scrubbertheman Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Our good friend AC is being uncharacteristically quiet. Maybe he's acclimatising his followers to a new zero-interaction policy in advance of the onslaught of abuse on Thursday . Still, here's hoping fora killer line up. I'll be spunking my hard earned cash into the Live Nation coffers whatever happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubbertheman Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) Dammit double posted Edited October 29, 2016 by scrubbertheman Double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozpot Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 8 minutes ago, scrubbertheman said: Our good friend AC is being uncharacteristically quiet. Maybe he's acclimatising his followers to a new zero-interaction policy in advance of the onslaught of abuse on Thursday . Still, here's hoping fora killer line up. I'll be spunking my hard earned cash into the Live Nation coffers whatever happens. To be fair to AC the only problem with his bookings is the sheer repetition of the big acts and not booking bands like RHCP and Green Day, however even if he did book them some metal elitists would complain. You can't really fault his undercard, always pulls out some good bookings in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckysalt Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Just came on forums for first time in ages and it took me to page 11, so anything between there and here, I haven't read. Wanna catch me up folks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozpot Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 10 minutes ago, luckysalt said: Just came on forums for first time in ages and it took me to page 11, so anything between there and here, I haven't read. Wanna catch me up folks? SoaD are playing Download France, Spain and a load of other Euro Fests around Download UK. A7x are still a favourite despite no festival announcements in Europe. Metallica were written off but are seemingly back on as Zegut says Download France are going to announce them on Friday. Guns n Roses still have no reasoning behind them. Green Day doing BST seems to count them out. Blink-182 might be there as they're doing an Austrian festival the weekend after. Linkin Park are the same as Blink-182 Aerosmith have yet to announce any European festival dates either but are still being guessed. Biffy got mentioned but seem unlikely too. Think that's everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 11 minutes ago, luckysalt said: Just came on forums for first time in ages and it took me to page 11, so anything between there and here, I haven't read. Wanna catch me up folks? Welcome back, man. Erm, not too much. Blink were a popular choice until someone said they had heard that they had placeholder gigs at Birmingham Arena in July (obviously for a U.K. Tour) so people counted them out, but they've been announced for a couple of festivals in Europe around DL time so are back in the hat. SOAD are playing two Downloads in Europe so seem to be most peoples banker for DL UK. Metallica said they weren't back in Europe until the Autumn, but that Zegut fella has said they're being announced for something in Europe on Monday, the same day DL France is announcing. Aerosmith seem to be a popular choice because of their Final Tour. And Guns 'N Roses are still ok with a shout even though most seem to think that they will be doing their own gigs. Avenged were one of the favourites because of the new album and all, but they haven't been announced for a single European festival yet so it's possible they might not be over here in the summer at all. As for other acts, Alter Bridge seemed to self-confirm on Twitter last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, Gozpot said: SoaD are playing Download France, Spain and a load of other Euro Fests around Download UK. A7x are still a favourite despite no festival announcements in Europe. Metallica were written off but are seemingly back on as Zegut says Download France are going to announce them on Friday. Guns n Roses still have no reasoning behind them. Green Day doing BST seems to count them out. Blink-182 might be there as they're doing an Austrian festival the weekend after. Linkin Park are the same as Blink-182 Aerosmith have yet to announce any European festival dates either but are still being guessed. Biffy got mentioned but seem unlikely too. Think that's everything. Damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozpot Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Just now, Andre91 said: Damn Think together we more or less covered everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckysalt Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 1 minute ago, Gozpot said: SoaD are playing Download France, Spain and a load of other Euro Fests around Download UK. A7x are still a favourite despite no festival announcements in Europe. Metallica were written off but are seemingly back on as Zegut says Download France are going to announce them on Friday. Guns n Roses still have no reasoning behind them. Green Day doing BST seems to count them out. Blink-182 might be there as they're doing an Austrian festival the weekend after. Linkin Park are the same as Blink-182 Aerosmith have yet to announce any European festival dates either but are still being guessed. Biffy got mentioned but seem unlikely too. Think that's everything. Oh so no one has leaked it ahead of this week, interesting. Pretty surprised about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightning1000 Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 You forgot to add black crow is adamant it's avenged, system and Aerosmith...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalyptoc Queen Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Andre91 said: Welcome back, man. Erm, not too much. Blink were a popular choice until someone said they had heard that they had placeholder gigs at Birmingham Arena in July (obviously for a U.K. Tour) so people counted them out, but they've been announced for a couple of festivals in Europe around DL time so are back in the hat. SOAD are playing two Downloads in Europe so seem to be most peoples banker for DL UK. Metallica said they weren't back in Europe until the Autumn, but that Zegut fella has said they're being announced for something in Europe on Monday, the same day DL France is announcing. Aerosmith seem to be a popular choice because of their Final Tour. And Guns 'N Roses are still ok with a shout even though most seem to think that they will be doing their own gigs. Avenged were one of the favourites because of the new album and all, but they haven't been announced for a single European festival yet so it's possible they might not be over here in the summer at all. As for other acts, Alter Bridge seemed to self-confirm on Twitter last week. Hi, new here but a semi-regular on the DL forum. Looks like it could be anyone's game this year then? I was hoping for BMTH, Guns and Metallica, but would settle for System, Blink (just for the guilty pleasure element) and 'Tallica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivalschools.price Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 3 hours ago, luckysalt said: Oh so no one has leaked it ahead of this week, interesting. Pretty surprised about that. The Download official forums are down 'for maintainance' at the moment so they are obviously worried about a leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Punk Sucks Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Probably doesn't have anything to do with it. If anyone wanted to leak it they could do it on here. Doubt they actively want their forums to be down in the build up to the biggest announcement they'll make all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavmeisterdeluxe Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 They're under maintenance but if you bypass the forum list they're still working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilman Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 It's not worth going in though as nowt is happening. Been down nearly 2 days now, that's some maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivalschools.price Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Avenged Sevenfold haven't announced any festival dates yet,maybe they'll come back later in the year for Reading and Leeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) 18 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said: Avenged Sevenfold haven't announced any festival dates yet,maybe they'll come back later in the year for Reading and Leeds. Possible. Tho it wouldn't be that smart a move by FR to 'devalue' the band by having them not headline, and at the same time it'd be ballsy to bump them up even as a coheadliner. Probably the sort of band that could tour around that time and still not get picked up by R+L, like Linkin Park last year. The lack of festival dates could just be because of where they're playing. I mean, I think it's only really Nova Rock and Rock Am Ring that have announced and if they're doing, say, Rock in Vienna and Rockavaria then they won't be at those announced ones anyway. Edited October 29, 2016 by dentalplan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odessa Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 17 minutes ago, dentalplan said: Possible. Tho it wouldn't be that smart a move by FR to 'devalue' the band by having them not headline, and at the same time it'd be ballsy to bump them up even as a coheadliner. Probably the sort of band that could tour around that time and still not get picked up by R+L, like Linkin Park last year. Yeah pretty much this. Too expensive to book and not have as a headliner, and simply not the right type of act to headline R&L. Imagine how dangerously busy it would be in the tent for whoever was up against them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivalschools.price Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 2 hours ago, dentalplan said: Possible. Tho it wouldn't be that smart a move by FR to 'devalue' the band by having them not headline, and at the same time it'd be ballsy to bump them up even as a coheadliner. Probably the sort of band that could tour around that time and still not get picked up by R+L, like Linkin Park last year. The lack of festival dates could just be because of where they're playing. I mean, I think it's only really Nova Rock and Rock Am Ring that have announced and if they're doing, say, Rock in Vienna and Rockavaria then they won't be at those announced ones anyway. Yeh, I suppose. Just thought that Reading might take a punt as,after all,they wouldn't be their most 'metal' headliner ever so it wouldn't be a total gamble. Admittedly Maiden and Metallica are massive but Avenged tour seems to be selling well in fairly big venues and this new album could increase fanbase further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilman Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 A7X are nailed on at Download. The lack of anything else so far is irrelevant. I'll put another day's mankini wearing on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 16 hours ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said: They're under maintenance but if you bypass the forum list they're still working. You got a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 20 hours ago, luckysalt said: Oh so no one has leaked it ahead of this week, interesting. Pretty surprised about that. Even if someone did it's whether you believe it or not. Most on here won't believe it unless you have said it tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markjensen Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 I think download needs to attract in a younger audience. It cooincides with GCSEs/A-levels and unis aren't on their holidays. I think it should be a few weeks later, and since black sabbath are fucking off it won't be too long until all the other bands their so heavily reliant on do too, along with their fan bases Royal blood/ bmth co headline soad metallica think that should be what they do as that would appeal to all audiences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavmeisterdeluxe Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 5 hours ago, thewayiam said: You got a link? forums.downloadfestival.co.uk/forum/22-rumours/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 21 minutes ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said: forums.downloadfestival.co.uk/forum/22-rumours/ It won't work, cheers anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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