Download 2024

[gabrielomachado]

3 hours ago, Spiral_Low said:

Creeper are a cool band but being booked for the third year in a row whilst other the bands don't get a look in is a piss take. 

TBF they were announced really late last year, more like a secret set on the smallest stage

[foolee]

Soft Play are a great booking

[northernangel]

12 hours ago, foolee said:

Soft Play are a great booking

They are a decent booking, I don't think it makes the festival worth attending anymore so though.

[LazyDavid]

Soft Play and Creeper two I'll be at, nice little additions for me

[Jack.194]

When are day tickets on sale? If at all?

[FeverDream]

21 minutes ago, Jack.194 said:

When are day tickets on sale? If at all?

Tomorrow from 10am, seems really late this year!

[FeverDream]

£124 for a Friday day ticket and £35 for a parking pass. Ouch.

[Optix]

Friday being same price is a little sting but the Saturday or Sunday seem like much better values when its only 5 pounds more than a slam dunk ticket.

 

That car park cost is a rip off though.

[FeverDream]

19 minutes ago, Optix said:

Friday being same price is a little sting but the Saturday or Sunday seem like much better values when its only 5 pounds more than a slam dunk ticket.

 

That car park cost is a rip off though.

Car park pass is what’s peeved me off, to be honest. I can just about stomach £124 for a Friday day ticket as combined gigs for QOTSA, Royal Blood and Bad Omens is likely more than that. I was thinking £20 max for the car park pass! Annoying you have to pay the same amount as a weekend ticket holder would.

Edited April 23 by FeverDream

[northernangel]

19 hours ago, FeverDream said:

Car park pass is what’s peeved me off, to be honest. I can just about stomach £124 for a Friday day ticket as combined gigs for QOTSA, Royal Blood and Bad Omens is likely more than that. I was thinking £20 max for the car park pass! Annoying you have to pay the same amount as a weekend ticket holder would.

The car parking costs for Download are the biggest jokes out there.

 

Also when it comes to the bands and you comparing prices, remember Royal Blood aren't playing the same length set you would usually see and inside you are guaranteed to be dry because they don't play other than indoor gigs, Bad Omens relatively the same. I've never know how gig vs festival is the same comparison. Even at £125 for a day ticket it would have to be something I really really cannot miss and these days I don't think anything would tick the box.

[FeverDream]

3 hours ago, northernangel said:

The car parking costs for Download are the biggest jokes out there.

 

Also when it comes to the bands and you comparing prices, remember Royal Blood aren't playing the same length set you would usually see and inside you are guaranteed to be dry because they don't play other than indoor gigs, Bad Omens relatively the same. I've never know how gig vs festival is the same comparison. Even at £125 for a day ticket it would have to be something I really really cannot miss and these days I don't think anything would tick the box.

Aye yeah, good point about the set times. Now I come to think of it the 3 bands I mentioned that made me buy a Friday ticket I have actually seen within the last year… definitely feels less value for money today than it did when I bought the ticket yesterday. Anyhow I’m sure I’ll have a decent time and here’s hoping the weather delivers 

Edited April 24 by FeverDream

[northernangel]

Just now, FeverDream said:

Aye yeah, good point about the set times. Now I come to think of it the 3 bands I mentioned that made me buy a Friday ticket I have actually seen within the last year… definitely feels less value for money today and it did when I bought the ticket yesterday. Anyhow I’m sure I’ll have a decent time and here’s hoping the weather delivers 

I always go with the notion of needing about 4/5 bands that aren't just a....if I catch them including a headliner. Just because what today's prices are doesn't mean they are worth it lol.

[FeverDream]

8 hours ago, northernangel said:

I always go with the notion of needing about 4/5 bands that aren't just a....if I catch them including a headliner. Just because what today's prices are doesn't mean they are worth it lol.

I’m just way too impressionable, probably something I need to work on 🤣

[Spiral_Low]

On 4/24/2024 at 8:17 AM, northernangel said:

The car parking costs for Download are the biggest jokes out there.

 

Also when it comes to the bands and you comparing prices, remember Royal Blood aren't playing the same length set you would usually see and inside you are guaranteed to be dry because they don't play other than indoor gigs, Bad Omens relatively the same. I've never know how gig vs festival is the same comparison. Even at £125 for a day ticket it would have to be something I really really cannot miss and these days I don't think anything would tick the box.

Yeah I wish they would give bands longer setlists. There are several bands playing lower on the bill that would get me to go to this year of they had longer sets. But as it I know many of them will play Bristol (which is a short train ride for me) so it feels better value to see them do headline sets locally. 

[Andre91]

Download have announced their District X after hours entertainment.

 

Sullivan King is an unreal booking and one of the best of the entire festival. It’s his first ever UK show. He’s a DJ who mixes dubstep with metal, playing live guitar and doing vocals. His shows look insane and it’s going to go off in the tent when he plays. I’m looking forward to seeing him more than a lot of the lineup. 

Edited April 25 by Andre91

[northernangel]

3 hours ago, Spiral_Low said:

Yeah I wish they would give bands longer setlists. There are several bands playing lower on the bill that would get me to go to this year of they had longer sets. But as it I know many of them will play Bristol (which is a short train ride for me) so it feels better value to see them do headline sets locally. 

Thing is its normal that bands playing lower down will get shorter sets

[Spiral_Low]

On 4/25/2024 at 10:35 PM, northernangel said:

Thing is its normal that bands playing lower down will get shorter sets

Well yes but Download gives them shorter sets than other fests like Arctangent would. Like they give Dogtooth headliners only 45 mins? And the rest on that stage only 30 mins? Other fests give a stage headliner at least an hour. And other fests give a stage sub / third down at least like 40-45 mins. 

Edited April 28 by Spiral_Low

[JimMacVeigh]

2 hours ago, Spiral_Low said:

Well yes but Download gives them shorter sets than other fests like Arctangent would. Like they give Dogtooth headliners only 45 mins? And the rest on that stage only 30 mins? Other fests give a stage headliner at least an hour. And other fests give a stage sub / third down at least like 40-45 mins. 

I find the Dogtooth stage so horribly booked. They could really stretch it out and give all the bands more time and let the headliner of that stage clash with the main stage headliner, offer an actual alternative rather than main stage or go home. 
 

Instead, they sandwich all the bands into 25 minute slots and then give the headliner 40/45 minutes, then the stage is done by like 8:45/9pm. 

[northernangel]

12 hours ago, Spiral_Low said:

Well yes but Download gives them shorter sets than other fests like Arctangent would. Like they give Dogtooth headliners only 45 mins? And the rest on that stage only 30 mins? Other fests give a stage headliner at least an hour. And other fests give a stage sub / third down at least like 40-45 mins. 

I think the problem there comes into where you have smaller cheaper festivals like Arctan Gent though that have them as their main stage or second stage headliners so they would get longer. I do think they could put a little leas acts and give an hours slot though.

[gabrielomachado]

Apex: IRON MAIDEN / Slayer / Killswitch Engage / Malevolence

 

Opus: Don Broco / Fightstar

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Apex: SYSTEM OF A DOWN / Korn / Lamb Of God / Mastodon

 

Opus: Sabaton / Arch Enemy

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Apex: SLEEP TOKEN / Deftones / Spiritbox / Knocked Loose

 

Opus: Alice In Chains / slowdive

[Gejonimo]

14 hours ago, gabrielomachado said:

Apex: IRON MAIDEN / Slayer / Killswitch Engage / Malevolence

 

Opus: Don Broco / Fightstar

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Apex: SYSTEM OF A DOWN / Korn / Lamb Of God / Mastodon

 

Opus: Sabaton / Arch Enemy

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Apex: SLEEP TOKEN / Deftones / Spiritbox / Knocked Loose

 

Opus: Alice In Chains / slowdive

Wrong thread my guy

[Andre91]

The official app has been updated. I’ve also managed to get the Friday and Monday off as days in lieu owed from a residential so I am VERY excited for Download now 😄 

[Andre91]

 not long now! Top 10 acts everyone is looking forward to? In order: 

 

1. Pantera 

2. Machine Head 

3. Limp Bizkit 

4. Dying Wish 

5. Enter Shikari 

6. Bad Omens 

7. Queens Of The Stone Age 

8. Electric Callboy 

9. Code Orange 

10. The Callous Daoboys 

[Dukey]

59 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

 not long now! Top 10 acts everyone is looking forward to? In order: 

 

1. Pantera 

2. Machine Head 

3. Limp Bizkit 

4. Dying Wish 

5. Enter Shikari 

6. Bad Omens 

7. Queens Of The Stone Age 

8. Electric Callboy 

9. Code Orange 

10. The Callous Daoboys 

1 Bad Omens

2 Queens 

3 Limp Bizkit

4 While She Sleeps

5 Sum 41 

6 Fall Out Boy

7 Imminence 

8 Avenged Sevenfold

9 Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes

10 Bowling for Soup 

 

I would have said Holding Absence but feel like they may clash with Sleeps 

[LazyDavid]

1. Bad Omens

2. Limp Bizkit

3. Soft Play

4. Enter Shikari

5. Sum 41

6. The Offspring

7. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

8. Bowling For Soup

9. Creeper

10. Wheatus

 

 

There's an Access version of the map on Reddit (can't post from phone sorry) looks like Camping Plus has taken over my camping spot from last year which is a pain (they've moved it into green just above the Doghouse)