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Think either them or Busted played before and it went down incredibly well- same as Glastonbury pop nostalgia is really popular an easy hit - even if it does not seem to fit the festival.  at least perhaps Download realise how popular it will be and put the on a realistic size stage -  which is something. Glastobury need to learn.     

The new Tyler the Creator album is good. It feels more personal than his other albums, definitely got a lot of stuff to still unpick from it. Not sure I prefer it to his last 3 - which were all amazing imo. It's still full of bangers, more towards the soul/psychedelia side than Hip Hop. I know that he said in 2022 Mr. Morale was his favourite album that year, and you can definitely feel the influence conceptually. Glastonbury really need to book him to headline at some point.

Musk is going to make US all efficient and groovy just like he did with twitter.

APEX: Green Day / Weezer / Jimmy Eat World / Poppy / Boston Manor / The Warning / Yours Truly OPUS: Within Temptation / Lorna Shore / The Ghost Inside    AVALANCHE: McFly / Me First and The Gimme Gimmes   DOGTOOTH: SkiTh / Fit For An Autopsy       APEX: Sleep Token / Falling In Reverse / Don Broco / Meshuggah / Malevolence / Loathe / SiM / Static Dress   OPUS: Sex Pistols / The Darkness / Jerry Cantrell   AVALANCHE: letlive.   DOGTOOTH: Cradle of Filth / Whitechapel       APEX: KoRn / Bullet For My Valentine / Spiritbox / Jinjer / Bleed From Within / In Flames / Orbit Culture / Make Them Suffer   OPUS: Steel Panther / Til Lindemann / Airbourne   AVALANCHE: Bury Tomorrow   DOGTOOTH: Apocalyptica / Kittie

That's gonna be a no from me. I think the headliners are ok, I don't like Sleep Token but Korn are great and Green Day are an obvious choice.   But I think the undercard is pretty weak in terms of what I like. Most of the bands I'd want to see I've either seen or have/had the chance to see on their own tours so with the expense Download costs these days it's not worth it.