download festival

[rooster68]

typical been watching live stream from download site all weekend was so looking foward to watching whitesnake now and def lep .. even put kids in bed early so could have peace to watch it and they not showing them only 2 songs from def lep thats it gutted been fantastic show all weekend even enjoyed slipnot lol cheers whitesnake spoil my day not wanting you set shown on net so ****** of now stuck watching crap big brother with girlfriend

[chippyteaforme]

I was at the Download festival for it's first year, where Limp Bizkit were replaced by Audioslave as headliners (no great loss there :D), and Iron Maiden headlined the last night (probably the best night of my life that )

Anyway, I couldn't believe how much bullsh*t they (the organisers / Clear Channel) fed us.

As paying ticket holders (full weekend + camping, IIRC about £125), we were supposed to be able to access all sorts of extras - videos of the gig would be available on the website in a 'members only' area, which you'd need to register with your ticket details for, among other things.

Suffice to say none of the extras materialised. I still feel it was a worthwhile experience even if just to see an awesome Maiden set, but the attitude of the organisers, who didn't offer anything as a replacement for the promises they couldn't deliver on, disgusted me.

[Donnacha]

I went on Sunday - ZZTop were great as were Journey, Therapy, Black Stone Cherry and Buckcherry.

I watched Whitesnake & Def Leppard from a distance and thought they were both average. def Leppard in particular didn't sound right - maybe it was just the position I was standing in relation to the speakers, but it wasn't quite right!!

ZZ Top for a bunch of old men were awesome and epitomised cool!

[sh18]

i went on saturday (more of a metal head) although I would have loved to have gone on friday but couldnt due to work. Devildriver were great as always, Static X were a bit boring, Marilyn Mansons set was really good but i heard a lot of people around me saying it was rubbish (to be fair he did seem a bit lackluster in places), Slipknot headlining was awesome, saw them last year in birmingham, they never disappoint in both the songs they play and energy, really enjoyed the day

i was kind of dissapointed by the online webcam side of things, was hoping to see the bands i had missed on friday after i got back, dont see the harm in people watching bands they might have missed but i guess theyll appear on youtube soon enough