Tag Archives: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL

VOLBEAT share new song ‘Becoming’

VOLBEAT SHARE NEW SONG “BECOMING” EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM, SERVANT OF THE MIND, OUT DECEMBER 3 VIA EMI RECORDS 2022 CO-HEADLINE USA ARENA TOUR WITH GHOST STARTS JAN 25th – UK’S DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL IN JUNE 2022 Volbeat – Becoming (Official Lyric Video) “Becoming” is the fourth song to be released from Servant Of The …

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The Burning – British Lion

Mr Steve Harris, bass player with Iron Maiden is a busy fella. After finishing a lengthy tour he has released an album with his side project British Lion, and booked a mini UK tour followed by loads of dates in the US. British Lion has been a project he’s been …

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Download 2019 review

Friday Despite an early bus from Derby, the shuttle from the transport hub to the guest entrance resulted in a wait of an hour, so when I finally made it into the arena I’d missed the arrival of the Heavy Metal Truants after their cycle ride from London to raise …

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One month to go till Download 2019

In just one month, Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event, is set to welcome approximately 100,000 music fans to the hallowed grounds of Donington for a jam-packed weekend of legendary bands, entertainment, comedy, WWE wrestling and mindfulness at the UK’s largest single site festival. The three-day extravaganza headlined by …

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Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION announce 100 Club headline show

Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION announce 100 Club headline show on June 12th TICKETS ON SALE NOW VIA LIVE NATION https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1263503/man-with-a-mission/london/2019-06-12/en ‘FLY AGAIN 2019’ NEW SINGLE OUT NOW WATCH THE INCREDIBLE VIDEO HERE   ALSO PLAYING DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL Japanese superstars MAN WITH A MISSION has announced a headline London show …

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Download festival preview

With Download festival just over 5 weeks away (it’s scary how fast it’s approaching), we thought we’d take a look at a few of the bands playing. As always we’ll all be waiting nervously for the stage times to start planning who to see on the various stages and hoping …

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Download Festival adds WWE NXT and 17 bands

Download Festival, the champion of rock events, is pleased to welcome WWE NXT UK to the hallowed grounds of Donington Park across 14-16 June 2019, as well as SEVENTEEN further bands including supergroup Simple Creatures, The Wonder Years, and Dinosaur Pile-up. WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne, NXT UK Women’s Champion …

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Young Photographer of the Year 2019

Heavy Music Awards Young Photographer of the Year Returns for 2019 The Heavy Music Awards’ Young Photographer of the Year competition is back for a third year – and it’s bigger than ever! We are excited to welcome hugely respected professional photographers Corinne Cumming and Jennifer McCord, who have very kindly accepted our invitation to …

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Corey Taylor shares behind the scenes..

BUILDING FITNESS HABITS MADE EASY Have you ever told yourself you would start running every day, only to give up a few days later? Or maybe you keep making plans to “get in shape,” but can never find a way to keep up a routine—we’ve all been there. Forming new …

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Download 2018 – Friday

After some overnight rain, the forecast for the day (and indeed the entire weekend) was for dry weather. Knowing I’d be at Download festival though I had my waterproofs with me – after all, a dry Download seems too good to hope for, but that’s exactly what we got – …

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Download festival – a spotlight on the environment.

Download Festival is a huge event with tens of thousands of people on site for a few days each year. There’s inevitably an environmental impact, but the Download team are looking to minimise this wherever possible. Initiatives such as re-usuable drinking cups introduced last year meant a saving of 500,000 …

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Andy Copping, Download festival interview

Planetmosh recently spoke to Andy Copping about this year’s Download festival. If you had to pick six bands you want to watch at Download this year, who would they be? Right….Lawnmower Deth, because I think they’re going to be a lot of fun. Definitely Guns’n’Roses, Definitely Ozzy, Avenged sevenfold, Greta …

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Download festival announce 65 more bands

Download Festival is thrilled to make its biggest announcement yet by adding over 60 of the world’s biggest rock acts to its unparalleled bill. This includes gigantic arena fillers Shinedown, You Me At Six, Black Stone Cherry, legendary metal outfits Hatebreed, Cradle Of Filth, plus Kerrang! Radio Fresh Blood returns …

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