Download 2016

[Gozpot]

Where did he say that?

[rivalschools.price]

9 hours ago, eFestivals said:

nowt's been edited on efestivals.

There's been some twitter editing, but not by efestivals.

Thanks for putting the Download Forums back on here.

I agree with your reasons for taking them down but I did miss them.

[SOAD]

Considering there is a lot of talk that the high up acts may be staggered I though I'd do a clashfinder based on the top 2 acts on second and main staggering:

http:///s/download16/

Edited March 15, 2016 by SOAD

[Gozpot]

32 minutes ago, SOAD said:

Considering there is a lot of talk that the high up acts may be staggered I though I'd do a clashfinder based on the top 2 acts on second and main staggering:

http:///s/download16/

I hope this is correct, on the Friday I want to see the Lemmy Tribute, Korn, Rammstein, Twin Atlantic and ATL so it'd be great

[rivalschools.price]

2 hours ago, SOAD said:

Considering there is a lot of talk that the high up acts may be staggered I though I'd do a clashfinder based on the top 2 acts on second and main staggering:

http:///s/download16/

I know a lot of people don't like the idea of staggering stages but the fact I can watch Skindred,Deftones, NoFx and Sabbath on the Saturday makes it work out for me personally.

Also, the fact I can watch Maiden and Janes addiction on the Sunday works out well too.

[thewayiam]

3 hours ago, SOAD said:

Considering there is a lot of talk that the high up acts may be staggered I though I'd do a clashfinder based on the top 2 acts on second and main staggering:

http:///s/download16/

Going to need a few mins to get to where you want though.

[rivalschools.price]

1 hour ago, thewayiam said:

Going to need a few mins to get to where you want though.

I realise that so will prob miss a few mins but in the past they would have totally clashed

[thewayiam]

31 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said:

I realise that so will prob miss a few mins but in the past they would have totally clashed

Yeah, I would be happy enough to miss the end/start of Disturbed/BT and start of Nightwish. Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown clash is a bugger but inevitable, I wouldn't turn up until around 3pm though.

[luckysalt]

On 3/14/2016 at 4:19 PM, Gozpot said:

Where did he say that?

 

[Gozpot]

I don't suppose if anyone knows if there are any plans to ever bring Sonisphere back to the UK?

[rivalschools.price]

7 hours ago, Gozpot said:

I don't suppose if anyone knows if there are any plans to ever bring Sonisphere back to the UK?

If Download are struggling to avoid repeat headliners then I can't see Sonisphere faring any better.

in fact, when Sonisphere was going their headliners were invariably someone who had played Download in the previous few years

Lets face it, if Sonisphere came back in 2017, their headliners would be something like, Maiden, Slipknot and Kiss.

The only difference is that,bizarrely, Sonisphere always got praised for their line up.Despite it being more or less Download Mark 2

Edited March 17, 2016 by rivalschools.price

[FloorFiller]

2 hours ago, rivalschools.price said:

The only difference is that,bizarrely, Sonisphere always got praised for their line up.Despite it being more or less Download Mark 2

Sonisphere had a slightly larger net of bands it booked - stuff like Weezer and NIN - which always made it's lineups seem stronger than Download, who seem to book the same bands on a near two year cycle.

[rivalschools.price]

11 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

Sonisphere had a slightly larger net of bands it booked - stuff like Weezer and NIN - which always made it's lineups seem stronger than Download, who seem to book the same bands on a near two year cycle.

Not really.

Yes, they booked Weezer and NIN but yo coils say the same about many bands Download booked.

if you look at the Sonisphere line ups it is more or less the same bands on rotation at Download.i.e.Maiden, Metallica, Slipknot,Megadeth,Priest, Slayer, Motorhead, etc,etc, etc.

Really no room for both festivals.

the main selling point about Somisphere was the staggered stages so you didn't have clashes on the main two stages(ironically the thing that people are slagging Download off for this year)

[FloorFiller]

1 hour ago, rivalschools.price said:

Not really.

Yes, they booked Weezer and NIN but yo coils say the same about many bands Download booked.

if you look at the Sonisphere line ups it is more or less the same bands on rotation at Download.i.e.Maiden, Metallica, Slipknot,Megadeth,Priest, Slayer, Motorhead, etc,etc, etc.

Really no room for both festivals.

the main selling point about Somisphere was the staggered stages so you didn't have clashes on the main two stages(ironically the thing that people are slagging Download off for this year)

hmm maybe it's the way they order their bands as well but i found myself far more often thinking 'that's a great Sonisphere lineup, i'd like to go' than i ever have with Download, who's top two on the two stages usually interest me and then the rest looks pretty shite and the same as every other year

[rivalschools.price]

39 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

hmm maybe it's the way they order their bands as well but i found myself far more often thinking 'that's a great Sonisphere lineup, i'd like to go' than i ever have with Download, who's top two on the two stages usually interest me and then the rest looks pretty shite and the same as every other year

If you google the past Sonishphere line ups you will see that they look just like a typical Donload line up, except with less bands and less stages.The only slight differences are that they tried to something a bit different by adding comedians or someone like Chas and Dave or Bjorn again fo a laugh.

Thenrespnse to the Gutterdammerung 'film' suggests that trying something different won't go down well with Download fans.

[Pop Punk Sucks]

Sonisphere coming back next year basically depends on whether Metallica are touring and if so whether Copping books them for Download. If he does or they're not touring then Soni doesn't happen. Simple as that really. 

[6daviesdr]

Did anyone notice a band called 'Avatar' being added to open the main stage on Saturday?

I hope that's just because the day was due an opening band and that's not their idea of a Down replacement!!? HA

i've never heard of them.

[Gozpot]

9 minutes ago, 6daviesdr said:

Did anyone notice a band called 'Avatar' being added to open the main stage on Saturday?

I hope that's just because the day was due an opening band and that's not their idea of a Down replacement!!? HA

i've never heard of them.

They were on the Friday on Main Stage before, maybe they're doing a reshuffle before announcing the last few bands due to Down to dropping out

[6daviesdr]

11 minutes ago, Gozpot said:

They were on the Friday on Main Stage before, maybe they're doing a reshuffle before announcing the last few bands due to Down to dropping out

Hopefully. I'd hope a reasonably sized academy band alteast in that 4th slot. (although this is DL haha)

Wish they'd hurry up with this final announcement though! 

I like the idea of the 1st/2nd stage staggering, if that's what's happening, but i want some clarification before i buy my saturday day tickets.

Edited March 24, 2016 by 6daviesdr

[luckysalt]

9 hours ago, 6daviesdr said:

Hopefully. I'd hope a reasonably sized academy band alteast in that 4th slot. (although this is DL haha)

Wish they'd hurry up with this final announcement though! 

I like the idea of the 1st/2nd stage staggering, if that's what's happening, but i want some clarification before i buy my saturday day tickets.

Nope! Rival Sons have quietly been moved up to 4th. They are nowhere near this big a band, 5th I thought was too high a booking in the first place. 

Avatar moved over to bottom of Sat main from Friday main is fine.

Royal Republic moved from 6th down second stage Saturday to 6th down main stage Friday.

[6daviesdr]

57 minutes ago, luckysalt said:

Nope! Rival Sons have quietly been moved up to 4th. They are nowhere near this big a band, 5th I thought was too high a booking in the first place. 

Avatar moved over to bottom of Sat main from Friday main is fine.

Royal Republic moved from 6th down second stage Saturday to 6th down main stage Friday.

Sneeky bastards! Thats literally been done this evening then, because last i looked earlier on today avatar had been added to the start of sat main and there was still an obvious poster gap were down had been..

Nevermind i guess, atleast it should mean a smoother transition from sixx:am to bury tomorrow for me without much of a gap and any need to watch rival sons.

[SOAD]

This reshuffle is beyond pathetic. Stupid frikkin festival.

[Pop Punk Sucks]

A cheap move from a cheap promoter. 

[Gozpot]

Rival Sons aren't big enough to be 5th from the top, let alone 4th, what a complete joke, glad that Royal Republic are now Main Stage but we deserved a proper replacement for Down.

[thewayiam]

It's not such an easy decision to say Friday is the weaker day now, Sabbath is all that just edges it. Very poor show from Download this year for the money and a joke of an effort to deal with changes. They should have binned Down instantly and looked to replace as quick.