Talk:Download Festival/Archive 1

Guns n Roses Bottling Edit
A friend of mine who was at the download festival told me that the bottle which hit the Guns n Roses bassist was filled with urine, so I added that detail.

How exactly would your friend have known that as a fact unless they personally threw it or stood next to the person throwing it? Please dont include infomation where your only source is from 'a friend' who was in a crowd of many thousands and probabley nowhere near the incident. -Reue-

I see you point in this but I have also heard from many people that the bottle was full of urine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.104.203.243 (talk) 21:21, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

163.1.95.112's edits
The user with IP 163.1.95.112 has been making numerous silly edits, and still believes that "James Dodd" has a claim to fame as organising Metallica's surprise gig at Download festival. This is clearly immature nonsensical tripe and I can personally vouch for this fact being fabricated, albeit not maliciously.

These are anonymous edits. As a side point, the vandal should not spend time editing an encyclopaedia that he thinks is a waste of time; his continuous efforts to undermine this wealth of (pseudo-)knowledge appears to vindicate Wikipedia's position as one of the greatest resources of information available.

Some of you may remember an article about "James Dodd" with this claim which was then put up for deletion. The result was, of course, delete.

Masud 20:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

I think Masud is getting ideas above his station. He is not Mr. Wikipedia, nor is anyone for that matter. Wikipedia is about the accuracy and integrity of ideas and knowledge, not about boosting one's own ego, or engaging in petty vendettas with other users for personal satisfaction.


 * I'm glad these glaringly obvious facts have finally been established and now permanently recorded in Wikipedia for all to see. Masud 22:58, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm certain that patience (and a little immaturity) will always outdo immaturity. Masud 19:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is not a personal sniping ground please keep Real World issues to the real world. --Seth Turner 20:21, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Here, here, you da man Seth &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.67.10.136 (talk &bull; contribs) 20:41, 4 February 2006.

all the edits
all the edits on this page recently are because of some download festival boardies goofing around

offending page

any way to lock the page? until it blows over Jamie-planetx 21:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

updating rumours and confirmations
all the confirmed acts and rumours are taken from [| the efestivals line-up and rumours] site, if it is not frrom there please give proof of rumour and confirmation in this talk area. please also put act in alphbeticle order and if you are adding a band to the confirm list please updater the number of bands confirmed. Jamie-planetx 11:32, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

twisted realm
i've never heard of this twisted realm thing DOES USER: x-rATED have any proof of it actual involvement with the festival? Jamie-planetx 11:32, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Jamie-planetx: Twisted Realm dose exist - the details are on my website and you look it up on the offical download website for proof.

Furter to that, I would like to point it is not offically involved with the festival - it's just a promoter and a few bands getting together on campfield playing some songs. -23:07, 24 April 2006 SanityFreeZone

im not sure about this, the entry should stay it seems to be the only media coveraged your gonna get, im not sure what you plan to do i mean do you have a stage is it the NEW campsite stage, live nation have already stated that there will be non-stop campsite entertainment this year do you plan to be apart of that? or DO YOU PLAN TO OUT-DO IT? im just checkin the site and there is bugger all there, but if you mean the boards i feel very sorry for you. i do have semi-high respect for serj-tankian, the aparent creator of this horiible idea, i mean god only knows how many idiots take a guitar for there own entertainment, surely this is nothing special? please respond Jamie-planetx 16:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

200 people probably didn't turn up last year to see the other "idiots with guitars."

Interesting point. Twisted realm does exist (I've been to it a couple of years running). It's unofficial (nothing to do with the organisers) but it is advertised, and does attract an audience. And for documentary evidence there's all the YouTube coverage you can eat.

I'm not suggesting the inclusion of Twisted Realm on wikipedia.

However, there are other events at this festival which may (as the future pans out) have a place on this page. There are events organised for/by the festival's online comminity with a lot of assistance from Live Nation which are not billed, but do include e.g. up and coming bands which, in my opinion, deserve a mention. The "breakout" stage, for example, will not be on any billing but is run on the night before official opening within "the Village" (an entertainment centre which is outside the main arena). It atracts up to 1000 people and showcases bands associated with community members. Some of these are published/recording acts.

Question : Is that even deserving of mention here ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiwonko (talk • contribs) 03:05, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Answer: Maybe not today, but keep an eye on it. The Breakout stage is becoming an important part of the event - certainly as important as, say, the comedians and cabaret in "The village". It is billed and advertised on the official web site and in their programmes, and is booking increasingly well known bands, DJs etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiwonko (talk • contribs) 20:48, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

new page
i thought of placing the 2006 section into a new page and keep this page to concern the history of the download festival i thought the 2006 section looked clutered and out of place, i have named the page This years download festival so it can be re-edited to contain information about future download festivals i have removed previous talk about 2006 and applyied it to the This years download festival talk page.--172.209.53.212 23:30, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea to me, the current page is always suseptable to vanadalism from people placing fake line ups so it could solve some problems. But the articles would need to be merged after the festival is it really worth it? --Seth Turner 07:10, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * yeah i was kinda ticked about that Jamie-planetx 21:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism and False Lineups
Again, like the page that was merged with this article, this page is becoming increasingly annoying to maintain, people keep adding bands to the lineup that arent playing. Even more annoying is that they're badly spelt so it looks even more unprofessional. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BenjMartin (talk • contribs) 10:16, May 5, 2006 (UTC)

I suggest that this page get locked from editing by new users and non users. -- BenjMartin
 * Someone at the IP of 86.4.216.155 keeps editing this article and adding false bands to the lineup. This article needs locked. --BenjMartin

why it's constantly needing updated? such as your myspace a few bits of false information are easily spotted and rectified by the likes of us. Jamie-planetx 21:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I meant locked from new users and non users. --BenjMartin
 * Ok REALLY starting to take the piss now. I have had to revert edits about 6 times over the weekend. --BenjMartin
 * No worries, I have requested semi-protection for the page. -- - K a s h  Talk 17:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Correct it and lock it please —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.192.167.139 (talk • contribs) 19:18, December 28, 2006 (UTC)

Some TV Station does Live Broadcast?
hi britains,

You stated Kerrang is media partner?

Until now I've only seen cuts of Download 2005 on Kerrang!TV here :( Is Kerrang planning a full session?

If not You're hereby invited to join German WDR Fernsehens commercial free mostly full RockamRing 2006 broadcasts on Astra 19.2° SAT DVB-S if You like:

(CEST Time, Britain Time GMT +2):

WDR Köln | Sunday, 11.06.2006  00:10 - 06:35 Rockpalast Rock am Ring 2006 - Live-Rocknacht

WDR Köln | Monday, 12.06.2006  00:30 - 02:15 Rockpalast Rock am Ring 2006

have fun :)

cheers, a german. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.212.149.167 (talk • contribs) 15:13, June 10, 2006 (UTC)

Hey, i think bbc or suchlike (one of the terrestrial channels that you can get online) shows the entire days performances around midnight GMT

Channel four (UK) used to have a highlights show of the mainstage the following monday after the festival this was on around midnight GMT. This was stopped in 2007/8 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.109.233.197 (talk) 00:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Ireland 2006
Korn didn't play at all (even though they were meant to), instead Alice in Chains played main stage. Conorobradaigh 01:20, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

The rumour out in the feild was that the guitarist broke his wrist during a drinking session the night before. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.120.102.137 (talk • contribs) 16:20, June 12, 2006 (UTC)


 * korn played at rock am ring here, but i think their best days a over yet :(


 * there is a major break since the old guitarist has been brainwashed by the U.S. religious right and left the band. the drummer isnt as cool before, too.


 * im little disappointed.


 * BTW: i see funeral for a friend on download playing on kerrang!TV right now. does anyone know why they didnt play at RaR? werent they invited? did they refuse? any information? ive missed this greatest new metal band. a german —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.212.136.34 (talk • contribs) 18:37, June 23, 2006 (UTC)

It would be nice to see this article updated with at least a mention of Download Ireland 2006 with Metallica and G'n'R headlining. - Maddzy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.71.30.109 (talk • contribs) 13:04, July 9, 2006 (UTC)

2006 US Festivals
Can someone add information on the two festivals from '06 that took place in the US? Informative link. I don't know enough about the connection between the two "branches" (UK/US) to do so intelligently. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 23:56, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

theyre not so much a rock/metal festival in the vein of previous donington festivals, they are much smaller events and feature bands such as the killers, etc.

2004 Lineup
Anyone able to modify the 2004 lineup to reflect the fact that Instruction actually played twice on the Saturday. As well as their slot as shown, they also opened the main stage (as originally billed) CaptainCarrot105 13:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not very experienced with this, but someone really needs to update this page to show the US concerts. Download's been at shoreline since '05, and I've gone every year. I had no idea about the metal shows in England, I came to this page to find info on the shoreline festivals. An update would be much appreciated.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.240.27.15 (talk) 18:44, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Emo bands
I think that in the genre section at the top of the page it should state that the festival has emo bands playing. it says it has grunge bands that play, butif you look at the lineups, especially 2005's you will see conciderably more emo bands than grunge. so i dont see why emo keeeps on getting deleted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.120.81.205 (talk • contribs) 15:09, March 14, 2007 (UTC)


 * Please read WP:ATT for why this keeps getting removed. When the Download Festival organizers start describing the festival as an Emo festival, then this page will be updated to include that. AlistairMcMillan 16:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Well they arent going to call it emo due to it having somewhat of a bad press amongst metal and hard rock fans. people call genres of music all kinds of things, jus like one of the festivals main organisers "Kerrang!". That magazine is full of emo, yet they still insist on calling it rock.

the fact is, the festival features a lot of emo bands so i think it should be included in the genre section. Even when you click on some of the links to the bands wiki sites they are described as emo. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.120.81.205 (talk • contribs) 14:49, March 19, 2007 (UTC)


 * That's nice. Please read WP:ATT.  Please note, zero results for "emo" on the Download Festival website.  AlistairMcMillan 16:53, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the lovely sarcastic response, but when i tried to link the word "emo" to the emo music wiki, the link didn't seem to work. Im sure if you ask most of the people who attent the festival, they would aggree that there are indeed emo bands playing at the festival. Probably the reason why emo comes under fire on the download forums. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.189.96.213 (talk • contribs) 16:02, March 20, 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry but unless you can come up with a "reliable source" saying that the Download Festival is a festival of emo music, then we can't say that in the article. Thanks.  AlistairMcMillan 16:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Because My Chemical Romance headlining with bands like 30 Seconds To Mars, Enter Shikari, Bowling for Soup etc.. playing and past bands like Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Moneen, :(, The Audition, The All American Rejects, Alexisonfire, Aiden, From First To Last, Coheed and Cambria, Funeral For A Friend, The Used, Biffy Clyro, Hoobastank, Taking Back Sunday, Sum 41, Thrice, Brand New, Violent Delight, From Autumn To Ashes, A, INME, Etc.. are all metal bands ? Emo is part of download and claiming it's not is just rediculous.Karl-OH 11:07, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

True, but atleast they had Maiden.XXMurderSoulXx 14:31, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Most of those bands you mentioned aren't even emo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.192.32 (talk) 19:05, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

March 2007 vandalism
well, it seems some prick has gone about writing "moashing" bastards accross the 2007 lineup. clearly some little turd needs to learn how to spell and fuck off back to there gay little v fest. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.120.81.205 (talk • contribs) 15:22, March 30, 2007 (UTC)


 * That vandalism was reverted two days ago. Please watch your language.  AlistairMcMillan 15:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Wheeey ya mosher bastards!!! Total getting uptight and shit hahahahaha! Mind last year when it was total 30 degree heat and all the moshers put fashion before common sense and wore black and total melted. Put that in the page. Its funny. --86.153.1.190 13:37, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Also I find it ironic that you talk about the vandals not being able to spell. It seems that problem is common accross the board eh? Ha —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.1.190 (talk • contribs) 13:39, April 2, 2007


 * i think this page needs to be locked to protect against vandalism. seeing as some people are clearly too imature to contain their moronic side i think it would be for the best. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.189.96.213 (talk) 13:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC).

Yeah, it takes a real genius to pay attention in English class to learn how to spell. Any monkey can copy another.

Everyone go catch aids and die!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.239.159.6 (talk) 17:19, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Rumours
Anything to do with rumours is going to be removed immediately without question. If you want to add something to this article you are going to have to provide sources. Please read our policy, WP:ATT. AlistairMcMillan 23:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)


 * what about the removal of hayseed dixie from the festivals 2007 lineup section? they might have confirmed it on their own website, but heres no official confirmation on the download website. does that come under the rumour category? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.120.81.205 (talk • contribs) 11:43, April 12, 2007 (UTC)


 * There is a big difference between a band announcing they are playing at Download and a magazine or some forum poster reporting a rumour. AlistairMcMillan 14:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * But surely if a band announces that its playing it cant be taken as the truth if the actual official website doesnt confirm it. Because if thats the logic, i could announce on my bands website that we are going to play the festival and just put ourselves on the wikipedia page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.120.81.205 (talk) 15:40, 12 April 2007 (UTC).


 * Please read WP:ATT. Information needs to be accompanied with "reliable sources".  Devildriver also announced they were playing at Download before the official site confirmed it.  AlistairMcMillan 17:17, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

My Chemical Romance
I keep trying to edit in that MCR got bottled at Reading 06 and they will get bottled again this year. FOR SURE! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jay316 (talk • contribs) 19:03, April 13, 2007 (UTC)


 * Grow up. AlistairMcMillan 22:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah well I'm sure we'll see at Download, I'll be throwing bottles, just as the rest of the 20,000 + people who would rather see a good band like Megadeth or Slayer headline than a S*** emo band, Linkin Park is bad enough, the only good Headliner this year is Maiden. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jay316 (talk • contribs) 12:14, April 14, 2007 (UTC)


 * Uh-huh. Your personal opinion is still not going in the article.  AlistairMcMillan 17:04, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah but it's fact they will get bottled just like Gun's N' Roses did last year. MCR got bottled at Reading and you really think they wont this year? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jay316 (talk • contribs) 17:36, April 14, 2007 (UTC)


 * Read WP:ATT. Your personal opinion is still not going in the article.  AlistairMcMillan 18:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * And if you don't cite a source for your recent edit to A.D.I.D.A.S. quickly, that will be coming out too. AlistairMcMillan 18:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I cant cite it, I got it off the Wikipedia page for Korn


 * Did they get bottled?

Yeah got their asses handed to them lol so did Aiden, it was awesome 80.229.169.189 14:55, 28 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Both of you, grow up. How would you feel if you got bottled at a concert? Weirdy   Talk  04:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Recent additions
Will whoever keeps removing my edit about My Chemical Romance please stop, also unfortunately Emo is a part of Download, many of the bands playing have been called emo, just look at the references for the emo page on wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jay316 (talk • contribs) 23:52, April 19, 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay two problems with that. Firstly we can't use Wikipedia as a source, see WP:ATT.  Secondly it was you that added My Chemical Romance to the Emo page, see this edit.  At this point your edits are bordering on vandalism.  If you continue you will be blocked from editing.  AlistairMcMillan 00:52, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

So what? MCR are Emo, and Download does have EMO bands, stop abusing your admin power and go clean up some old articles from the 80's, ok? leave me alone to edit freely, or better yet, do something constructive instead of living in front of your computer and editing wikipedia, sourcing everything in your power like a little admin elf who wants to be king Jay316 08:59, 20 April 2007 (UTC) Oh I almost forgot, I said look at the sources on the Emo page, your into sources so why don't you practice what you preach elf. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jay316 (talk • contribs) 09:01, April 20, 2007 (UTC)

Haha, well sead. It does seem that there is a bit abuse of power going on here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.120.81.205 (talk • contribs) 12:38, April 24, 2007 (UTC)

Wiki-linking
Please only link the first instance of a word or phrase. See Manual of Style. AlistairMcMillan 13:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

2007 Info
I have deleted:

"Dez Fafara announced on the DevilDriver World online forum that DevilDriver, hope to get in the Guinness World Records book for the size of their circle pit at this festival. "

As it is certainly not remarkable and does not appear relevant to an encyclopedia. Anyone can announce they are going to try to get into the world record books.

The 2007 infomation section needs cleaning up as it is a bit all over the place and contains quite alot of unremarkable infomation without citations. -Reue-

Should we mention that during the Iron Maiden set a guy tried to throw an egg but missed so Bruce completely shot him down? Jay316 10:26, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think anyone actually threw an egg, I think he probably says that same speech every time they're away to play These Colours Don't Run -Random2502 (talk) 14:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

2007 info updated
There seems to be a paragraph detailing the bottling during my chemical romance and aiden and how there sets were cut short. I unfortunately was at the aiden set and im pretty sure they played there full set, i also read that MCR were only bottled for there first 4 songs or so then it subdued, and that they finished there set early because their guitarist slipped on some of the water from the bottles injuring his back.

Are there any sources for the statements? if not perhaps it should be deleted as its not really that important.

it also seems a bit biast towards the people bottling, calling the bottlers "metal fans" when there is no evidence to sugest this. 212.140.250.54 11:58, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Why download?
Why is it called download? Does it support p2p/torrents?

XXMurderSoulXx 14:32, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, why dont you write to Live Nation and ask?


 * BobGarage (from what i remember) The festival tickets for the first (2003) festival had a special code on them that allowed you to download a track from each artists performing at the event. Hence the name "download". Don't know if its still done I haven't been to download in years now. —Preceding undated comment was added on 17:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC).

The festival is called download because the idea was you would be able to download the bands sets after the festival, the organisers have said they regret the name download. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.109.233.197 (talk) 00:07, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

MCR Edits
Is there any reason why someone keeps on putting up stuff about my chemical romance being bottled? As far as i can see, bottling happens at most if not all festivals, so i dont see why this one should be included in a wikipedia article. Fair enough if one of the bottles knocked one of the band out, that would be notable. But it just seems like some pathetic atempt for "real metal fans" to voice their oppinion on how they dont want this type of music at the festival. Dont get me wrong, i cant stand MCR, i just dont think their bottling is really that important to be put into the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.140.250.54 (talk) 11:28, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I note the line in the Download 2007 regarding 'riot fears' from the announcement of MCR playing has now received a citation. I have checked this link and there is no information regarding this allegation. I have therefore removed this comment pending a better / accurate citation.--Nickharker (talk) 13:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Who removed my info on RATM?
I recently added to the 2008 section on how the organisers have stated that Rage Against The Machine had agreed to be a headliner and then pulled out to play Leeds/Reading instead because they were being offered more money.... I was just enguiring as to why this was removed? It is not speculation this is confirmed by the festivals organisers themselves at the recent fan forum on May 2nd in London so why was it removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.107.105 (talk) 17:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

2008 links to the wrong Invasion
This is a minor thing, but the list of bands who played this year's festival links to the wrong band called Invasion. The Invasion that played at Download were a three-piece with a black female vocalist, and I'm pretty sure they were English, not American.217.44.87.197 (talk) 13:46, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

VANDALISM
2008 has been severely vandalised —Preceding unsigned comment added by XTomScottx (talk • contribs) 11:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

2009 Lineup
The article states that Slipknot, The Prodigy and Motley Crue are headlining. The only band so far confirmed as headlining is Slipknot. http://forums.downloadfestival.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=3291156 —Preceding unsigned comment added by GLeakster (talk • contribs) 16:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Whitesnake & def leppard have self-confirmed, according to whitesnakes website.

"WHITESNAKE are very happy to announce they have committed to playing a one-off UK gig in 2009 at the DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL on JUNE 14th with DEF LEPPARD." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Megaman1974 (talk • contribs) 21:08, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Official website has confirmed Def Leppard to headline,along with Limp Bizkit, Whitesnake, and Trivium playing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.101.227 (talk) 19:30, 12 February 2009 (UTC) Radio 1 have leaked Killswitch Engage to play —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.98.174 (talk) 12:34, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

2009 VANDALISM
BobGarage Any chance we can have the restriction put back on the page so unregistered users can't edit? Loads of un confirmed bands being added. Even bands that are confirmed to be playing somewhere else on the date of the festival being added. —Preceding undated comment was added on 17:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC).

2009 days/stages
A lot of bands have been arranged into the days and stages they are playing (on wiki), but where are the sources for this? I am assuming some bands will have the date they're playing listed in their tour dates, but where do the stages come from? Mark handscombe (talk) 18:00, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Most bands have confirmed either via their websites, MySpace pages or by some other means. Motley Crue have also been confirmed as second stage by mention of Lauren Harris' tour dates on her MySpace page, which state she is playing the 'Motley Crue Fest, Second Stage' at Download, Friday June 12th. While of course this isn't officially confirmed, it isn't the only place where the information has come from regarding Motley Crue's position on the line-up.

Faith No More, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Opeth, Lawnmower Deth, and many more, have all stated the days on which they are playing, and in some cases, the stages too.

I do agree though that it needs to be sourced better, and perhaps restricted to stop people vandalising the pages with false information and mindless rants about the line-up. --81.145.161.197 (talk) 09:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Information about what the festival is about?
The festival is called the Download Festival, yet the article makes no mention of any particualrs about the festival and how it was put together and why. It's simply a list of what has happened at the festival. Could someone who is knowledgable about this stuff maybe include some background information. Such as why it's even called Download Festival? Livingston 08:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I've added a section on history. I've taken this from conversations I've had with the organisers and personal recollections, so I can't link this up to any external references - sorry.HullHellHalifax 11:37, 23 June 2009

lock request
with the announcements comming soon i think its a good idea to semi-lock the article as it is constantly being vandalised x IDidThePope x 21:49, 13 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xididthepopex (talk • contribs)


 * ✅. Mushroom (Talk) 14:21, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

2010 days
from looking at this do you think its a good idea to start putting the bands in columns as to what day they are playing? or should we wait till a few more bands are announced and what stage they are playing on. Ben 00:54, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Edit Request
editsemiprotected Please update the list of bands playing on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage to reflect newly announced bands as follows:

Replace:

With:

Listing taken from http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/lineup/index.aspx

Sam 93.97.189.73 (talk) 12:28, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for putting it in table format too, it made it easier for me! C T J F 8 3 pride 17:40, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

2011 table.
Organised the current announced 2011 lineup into a table - apparently there's more to come tomorrow (December 6th) so I think it makes sense to have it like this. --Negrostink (talk) 15:54, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Is there any source to say Linkin Park are headlining Friday night? Looking at the poster it looks as if they're playing Sunday. 109.175.211.46 (talk) 10:33, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Semi Protection request
I don't know how to do it, or if an admin needs to do it but recently the 2011 table is being vandalised by people who think it's funny to add stupid names/acts to the list Mark handscombe (talk) 15:57, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Skunk Anansie - DL 2011
Skunk Anansie should be added to Download 2011 lineup inbetween Avenged Sevenfold and Down on Saturday. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragyth (talk • contribs) 09:39, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Hollywood Undead 2011
Confirmed for Saturday main stage, based on their positioning on the poster they will most likely be playing between Down and All That Remains.

Edit request on 16 January 2012
The 2003 event attracted 70,000 people over two days. The 2004 event attracted 80,000 people over two days.

The 2005 first three day event attracted close to 100,000 people, although the Friday attendance was quite low compared to the following two days.

In 2006 A record at the time of 150,000 people attended over the three days.

The 2007 saw what was another record turnout with a sell out on weekend tickets. Upto 75,000 people per day attended - the biggest attendance since the the days of the Monsters of Rock Festival.

With a lot of issues regarding the site layout and various other factors the attendance was a lot lower approximatley 120,000 people over the the three days attended. The main arena was considerably smaller than the inner track, meaning the capacity would have been smaller than that of previous years.

In 2009 the site was again changed, and with this the capacity would rise again to allow approximatley 90,000 per day to attend. The overall figures for this year were close to 170,000 over the weekend.

The 2010 event was a record breaker, with the capacity raised with an expanded site layout, the site could now hold 110,000 people. Each of the days were well attended with the site touching close to Capacity on the Friday for AC/DC's set.

2011 - The site was taken back to its 2009 layout. The Attendance was well down on the previous years with approximatley 30,000 on the friday and 40-50,000 on the Saturday and Sunday. This being a result of the recession, counter attractions and the general quality of bands being booked.

Ca7csu (talk) 14:26, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the corrections. Could you provide some reliable sources? --Fæ (talk) 14:30, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
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The "new" layout
Was meant to, according to the editer, make the page tidier but it looks a mess. There was nothing wrong with the old style that had been used for many years. Request revert 109.158.249.182 (talk) 12:01, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I see what the editor was going for, but I have to agree that the old layout was better. Mainly because it was clear who the Headliners were right away. However, I'll see what other editors think before reverting it myself, because I can see the benefit of the new layout and my dislike of it could simply be because I'm used to the old layout. At the moment I'm thinking revert, but I'll see what others think/how I feel once I've gotten a bit used to this layout. Anoldtreeok (talk) 03:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Been thinking about it for the past few days, I think it's a better layout. My only problem is because of how other festival pages are designed I just naturally look at the top bold band names to see the headliners, so it's a bit confusing at first. But when you get used to it it is a better layout. Anoldtreeok (talk) 00:25, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Thursday performances
Although not billed, it's a well known fact that bands are scheduled for the Thursday and have been consistent for the last 5 years is it now? would everyone else agree that they should be included in the tables?Yellowxander (talk) 22:39, 26 September 2012 (UTC)