gary1979666

I've seen people talk about picking up cheap tickets to poor selling events before - where would you normally find these? Or is it just Slam Dunk selling them off?

I didn't get a ticket this year either and have been a consistent attendee over the years. Just didn't feel worth it. Looking at the clash finder, my day would be : Snuff - As December Falls - Mad Caddies - Skints - H2O - Pennywise - Goldfinger - Interrupters (with maybe finding time for AAR or FFAF) Which is a decent day for me, but I've seen a lot of them over the last few years, so really doesn't justify the increase. Hoping they have a bad year attendee-wise and learn their lesson.

Watched the first episode the other night with my other half and your summary was very true to life - she decided very quickly that it would be one that I'd be watching on my own!

Watched the first one last night and quite enjoyed it. Really liked the film when it came out. My other half hadn't heard of it before - I think it might break her.

Any idea when the day splits will get announced? Hoping for Spunge and Punk Rock Factory on the same day, on a weekend - then I'm a dead cert for a day ticket.

I tend to agree - don't think any of them are bad - they're just not as good as they were. Though not sure if that's just because there were so many of them. I quite enjoyed Eternals and Thor 4, but both were panned. Saying that, you know when a good one comes along - No Way Home was amazing. Even the Flash was a good superhero romp.

Went on Saturday with my lad. It was ok - plenty of flaws but filled in the time well enough. Does make you wonder if the Spiderverse type movies will continue beyond Venom. Kraven due out later in the year I think, but not sure I can be bothered with it. The MCU side is feeling very lacking too - Marvels was average, Antman 3 the same, GOTG was decent. TV wise enjoyed Loki, but Secret Invasion was bad and Echo feels unneeded.

I saw them the year they did the secret set at Slam Dunk. Went in sceptical, but they went down a storm. I know SD is more pop punk friendly than DL, but it's hardly hostile. I reckon they'll be a triumph at Download as well - a lot of pop punk singalong anthems to close the day. There's no pretentiousness about Busted, they went out and had a good time - the crowd will feed off that.

I sneaked that onto our family Xmas playlist - it came on in the car with the kids over the weekend....the Mrs was not impressed! How I laughed!

2 episodes in and enjoying it. That was one of my favourite Reacher books too, so high expectations.

I've never been a big Hugh Grant fan (all the crappy romcoms, etc), but the last couple of things I've seen him in, he's done a decent job and poked a bit of fun at himself. He stole the show for me in Paddington 2.

Just got to the end of Billions - it's had it's patchy moments throughout, but think they got the finale spot on.

It's a bit underwhelming- I'd normally drift to the Interrupters stage....and it's full of bands I like, but they had the Ints & Pennywise there last year, Goldfinger & the Skints have played a lot too. It's decent, but there's no WOW about it. Esp if the price is going up. Feels like a big downgrade on the last few years.

I had a piss up against that tree when I was 10....then announced as such when I saw it in Prince of Thieves at the cinema! Quite why Costner rode through Northumberland when heading to Notts, is another matter!

That's one way around it and I'm sure a few might, but most of them wouldn't risk it - it'd be a big old expense which would flag to any auditor or could get picked up at a VAT inspection.