Going to Download festival. any tips?
 

Moff to my 1st festival this year at Download.

anyone going? anyone been?

just looking for some hints and tips really. cheers

i been a couple of times as my dad used to get me free access every were passes never camped there tho every one seems to be having a great time most off them are off there heads i think food and drink is rather expensive so id take your own thats about all i can say!!

Wellies & toilet roll and leave nothing at all in your tent.

cheers

only thing ill leave in my tent is my sleeping bag and clothes.Everything else will be wired to me lol

Went last year just for the day when Metallica and Alice in Chains were playing (the two I mainly wanted to see).

Go prepared, hats, suncream, etc. just in case. Don't want to get sunburnt and ruin your weekend. Also drink lots of fluids, not just the fizzy pop ;)

Take it easy and enjoy it :)

Watch out for bottles of water, piss, stones, etc. being thrown in the frontal areas around the stage whilst waiting for bands to come on, again, could ruin your weekend, so try and avoid.

Lots of good advice up above, i would add if you are camping make sure you camp on high ground away from all the scrotes, as above dont leave anthing in your tent. Make sure you know where your tent is, they all look the same when walking back at 3:00am pi$$ed up, oh and you wont get any sleep.

Aye take toilet rolls and loads of water/soft drinks

Any tips? is this why your user name is poor guy?

Try not to miss the 3 or 4 good bands they actually have on this year & don't dress as an Emo or you might get set on fire by some goths.

yes, im hoping mcr get the same treatment

Human pyramid?

(circa late 80s early 90s)

Do they still do them? :D

explain

Im going to this...

And its my first one too :D

yay!
if you see "camp donny", say hello!

ooooh yes take shampoo / showergel for when you stop off at service station on the way back home!!!!!!!!!
Donnington MoR 1992 was particularly gooey!

There better be decent shower facilities, else my 3 day festival will turn into a one day one :)

You'll be lucky, I had VIP camping last time I went & they were just about adequate.

basically get pissed, stand on strangers shoulders and see how tall the human pyramid goes.

watch out fo the big fall at the end, tho. I broke my nose.

I going to Glastonbury so Im looking at five nights away :eek:..... If there are any showers then Id be surprised and Im not looking forward to it. I only managed the Scumball because there were proper showers at all of the campsites.


Simon

Neck a load of Imodium to bung you up so you don't have to squat on the disgraaceful toilets.

Have a load of Senna, Dulcolax etc at home to undo the blockage:D

Christ.

I'm in two minds now :(

How did it go?

I watched Maiden last night on the webcast and they were awesome. I'm ready for Motley Crue and Papa Roach tomorrow now!!

wat is it ? :confused: never heard of this before!!

Only the largest metal fest in the UK that takes over castle donnigton curcuit.


Anyone heard of Bloodstock in derbyshire? apparently Lacuna coil are playing.

I've heard of it mate. Not sure where or when tho, so not much use.

Where is Download? I have multimapped it in a bid to help, but it doesnt seem to exist?? :confused:

See post 23:p

Cheers :lol1:

I like rock and roll music. I have never heard of such a gig however. I love all the 80's rock stuff as it was a right of passage growing up.

:)

I took my parents to East Midlands airport on Sunday morning at 9am and then went to the Services at Donnington for a piss and fry up.

OMG - The place was over-run by dirty, smelly, filthy goth teenagers. Uuuuugggggghhhhhh. Went in the toilets and they stank even worse than the filthy kids. Utterly disgusting.

Abdabz, check out the Pentrich Rock and Blues festival. Just down the road from me now that we've moved into the area, so should be heading over to that this year :) Might have some music you like ;)