Download Fest Pilot

[gabrielomachado]

Mainstage

ARCHITECTS / While She Sleeps / Bury Tomorrow

2nd Stage: Thunder / The Wildhearts
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Mainstage

FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES / Skunk Anansie / Glassjaw

2nd: Saxon / Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
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Mainstage

ENTER SHIKARI / Yungblud / Asking Alexandria

2nd: The Cult / Dragonforce

[Andre91]

According to an ITK fella on the DL forums, the following are all playing (he’s hinted at them all): Enter Shikari, While She Sleeps, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes 

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

According to an ITK fella on the DL forums, the following are all playing (he’s hinted at them all): Enter Shikari, While She Sleeps, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes 

Surely that’s your three headliners then if that’s the case? Can’t imagine anybody bigger slotting in above any of them myself.

edit: actually I got confused and thought While She Sleeps were bigger. Maybe not headliner for them?

Edited May 26, 2021 by FloorFiller

[Andre91]

31 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Surely that’s your three headliners then if that’s the case? Can’t imagine anybody bigger slotting in above any of them myself.

edit: actually I got confused and thought While She Sleeps were bigger. Maybe not headliner for them?

Bullet For My Valentine, Enter Shikari, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes is my guess for headliners. 
 

Sleeps would be a good sub. 

Edited May 26, 2021 by Andre91

[thewayiam]

6 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Bullet For My Valentine, Enter Shikari, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes is my guess for headliners. 
 

Sleeps would be a good sub. 

For £120? You having a laugh? B4MV as a headliner?, are they even a Brixton band now. A sub yes which they won't take but that's it.

[iistroudley]

Any hopes of BMTH slowly fading?

[FloorFiller]

7 minutes ago, iistroudley said:

Any hopes of BMTH slowly fading?

They haven’t played the main festival in 7 years so doesn’t seem too likely that they’d want to headline this smaller version. 

[raincityhc]

10 hours ago, thewayiam said:

For £120? You having a laugh? B4MV as a headliner?, are they even a Brixton band now. A sub yes which they won't take but that's it.

£120 for a 3 day festival including camping is solid, they'll be plenty of bands there that have been out of work for 16 months.

[thewayiam]

56 minutes ago, lukecork said:

£120 for a 3 day festival including camping is solid, they'll be plenty of bands there that have been out of work for 16 months.

Not if it contains headlining bands that are smaller than what Truck have booked.

[Andre91]

18 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Not if it contains headlining bands that are smaller than what Truck have booked.

But Truck is an actual, proper festival. This is not.

You're making the mistake of viewing this as an actual Download Festival. It isn't. It is a limited capacity tester event with the Download branding whacked on it. The capacity is 10k, you aren't going to get multimillionaire Iron Maiden or a stadium sized band like Muse rocking up to play for no fee (none of the acts are receiving a fee to play, they're only having travel, accommodation costs etc. paid for). 

Something like Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Enter Shikari and Bullet For My Valentine would be a good trio for a 10k event. All three would attract crowds far, far larger than 10k on a normal year at Download but this isn't a normal Download. 

Music on the Friday is 5pm-11pm and then 11am-11pm on the other days. £120 is an excellent price.

I find it quite baffling that some people are already moaning about the lineup for an event that could very well prove to be the most important event of the last 15 months in terms of the impact it is going to have. Everyone should be super excited that this is even happening. Normality is on the horizon. 

Edited May 27, 2021 by Andre91

[raincityhc]

I wonder if Malevolence will play, does anybody know if they're actually banned from playing download after their 2014 set or is it just an internet rumor?

[Andre91]

Just now, lukecork said:

I wonder if Malevolence will play, does anybody know if they're actually banned from playing download after their 2014 set or is it just an internet rumor?

They played in 2018 🙂 although that was the year they were supposedly told they weren't allowed to play the tent again. I think there's a good chance of them being there, though.

[Alex Winstone]

Idles subbing to frank? 

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

But Truck is an actual, proper festival. This is not.

You're making the mistake of viewing this as an actual Download Festival. It isn't. It is a limited capacity tester event with the Download branding whacked on it. The capacity is 10k, you aren't going to get multimillionaire Iron Maiden or a stadium sized band like Muse rocking up to play for no fee (none of the acts are receiving a fee to play, they're only having travel, accommodation costs etc. paid for). 

Something like Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Enter Shikari and Bullet For My Valentine would be a good trio for a 10k event. All three would attract crowds far, far larger than 10k on a normal year at Download but this isn't a normal Download. 

Music on the Friday is 5pm-11pm and then 11am-11pm on the other days. £120 is an excellent price.

I find it quite baffling that some people are already moaning about the lineup for an event that could very well prove to be the most important event of the last 15 months in terms of the impact it is going to have. Everyone should be super excited that this is even happening. Normality is on the horizon. 

I'm not making a mistake with anything. If I was making the mistake you believe I am then I'd have compared the headliner size yo something bigger than Truck. Instead I compared it to a festival that is comparable in both size and cost.

[Andre91]

9 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

I'm not making a mistake with anything. If I was making the mistake you believe I am then I'd have compared the headliner size yo something bigger than Truck. Instead I compared it to a festival that is comparable in both size and cost.

This pilot isn’t comparable to anything. 

[FeverDream]

37 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

I'm not making a mistake with anything. If I was making the mistake you believe I am then I'd have compared the headliner size yo something bigger than Truck. Instead I compared it to a festival that is comparable in both size and cost.

It's a pilot event. At the end of the day the lineup doesn't matter. It isn't about the lineup. It's about finding out if such events can happen as we exit the Pandemic. People WILL pay £120 to see 3 days of live music without any restrictions whatever the lineup. 

[sacred shape]

Wargasm have self-confirmed for the lineup

[Andre91]

The lineup is good. 

[sacred shape]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

The lineup is good. 

You seen it? Sleeps have just self-confirmed too I think

[williamxturner]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

The lineup is good. 

Any chance you could send me it? No worries if not.

[Dukey]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

The lineup is good. 

That’s a tease - heard someone describe it as “mind blowing” on Twitter 

[beetchez]

[iistroudley]

35 minutes ago, beetchez said:

Wouldn't mind something like this to be fair- maybe chuck you me at six in there somewhere (but that's just wishful thinking)

[Andre91]

15 minutes ago, iistroudley said:

Wouldn't mind something like this to be fair- maybe chuck you me at six in there somewhere (but that's just wishful thinking)

It’ll be exactly like this 🙂 

[iistroudley]

2 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

It’ll be exactly like this 🙂 

Is this a leaked one from somewhere or just a prediction?