Download Festival

  • 2011,  Download Festival,  Featured,  News

    The Dirty Youth – Unplugged

    The Dirty Youth – Exclusive Download Festival Preview Special Download Festival Acoustic Preview Tipped to be one of the hottest break-through acts of the year, our good friends The Dirty Youth have released, exclusively to you today, video footage of a track from their forthcoming album RED LIGHT FIX. ‘THIS IS FOR YOU’ is one of 10 astounding tracks on their debut album, due for release on September 19th, 2011. The Dirty Youth are packed full of energy and Danni, Matt, Luke, Leon and Tom have been found tearing up stages across Europe in the last year alone. Normally pushing the decibels and rocking out as a full five piece,…

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  • 2010,  Download Festival,  News

    Emerging bands to get a chance to play Download

      Download Festival is teaming with Red Bull Bedroom Jam, the weekly live music webcast for young, emerging bands which returns today to give eight bands the chance to play at the legendary festival. This year bands have the chance to play the behemoth of the festival circuit; Download, but they need to impress the panel of judges, which this year will not only include Charlie Simpson of Fightstar but also Andy Copping, Vice President of Music at Live Nation, and Beckie Sugden from The Agency. Recording sessions at Red Bull’s brand new HQ are also on the table plus a UK wide tour in support of a major act…and…

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  • 2010,  Download Festival,  Featured,  News

    Rage against the Machine & Aerosmith TO HEADLINE Download Festival

      Download…Ready to Rock! We can now confirm that legendary multi-million selling AEROSMITH and double Grammy-winning RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE will join AC/DC as headliners of the 8th Download Festival. Aerosmith, who are celebrating 40 years as America’s Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll band will return to the main stage at Donington Park for the first time in 16 years. Last playing as headliners of the Donington Monsters Of Rock festival in 1994 and 1990, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry et al return with their legendary juggernaut performance, one that has earned them the title of best-selling American rock band of all time. Aerosmith have sold more than 150million albums worldwide and…

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  • 2009,  Download Festival,  Featured,  Press Releases

    Enda Madden Photography on Royal Photographic Society website

    The Royal Photographic Society recently requested permission to use one of my images from last year’s Download Festival for the homepage on their newly updated website. I must say It is nice to see my genre of photography recognised in some small way and I was very pleased to be asked. The Royal Photographic Society was founded in 1853 ‘to promote the Art and Science of Photography’, a mission it continues to this day. Membership is open to everyone interested in photography in the UK and throughout the world, be they amateur or professional, artist or scientist, young or old. Its aim is to promote the art and science of…

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