Leicestershire Police will once again be patrolling the hallowed Donington turf at Download this year, and will be working hard to make sure festival goers have a great time.
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Posted on 19 Apr 2012
The Prodigy talk Download – "We will make it massive"
Crazy hype-man Maxim Reality from The Prodigy recently popped in to see Metal Hammer, and discussed their upcoming headline set at Download 2012.
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Posted on 12 Apr 2012
More bands, 5th Stage revealed and Download Club Nights announced
With only eight weeks to go until Download Festival 2012 opens its gates, we’ve confirmed another 19 acts that’ll appear across the festival weekend.
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Posted on 12 Apr 2012
Download honours Jim Marshall
This year at Download, we will be honouring the recent passing of Jim Marshall by dedicating this year’s Main Stage to ‘the Father of Loud’ and the man responsible for ‘the Sound of Rock’.
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Posted on 12 Apr 2012
Free 13-track Roadrunner Records Download sampler
The good folk at Roadrunner Records are getting well in the mood for this year’s Download Festival, so much so that they’ve put together an awesome 13-track MP3 sampler featuring some of the bands on their label – which you can download for FREE now!
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Posted on 10 Apr 2012
Exclusive new Cancer Bats track - listen now
The ferocious Cancer Bats return to Download this year, and they’ll be ripping our Main Stage PA a new one with tracks from their new album Dead Set On Living, which is released on Monday April 16th.
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Posted on 10 Apr 2012
Five Finger Death Punch will no longer appear at Download 2012
We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but Five Finger Death Punch will no longer be performing at Download 2012.
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Posted on 03 Apr 2012
A taste of things to come...
There's gonna be loads of cool stuff in the way of attractions at our 10th anniversary - check out some of the comedy talent we've got on offer so far!
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Posted on 01 Apr 2012
Refused confirmed for Download as another 13 bands join the lineup
In our biggest year to date, we've announced a further 13 acts to this year’s stellar line-up including Refused, Kids in Glass Houses, Lower Than Atlantis, Four Year Strong and many more...
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Posted on 01 Apr 2012
Tenacious D in training – watch the video now
It’s been 6 whole years since Tenacious D released the movie The Pick Of Destiny and its accompanying album of the same name, and 2012 sees them back in style with new record Rize of the Fenix.
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Posted on 27 Mar 2012
