My celeb best mates Trivium headlined the second stage on Sunday, and after seeing them get booed throughout their opening set for Slayer last year, it was nice to finally ...
I bumped into singer Coby Dick backstage earlier in the day and couldn’t even manage to speak I was that star struck (that doesn’t happen very often you know) so ...
After the interview with Buckcherry vocalist Josh went down like a lead balloon, I was a little dubious to see what their set to the second stage had in store… ...
Shinedown have established themselves as one of the finest up and coming rock backs of 2009 over the past few months, and with a new line up and a new ...
Slipknot, well, what the heck can you say about this band other than OH.MY.GOD.
Headlining the main stage was made for them, and for a hour and 45 minutes, the nine ...
The highlight of Saturday for me has to be watching Pendulum’s epic set on the main stage - those boys from Oz really knew how to get the party started.
It ...
Dragonforce convinced me to miss a band I’d been wanting to check out after winning me over in our interview earlier in the day, and to say I only really ...
Hatebreed are a band I’ve heard in passing throughout my years as a barmaid in a rock club, and although I couldn’t actually name any of their songs off the ...
The lovely Devil Driver played the main stage early on and were everyone you’d want from a foxy heavy metal group.
Despite being on at 12.50, when most of the festival-goers ...
The Prodigy’s set at Download was one of the most anticipated performances on the second stage throughout the whole festival, with artists and press talking about it constantly throughout the ...
You Me At Six surprised me when I found out they were only playing a support slot on the second stage, because with the amount of press they’ve been getting ...
Fightstar were epic, as per usual, and proving they really deserved a place on the second stage at this year’s Download Festival with a rather incredible 40 minute set.
Charlie Simpson’s ...
When I was looking for some shade from the boiling hot sun, I stumbled into the Tuborg tent and caught some of Facecage’s set… well, that was interesting.
To be honest, ...
I checked out Hardcore superstar by default when I was supposed to be watching Dear Superstar… you can see how easily I got mixed up… but my error seemed to ...
Korn are a band I’ve wanted to see for a while, but whose music I’ve never actually bought. I’ve constantly heard them on the music tv and on a night ...
Fred Durst, wow, what more can you say about this band other than the award for the best outfit at Download 2009 had to go to Wes Borland for sweating ...
Killswitch Engage are a band I’ve looked up to for many years, as their albums, The End Of Heartache and Alive Or Just Breathing were practically the soundtrack to my ...
Billy Talent’s set was one of the few I actually managed to watch from beginning to end over the course of the weekend, and I was completely astounded at how ...
A Day To Remember were the band I was most looking forward to checking out this weekend, mainly because they are one of the best bands around at the moment, ...
Marilyn Manson showed his vain side while performing at this year’s Download festival in Donnington Park, by inviting an entourage of make-up artists and stylists to attend to him after ...
Let’s face it, Placebo have never been much of an ‘uplifting’ kind of band, and are more a soundtrack to committing suicide than a party anthem. Why then, do we ...
Oh how we love Katy Perry, she’s been kissing girls, blowing hot and cold and now she’s only gone and found herself waking up in Vegas…And I mean, when you ...
Fourteen years since Bruce Springsteen released his original greatest hits, he’s decided to have another go at it with his best mates in the E Street Band.But before you go ...
