rock/dubstep quartet Modestep on their tour bus outside the Corn Exchange in Cambridge shortly before the bands’ set opening up for the Prophets in Cambridge that evening (If you’d like…
Upon arrival at The Cambridge Corn Exchange for this evenings’ show, two things were readily apparent: Lostprophets’ Cambridge fanbase were out in force, and judging by the sound check going on that was very audible through the walls of the building, support band Modestep were bringing a huge sound with them. The queuing system at…
