7/19/2023 0 Comments Download 2022 lineupI guess it just reflects on DL kind of weird refusal/ignorance in booking exciting, fresh or more diverse artists. I suppose they did get it right with Boston Manor opening in 2018. The acts lower down on the second and main stage are mainly those boring acts. I presume the bookers are sorted by stage somehow. ![]() I’ve already got my Download ticket so I don’t have much right to moan but I am I’m hoping to attend Bloodstock too for the first time. I think my issue is that the top two stages at the biggest rock and metal festival in the country don’t reflect what is exciting about modern rock and metal and I think they should do more to address it. ![]() They both pulled decent crowds, particularly Power Trip. I was pleasantly surprised when Alien Weaponry and Power Trip played early Main Stage slots last year. There’s plenty of young exciting bands who should be getting slots on those stages, such as Code Orange, Black Peaks, Employed To Serve, Knocked Loose, Conjurer, Loathe and Jinjer to name a few. How have they landed a slot opening the Main Stage at the biggest festival of it‘s kind? Wayward Sons sound like your typical local pub band and play 300 capacity venues. When they do, they afford slots on the top two stages to younger/newer bands, they go to dull as dishwater water bands who ape classic rock and American rock radio, such as Wayward Sons, Stone Broken and Those Damn Crows. Download seem to put them mostly in the tents. ![]() Nah, they don’t really, not on the top two stages, not very consistently. Whilst being a smaller festival, Bloodstock consistently book younger, exciting bands on their Main Stage. ![]() Apologies, I meant they have given a leg up to younger bands on the second Download stage which is a similar size to main stage Bloodstock, I didn’t mean those three exact bands had played Download second stage.
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