Hellfest > Download.

My mate text me today saying Ozzy was playing. I got all excited. But he's not. April Fools joke. Funny.

FUCKSHITCUNT.

Ok so it's going to be as wet as it twix a woman thighs when she shes me rocking but I'm still looking forward to it.

Yeah…here’s my list…Napalm Death over Slash is controversial (In some circles) but that’s just the way it is.

Sunday is shit my pantz day.

Friday

Year Long Disaster 15.00 – 15.30 (Pepsi Max Stage)
Anathema 15.50 – 16.20 (Ronnie James Dio Stage)
Lawnmower Deth 16.40 – 17.10 (Pepsi Max Stage)
Them Crooked Vultures 18.45 – 20.00 (Main Stage)
AC/DC 20.30 – 22.30 (Main Stage)

Saturday

The Urban Voodoo Machine 11.50 – 12.15 (Red Bull Stage)
Holy Grail 12.30 – 12.55 (Pepsi Max Stage)
Reckless Love 14.00 – 14.25 (Pepsi Max Stage)
Megadeth 17.05 – 18.15 (Main Stage)
ENGERRLAND 19.30
Rage Against The Machine End of England game – 22.30 (Main Stage)

Sunday

White Wizzard 11.00 – 11.25 (Ronnie James Dio Stage)
3 Inches of Blood 11.15 – 12.10 (Ronnie James Dio Stage)
Saxon 12.35 – 13.30 (Main Stage)
Cinderella 13.50 – 14.35 (Main Stage)
Napalm Death 14.50 – 15.20 (Ronnie James Dio Stage)
Billy Idol 16.00 – 17.00 (Main Stage)
Motorhead 17.25 – 18.25 (Main Stage)
Airbourne 19.25 – 20.15 (Ronnie James Dio Stage)
Aerosmith 20.40 – 22.40 (Main Stage)

The highlight of the festival for me was Dave Insane running onstage wearing a white shirt and REALLY BIG white sweat bands while playing a really OTT shredding solo. I spat my beer out in appreciation. Then he started "Singing" and I shit my little pantz.

Megadeth was win, AC/DC were also the winners and Airbourne actually blew me away!

Did you get to see Motorhead? The rain meant that many ran for cover so I was able to get to the front. They were bloody awesome. I rolled a crappy spliff in one of toilets and it was GAME ON. One of my freinds found a stranger asleep in his tent...poor kid thought we were going DUFF HIM UP..then he realised that we were laughing not shouting in anger..we sent him on his way after a quick pat down.

Megadeff were great, and i was right at the front!!! Awesome. But best band of the festival were napalm death, they were just.....napalm death!! They were great as ever. Motorhead were the mutts nutts too, but i expect nothing less, even though they had a couple of songs i never really expected (stay clean and metropolis). Other bands that i enjoyed were Y&T, Ememo J, and what i saw of slash and cinderella. Billy idol was a weird main stage choice, especially above slash, but there u go. Doubt i would ever go to download again unless i got cheap tickets or there was someone really special playing, as it was too big, i mean 40 mins to walk back to the tent from the arena!!!

I reckon that was the biggest download ever, and it won't be that big ever again. Reading through the download forum it seems a lot of punters are fed up with the outrageous food and drink prices, oafish security, lack of free water and the distance between the arena and the campsites. I really think live nation are taking the piss now and a lot of punters will vote with their feet next year.

I'm just amazed at the amount of people I know who go to Download. It strikes me as just lazy when they could go to a European festival for far cheaper.

GlasgowThrashBash wrote:I'm just amazed at the amount of people I know who go to Download. It strikes me as just lazy when they could go to a European festival for far cheaper.

You’re correct…it is lazy. My mate purchases my ticket for me and picks me up from the door when we go.

I talk of going to a festival on the continent but never go…talk is cheap.

The way I justify the price of festivals in the UK is simple.

I count how many bands I WANT to see, and divide that by the cost of the ticket.

So this year I saw 22 bands I wanted to see, so worked out to £8.60 per band ish.

At Hellfest it was around 3.60 euros a band for me from a ticket at 129 euros ...only thing extra is the flights but as I ordered that early it was pretty cheap and not that far off as i would to pay for a train...plus its only an hours flight from London and half an hour taxi drive which for 10 euros each way ain't bad

Muskelrock defeats all.