Download 2025

[RedJosh]

33 minutes ago, Judas Yeast said:

This was meant to be a nice little topic of conversation to get us away from Korn, now the forums are talking about nonces and about 12 pages have jumped up in 30 minutes.

 

I apologise!

😂

[justanothername]

Turnstile are a Primavera Porto which is the same weekend as Download/Outbreak. If they're doing both the London and Manchester date of Outbreak (which looks likely) then they're 100% ruled out for Download.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

10 minutes ago, justanothername said:

Turnstile are a Primavera Porto which is the same weekend as Download/Outbreak. If they're doing both the London and Manchester date of Outbreak (which looks likely) then they're 100% ruled out for Download.

I’d say Outbreak makes them unlikely for Download anyway. 
 

But, they could do Primavera on the 12th, Outbreak 13th and 14th and Download on the 15th, so it doesn’t 100% rule them out. 

[losing43]

Till Lindemann announced a few Europe festival dates in July, with more to be announced. Surely that’s the controversial one?

[Spiral_Low]

5 minutes ago, losing43 said:

Till Lindemann announced a few Europe festival dates in July, with more to be announced. Surely that’s the controversial one?

I mean he has been completely cleared of all accusations so if it's 'controversial' it would only be because people are trying desperately to make it so. 

[justanothername]

49 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

I’d say Outbreak makes them unlikely for Download anyway. 
 

But, they could do Primavera on the 12th, Outbreak 13th and 14th and Download on the 15th, so it doesn’t 100% rule them out. 

Forgot that the 12th was a Thursday. Just saw it was a weekend and assumed it was Fri-Sun and yeah I agree with them playing Outbreak rules them out for Download.

[northernangel]

15 minutes ago, losing43 said:

Till Lindemann announced a few Europe festival dates in July, with more to be announced. Surely that’s the controversial one?

Certainly less so than booking Phil Anselmo

[OKMess]

18 minutes ago, Spiral_Low said:

I mean he has been completely cleared of all accusations so if it's 'controversial' it would only be because people are trying desperately to make it so. 

 

Just because he hasn't been prosecuted doesn't mean it's not dodgy. 

[Steven Seagal]

13 minutes ago, northernangel said:

Certainly less so than booking Phil Anselmo

 

[Andre91]

Nobody is going to moan about the frontman from Rammstein more than Sleep Token. 

[Spiral_Low]

11 minutes ago, OKMess said:

 

Just because he hasn't been prosecuted doesn't mean it's not dodgy. 

It wasn't just that he wasn't prosecuted, the police investigations found no evidence and in fact the Lithuanian one basically said that the accuser was outright lying. That was backed up by witness accounts, she claimed she was sober and was drugged yet all the witnesses say she was drinking tonnes and got wasted before she even got to the concert.  The German investigation found literally nothing either, the wannabe social media influencers who were posting stuff were unable to provide a single shred of evidence when questioned. 

 

Last time I checked his lawyers were also in the process of suing various media outlets for printing false accusations with no evidence to back them up.

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

16 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Nobody is going to moan about the frontman from Rammstein more than Sleep Token. 

You can be an alleged sex pest but how dare you headline after just 3 albums in 8 years!

[Last_Exit]

A band that people would moan about more than ST... Biffy.

[TWY2911]

5 minutes ago, Last_Exit said:

A band that people would moan about more than ST... Biffy.

 

I think if Biffy didn't headline and subbed Green Day or something there wouldn't be that many complaints 

[Gejonimo]

I feel like the disappointing band will be one that Green Day request. I'm thinking Nothing But Thieves third, All Time Low subbing or Machine Gun Kelly subbing. My gut tells me it's less the band, and more the placing of them. 

[foolee]

2 minutes ago, Gejonimo said:

I feel like the disappointing band will be one that Green Day request. I'm thinking Nothing But Thieves third, All Time Low subbing or Machine Gun Kelly subbing. My gut tells me it's less the band, and more the placing of them. 

I’d be happy with all 3 but all 3 would defo get complaints from the metal/bloodstock crowd. 

[Andre91]

Nothing But Thieves are up there with Royal Blood in terms of how boring they are. 

[Oibble]

1 minute ago, Andre91 said:

Nothing But Thieves are up there with Royal Blood in terms of how boring they are. 

Couldn't disagree more - two of the best bands I've seen this year

[andyrhodes24]

4 minutes ago, Gejonimo said:

I feel like the disappointing band will be one that Green Day request. I'm thinking Nothing But Thieves third, All Time Low subbing or Machine Gun Kelly subbing. My gut tells me it's less the band, and more the placing of them. 

MGK would be very interesting, if they really do want to broaden the festival genre MGK would help cater to those who aren’t into metal. I’d definitely be up for it.

 

He would get some stick though let’s face it, if he’s thought of as a poser in the pop punk crowd he’s got no business playing download.

[FeverDream]

 

Just now, Andre91 said:

Nothing But Thieves are up there with Royal Blood in terms of how boring they are. 

Oof, I’d say they’re far more interesting than Royal Blood and better live as well. I’d be happy with them under Green Day but think they’re a little too indie rock for Download.

[andyrhodes24]

1 minute ago, Andre91 said:

Nothing But Thieves are up there with Royal Blood in terms of how boring they are. 

I’ve seen NBT six times, all at festivals. Sets 1-5 I thought they were boring but at Leeds 2023 when they opened with Welcome to the DCC they suddenly had me hooked 😂

[TWY2911]

3 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Nothing But Thieves are up there with Royal Blood in terms of how boring they are. 

 

Royal Blood are awesome but I agree on nothing but thieves they bored me to death when I saw them support Green Day

[rubyroo127]

3 minutes ago, TWY2911 said:

 

Royal Blood are awesome but I agree on nothing but thieves they bored me to death when I saw them support Green Day

Nothing But Thieves are the reason I didn't go and see Green Day on their last tour. There was no way I was paying 90 quid to see Green Day and NBT when a few years prior I paid the same amount of money to see Weezer, Fall Out Boy and Green Day lol

[andyrhodes24]

Green Day

Weezer

Frank Carter and the SP

Beartooth

The Warning

Amyl and the Sniffers

Crawlers

[Andre91]

5 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Green Day

Weezer

Frank Carter and the SP

Beartooth

The Warning

Amyl and the Sniffers

Crawlers

Beartooth and Amyl are too low.