Download Festival 2013

charlietheminxx

Getting underway early this year....

The first headliner is announced at 6 this evening - but it's been leaked.

RAMMSTEIN!

Mushy

Will be immense if its them...or Maiden. Get deftones and Clutch and I'll be happy. Oh and Pearl Jam.

charlietheminxx

Maiden are heavily rumoured too....It's a bit Sonisphere 2010 if it happens, but that was epic so I'm not complaining

Furious-Red

Mushy

Lol thanks rammstein.

Just Like Heaven

Apparently Rammstein are headlining the Sunday?

Anyho, I'll be there next June.

Furious-Red

Dont rule Rammstein out yet

Download Festival

What’s that? You want MORE. Ok then – we’ll be announcing our SECOND headliner tomorrow morning at 10am. You lucky lot.

Just Like Heaven

Furious-Red wrote: »

Dont rule Rammstein out yet

Ahh no I'd say we can rule them out. Everybody knows Download only has one headliner each year :rolleyes:

D.Q

****ing hell, im off to America at the start of June this year, pity. If rammstein get announced i'll go mad.

Download 2012 was all kinds of good.

charlietheminxx

This is gonna be killer!

devildriver

Confirmed!

Rammstein headlinging Download and very other festival in Europe next year!!!!!!!!

http://www.rammstein.de/en/news/rammstein-bestatigen-festivals-2013/

Just Like Heaven

This is a savage start. And yeah, that is a lot of festivals to headline :eek:

lord lucan

Maiden & Rammstein,cracking start to next years line-up. The 2 headliners alone make me consider Donnington for next year.

charlietheminxx

The guy who runs Download FM has allegedly hinted on Twitter that the third headliner will be FF GD or PJ.

So Foo Fighters I would say are out, I think they're on a break from touring right now.

My money is on Green Day or Pearl Jam, though I have heard Slipknot rumoured elsewhere.

Furious-Red

Sweden Rock announce more acts (Rush already announced)

Status Quo
Krokus
Demon
Amaranthe
Axxis
Witchcraft
Huntress

Mushy

charlietheminxx wrote: »

The guy who runs Download FM has allegedly hinted on Twitter that the third headliner will be FF GD or PJ.

So Foo Fighters I would say are out, I think they're on a break from touring right now.

My money is on Green Day or Pearl Jam, though I have heard Slipknot rumoured elsewhere.

Play it safe on the bet there.

Id put money on pearl jam, green day to do reading.

Furious-Red

Mushy wrote: »

Play it safe on the bet there.

Id put money on pearl jam, green day to do reading.

Yea Foo's are ruled out due to finishing touring till the next record , Green Day would'nt really suit DL so Probably TITP and Reading/Leeds (although with them doing the stadium show it might rule them out of Reading/Leeds) .Yea out of all of them PJ are the best bet hopeully it will mean a dublin show

Knifey Spoony

devildriver wrote: »

Confirmed!

Rammstein headlinging Download and very other festival in Europe next year!!!!!!!!

http://www.rammstein.de/en/news/rammstein-bestatigen-festivals-2013/

Hopefully they'll be announced as headliners for Rock Am Ring as well soon, since I'm planning a trip there next year.

Very strong start from Download though. I wonder if Sonisphere is going to try and match that or if there will even be one in England next year.

charlietheminxx

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

Hopefully they'll be announced as headliners for Rock Am Ring as well soon, since I'm planning a trip there next year.

Very strong start from Download though. I wonder if Sonisphere is going to try and match that or if there will even be one in England next year.

I'm hoping there will be, it was always a great festival and I like the way Soni is planned out in comparison Download e.g. distance between campsite and arena, the fact that attractions are part of the arena rather than a separate village, the way they run the bands in flip-flop format.

Plenty of headliners Soni could get though, just off the top of my head the likes of SOAD, Rush (touring lots next year, would go down well with the older crowd), RATM, Pearl Jam (if they don't do Download), Slipknot (might be a bit soon again though).... the list could go on.

I would like if they at least confirmed whether or not they intend for it to go ahead though.

Furious-Red

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

Hopefully they'll be announced as headliners for Rock Am Ring as well soon, since I'm planning a trip there next year.

Very strong start from Download though. I wonder if Sonisphere is going to try and match that or if there will even be one in England next year.

Doubt they will do RAR since they are already doing german festivals Southside/Hurricane festival

Knifey Spoony

Furious-Red wrote: »

Doubt they will do RAR since they are already doing german festivals Southside/Hurricane festival

Yeah, I was just looking at some of their tour dates afterwards and it looks like it would be very difficult to try and fit in both RAR and RIP, but I can always hope.

Maybe there might even be another Rammstein here before Download, or even a Maiden date.

Catari Jaguar

Deftones have an album coming out, and Stone Sour & Down are touring in winter so maybe them? Hopefully! Pearl Jam would be great. I'll be going no matter who's playing because RIP is just so fekn great

Just Like Heaven

Would be surprised if Sonisphere didn't go ahead this year, the 2010 and 2011 festivals were really successful.

Sarnie

Fingers crossed for Slipknot as the third headliner. It is a bit early to be getting excited about Download, but I cannot wait!!!

I hope Soni goes ahead this year. Only been there once, had a brilliant time. I do think the layout is a better than Download. I'd say they will announce some amazing acts to try and make up for cancelling last year.

If anyone here's any rumours, I want to know!!

seachto7

Soundgarden?

Mushy

Doubt they'd repeat.

Mushy

http://en-gb.facebook.com/vodafoneUK?sk=wall&filter=12

Thank you Vodafone!

charlietheminxx

I can't open Facebook in work - what does it say?

Irish Halo

Not sure this link will work:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151095115939385&set=a.10150161833889385.289662.67884984384&type=3&theater
but it says:

Vodafone customers can buy their tickets to Download Festival 2013 now, 48 hours before the general sale. Pearl Jam, Iron Maiden, & Ramstein fans, hit LIKE & get yours now! http://vdfn.co/wkvux

So that's PJ confirmed, will go for Maiden, tempted by Rammstein and other half may want to see PJ so will have to see what the she wants to do.

EDIT: Link now dead :-( but it did say the above

EDIT: another leak?
http://www.wikifestivals.com/content/download-2013-pearl-jam-and-more

Furious-Red

Hopefully means a PJ show over here aswell .

Pearl Jam
Plus Special Guests : Queens of the Stone Age

Slane Castle ha

ancapailldorcha

Hey guys,

I know this might seems a silly question but would this be worth going to? I'm asking because this would be my first festival and I'm really tempted to go because of the headliners.

Ta.

lord lucan

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Hey guys,

I know this might seems a silly question but would this be worth going to? I'm asking because this would be my first festival and I'm really tempted to go because of the headliners.

Ta.

Definitely worth going to,cracking line-up so far and i see you're in the UK so getting there will be even easier.

ancapailldorcha

lord lucan wrote: »

Definitely worth going to,cracking line-up so far and i see you're in the UK so getting there will be even easier.

Class. I do hope my work haven't blocked Ticketmaster.

Mushy

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Class. I do hope my work haven't blocked Ticketmaster.

It won't sell out quickly, that's the luxury of it. Plus it has a deposit scheme.h

ancapailldorcha

Is there any reason they sell 3 day and 5 day tickets?

charlietheminxx

Not everybody wants to camp from Wednesday. So the choice is yours!

Definitely worth going to though... I don't think I've ever regretted a festival. Hope the weather isn't like this year though! That would suck for your first fest.... I can still feel he foot deep mud pulling on my wellies :eek:

Furious-Red

Download Festival

SLIPKNOT are confirmed as our third headliner for Download 2013, following their explosive set in 2009! Tickets are on presale right now – get yours here: http://goo.gl/JxW0Y

charlietheminxx

This is kind of a lot of headliners I've seen in the last couple of years... But I'm still gonna go

grimm2005

charlietheminxx wrote: »

Not everybody wants to camp from Wednesday. So the choice is yours!

Definitely worth going to though... I don't think I've ever regretted a festival. Hope the weather isn't like this year though! That would suck for your first fest.... I can still feel he foot deep mud pulling on my wellies :eek:

Tell me about it! My first Download and first camping experience was this year and it was pretty disgraceful weather wise! Having said that, I still had a great time and it hasn't put me of going again this year for 1 second!

Anyone know what the story is with the deposit system? Are you able to pay it off bit by bit or is it just in 2 big chunks? Assuming people have done it before with other festivals.

Furious-Red

grimm2005 wrote: »

Tell me about it! My first Download and first camping experience was this year and it was pretty disgraceful weather wise! Having said that, I still had a great time and it hasn't put me of going again this year for 1 second!

Anyone know what the story is with the deposit system? Are you able to pay it off bit by bit or is it just in 2 big chunks? Assuming people have done it before with other festivals.

If its like Glastonbury and Oxegen you pay 2 installments

grimm2005

Furious-Red wrote: »

If its like Glastonbury and Oxegen you pay 2 installments

And can you pay that second installment whenever you're ready to pay it off?

Just Like Heaven

grimm2005 wrote: »

And can you pay that second installment whenever you're ready to pay it off?

There'll be a deadline. It won't sell out anytime soon though. I just save the money even if it means buying my ticket in like April rather than risking not being able to pay the second/third installment for these festivals.

ancapailldorcha

So it's not likely to sell out on the first day then? I thought there'd be acts I'd miss if I went for a 3 day ticket instead of a 5 day but I suppose that's to accommodate people coming a long way.

Mushy

Not happy with todays announcement

grimm2005

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

There'll be a deadline. It won't sell out anytime soon though. I just save the money even if it means buying my ticket in like April rather than risking not being able to pay the second/third installment for these festivals.

True, I bought my ticket in January this year just before the price rise. Still, I think the deposit scheme might be easier on my pocket! I'm going to hold off for a while anyway cos I just checked the exchange rates and they're pretty atrocious (£205 is around €268 according to XE.com).

charlietheminxx

Mushy wrote: »

Not happy with todays announcement

You wanted Pearl Jam yeah? I dunno, if Soni make a comeback, they might have them!

Just Like Heaven

I'm not really that big into Slipknot at all, but I haven't seen them and I'm sure it's gonna be bananas live so I'm happy enough with it. I was sold at Maiden in the first place though.

Sarnie

Bought my ticket today Was going to go regardless, but when Slipknot were announced, I couldn't wait to buy my ticket! I must stop thinking about Download now, way too early to be this excited!

Mushy

charlietheminxx wrote: »

You wanted Pearl Jam yeah? I dunno, if Soni make a comeback, they might have them!

Pearl Jam are in my top 2/3 bands, and then the live shows on top of that make them my top 1. I know it wasn't guaranteed, but to then see one of the worst bands I've ever seen live be in headliner place, it was gut wrenching. I wouldn't have cared so much if it was a worthwhile band. Even Machine Head who I don't like (but will try see live again as sound garden got in way last time).

Still will prob go, there'll be more choice as always, and other headliners are fantastic. But hate idea of them getting my money, even though fests don't quite work that way.

ancapailldorcha

Right, tickets are bought. Had to close my browsers in the middle while it was working but I got a confirmatory email all the same.

Zwillinge

Tickets bought!

Only 200 or so odd days to go