Download 2019

[Lukeas]

I could see Green Day headlining one of the days, or foo fighters. I'd be happy with either of them.

[strangerkings]

So Bring Me The Horizon are NOT playing Download! ?

[devilman]

16 minutes ago, strangerkings said:

So Bring Me The Horizon are NOT playing Download! ?

What do you know?

[strangerkings]

2 minutes ago, devilman said:

What do you know?

People think they'd still play but have you heard their new stuff? Not Download material.

[thewayiam]

22 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Yeah, the lack of any midlands date makes them look likely for Download. Disturbed subbing Slipknot is what I’m expecting us to get. 

I'd be all over that.

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, strangerkings said:

So Bring Me The Horizon are NOT playing Download! ?

How do we know?

[77.23]

1 hour ago, strangerkings said:

People think they'd still play but have you heard their new stuff? Not Download material.

Your the one who isn't Download material, they have been on the forefront to headline for the last 5 years nearly, they have a massive cult following, and they would set a mark in history as being the first Metalcore band to headline the world's biggest rock festival.

But yeah otherwise they aren't Download material, it's not like they've played it 4 times over 2 stages or anything

[strangerkings]

7 minutes ago, 77.23 said:

Your the one who isn't Download material, they have been on the forefront to headline for the last 5 years nearly, they have a massive cult following, and they would set a mark in history as being the first Metalcore band to headline the world's biggest rock festival.

But yeah otherwise they aren't Download material, it's not like they've played it 4 times over 2 stages or anything

Avenged Sevenfold's first two albums were metalcore

[77.23]

1 minute ago, strangerkings said:

Avenged Sevenfold's first two albums were metalcore

Not a Metalcore band though in 2014 right? That's the same thing as saying BMTH aren't Metalcore and bc of both Amo and TTS they are just a Pop act.

[Andre91]

BMTH are 100% still a Download band. 

Edited October 11, 2018 by Andre91

[LiamEP]

Well bmth aren’t gunna play latitude are they? Don’t be daft.

[eFestivals]

11 hours ago, strangerkings said:

So Bring Me The Horizon are NOT playing Download! ?

that's what i've heard too.

UK outdoor show at around the same time, tho.

Edited October 12, 2018 by eFestivals

[Steve1000]

Wasn't expecting that. So Finsbury or something for them?

[dentalplan]

12 minutes ago, Steve1000 said:

Wasn't expecting that. So Finsbury or something for them?

Would guess so, if their appearance at R+L is indicative of anything.

They did spring to mind as a right-sized candidate for Finsbury but I actually thought Download would go for them as a headliner, at least more than with QOTSA last year. Another hammer blow to any hopes of new headliners here.

[Andre91]

Oh shit. 

[devilman]

Foos doing 2 festivals in Germany in June.............

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

Oh shit. 

That will mean they either will never headliner Download or don't want to accept it from them.

[Andre91]

1 hour ago, devilman said:

Foos doing 2 festivals in Germany in June.............

Looks like I'll be paying out  

[strangerkings]

1 hour ago, thewayiam said:

That will mean they either will never headliner Download or don't want to accept it from them.

Andy Copping wants them, so it pretty much means BMTH simply don't want to play at Download.

Edited October 12, 2018 by strangerkings

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, strangerkings said:

Andy Copping wants them, so it pretty much means BMTH simply don't want to play at Download.

And tbh I don't blame them.

[devilman]

3 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Looks like I'll be paying out  

I wouldn't worry too much, I don't think they are playing either fest now.

[thewayiam]

So both fests have bolted at booking BMTH who are now going going to attempt to sell their own outdoor show...much like QOTSA probably as they weren't given top spot themselves either....but sell really bad! They are still trying to shift however many of 10.5k for a night at Ally Pally among standing for a fair portion of their tour....where do they envisage another 50k ticket sales coming from in London?

Their new sound is probably the final nail for the fan base they built up and for some reason they thought not making another TTS would be a good plan.

In fairness, you can't blame either fest for not giving them the chance to headline outright.

[Steve1000]

20 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

So both fests have bolted at booking BMTH who are now going going to attempt to sell their own outdoor show...much like QOTSA probably as they weren't given top spot themselves either....but sell really bad! They are still trying to shift however many of 10.5k for a night at Ally Pally among standing for a fair portion of their tour....where do they envisage another 50k ticket sales coming from in London?

Their new sound is probably the final nail for the fan base they built up and for some reason they thought not making another TTS would be a good plan.

In fairness, you can't blame either fest for not giving them the chance to headline outright.

The new song's hardly a huge departure from TTS.

[FloorFiller]

7 minutes ago, Steve1000 said:

The new song's hardly a huge departure from TTS.

What's the reception been like to this? Like, do people still care about them at all? It almost seemed so much like TTS that it just kind of got forgotten about instantly, or has it created a lot of hype for the new album?

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, FloorFiller said:

What's the reception been like to this? Like, do people still care about them at all? It almost seemed so much like TTS that it just kind of got forgotten about instantly, or has it created a lot of hype for the new album?

Well TTS sold a tour off very well....this album tour could have been done on a set of large academies.