So I thought I would try and contribute a bit more to the forum. I realise that a lot of you good people live in the States or elsewhere and so this thread may be utterly pointless in the long run as the numbers on here that might attend are likely to be very small, but the UK has a very rich festival circuit, and some legendary names that put on festivals every year. Who knows, someone may be inspired one day to take a trip to our little Island and see some of these shows.
Anyway, I'll begin tonight with [In my opinion at least] one of the true heavy weights of the UK Festival season. The Download Festival hosted at the legendary Castle Donington race circuit in the East Midlands.
This is the site of legendary Monsters of Rock Festival that took place most years between 1980 - 1996. Originally the show was inside the race circuit - AC/DC fans will know from the Donington 91 DVD. Work began on the site to host the British Formula One grand prix a few years back, but there were problems and so the 'in field' where the MOR shows were held is no longer used and a massive area off to the side of it now is home to the festival. It's a much larger area now.
There is due to be an announcement this week with another 22 bands, but for the moment anyway, this is the line-up:
If the image is too large, a link to the image not approved or anything like that please tell me!
Anyway, I'll begin tonight with [In my opinion at least] one of the true heavy weights of the UK Festival season. The Download Festival hosted at the legendary Castle Donington race circuit in the East Midlands.
This is the site of legendary Monsters of Rock Festival that took place most years between 1980 - 1996. Originally the show was inside the race circuit - AC/DC fans will know from the Donington 91 DVD. Work began on the site to host the British Formula One grand prix a few years back, but there were problems and so the 'in field' where the MOR shows were held is no longer used and a massive area off to the side of it now is home to the festival. It's a much larger area now.
There is due to be an announcement this week with another 22 bands, but for the moment anyway, this is the line-up:
If the image is too large, a link to the image not approved or anything like that please tell me!