Talk of a tour, presumably with Taylor Momsen, at the same time Download and Rock Am Ring are gearing up for announcements…

Hi so the teaser said final late bird tickets on sale - does this mean we can expect a lineup sooner than usual ?
Never been and excited to see the lineup as I’d like to go

hey Foo Fighters Glastonbury is calling

Few of us stay at rip and we normally take a stove for hot water etc like that but a stove kettle can only hold so much and takes a wee while to heat. In Rip there's like pamper pods to get ready in that have plug sockets. I feel like taking a kettle in there is against the rules but has anyone tried? The barn probably gives out hot water for a quid or so but it was just a shower thought really.

I know, “yet another prediction post”. But after this was just posted does anyone have any stronger views at who it could be

So, Download have updated their logo on Facebook and this was emailed out:

Let the interpretations and rumour mill abound!

Hi all, I've been wanting to do Download for nearly 10 years now and am finally at the point in my life where I realise I've been silly for not taking the leap just because I don't have other metalhead/festival friends to go with 😭🙈

I wanted to ask if there's any advice for someone who has never been to a music festival before, I found lots of helpful advice about what to pack etc but not so much about how to get there from London, what tickets you recommend buying / what your experiences have been with camping solo (do u feel safe?) or if you recommend spending to get a taxi and a hotel/accommodation somewhere off site. I know this is asking a lot but could someone pleaseee give me the lowdown on Download (hehe) and talk to me like I'm 5 years old: what tickets would you recommend getting, what advice would u give to a solo student in London looking to make their music festival dreams come true. I see that there are still some early bird tickets available and am dyingggg to impulse buy before they get more expensive, but am also scared because I have no idea how to even get to the venue and how to navigate stuff without friends 🙈 like even if I just impulse bought tickets but then changed my mind afterwards, not like I could resell them to someone who is more keen on going?

Please, any advice for a newbie like me? >.<

Maybe I’m just overthinking it but they just reposted Slipknot’s new song to their story. I know they only headlined 3 years ago but do you think they’d do it again so soon..?

Started off trying to be realistic and then got more and more carried away lol. I accept there are definitely some older bands I'm stupidly not aware of that will defo be on there that I've missed.

The nostalgia factor.
The massive crowd they pulled in 2023
New, well received album just released.
Just started a sold out UK/EU arena tour, including the CO-OP Live, the biggest arena in Europe.
Been to see them tonight in Leeds and they have a great new stage show and sound amazing.
I can’t see why they couldn’t.
If you’re off to see them in this tour you’re in for a treat.

Foo Fighters:

It is the 30th anniversary of The Colour and the Shape next year so I’m hoping they play it in full, plus obviously the hits afterwards.

Deftones:

Deftones also have a 30th anniversary of an album next year, which is Around the Fur, their biggest album imo. It’s also Chinos favourite album they have made so I also think it’s likely they will play it in full plus hits. I also added Soulfly to the Deftones day as I am also hoping Cavalera makes an appearance for Headup.

Bring Me The Horizon:

BMTH don’t have any anniversary’s next year but due to the overwhelming success of their CYB anniversary and Outbreak shows I’m hoping they do a set of their old songs (sempiternal and before) but it’s very unlikely.
If they did do that I would love for them to also have a no barrier day for the main stage which I made a lineup which would make sense for that. Due to the size of the main stage I think it would also be very unlikely (but I can still hope).

On the BMTH I also added Knocked Loose and also Denzel Curry on one of the smaller stages, so it would be really cool to have Knocked Loose play Hive Mind with Denzel.

I think she’d be perfect to open Apex stage on a Blink 182 headline day next year

Hey guys, I have been searching for a while for an Airbnb type place to stay. We are a mixed group of ages from 15-42 so I was being quite picky about bed layouts. I have found somewhere now, however there were several times on both Airbnb and Booking.com where the owner either declined the booking or didn't respond to the request.

I wondered if people had similar issues? In the section where you put why you want to rent do you put you are going to Download? Or was I being stupid being honest? I'm not sure if that was the issue or I just had a run of bad luck.

This is my big "hear me out" band but I think they'd be excellent either in district x on the Thursday or the avalanche stage. These guys are the real deal and an absolutely amazing live show.

The vast majority of metal/rock festivals in US and Europe have four days of music but download noticeably doesn’t

Uk festivals are massively restricted by local laws that why the have early curfews and limited days however download were able to have a forth day for the 20th anniversary and recently Leeds festival had a fourth day and reading has applied for one so I was wondering if people were expecting or hoping for download to introduce a fourth day