Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Ok here's the official thread to discuss all to do with the event and who plans on going.

Edit: Latest line-up for Jim the moaning goth like bastard :P

Guns N' Roses
Metallica
Tool
Avenged Sevenfold
Alice In Chains
Trivium
Bullet For My Valentine
Korn
Clutch
Deftones
Prodigy
Lacuna Coil
InMe
Hatebreed
Within' Temptation
Cradle of Flith
Aiden
Stone Sour
Soulfly
36 Crazy Fists
Arch Enemy
Blood Simple
Tomy Surprise
Soil Work
Eighteen Visions
All American Rejects
Bleeding Through
Engerica
Funeral For A Friend
God Forbid
Protest The Hero
Throw Down
Coheed & Cambria
Zebrahead
Alexis On Fire
Alter Bridge
Sikth
Ginger & The Sonic Circus

OMG CLUTCH ROCK

Yeah, I saw Clutch a couple of weeks ago, they were cool as fuck!

Out of the bands listed, i'd only make the effort to go to see Metallica though.

wow i didnt notice korn was there!! lol

Download costs too much so im not going.

I saw Clutch in Glasgow a few months back supporting CKY, they are a pretty good live act  : ok:

Whos going please? I was gonna go to Rock In lisboa but the person i was gonna go with, sadly cant make it.

So which motherfuckers from HTGTH are going? I definantely wanna go.

The Wrestling Thread....

Me, Evo, Jim.....as for anybody else fuck knows

Right that settles it then. Im booking my holidays tomorrow and getting tickets on payday! You guys camping?

I am, got to to experience the late night HTGTH UK partying....

....as for the others, fuck knows

....*Stoner Reminder - Monster Magnet are playing in Nottingham in less than 2 weeks*

Right, so we best arrange a meet and arrange it well so we are all in the same vicinity/ camping area, thats mainly so Jim can touch everyone without tripping over other peoples tents!

:rofl: Good stuff....

just a thought Monster Magnet will probably be playing Download they did during their last tour....

...that would be awesome my 2 fave bands at one show....

As well as

Guns N' Roses
Metallica
Trivium
Bullet For My Valentine
Korn
Clutch
Deftones
Prodigy

These 4 have just been added:

Lacuna Coil
InMe
Hatebreed
Within' Temptation

Hatebreed! Jesus, there s a brutal pit i wanna get involved in, mind you, if my tents anywhere near Stoned's i only foresee seeing 1-2 bands, GNR and MM, the rest of the time, ill be up in smoke! ;-)

I quit again dude....


saying that festivals and gigs are exceptions, i'll probably be back down to lightweight status though :-[

Dont worry! 3 Days with me and you will be rolling with Cheech and Chong!  ;)
Mind you, if i persuade Chris Misfit to go, i may be drinking as well, which is a totally different beast all together!

Fuck yeah, you better believe I'll be camping.

I'm going to persuade some fools to come with me/drive me up there, and hopefully I'll get my ticket in the next week.

As far as tripping over goes...

Pah! I'm a master at the discreet.  8)

But still,

same vicinity, same vicinity!

Chris Misfit seems to be interested also.

It will be a rawkus three days, thats for sure! ;-)

lol hatebreed is paying the festival also.. awsome!

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=48689

Stoned you lazy bastard.

Seeing as you made this thread, it's your job to update the list of acts in the first post.

Sort it!

I did it half way down the thread ya blind bastard :P

Just cos your losing in the WWE Game you don't have to target me in every thread....


....go after Arron :P

Bring it on! Anyone comes near me, ill make Chris Misfit piss on your tent!  :-*

On topic a rumour going round is M?tley Cr?e will support GN'R at Download to making the trip over with them from Ireland.....

....makes sense i pray that's true.

Halfway down? That's not good enough. Besides, I can't read, so it has to be at the top.

Chris Misfit you say?

That bastard better make an appearance.

He's coming to mine next Tuesday when this proposal will be discussed, i will be trying my level best to convince the irish cunt to appear and add to the festivities.

I want better than your best!

I know what your best is,

it's just getting trashed, isn't it?

Isn't it! So I want convincing like you've never...convinced before.

Vince and Axl at same place.......not good

Oi!

Just because i smoke a bit, doesnt mean im totally incapable, in fact, it heightens my senses and since ive been watching 24 non stop, my powers of negotiation have heightened as a result!

So, UI, you goth, watch this damn space!

Done it!

Remember you have no power in this section either :P

And you'll have even less at Download ;D

Man, at Download, I'll own you all!

Arron...24, really? Me too! I'd never seen any of it, always wanted to. So I bought the first four seasons a couple of weeks ago. I'm on season 2 at the moment (no spoilers please...), and that show is killer!

Off topic? Well, seeing as I apprantly have no power here...That also means I don't have to set an example, eh eh.  8)

Yep..i havent seen any, on Season 1 at the moment! Episode 16!

You will own us all at Download? Think again gothboy! Im gonna burn you at the stake, sacrificing you to the god of My Chemical Romance. :-*

Cant wait for this now, we are gonna have so much rock n roll excess, not one of you will be able to post again after drinking and smoking with the Hogg and Misfit connection!

Sacrificing? Man, I only just finished my community service after the last ritual I was part of...

Aye, I'm proper looking forward to this. I'm going to buy my ticket as soon as I get paid next Friday.

I'm going crazy in anticipation now, and hardly any bands have been announced...

Dude, if like, one more band that I like gets added to the bill,

I think I'll have to...

go outside and calm down for a bit.

Rock!

Im hoping for a Slayer experience! That would rule!

I want some little bands added, like Turbonegro, Cathedral, Winnebago Deal and of course Chris Misfit and The Cunts will be playing.

Aye, it will be the smaller bands that will really interest me.

Man, if Turbonegro played..............

You would have your first ejaculation?

Good, because i will be having my last if that happens, followed by my passing over to the land of the undead!

Decent smaller bands....

Glitterati
Silvertide
Roadstar

Are they playing?

They ain't been confirmed that's just a small wishlist of smaller bands, any bands added to the line-up will be edited into my first post to keep Jim The Goth happy.

I'm working on it...but..its a lot of money to stand 5000 meters from a stage - might wait for the arena shows when they come

You're just too polite, i have the same problem with this, i love the intimate venue a lot more than a fessie. But you just push to the front!

The whole social experience of the festival is sumamt i love! That and pissing on Stoned's tent! :D

and me cutting Arron's bollocks off ;)

Seriously.

I proper fucking laughed at that.

Though, the social experience?

Baby, I'm going for the anti-social experience.  8)

Err...

Jesus christ!

Bit harsh, what happens if its an accident and i actually think im pissing on Jim's tent?!

You think im funny on here, you meet me in real life!  ;)

Ill be anti -social too, watching bands and then gathering in the tent area will be my focus, beer, weed and nakedness are my aims. That and outdrinking Chris Misfit. Something that has not been done. Ever.

Forgiveness = Weed

Or when you realise your mistake you could make up for it by pissing on the right tent....

Forgiveness = Weed

Or when you realise your mistake you could make up for it by pissing on the right tent....

What? Bring your own weed! Wait, ill bring loads. Ill need it! You bring the bong. Oh and beer.

Im well pumped for this now. Donno is only like 45 mins from my place, so anyone who wants to meet in Nottingham and then travel is more than welcome! ;-)

Guns N? Roses, one of the greatest rock bands of all time, have been confirmed to headline Download 2006 alongside Metallica, marking the festival's strongest line-up so far. Four more bands have also been added.


Lacuna Coil, InMe, Within Temptation and Hatebreed have also been added to the 3 day rock festival which takes place at Donington on June 9-11.

Click here to buy tickets now!

Guns N? Roses? performances in the UK over the past decade have been an extreme rarity and Download 2006 will see the only UK shows by Guns N? Roses (playing on the Sunday) and Metallica (on the Saturday). The Friday headlining slot is yet to be announced, but rumours include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Darkness and Placebo.
 
This spectacular coup reunites the two seminal rock bands for the first time since they famously came to blows on a co-headline tour of the USA and Canada in the summer of 1992. This ill-fated union literally exploded on August 8th, 1992 when Metallica singer James Hetfield was hospitalised by a wayward pyrotechnic during the band's show. Guns singer Axl Rose then stormed off-stage a few minutes into his band's set, causing a riot at the stadium. The rest of the tour was cancelled and a public feud between the two giants ensued, the whole episode captured magnificently in Metallica's 1992 Tour film "A Year and a Half in the Life Of".
 
Guns N? Roses have a legacy of controversy, especially where their live shows are concerned, and expect nothing less at Download this summer. Their last UK festival performance (at Leeds in 2002) was the most extraordinary headline appearance VF has yet to witness. Arriving on-stage after the event's licensed curfew (11pm), Rose and organisers faced a dramatic on-stage stand-off when council officials demanded that the show was cut short. Rose's threats to incite a riot (a skill he has well-honed) allowed him to remain onstage until 1am - unheard of on an outdoor UK stage!

Axl Rose told Virtual Festivals, ?The UK and Europe have always been special for me.  After our last great shows there, we are all very excited and looking forward to getting back over there and in front of such great audiences. Donington has always meant a lot to me personally, way before I ever played there.  To be asked to headline is for me an honour and a privilege that none of us take for granted.  We look forward to seeing all of you at Download!?
 
Festival director Stuart Galbraith added proudly, "For Guns N' Roses to play at Download, 18 years after their last performance at Donington will be amazing. Adding this to Metallica?s confirmation is a dream. Originally we would have been happy to have one of these great bands to headline Download 06, but to be able to secure both is just awesome."
 
As well as the two confirmed headliners, the ever-expanding bill for Download 2006 includes Korn, The Prodigy, Deftones, Clutch, Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine over the three days.

Mmmmm Chilli Peppers, Darkness or Placebo......



....Beer Wins ;D

I would really like to see the Chilli Peppers, actually. It would be an experience...

Looking on efestivals, aparantly Tool are probably going to be there...

Dude. Seriously. If Tool are confirmed, I'm going to like...

Jump out the window.

anybody know when the day tickets go on sale and about how much they will be.ive heard about 70 pounds,is that true

Now that...that would be stupid

Your meant to do that if a shit band is confirmed, you know like oh shit Busted are feforming and playing i'm going to....

...well you get the picture

Between ?70 and 80 pounds i would say....

...when they go on sale, who knows...

....just come for the weekend and let Arron piss on your tent ;)

sounds a good idea,but im hoping to be at the dublin  show on the friday night.could he not just piss on my shoe instead. :beer:

nice,should be doing some work at download this year.gnr and deftones!! should be good.they just need to get tool on the bill now.

Saw The Darkness on Monday night and they still put on a hell of a live show! Them or Tool for me on the Friday, if its the Chillis, im staying in my tent getting Stoned.

I'm really thinkin' of going. I'm trying to get a friend with me from Sweden. If not' I might travel alone and give Arrons tent a nice welcome too.

Anyone going to travel from London?

No problem, anyone travelling from abroad who would like to use my flat as a base is more than welcome. The More HTGTHellers the better the atmosphere.

Of all those bands listed for download, i'd wanna see GN'R (for obvious reasons), Trivium, Metallica, Lacuna Coil and thats it really.

Dude, like seriously, get jumping :P

Tool have been confirmed as the Friday Headliners

Also added:

Cradle of Flith
Aiden
Stone Sour
Soulfly
36 Crazy Fists
Arch Enemy
Blood Simple
Tomy Surprise
Soil Work
Eighteen Visions

So the current line-up is now....

Guns N' Roses
Metallica
Tool
Trivium
Bullet For My Valentine
Korn
Clutch
Deftones
Prodigy
Lacuna Coil
InMe
Hatebreed
Within' Temptation
Cradle of Flith
Aiden
Stone Sour
Soulfly
36 Crazy Fists
Arch Enemy
Blood Simple
Tomy Surprise
Soil Work
Eighteen Visions

And Cradle of Filth as well......

I think I'm...Well, I'll just have to sit down for a bit before I say anything.  8)

Wait...I'm sitting down.

Cradle of Flith
Aiden
Stone Sour
Soulfly
36 Crazy Fists
Arch Enemy
Blood Simple
Tomy Surprise
Soil Work
Eighteen Visions


I'm sorry to say only two names mean anything to me on that list  :hihi:

Well, only 2 mean anything to me.

Stone Sour and a bit of the Filth.  8)

Don't they have music in Scotland? :P

Aye, but i'm saying, who the fuck are "Arch Enemy" when their at home?

They are fucking awesome Scotty McEvo

Saw them at Download 2004 and nearly died in the pit....

....lovely experience.

(http://strefa.rockmetal.art.pl/sylwetki/01-arch.enemy.jpg)

It's Melodic death metal, very good not shit like Cannibal Corpse.

Check out the track Ravenous

damn Cradle of filth rules!

6/2/06 - Rock am Ring - Germany
6/3/06 - Rock im Park - Nurburg, Germany
6/4/06 - Milan Gods of Metal - Milan, Italy
6/10/06 - Donington Park Download Festival - England
6/11/06 - RDS Download Festival - Dublin, Ireland
6/15/06 - Novarock Festival - Nickelsdorf, Austria

http://www.jerrycantrell.com/tour.asp

Reunited Alice In Chains at Download 2006 :headbanger:

Fuck yeah!

I want to marry her! Shes smokin hot!  :smoking:

Line up is cracking, first festival i have ever seen with three awesome headliners.
Gonna get my ticket next month now, Chris Misfit is coming.  : ok:

Arron, do you know roughly when day tickets went on sale last year?

No darling i dont!

Do the weekend! The more HTGTH'ellers the betterer! ;)

I can't tell you when they went on sale, but, i can tell you all tickets sold out about 3 weeks before the festival.

And the year before they did not sell out.

But since the line-up is the best ever, and it's getting more and more popular you should defo make sure you get your tickets 4-5 weeks before it starts......

....any time before that, no need to worry.

Hehehe, well, I'm tempted, but the thing is, I'm going to Dublin on Friday, coming back on Saturday early morning, no sleep at all. We could go to Donnington straight from the airport, but that would mean no proper sleep for more than 48 hours... :confused:

You dont sleep at a festival anyway, well unless you pass out.  ;)

Don' worry when you pass out i'll drag you off to Arch Enemy and throw ya ass in the pit

I won't let ya miss then decent bands :P

That, my friend i would never do! Can you imagine Tool playing in the dark whilst smoking a big blunt, oh my fucking god!  :smoking:

No need to imagine dude, it will happen....

I'm missing Tool anyway, but, no worries, I'll see them at Hammersmith

I didnt worry....  :hihi:

just kidding Grace...

Excuse me! lol yes they do have music in Scotland, going to see monster magnet in a few weeks :D
How you doing stoned? you coming to Download then :P

Dude switch you damn phone on :P

I was going to see Monster Magnet monday...

...but it's cancelled dude, the WHOLE euro tour

Dave Wyndorf overdosed and is in hospital :(

oh dear  :'(

Just added.......

All American Rejects
Bleeding Through
Engerica
Funeral For A Friend
God Forbid
Protest The Hero
Throw Down
Zebrahead

Brave men.

Stupid, they suck and will most probably be pelted with bottles...

Sweet! :D

Who are they?

Hardcore....ish.

Its someone who looks like he is a twin brother of phil aslemo, not only in appearence but vocals.
They have very heavy riffs etc, just without dimebag solos. So pantera without solos.

Bands announced last night have been removed from the site.

Word is they were just announced too early but they should all still be playing, seems a bit dumb.

One band i failed to mention last night (it wasn't coming up on my computer...), who was removed but will be playing unless they change their minds is.....

Coheed & Cambria.

 :)

GET IN.

They own!

Hill & Blunt comes to mind :hihi:

Again.... :D

Indeed.

I see Arch Enemy as a 'Can you smoke a joint in an intense mosh pit kind of thing' :hihi: :smoking:

Jesus, Throwdown also. Im gonna take a bong in the pit with me.
Ha!  :D

Dude, if you get a bong past security i'll be impressed, they may be shit but not that shit....


.....although i do work for them :D

What at Download?
So if the answer to the above is yes.....

Are you allowed to confiscate drugs also? If so, that would own!  :D

If you work for the same security firm that is doing download and not actually working, you suck big time.

Well course i'm not working for them, but i do work for them.

I've worked stuff before, Oasis gigs, Grand National etc. what we confiscate we keep, Grand National they weren't allowed to bring alcohol through, i also got to work the metal detector machine on people :D

And i still own :P

Fack off! If you still owned you would offer to help out as your going to be there, work 6 hours in the day and then by night, ROCK! That way you can get us even more drugs.

Also, you're not allowed to confiscate mine, if you do, ill roll u up in a Rizla and smoke you alive!

Get like a big afro wig and hide stuff in there, anyway they only pat u down, they never search your bags properly and we're told if we see people smoking weed to just let them :P :smoking:

Nah, ill just store it in your ACTUAL afro. If you decide not to work that is!  ;)

They actually tell you that! Wonder if thats the same for all security firms? Awesome!

Not working

No afro

And all security firms do this at these occasions i believe since their priority is no violence and they know stoners are peaceful.

Well apart from you, you violent cunt :P

But that works in your favour, weed covers your violence ;)

Indeed it does!  :D

Any more bands confirmed Mr Download Festival? ;)

Nah....

.....Bowling For Soup & Avenged Sevenfold have been rumoured though, would be awesome to have the latter :D

Yeah, my initial liking for them has dwindled, perhaps seeing them in a live situation will change that! ;-)

All the rumoured and nearly confirmed bands (Alice In Chains, Coheed & Cambria) have now been officially confirmed along with....

Alexis On Fire
Alter Bridge
Sikth
Ginger & The Sonic Circus

Sikth? Quality!

Ginger and The Sonic Circus? Who?

I still don't have my ticket yet, I guess I should get around to buying it pretty soon..............

^ It was who I thought it may have been. Quality!

Sikth are ace. Lot of diverse "Artistic" acts this year like Coheed and Sikth and Tool.
Gonna be an ace weekend.

It's gonna be an ace weekend as long as those bastards are showing the football!

Yes! Fingers crossed son! :D

Fuckin' A!

interesting article i want day tickets as im going to Dublin 1st but do you think they will do them as otherise ill bite the bullet and get a festival pass

Download 2006 - More Bands...12 Weeks to go!
15th Mar 2006

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Download 2006 is selling faster that any other year, plus, many more bands have just been announced.  We strongly advise you to buy your tickets asap as this event will sell out.

Those bands just added....ALICE IN CHAINS, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, COHEED & CAMBRIA, GINGER & THE SONIC CIRCUS, SIKTH, ALEXISONFIRE, ZEBRAHEAD, THROWDOWN, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, GOD FORBID, BLEEDING THROUGH, PROTEST THE HERO, AND ENGERICA.

Download 2006 is officially the fastest selling year of the festival since it?s inception in 2003. With a dream line-up that includes headliners Tool, Metallica and Guns N? Roses, there has been an incredible rush on tickets for this year?s event and organisers are now doing everything they can to find more land and extend the campsite.

With twelve weeks still remaining the astonishing demand for tickets and accommodation has meant that at this stage, there are just a few Campervans remaining and camping space is now extremely limited. The new initiative of providing lockers for safety has proved so popular that these are now entirely sold out.

Continuing with the Download vision of creating the best festival experience, this year will see the extension of the event beyond the three days of live music. The campsite will now open at noon on Wednesday 7 June and close on Monday 12 June at midday. In a change to previous years, the campsite?s entertainment area will be around the third stage and will run from when the main stage ends until 4:00am each day, and the brand new entertainment zone will run 24hrs from 6:00pm on Wednesday 7 June until 4:00am on Monday 12 June.

This week?s announcement of bands means that a third of the line-up for Download 2006 is now complete and brings the exciting news of the return of Alice In Chains, plus confirmations from Funeral For A Friend and Coheed & Cambria amongst others.

Legendary grunge outfit Alice In Chains are joining the incredible names for Download?s line-up this year, with original guitarist Jerry Cantrell taking over the vocals from the late Layne Stanley. Ranking as one of the greats to come out of the 1990?s Seattle scene, their second album ?Dirt? from 1992 remains one of the most enduring rock albums to date, and the band ? consisting of Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney will be out to prove their status as one of alternative music?s most beloved bands.

Following their ?secret? guest appearance at last year?s Download, the mighty Funeral For A Friend have confirmed that they are coming back to Donington Park this year. The band have enjoyed an amazing 12 months with the release of second album ?Hours? back in July ? which like their debut, achieved Gold status. With some high-profile and highly acclaimed live shows both in the UK and the US, their performance will surely qualify as one of the highlights of the weekend.

"It's going to be amazing to play the Download Festival again", FFAF drummer Ryan Richards enthuses, "especially as it's going to be the last show we'll be playing this year. It's gonna be the perfect place to end this album cycle so we'll make sure we go out with a bang...or multiple bangs...depending on the pyro budget."

New York experimentalists Coheed And Cambria are following their joint tour with Thrice to grace the stages of Download for the first ever time, with their distinctive, multi-faceted and epic conceptual rock. Renowned for their innovative sonic landscapes and taking influence from the greats of classic rock ? Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd etc ? they have already accumulated a massive fan-base and will show why over the festival weekend.

"There are few things that are as exciting to us as coming back to the UK," says Josh Eppard, Coheed?s drummer, "Over the last 3 years we've watched our fan base grow beyond even our imaginations! To play the Download Festival is not only an honor but I believe it to be one of the most important shows of our career. It?s always good to be back in the mother land of rock and roll!"

Describing themselves as sounding like ?two Catholic girls in mid-knife-fight?, Ontario emo-hardcore act Alexisonfire is preparing for their Download debut with their combination of energizing and caustic vocals with poetic pop sensibilities.

It?s been a good few years since Ginger, then with his band The Wildhearts, took to the stage at Donington Park, but 2006 marks his return - this time with The Sonic Circus. Ginger?s heart will be firmly on his sleeve through an eclectic performance at Download, incorporating punk, funk, rock ?n? roll and beat.

Coming back on board for Download are North London progressive rockers Sikth, after last playing back in 2004. Their taut and frenetic melodies coupled with thunderous drumming have given them an admirable reputation in the rock world and fans will be looking forward to hearing new material from their second album.


Bouncy Oklahoma quartet The All-American Rejects are coming across the Atlantic to join us at Donington Park this year, to bring a touch of lightness to the weekend. Best known for their hit single ?Swing Swing?, their pop-punk will have the crowds pogo-ing in unison.

Riotous cartoon punkers Zebrahead take to the Download stage for the first time, introducing fast and frantic melodies to the field. Tour slots with Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish has seen their crazy live show honed to perfection, and they?ll be showing this off come June.

God Forbid have already succeeded in forging an impressive path into the metal genre with a heady mix of melody, thrash aggression and raging intensity ? their scheduled appearance at this year?s Download will undoubtedly mark a milestone on their journey, gaining them new fans and pleasing their existing ones.

Rising from the ashes of Creed, Alter Bridge are set to return to Download following their debut appearance last year. Bringing in Myles Kennedy on vocals to the original Creed line-up, their epic melodies and guitar dynamics are bound to excite the crowds once again.

Having been described as ?the next Pantera?, Californians Throwdown have set upon honing a heavy, fiercely crafted sound, taking notes from Black Flag?s breed of hardcore and producing a notable noise within the metal scene. Their first appearance at Download is bound to be exceptional.

The darkest side to the O.C ? Bleeding Through ? will deliver a high voltage set of heavily bruised songs with an added dose of anger and frustration. Critical acclaim has come from the rock press in both the UK and across the pond for this band, and these boys will be out to rock the very foundations of Donington to its core over the weekend.

Bursting out of Ontario, Protest The Hero will be firing up their cylinders to bring their hard and fast hardcore to Donington Park. Sound-wise falling somewhere between Coheed and Cambria and Every Time I Die, the 5-piece are sure to put on a terrific show for the Download crowds.

Hailing from Essex, Engerica will be coming back to Download with their young and feisty punk rock. Recently snapped up by Sanctuary, they have been creating a loud buzz with some fantastic London shows, and are soon touring with Yellowcard to support the release of their album ?There Are No Happy Endings?.


DOWNLOAD 2006

TOOL (FRIDAY 9 JUNE)

METALLICA (SATURDAY 10 JUNE)

GUNS N? ROSES (SUNDAY 11 JUNE)

DEFTONES, KORN, THE PRODIGY, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, COHEED & CAMBRIA, ALTER BRIDGE, LACUNA COIL, SOULFLY, ARCH ENEMY, CRADLE OF FILTH, 36 CRAZYFISTS, STONE SOUR, ALICE IN CHAINS, ALEXISONFIRE, SIKTH, WITHIN TEMPTATION, INME, EIGHTEEN VISIONS, HATEBREED, AIDEN, CLUTCH, GINGER & THE SONIC CIRCUS, BLOODSIMPLE, BLEEDING THROUGH, SOILWORK, GOD FORBID, ZEBRAHEAD, THROWDOWN, ENGERICA, TO MY SURPRISE, PROTEST THE HERO

Download 2006 continues its reputation as the ultimate all-round festival experience, offering an incomparable range of accommodation, 24hr on-site camping and entertainment, as well as a minimum of three stages and the SNICKERS? Bowl featuring around 100 bands across the weekend.

Tickets for this year?s three-day event are on sale now in a variety of packages, including, for the first time, lockers to secure your belongings:

TICKET PRICES:

Weekend Ticket - ?115

Weekend Ticket + Camping + Parking - ?135

Parking (in advance) - ?5

Parking (on the day) - ?10

Camper Vans - ?35

Lockers - ?5

Tickets are available from www.downloadfestival.co.uk or the credit card hotline 0870 400 0822. As the official website, www.downloadfestival.co.uk will contain all information about camping, accommodation and all the packages, as well as information on the transport facilities available. Camp-sites will open at midday on Wednesday 7 June through to Monday 12 June.

Get up-to-the-minute information and news by downloading the award-winning Download Dog at www.downloadfestival.co.uk/dog. Setting up home on your desktop and barking the latest news as soon as it happens, the Download Dog is an essential companion for any festival-goer.

?EVENT OF THE YEAR? ? 2003 KERRANG! AWARDS

?BEST THEMED FESTIVAL? ? 2004 UK FESTIVAL AWARDS

?BEST LIVE GIG 2004? ? KERRANG! READERS

?BEST OFFICIAL WEBSITE? ? 2005 UK FESTIVAL AWARDS

Fuck Fuck Fuck.

I best get buying my tickets.

When they gave this warning last year it basically left 1-2 weeks before they sold out off the website.

One good backup though is when they do sell out off the website, places like HMV still have them ;)

Warning, eh?

I guess I better get to buying my ticket soon then..................................

HMV, you say? Bollocks to HMV! I want to buy my ticket now.

Yeah but if you live near one you can just walk there and buy it, plus it's good if your anti buying over t'internet like myself.

Avenged Sevenfold have been confirmed.

Get In!

Fantastic.

I guess I should probably buy my ticket pretty soon............

Err... I think that I may have an exam on the Monday following GNR. That being, the next day. I'll look into it... I hope not.

Hooollyy shit!  Now I'm looking forward to it even more!!  So glad I've got a ticket.  Everyone WILL love Dragonforce, if they have any power metal honour.  Don your suit of armour and draw your swords!

My ticket has been purchased! Get in!  :D : ok:

Oi, you bastards! Who else has got their ticket? Im getting pumped now. Already started planning for the weekend of drugs!

I was meant to yesterday....but instead....for the first time in 3 months i returned to my stoner ways....it'll probably be a few weeks now, but i'll get 'em eventually no worries ;) :smoking:

Several more acts have been added....i'll just mention the ones i have heard of.....Opeth who were pretty decent when i saw them there 2 years back, Hundred Reasons... ::) And the awesome Backyard Babies Get In! :headbanger:

Backyard babies rock! I hope Turbonegro are added. I need my Hank Festival fix!  : ok:

BB eh?

Nice one. They were great supporting VR in 2004.

Anyone else purchased their tickets yet?
Come on you fuckers, how can we have a HTGTH meet up, if im the only fucker there.
Stoned, grow your own weed and save up for yours. Gothboy? What you playing at? No doubt listening to Avenged Sevenfold proclaiming that they will be better than GNR and Metallica?

Ha.

Not many days now kiddies, surely the best lineup since day 1 at Download. Ive seen a poster of the lineups with the different stages the bands are playing on, theres a gap under GNR. Rumour has it, that the Crue will be filling it!

I told you! I can't go, I have two fucking exams on the Monday. So I'm killing myself instead.

Come to Download and ill murder you! ( and let Stoned touch your corpse) If you are gonna kill yourself anyway, go out with Devil Horns raised rather than pushing a pen!

 : ok:

I've got my ticket. I'm thinking of selling it though if Jim isn't going.

What? You're gonna leave me alone with Stoned. Good god almighty...i might just be buried in smoke at Download.
Dammit.

Everyones dropping out.

Me and a friend were thinking of going to Download, but I only like a few of the bands playing so I'd just be wasting my money. Which I have none of, yet another reason to not go.

Haha I kid when I say that, I'll still be the guy who gets your munchies and doesn't return the change  ;)

What? we have a munchie runner? Stoned, you are a fucking genius. Genius i tell thee!  : ok:

Im going with a couple of metal mates from Nottingham, however, we are going on the Thursday so we can setup camp. Will have to get the same vicinity so we can drift between camps of hard rocking amigos.

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Notice the gap under GNR.

Guesses please!

I hope for Monster Magnet.... :smoking:

....but realistically....M?tley Cr?e:headbanger:

...and Evo as Munchie Monkey Runner....Get In! :smoking:

Apparently there is 15-25 more bands to be announced. Theres so many on there i wanna see. Will i have time to smoke the ounce ill be bringing. I s'pose i could let you have some Stoned.

Yeah so many bands.....i think i'll be missing Tool so i can see Ginger & Backyard Babies...

....i'm in the midst of polishing off the last of my weed....yes...i'm smoking again :smoking:

Fuck you, im not missing Tool for the world, despite the awesomeness of those two bands!  ;)

Heard 10,000 days yet? Goddam shit the bed!

No and well i'm more of a casual Tool fan whereas i love Backyard Babies, who knows, i'll see where the weed takes me....

Well if you listen to 10,000 days, you will be following me to watch Tool. The album is stoner heaven. I dare you to listen to it whilst you are blazing. Be weary! You may just get addicted!  :smoking:

when the Main headliners are on does any of the other stages play basically i am obviously going to watch GNR but i would like to see the Prodigy unless they Clash

At the Moment all i want to see in order of priority is GNR Prodigy Metalica and after that im not bothered i may watch Korn and Lacuna Coil thankfully no one i really want to see is on Friday while im watching GNR in Dublin (http://forums.gigantour.com/images/smilies/rocker.gif)
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Hmm shit, Alter Bridge and Metallica might clash  :'(

No contest!

Alter Bridge are alright but seeing Tallica again will be awesome. Especially if there is gonna be some more new material!  :D

Yes they will DEFINATELY clash.  The other 2 stages generally finish a little sooner, but you would miss a fair bit of GN'R's set.

Last year Mot?rhead were headlining the stage Prodigy are and System of a Down were headlining the main day...like GN'R this year.  I went to see Mot?rhead who ruled!  Then afterwards i caught say the last 40 minutes of SOAD's 2 hour set.  So you will miss a fair bit of the set, but not all of it.  You also have to take into account delays.  2 years ago Brides of Destruction and Slipknot were due on at the same time, my mate being a Slipknot fan left to watch them, i managed to see the full sets of both bands since the main stage was running late, which it has a habit of doing, and if Axl turns up late like he did at Leeds you could probably see the ENTIRE of Prodigy :hihi:

ok thanks well ill be missing the prodigy then no way am i missing GNR as i want to record it too

Bootlegging bastard!  ;) : ok:

maybe so but it will be my first time non profitable and available to all when done  : ok:

You'll need to keep Arron away otherwise the whole thing will be....well, it'll be hard to see the band playing 'cos of all the smoke his many joints will be generating :smoking:

Judging by my previous holiday recordings it may be hard to see anyway  :-\

Looks like I'll be missing the Prodg.  More than worth it tho.

Its true, its damn true.

Hail Satan!  :smoking:

Oh...and just heard that Duff is gonna be at Download with AIC. Awesome. Suprised Axl hasnt pulled the plug if he is there. Mind you, different days i s'pose.

Seriously though, that above deserves a thread in the GNR section to be discussed but i'm scared of that place.

You and me both.

As far as i'm concerned these days this board is a wrestling and stoner board :smoking:

Sooo... It's now official: Jarmo will be attending Download on Sunday the 11th of June, if any of you guys wanna pay their respects...  ;D

Fuck sake.

Bollocks to exams.

Respects?

What...like roll him a joint? :D

Yeah, that'll do  ;D

No thanks..... Beer is fine though.  :P




/jarmo

Cool, I'll shake your hand for sure, if you don't try to ban me from the festival i'll get you a beer  :hihi:

No worries, means more for Arron ;)

as you may know i will try and record the show does anyone know how good/bad the security is at this show ie will i need a lookout i aim to be probably 20 meters away from stage to the left or to the right and will be recording the video screen like the leeds 2002 show.

i do wonder if any of it will be shown on tv like MTV2 or Kerrang like they did last year with Velvet Revolver that would be sweet.

So finally i get to shake the great mans hand!  : ok:

Awesome, i probably wont remember it though!  :smoking:

Stoned, i think you have a bad impression of me. For the first 1 minute and 30 seconds of every day im not at work, i tend to be sober.

1 minute 30 Seconds....that's awful dude,  i expected you to be sober for 30 seconds, 1 minute 30 is waaaay to long :D

Its hard to concentrate when i wake up at 1pm when im not at work!  ;)

According to the Download site Cradle of Filth are the surprise band before GNR.

Cradle of Filth? Right. That's it. I'm killing myself.

Poor Jim.

Cradle of filth, is one of the greatest bands nowadays... those guys kick ass live....  No idea why Gnr is with cradle of filth too different.

Im sure Cradle have been on the Download lineup for sometime. According to the site as well, when i last looked this morning Bullet for My Valentine were on before GNR.

Yeah it is Cradle is before Bullet.  Looks like they could not get a decent surprise band so they just 'bumped' everyone up, or maybe they want to keep it a secret, in the past they've had 2 surprise bands....

....2003.....Metallica.....Wooo!!!!

....2005.....Funeral For A Friend ::)

I noticed Soil have been added to the main stage for Day 1......awesome....Halo...joint...awesome!

My mistake.

Yep. However, they are on straight after Throwdown, if the timings are correct, then it will be a chore. Who cares, smoke weed, hail satan.

 :smoking:

You'll probably hit me for this but.....who are Throwdown?

Worse than Bullet being before GN'R, things have been switched round again and now Funeral For A Friend are before GN'R :puke:

Not much else on Sunday worth seeing besides GN'R.


Except for maybe Viking Skull and DragonForce.

True i expect things to be mixed round a bit or bands added since the Main Stage has 7 bands Day 1, 9 Day 2 and 10 Day 3.

As cool as having Guns N' Roses & Metallica is, aside from a few bands (Soil, Backyard Babies....) overall, i liked last years line-up a lot more....

I only care for around 12 of the bands  :-\

Probably wouldnt like them, that is unless you like Hatebreed or Terror? Hardcore matey! Only problem is, these guys are sXe so they wont let you smoke a spliff when hey are performing. That sucks but their music doesnt!

Hail Satan! : ok:

How do you get to Derby after GN'R's set has ended?

The coach info on the Download site makes no sense....

Also, in case nothing else works, is it possible to walk to the airport and catch a coach from there?



/jarmo

I was wondering that myself. I've booked accomadation in Derby instead of camping you see.


I guess it's just a case of calling a taxi or something but surely a fair few people will be leaving at the same time  :-\

Wow, Jarmo in the East Midlands, i love it. J, there is a shuttle bus that runs from the site to Derby, and also as you pointed out, you will be able to get a coach from the airport which is like 5 minutes away.

ROCK!

You're not camping?

You pussy :P

You'll miss all the stoner fun....

So it does run in the middle of the night after GN'R finished? Who knows what time that'll be....  :hihi:



/jarmo

depending on the traffic ill be leaving more than happy to give you a lift but i fear it will be quicker to walk there for you

DOWNLOAD ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF THE VILLAGE

24 HOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITY

For the first time ever, Download is to become a wholly 24-hour experience with the creation of THE VILLAGE! Download organisers are pleased to announce around the clock activities running on-site throughout the weekend in addition to the amazing acts performing across the three stages and SNICKERS Bowl, which include the headliners Tool, Metallica and Guns N? Roses.

Carrying on from when the Main Stage finishes every night will be an exciting and unique hub of 24-hour entertainment and activity, which includes the Gibson/MySpace.com Stage. Managed by the Area 51 crew once again, THE VILLAGE will contain an unlimited amount of strange sights, other-worldly weirdness and after-hour activities. Heading this area up is the SNICKERS Get On With It Zone, which is to run LaserQuest, Bungee Runs, Arcade Machines, Human Table Football and Gladiator Jousting! Alongside this is the AfterShock Arena, which will put on Contortionists, Comedy Burlesque performances and Pyrotechnics.

Opening on Wednesday 7 June at 6pm and closing on Sunday 11 June at 4am, other events running in THE VILLAGE over the five days will be The Village Cinema ? which is scheduled to run England?s World Cup match against Paraguay, Snickers Bowl Afterhours which will show the best of Extreme Sports films and The Gibson/MySpace.com Stage (presenting Caberet courtesy of Area 51).

If there's enough of us there could be a Team HTGTH for the Human Football  :D

I could sleep there alternatively  :D

ha i thought of that too but readin the board for download once the headlinin act has finished non campsite ticket holders are booted outta village its a shame i was going to watch a film and go sleep

Piss poor!

Bad news, camping sold out.....nuts....fuck....oops.....

....Good news is i've ordered my weekend ticket and im stopping at a friends who goes to university nearby so the Stonedmeister will be there....on the hill....with green and what not.....hell i might even getting a camping ticket on ebay so i can piss on Arron's tent :D

You bastard!

Not for the pissing on the tent. With any luck ill find my way into a ladies tent and you will end up pissing on an empty tent anyway. ;)

For not getting camping tickets anyway! How long have you had. Jeeeees. Stoner bastard!  :-*

Yeah....well blame my mate, we normally get tickets sorted at the same time so i was waiting for him, i still plan and nabbing one somehow then i can sleep in your tent since you'll be busy in some hot ladies tent :-* :smoking:

is it feasible to stay in nottingham, get a bus to the airport and then cab/walk to festival site?   anyone know my chances of getting from airport back to nottingham post gnr set?  Don't know whether to stay in Notts or Derby, or , or - anyone got a recommendation?

much appreciated! : ok:

The Download festival site is probably about a 45 minute drive from Nottingham in a car. Phoesability wise getting back to Nottingham after Guns will be nigh on impossible unless you get a lift with someone going back there. The trouble with GN'R as we all know, is that 1) They will be late. 2) They have been playing a massive 2 hour set in warm up shows, so combine that with 1) and you have a recipe for disaster for public transport.

im going back to Northamptonshire but i think ill be sleeping in my car that night no way im getting home at 4-5 in the morning

Dude, change your signature to Donnington Download Festival instead of Derby. Its always been Donnington! ;)
Oh and go home man. Id rather drive home and have an extended lie in the next day rather that get a cricked neck by sleeping in your car. Unless you have a Hummer or a limo of course!! ;-)

cheers i know its donnington but if i put donnington it moves down a line and looks shite so i went for general area instead as for driving back that night fuck that mate i will be not home till 2-3 on thursday up at 7 to go work then up at 2 the next night to drive down to stansted i will not be sleeping friday night i will then have to drive fom stansted to Donnington on Saturday i still havnt arranged any where to sleep that night so might be park bench somewhere and then i gotta do Sunday as well. probably not a good idea what im doing with all the driving involved  :nervous:

hmmm - anywhere closer to donnington than notts that has cheap accomodation???  cheers for all the advice, thanks guys.  : ok:

http://travela.priceline.com/hotel/overview-United_Kingdom_Leicestershire_England_Castle_Donington_Travelodge_Donington_Park-5202105.html

There's a link to a nearby Travelodge, i think they're normally cheap ;)

?51 a night 10 miles away disabled smoking room ill stick to my car i thinks

Well it said Donington Park....blah....i did not read it properly :P

no mate you did read it right that one was full that was next availabilty sorry : ok:

Ahhh right, i'm not so stupid, well not quite :D

I would offer my mate's place, but he probably would not be too keen, although he may not be there, it would involve sleeping on a floor....

.....if your female though you can have the bed :-*

cheers mate but ill be fine in the car thanks anyhow :beer:

Dammit, he was just telling me he was really looking forward to sharing a bed with you!  ;)

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i think im going to be sick

Is that picture from your personal collection? :-\

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Ahem,

Download Festival....19 days! :D

Sat the 10th has so many good bands! What to do? Where to go?

......To the bar :D

cheers for the tips - will see what I can find accom. wise.   :beer:

EUROVISION WINNING LORDI

MAKE TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO DOWNLOAD

Finland?s LORDI, having just won the Eurovision Song Contest with their arockalyptic anthem ?Hard Rock Hallelujah?, will return to the festival to play the Gibson Guitar/MySpace.com stage prior to Sickofitall on Sunday 11 June.

Lordi made their Download debut in 2005 and their 2006 performance will be a triumphant return as their only UK appearance. Also announced this week are Californian extreme outfit Wicked Wisdom who are out to create music that defies boundaries and convention. Fronted by Hollywood actress Jada Pinkett-Smith (Collateral, Matrix Revelations and Reloaded, Ali) Wicked Wisdom have been confirmed to play their first UK festival appearance on the main-stage on Friday 9 June.

Final additions this week are Gojira (formerly Godzilla) one of the most extreme bands that the French metal stage has ever known who will play the SNICKERS? stage on Friday 9 June and the oddly monikered : ( [Colon Open Bracket] and emoticore outfit who have just remixed FFAF and will play the Gibson Guitar/MySpace.com stage on Saturday 10 June.

...That is great news

...Shame they're on just before GN'R so i won't be able to see 'em

To my tent for a smoke. Again!

Shhhhhh...

Pepper announced last night that....

We aren't supposed to say anything, but we are playing Donnington :D :D :D :smoking:


And if last nights gig is anything to go by, no matter who is playing at the same time, i will be going to see DOWN! i have never witnessed such a brilliant gig in my life.

I don't think so  :hihi:

They are actually quite good.  ;)

just spotted Lacuna Coil are playing on sunday  :drool:

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might have to get front row for her

The music sucks though...... :-\







.....to the bar :D















.....Kennedy :D

I was reading on the Download forum something like people shouting Timmy at 5am on the campsite was last year's fad.


Perhaps this year, this should happen. Imagine this, your dozing at 4am or something and all of a sudden from the other side of the site you hear...
































.....KKEEENNEEEEEDDDYYY!  8)

:hihi:

Yeah Timmy's been the word for like the last 4 years of festivals, 'tis boring now, saying that i'm not camping, although i'm 90% sure i can get into the campsite at night ;)

i find it passable just so i can watch her  :drool: :smoking:

We need to organise a meet for all thre HTGTH peeps on the Sunday before GN'R.
I have no idea how to do this.
I will no doubt be seeing Stoned and the scottish cunt before that, but for anyone else that wants to meet up, Graciela and Jarmo to name but two people, we need to organise a meet.
So we can experience GN'R together.


Rock N Roll

i'm up for meeting up too! havent been to download before, so have no idea where to suggest - but am sure we can sort something out.  :beer:  :smoking:

ill be up for it as long as you dont mind keeping look out for security as i will be trying to record it

Best meet up spot, mmmm, doing it under the tent at the smallest stage (3rd one...). Always fairly quite there, if it's hot it's nice and in the shade and a good place for a smoke....

....wahey...

.....just got a 1/4 :smoking:

Meet up sounds good. Name the time and place.  : ok:

Well thats what we need to discuss, i can arrange but i dont know how the layout is...maybe everyone could meet where the 24 hour cinema is or summat?

Jarmo, Graciela? Any input on this guys?

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Name the place and time and we'll be there.


/jarmo

Bach's gonna be there  :D

Never been to Download before... But the cinema is at The Village and that's only for campers, ins't it?

Maybe we could meet at the day ticket holders entrance?

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UNCONFIRMED STAGE TIMES

GNR will be late surely i might just watch 40 mins of the Prodigy then walk over to Main Stage

I'm gutted Alter Bridge and Metallica clash.

Jarmo,

I will be there too if a meet-up place is agreed on. Ian wont be at Download but we will be around The Distillers Arms for Hammersmith and the final UK tour gig in London next month.

Will be good to catch up again

Of course this all depends on whether my ticket comes.........Ticketmaster, SMS, anyone please........

Greg

Me to. Fuck!


It's that same old problem.


Go see Metallica or go terrorise Alter Bridge.....














.....Kennedy :D

Myles Kennedy!..................Kennedy.



Now that I look at the sheet, a fair few bands on early I have no intention of seeing.

Means we can get wasted more the night before...... :D

If we get 5 members of the wrestling board there we have our own HTGTH Spirit Squad....

...Let's see, Stoned, Evolution, Arron, Fieldsy...Er....































.....Kennedy

... :D

Those who would like to meet, please PM me your mobile numbers and i will text you info on the meet.

ROCK!

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/lineup/times.asp

I have three numbers so far. Stoned....where are ya lad!!???

At work.

Haha.

3-4 years at this board and i've always wanted to say that, i'm like Steven Regal, a man's man, working hard :D, i pm'd you the number btw :P

Yeah! Got your number...118......11......




























......Kennedy!  :smoking:

Post this info in the Download thread in the Tour section since that's what most people are reading.... 

It might have been sggested before, but looks like you need orders!  :P


/jarmo

No, it wasnt suggested before, if it was i would of done it. You're always ordering people about aren't you!

.....Crack Hitler!  :-*

 :smoking:

Just had word that i will be residing the Yellow camping zone at Download. Any fellow dwellers there, look out for the guy with red hair and a red beard!
Rock!

Anyone who can, get your tent setup in the Yellow camping zone.

I will be arriving at 9:30pm tomorrow evening!