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The Download Festival was conceived as a follow-up to the Monsters of Rock festivals which had been held at the Donington Park circuit between 1980 and 1996. The first Download Festival was created by Stuart Galbraith and co-booked by Andy Copping in 2003 in the same location. [1] [2] [3] Download was initially a two-day event, expanding to ...
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Download Festival is a rock festival created by Terrance Gough, held annually at the Donington Park motorsport circuit in Leicestershire, England ; in Paris, France ; at Parramatta Park, Sydney ; Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne and at the Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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The origin of Download Festival is with an entirely different festival! Monsters of Rock was a music festival that ran from 1980 to 1996 (With two years missed: 1989 and 1993). The festival was a one-day event held at Donington Park. Throughout its run, the festival hosted 113 bands and the average attendance was around 71,000 people. For a one day...
After a long absence, Monsters of Rock was eventually revived by Stuart Gilbraith and Andy Copping in the early 2000s. In 2003, Download Festival burst onto several stages around Donington park. Held between the 31st May – 2nd June, the 2-day event boasted such acts as: 1. Iron Maiden 2. Marilyn Manson 3. Deftones 4. Sepultura 5. Audioslave 6. Ston...
Here are some fun stats and facts about the festival! 1. Since 2003, Download festival has taken place 17 times(not counting 2020) 1. Over 1,800 bands have played (1,841 by my count) 1. Around 80,000 people attend each year (Well that’s what everyone says but I can’t find any official figures) 1. The daily attendance capacity is 110,000 people. 1. ...
Looking at it now, the name Download Festival is just an accepted thing. That is what the festival is called. But back in 2003, the name was much more than that. It was a statement. It was only 3 years earlier, in 2000, that Metallica sued Napster regarding downloading music. The concept of downloading music was a hot topic at the time, and general...
Download festival mostly hosts bands that are hard rock, metal and punk. Usually the headliners are world-famous artists that have been selling out stadiums for decades. Sometimes (Annually, really) the festival gets criticised for playing the same bands every few years, rather than risking hosting smaller bands. It’s also been pointed out that no ...
The festival has a campsite, village and arena. In the early years the festival was held inside the festival circuit, just like Monsters of Rock had done in the past. However, this had to be changed because of the size of the festival was too much for the inner circuit. While Download Festival 2020 was cancelled, there were huge updatesto the villa...
2006 Riots
2006 was the year that Tool, Metallica and Guns N’ Roses headlined, but this is not what this year is known for now. On the Sunday night, fires broke out in the campsites. That is fairly common on the last day of a festival as people have one last hurrah. Usually the chaos dies down before it gets out of hand. Not this year though. After fire engines were blocked from entering, the riot police were called in and 12 people were eventually arrested. Afterwards, the download website made a state...
The Friday headliner of 2010, AC/DC normally bring a good show. But this year at Download, they brought their own stage! No other band was allowed to perform on their stage, it was solely for the use of the band. For some, this didn’t seem to be in the festival spirit. It was as if this was both a festival AND an AC/DC gig. A very strange idea, def...
Download Festival has been cancelled in 2020 because of the coronavirus. There’s even a suggestion that the festival won’t be back next year either. The history of Download Festival has been winding and with a few bumps in the road, and maybe the Coronavirus will cause a few more. But Download Festival will be back, and will only be bigger and bett...
Jun 17, 2022 · Download Festival 2022 Day 2 Review. Opus Stage early highlight Cassyette is what Frank Carter probably wants to see more of (along with the likes of Bimini, who pulled in a huge crowd early on Sunday), and if this is the future, then it is decidedly rosy. Saturday's line-up generally looked somewhat eclectic in its mix - a criticism that kept ...
Jun 14, 2015 · 3 min. Festival Stories: The History Of Download. How the UK's heavy rock and metal festival turned into one of the world's most famous events.
Dec 1, 2023 · Since Download launched in 2003, it has fostered a diehard community of heavy music lovers who view Donington Park as an essential pilgrimage site for like-minded fans across the globe. This year, Download basked in the glory of two headline sets from Metallica and a real festival moment when Bring Me the Horizon headlined for the first time.
