Download Festival 2011

Mushy

Yeah which is annoying as i did have intentions of going. But as much as I would like to see quite a few bands, they dont make me want to buy a ticket. All filler, no killer (bar SOAD)

Motley Crue

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/download/2011/

I like the fact that all of my favourite bands will be on on Friday so just a Day Ticket for me then!:)

The line up on Friday would make me spend my money on them and go for a day but otherwise I wouldn't bother

Mushy

The Darkness
Funeral For A Friend
Plain white T's
Kvelertak
Hyro Da Hero
Framing Hanley

These added today!

baz123

Get Yer Hands Offa My Woman .....Mother.....****......eeerrrrrr

Mushy

I love how on the Download Forums announcements bit, it says 'Permission to Land at Download'....with the quality of that announcement I would've said 'One Way ticket To Hell'.

baz123

One way ticket to download and back

Mushy

Ah yeah The Darkness would be good. But Opeth and Mars Volta for Soni. Plain White T's is a bizarre booking....they barely fir in with the Saturday at Soni let alone Download.

Furious-Red

Hopefully we get a small warm up tour from Darkness maybe Academy? then Olympia when album comes out

baz123

Now your talking man that would be epic

Mushy

The Darkness in the Academy would be great. Highly unlikely.

Motley Crue

Mushy wrote: »

Plain White T's is a bizarre booking....they barely fir in with the Saturday at Soni let alone Download.

I don't know what they're playing at with that one, waste of everyone's time

baz123

So whats the lineup for the Fri? 'Thin Lizzy, Black Stone Cherry, Alter Bridge, The Darkness and Def Leppard' on the main stage and 'Pendelum, Korn, Danzig and Duff McKagans Loaded' also in action ????

Motley Crue

baz123 wrote: »

So whats the lineup for the Fri? 'Thin Lizzy, Black Stone Cherry, Alter Bridge, The Darkness and Def Leppard' on the main stage and 'Pendelum, Korn, Danzig and Duff McKagans Loaded' also in action ????

Main Stage
Def Leppard
The Darkness
Alter Bridge
Black Stone Cherry
Thin Lizzy
Puddle of Mudd
Duff McKagans Loaded

Other Stage
Pendulum
Korn
Bring Me The Horizon
The Damned Things

Third Stage
Danzig
Times Of Grace
FM
Asking Alexandria

The only thing that bothers me about that is that a former member of GNR would have to go underneath Puddle of Mudd....POM, whether or not they deserve to even be on the Main Stage, should at least open....anything more is forgetting how absent they've been in Europe for the past 8 years

baz123

Cheers man on this...i will be going

Motley Crue

baz123 wrote: »

Cheers man on this...i will be going

I'll see ya there:D

Furious-Red

Motley Crue wrote: »

Main Stage
Def Leppard
The Darkness
Alter Bridge
Black Stone Cherry
Thin Lizzy
Puddle of Mudd
Duff McKagans Loaded

Other Stage
Pendulum
Korn
Bring Me The Horizon
The Damned Things

Third Stage
Danzig
Times Of Grace
FM
Asking Alexandria

The only thing that bothers me about that is that a former member of GNR would have to go underneath Puddle of Mudd....POM, whether or not they deserve to even be on the Main Stage, should at least open....anything more is forgetting how absent they've been in Europe for the past 8 years

Main Stage is quite epic but would really wanna see Times Of Grace , Damned Things and Pendulum

baz123

Flights bought with Ryanair at .....44 euro return (no taxes at the min) SWWEEEETTTTT

baz123

Motley Crue wrote: »

I'll see ya there:D

Fi H

What flights you on? I am heading thursday morning back monday morning might see ya on the plane!!

baz123

Fi H wrote: »

What flights you on? I am heading thursday morning back monday morning might see ya on the plane!!

heading out at 4pm on the thursday and back on the sat at 2pm....just doing the fri this year...doing a day at Graspop also

Fi H

wont be seeing ya so! i am going for the whole thing doing sonisphere too!
cant wait! this sunny weather has me in festival mode!

baz123

Fi H wrote: »

wont be seeing ya so! i am going for the whole thing doing sonisphere too!
cant wait! this sunny weather has me in festival mode!

you'll enjoy it man...i done the whole thing last year and it was awesome...as well as Sonisphere uk and Poland (the 1st big 4) and they were all excellent hope we get the weather

Fi H

hA HA for sure I will sounds like we were doing the same tour last year. i did download, sonis uk, poland & switzerland Its a pity all the sonis stuff is earlier this year or i would deffo have done another one! going to do electric picnic instead and chill out for a change.

metzengerstein

holy s**t

saw the bill for this years download looks great ,the thing that caught my eye most is danzig are on it ,i would kill to see them live .its been a very long time since they where here or in the uk.cant make the download unfortunaly .
would be awesome if they would come over here after download

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/2011/index.aspx

chin_grin

That whole line up is my perfect nightmare to be honest.

The only bands on that whole bill I'd like to see would be Down, Clutch, Danzig and Kvelertak.

o1s1n

The Darkness, Puddle of Mudd, Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Bullet for my Valentine, Disturbed, Bowling For Soup, Bring me The Horizon, Children of Bodom, Funderal For a Friend...holy crap, I can't believe they have so many annoying bands in one place at one time. I would rather eat a bag of nails.

Maybe the power of Rush will blow them all out to sea

chin_grin

o1s1n wrote: »

The Darkness, Puddle of Mudd, Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Bullet for my Valentine, Disturbed, Bowling For Soup, Bring me The Horizon, Children of Bodom, Funderal For a Friend...holy crap, I can't believe they have so many annoying bands in one place at one time. I would rather eat a bag of nails.

Maybe the power of Rush will blow them all out to sea

I was wondering where you were going with that. Well played!

metzengerstein

hmm i think i got a bit exceited about danzing and didnt really look close .

id olny like to see danzig ,biohazard (seen them in dublin last time very memorable gig) ,rob zombie (for the 3rd time this year) twisted sister and gwar

and why the f**k are pendulum on the bill theyre rave not metal and ****

Nailz

metzengerstein wrote: »

hmm i think i got a bit exceited about danzing and didnt really look close .

id olny like to see danzig ,biohazard (seen them in dublin last time very memorable gig) ,rob zombie (for the 3rd time this year) twisted sister and gwar

and why the f**k are pendulum on the bill theyre rave not metal and ****

They're not rave. They're drum n' bass and "Electronic Rock", and they have a bit of a following from Metal fans apparently, I've seen them twice and there was plenty of Metal fans there, tons of pits dotted about the place. They played Download in 2009 and were well received. Having said that their last album was terrible, poppy chart bollocks, it was made with intention of making money. Although their first album is excellent, second album is different from the first, kind of electronic based power rock, loads of breakdowns, it's grand.

But I don't think they belong there, along with 90% of bands on the lineup as a matter of fact.

RayCon

I think it looks pretty sh!te to be honest ... at a push, if I was going, I probably watch the Main Stage on Fri, the 2nd Stage on sat and would go home on the Sunday.

Knifey Spoony

Sonisphere have really showed up what a bad festival download has become in recent years. Although, saying that, I am thinking of getting a day ticket for Saturaday, just to see System of a Down, but that is just down to the fact that there are no big concerts on here this summer which interest me and Sonisphere aren't doing day tickets at all . Other than System, there are no other bands that interest me on the Saturday, so seems like a very expensive trip for just one band.

chin_grin

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

so seems like a very expensive trip for just one band.

Yes, yes it would.

lord lucan

Duff McKagan,SOAD,Down & Biohazard would be the only bands to interest me. The rest would only push up their beer sales as i drown out the crap with beer!:D

metzengerstein

Nailz wrote: »

They're not rave. They're drum n' bass and "Electronic Rock", and they have a bit of a following from Metal fans apparently, I've seen them twice and there was plenty of Metal fans there, tons of pits dotted about the place. They played Download in 2009 and were well received. Having said that their last album was terrible, poppy chart bollocks, it was made with intention of making money. Although their first album is excellent, second album is different from the first, kind of electronic based power rock, loads of breakdowns, it's grand.

But I don't think they belong there, along with 90% of bands on the lineup as a matter of fact.

ive had the unfortunate experience of seeing them live as i got a free ticket not knowing who they where. i can honestly say they are pure s**t and they are rave music with some guy playing a guitar very badly .the crowd was not metal fans but ravers and emos alll kids,stayed for two songs and left

Beekay

metzengerstein wrote: »

i can honestly say they are pure s**t and they are rave music with some guy playing a guitar very badly .the crowd was not metal fans but ravers and emos alll kids,stayed for two songs and left

Definitely not rave

Motley Crue

I personally can't wait for this festival, must make me the only one then

squishykins

I'm really looking forward to it must say, lots of bands I love

If anyone's looking for transport over, I've 2 spaces in my car for a ferry over, PM me if you're interested

Skintwin

I can't wait for this, I've been at my dad to take me for the last 5 years...and now I finally get to go and bow at the altar of Twisted Sister, Cheap Trick, Mr. Big and Avenged Sevenfold. It's gonna be one hell of a weekend. Got flights and hotel pretty cheap too.

PattheMetaller

Not going to Download this year as we're all for High Voltage instead. But it never ceases to amaze me how folk grumble about "x" amount of **** bands on a bill etc. For a festival I feel if you get an average of 7 bands a day that you really want to see, you're doing well. More than that and you'll miss soneone as there will be a clash of times!!!

That's what's gonna happen to me at High Voltage, I'm gonna end up missing someone!!!

freekhead

I cant wait for this gig, was at Rock AM Ring last year for RATM, KISS, RAMMSTEIN, MUSE, SLASH, SLAYER, THEM CROOKED VULTURES, ALICE IN CHAINS AND VOLBEAT.
But this year has fecking Kings of Leon and Coldplay heading lineing? Its a crap lineup, cant wait to see Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Black Stone Cherry, Alter Bridge, The Darkness, Disturbed, Duff McKagans Loaded, Thin Lizzy, Korn, and The Cult. Its gonna be a class gig, i got the 3day camping, flying into East Midlans Airport at 9am Friday morning and coming back Monday night at ten to 9. Its gonna be an epic weekend, if anyone wants ta meet up at the gig for a few drinks drop me a PM.

jocombo

I'll be on that flight over too freekhead, probably full of download goers.

Just Like Heaven

Anybody at this today catch letlive? I think they were on the 3rd stage. Were they any good? Thanks.

Mushy

So wish could see Clutch, probably only band bar SOAD I really wanted to see.