Download Festival Wikipedia. Download Festival is a British rock festival, held annually at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, since 2. It is the most popular British summer rock and heavy metal festival and has hosted some of the genres biggest names, including Saxon, Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Motrhead, Aerosmith, ACDC, Def Leppard, Kiss, Judas Priest, Status Quo, Mtley Cre, Journey, ZZ Top, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and Guns N Roses. The 2. 01. 5 festival featured massive technological surveillance by police in conjunction with festival organizers Live Nation UK. RFID wristbands and facial recognition technology was used to compare visual scans of attendees against a European criminal database. HistoryeditThe Download Festival was conceived as a follow up to the Monsters of Rock festivals which had been held at the Donington Park circuit between 1. Sonic Specialists Urban Fire 6 Download' title='Sonic Specialists Urban Fire 6 Download' />The first Download Festival was created by Stuart Galbraith, Tom Pyke and Andy Copping in 2. Rather than run as a single day event Download was initially a two day event, expanding to three days in 2. The name Download was chosen for the festival for two reasons. Downloading was a dirty word in the music industry at the time, due to file sharing, and rock is seen as a rebellious genre of music. Also Download was to be a Monsters of Rock for the 2. The 2. 00. 3 festival tickets had a code on them, which would allow festival goers to download tracks from bands which had played. Although this idea has been dropped in subsequent years, the festival organizers have nurtured an online community through the Download Festival Forums. Initially a sounding board for the fans and critics of the festival, the boards have become an integral part of the festival organization with regular contributions from Festival Director John Probyn and Promoter Andy Copping. The forums also provide face to face feedback through the Fan Forum meetings started in 2. Sonic-Boom-Fire-Ice-638214-full.png' alt='Sonic Specialists Urban Fire 6 Download' title='Sonic Specialists Urban Fire 6 Download' />Boardie BBQ 2. Boardie Takeover night 2. R. I. P. campers who arrive on a Wednesday night. When Download began, it took place on the Donington Park circuit infield as had Monsters of Rock. Download the free trial version below to get started. Doubleclick the downloaded file to install the software. Download Festival is a British rock festival, held annually at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, since 2003. It is the most popular British summer rock and. However in 2. 00. Formula One meant that the infield was no longer suitable as a festival site. Sunday Markets site to the west of the circuit. Although adequate, numbers were limited and the location of the campsite meant that getting from tents to the arena was quite a hike. Security for the festival has constantly been undertaken by professional crowd management specialists Showsec, although the campsite area has had various contractors throughout. Since 2. 00. 9 there has been on site radio broadcasting from Rock Radio on 8. FM. This RSL broadcast has aired music from festival bands, interviews and news to the festival site and the surrounding area, with the signal reaching as far as Nottingham. The Download DogeditThe Download Dog is the official mascot of the Download Festival,5 and appears on a wide range of material related to the festival, such as tickets, stage banners and merchandise. The first Download was held on 3. May 1 June 2. 00. The original headliners were Iron Maiden and Limp Bizkit, although the latter pulled out and were replaced by Audioslave. Metallica attempted to step in as headliners, but were unable to do so, owing to headlining that years Reading and Leeds Festivals. Instead, having performed an exclusive club show in London the night before, they played an unannounced secret slot in the afternoon on the second stage, with no soundcheck. Sunday belonged to Metallica, wrote Mick Middles in Classic Rock. At 3. 1. 5 the band were fired into the heart of the festival. Sonic Specialists Urban Fire 6 Download' title='Sonic Specialists Urban Fire 6 Download' />Before me, a nonplussed, earplugged infant was held aloft. Somehow it seemed historical. Debuting selections from St. Anger, Metallica swept into a 9. Hells Angels were seen clapping in wholehearted appreciation at the end. The coup was complete. Chevelle were scheduled to play the Scuzz stage on Sunday but pulled out at the last minute. Instruction, playing their second set of the festival, stepped in as the replacements. The 2. 00. 4 edition of the festival was held on 56 June. Another stage was added to the festival, bringing the total to three. Seventy two bands played over the two days. The 2. 00. 4 event was also notable for several last minute hitches. First, SOi. L got lost on the way to Donington and missed their main stage appearance on Saturday they later joined Drowning Pool on stage to perform Drowning Pools Bodies and their own song Halo. Static X missed their slot due to a bus breakdown. On Sunday, Slayer arrived on time, but their equipment did not, leading to a slot change from the middle of the afternoon on the main stage to a later slot and longer set on the second stage. Slayer were replaced on the main stage by Damageplan, who were scheduled to play the second stage. Their setlist ended with a rendition of Damageplan founders Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrells most recognisable song from Pantera, Walk. The biggest news came from the headliners Metallica, when Lars Ulrich was rushed to hospital. Taking to the stage an hour and a half late, James Hetfield explained the situation with Ulrich and the show then began with Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo playing on Battery and The Four Horsemen. Slipknots Joey Jordison played the rest of the set apart from Fade to Black which was played by Metallicas drum technician, Flemming Larsen. The full line up included Scotland. In June 2. 00. 4 a two day Download Festival was held on Glasgow Green, several days before the Donington event. This had a limited line up with only nine bands performing over a two day period. The bands which did play included the headliners, Metallica and Linkin Park. Download Scotland also saw an appearance from the Welsh rock band Lostprophets who did not perform at Donington. Acts which also appeared over the two days at Download Scotland were Korn, Slipknot, Iggy and The Stooges, Machine Head, The Distillers and HIM. The running order went as follows. A view of the Main Stage at Download Festival 2. Download 2. 00. 5 was held again at Donington Park, on 1. June 2. 00. 5. This festival was different from previous years as the Saturday was officially dubbed Ozzfest 2. Indie day on the first day of the festival. Billy Idol performed on the Snickers stage on the Friday night, his first UK gig after a lengthy hiatus, performing songs such as White Wedding, Rebel Yell and a cover version of Van Halens anthem, Jump. Feeders frontman Grant Nicholas was so relieved the band had won the crowd over there were concerns that they would be received badly by the traditional attendee to the festival, he decided to smash his green Fender Jazzmaster guitar after Descend was performed. He later said that he regretted it, but also said he kept the neck and the tremeloes, and might use what was left to make a new guitar. Super Mario Rpg .Smc Download there. In a July 2. 01. 0 interview with Kerrang, it was suggested to Nicholas that he destroyed the guitar as he was frustrated at trying to win the crowd over, as their music was different from the Download demographic, but claimed himself in reply to this that he Wanted to do the most rock and roll thing after eventually winning over the crowd.