With the festival’s last day rolling around, it’s unsurprising that energy levels seem to be dipping a little. There are almost as many people sitting in camp chairs and nursing a coffee or the infamous hair of the dog brew as there are inside [...]
As Saturday dawns on day two of the Download Festival Pilot, the ever-present rain seems to have finally eased up. Despite that, it’s going to be a struggle for many of the ten thousand fans to make it down to the arena after a long night of [...]
With last year’s Download Festival cancelled due to Coronavirus, it’s been two years since the hallowed ground of Donnington has been graced by an assault of blast beats, monstrous riffs, and the stomping feet of rock and metal’s [...]
Battered but well-slept after the almost torturous day 2, I was ready to rock my entire list of bands for the final day. I first headed to the front row to check out promising prog/math rock band called The Physics House Band, a unique and [...]
Bad weather was not an issue in Sacramento over the weekend, and it had well been over a month or even more possible since any amount of precipitation had fallen on Discovery Park, and by now masks or anything to cover your mouth and nose were a hot item. [...]
After a sound but slightly cold nap, I woke up to miserable weather, including almost 12 hours of rain. The festival site was increasingly becoming a complete swamp, and without my wellington boots (which no one ever said would be needed beforehand, [...]
Even though the mosh pit dust from the three stages had settled during the night, it wouldn’t last for very long because once the front gates opened and the sea of people passed the security checkpoint, the dust would be stirred up again like a [...]
I planned to make it to the festival location, which is a few kilometers off Bristol, using the shuttle from London organized by festival hosts. Confusion about a potential bus hogging a small road meant we were delayed by an hour or more, and by the time [...]
