Download 2007 - Donnington

[PsychoCannon]

Who else is going this year :)

Me and the better half will be there and probably a few non biking friends too.
Will be nice to know who to look out for.
I would take the bike down but the other half refuses to get on the back so It'll be the train for us :(

Just booked Metallica in Wembley too, expensive month =p

[hovis]

doubt it............... not impressed with the line up , not at £160+ a ticket

[SDMF]

I'll be gettin the train up on either the wed or the thurs. And can't wait!!
Then got black label and ozzy about a week and half after, which should be pretty damn good.
Oh, and it always seems ridiculously hard to meet/find people at festivals too...:roll:

[PsychoCannon]

It's not the best they've ever had and I'm a bit gutted they put Maiden up last so It will make getting back a pain but I'm sure it will be good anyway and I'm still hoping they improve the line up in the coming months.

And yeah it's hard enough finding the guys you went with let alone a random but it'll be nice to know if there is an .org contingent present all the same :)

I'll be the guy in the mosh pit with a huge super soaker if it's as hot as it was last year!

[John 675]

i'll be there, and ill be making my mum give me a lift. . .all 5 miles of it lol, i love living on donnos back door step, also for the GP and the WSB Yay me lol,
:thumbsup: :smt116

[PsychoCannon]

Ooooo you jammy git!
5 miles? You could probably enjoy the concert from your back garden =p

[John 675]

Ooooo you jammy git!
5 miles? You could probably enjoy the concert from your back garden =p

my grandma used to live a quarter of a mile away, before she died bless her, and believe me you heard every word if the wind was right ... it was amazing

[SDMF]

if it's as hot as it was last year!

Yeah the weather was awesome last year!!
mmmmm Portaloos cooking in the heat....

[PsychoCannon]

Yeah the weather was awesome last year!!
mmmmm Portaloos cooking in the heat....

:pukel:

I didn't go anywhere near the things in 3 days and I have no intention to this year :)

Thankfully years of Airsofting has taught me how to prepare for events like this where you won't have anywere safe to "go".

*Think selective diet and blocked pipes*

[Paws]

ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
itl be my 5th year!

[mudge32]

Me too :mrgreen: I'll be in the Slayer pit again 8-[ The best thing about being a short-house is being able to dodge the hardcore moshers :smt082

[northwind]

If they'd make it a half-decent 2-day festival instead of a stretched-thin 3 day effort, I'd probably go. If they made it an ace 1-day festival I wouldn't miss it. But there's never enough quality or depth in the bill for 3 days IMO.

So I'm off to T in the Park and Reading instead. Nine Inch Nails on the big stage in the dark, get in...

[PsychoCannon]

NiN Rock, enough said

[Paws]

hey we could all meet up? (those that are going?)

[SDMF]

Me too :mrgreen: I'll be in the Slayer pit again 8-[ The best thing about being a short-house is being able to dodge the hardcore moshers :smt082
I used to love gettin in the pits, but just lately can't really be bothered with them, just prefer to either get to the very front, or be just behing the pits so I can pay more attention to the music.. :???:

[PsychoCannon]

The big tyre would be a good landmark to use to meet =p

[hovis]

Me too :mrgreen: I'll be in the Slayer pit again 8-[ The best thing about being a short-house is being able to dodge the hardcore moshers :smt082

anthrax 2005 pit was the best

[SDMF]

Yep, the big tyre is easy to find even when completely drunk.

[Paws]

The big tyre would be a good landmark to use to meet =p
yup it would, swop mobile numbers nearer the time nad then have a mini sv meet at download festival?

[PsychoCannon]

Sounds like a plan.

If it's hot should I bring extra super soakers =p

[John 675]

yup it would, swop mobile numbers nearer the time nad then have a mini sv meet at download festival?

Boshank! im in ! as long those super soka's are full of vodka! ! !
woo! ! ! Cant wait ! ! ! :-dd =D>

[M65]

Going watching Metallica at Wembley instead! Get in!!!!

[PsychoCannon]

Metallica is the month after so I'm doing both mwahahaha :)

And super soakers full of Vodka!!! zomg someone get that man a medal for the idea ^_^.

[John 675]

Metallica is the month after so I'm doing both mwahahaha :)

And super soakers full of Vodka!!! zomg someone get that man a medal for the idea ^_^.

Oh yeah ! medal for me woo! =D> . . just dont put flamible stuff in them. . . lol. if some ones smokin you get a flame thrower . . .

jon

[Paws]

Sounds like a plan.

If it's hot should I bring extra super soakers =p

dare i ask? lol, and yes if its hot like last year i'll be a bikini top and combats :cool: :cool: ;)
I just this year i dont get bottled like last year-ened up with a cracking black eye :o :o :mad: :sad:

[PsychoCannon]

*Edit* Misread the above post so the joke doesn't work so nvm =p

Move along people, nothing to see here.

[MidgetMoose]

I can only pray its not as hot as last year i nearly died!

I'll be going down for the day (on my SV :)) if the bill falls favourably for one day.

[the_runt69]

Hoping to be there leave being granted the main problem at the moment

[northwind]

Metallica is the month after so I'm doing both mwahahaha :)


That's the same day as T in the Park :( Gutted...

[krazykim]

Is everyone going for the whole weekend? I really, really want to go.

Been to other festivals but have never been to Download and promised myself i'd go this year but don't have anyone to go with *sniff sniff* :cry:

Does anyone have room in their camp for me to tag along and compare bruises? :grouphug:

I have my own tent!!!! [-o<

[TVR_Tracy]

Very jealous! Have been wanting to see Within Temptation and Marilyn Manson for the past 5 years :( I don't think I'm hardcore enough for festivals anymore though...

Saw Metallica at Reading 2003... Not really into them myself, but I enjoyed it all the same :smt083

[krazykim]

I WAS AT LEEDS THAT YEAR!!! Saw Metallica headlining on the Friday i think it was? Linkin Park Headlined the Saturday? It would have been the other way round for you guys in Reading. Oh, and you are never too old for festivals!!!
I've gone ahead and booked a weekend ticket to Download. Even if i end up going by myself, there's so many people there i'm bound to end up chatting to some like minded nutter! Sod it!!!!!

[TVR_Tracy]

I WAS AT LEEDS THAT YEAR!!! Saw Metallica headlining on the Friday i think it was? Linkin Park Headlined the Saturday? It would have been the other way round for you guys in Reading.

Yep that was it, Metallica on the sunday night, before the ceremonial burning of the tents! What a scorcher of a weekend it was!... I was in the pit for SOAD! I can't believe it now looking back!


Festivals and gigs - times when Im glad to be tall :p

[krazykim]

Me too, I'm 5'9" plus 4" with my New Rocks so that makes me taller than most of the little EMO kids there. Defo taking the boots. I'm too impatient to wait for my toenails to grow back again!!
Looking forward to:
LinkinPark
Iron Maiden
Wolfmother
Dragonforce
Magadeath
Marilyn Manson -he's single again, right? ;)
Slayer
Bowling For Soup
Killswitch
STONE SOUR!!!
Chimaira
Korn
Enter Shikari
......To name but a few. Fair to say that i'm pretty looking forward to this now. :D

[Kinvig]

I'll assume that tickets are no longer available?

If not which days are Slayer & Megadeth on? Would be cool to see them.

Went to Donington back in 1991 when AC-DC headlined. Drung the break before Metallica I clambered up to the top of a human pyramid & was promptly the target for all sorts of missiles. Eugh!

[Steve H]

Yep, Marilyn Manson. He is not just one big gimmick is he now?
what a T**T! (imo)

[TVR_Tracy]

Looking forward to:
LinkinPark - awesome @ Reading
Iron Maiden
Wolfmother
Dragonforce
Magadeath
Marilyn Manson - Yep he's single again ;)
Slayer
Bowling For Soup
Killswitch
STONE SOUR!!! - Corey Taylor, great voice
Chimaira
Korn - Saw their Untouchables tour in London - Awesome
Enter Shikari

30 secs to mars.. Within Temptation.. After Forever.. Ill nino...

I'll get nailed for saying this... (WHATEVER)! But I quite like MCR... I have a feeling they're gonna get bottled though :(

[SDMF]

[quote=Kinvig;1187446]I'll assume that tickets are no longer available?

If not which days are Slayer & Megadeth on? Would be cool to see them.

quote]
Day tickets £60... Megadeth on Fri, and Slayer Sat :D

[krazykim]

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets/

You can buy weekend tickets still :cool:

[hovis]

friday


VELVET REVOLVER
WOLFMOTHER
DRAGONFORCE
MEGADETH
HINDER
BUCKCHERRY
ZICO CHAIN


KORN
ENTER SHIKARI
PARAMORE
PORCUPINE TREE
SAOSIN
FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
TURBONEGRO
ILL NINO
ANJ


SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
HAYSEED DIXIE
YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO
JOB FOR A COWBOY
THE HEDRONS
SANCTITY
I WAS A CUB SCOUT
THIS ET AL
CYNIC
DRIVE BY ARGUMENT

[hovis]

friday


VELVET REVOLVER
WOLFMOTHER
DRAGONFORCE
MEGADETH
HINDER
BUCKCHERRY
ZICO CHAIN


KORN
ENTER SHIKARI
PARAMORE
PORCUPINE TREE
SAOSIN
FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
TURBONEGRO
ILL NINO
ANJ


SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
HAYSEED DIXIE
YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO
JOB FOR A COWBOY
THE HEDRONS
SANCTITY
I WAS A CUB SCOUT
THIS ET AL
CYNIC
DRIVE BY ARGUMENT
saturday
MARILYN MANSON
SLAYER
MACHINE HEAD
BOWLING FOR SOUP
30 SECONDS TO MARS
AIDEN
SHADOWS FALL
HELLYEAH
TURISAS


MÖTLEY CRÜE
SATELLITE PARTY
BIFFY CLYRO
MY VITRIOL
MY DYING BRIDE
GALLOWS
ANATHEMA
AS I LAY DYING
BRING ME THE HORIZON
BLOODSIMPLE
AFTER FOREVER
ELLIOT MINOR
CAT THE DOG

TUBORG STAGE
HEAD AUTOMATICA
NECRO
THE ANSWER
SILVERSTEIN
LEZ ZEPPELIN
ARCHITECTS
PRIESTESS
PANIC CELL
BEYOND ALL REASON
MY ALAMO
DAMONE
ARMY OF FRESHMEN
MALPRACTICE

sunday

IRON MAIDEN
EVANESCENCE
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
STONE SOUR
LAMB OF GOD
MASTODON
PAPA ROACH
CHIMAIRA
REUBEN
PARIKRAMA


BILLY TALENT
DREAM THEATER
DIMMU BORGIR
WITHIN TEMPTATION
NAPALM DEATH
ORANGE GOBLIN
DEVIL DRIVER
UNEARTH
CANCER BATS
EYELASH


REEL BIG FISH
FASTWAY
CULT OF LUNA
LAUREN HARRIS
FAIR TO MIDLAND
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES
BETWEEN THE TREES
FLOOD OF RED
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR
LIGHTS.ACTION!
IN THIS MOMENT
VOODOO SIX
LOSTALONE

[Kinvig]

Suicidal Tendencies - hmm, would've been cool to see them. Wish I'd gone to Clash of the Titans......

First guitar solo I ever learned (properly) was from "I saw your mommy..."

[hovis]

yup i just noticed them................ the 1st gig i even went to

[hovis]

yup i just noticed them................ the 1st gig i even went to


the line up is not looking too bad now

[Paws]

K, just a suggestion but seeing as theres a few of us going from this site, why dont we arrange to meet up there somewhere/ camp together (those that are doing the whole weekend), i'll start a list; add your name to it and when your there:

Paws: Thurs-mon
Lylej : Wed - mon
Kim: Thur-Sun night

[Whynot]

hmm, lineup looks pretty good :)

anyone gone there on a bike before?
whats parking etc. like near/in the campsite?

[John 675]

Paws: Thurs-mon

Lylej : Wed - mon

[John 675]

hmm, lineup looks pretty good :)

anyone gone there on a bike before?
whats parking etc. like near/in the campsite?

in my opinion DO NOT GO ON A BIKE, i live 5 miles from the place and it will prolly get nicked at the fest. believe me

[krazykim]

Kim: Thur-Sun night

I'm taking my brother for his birthday pressie and as a bit of a break from his GCSE's, will do him good to vent a bit of anger in the pit. Problem is that his last exam is at 9.00am Monday morning so i'll have to drive down to Folkstone Sunday night to drop him home. Great.

[TheDangerousQuietOne]

I'm gooooing! Got me ticket and everything, just need to organise getting there now.

[TheDangerousQuietOne]

Oh I'm up for meeting you folks too.

[John 675]

Has anyone recieved there ticket yet??

[PsychoCannon]

Hoping the weather picks up for the fest, got my Super soaker all primed and ready for hot weather :(

Can't wait!

[krazykim]

Hoping the weather picks up for the fest, got my Super soaker all primed and ready for hot weather :(

Can't wait!

Anyone psychic? Couldn't give us a heads up on the forecast could ya? Many thanks in advance.

Super Soakers.........brilliant plan!!! :smt071

[krazykim]

Has anyone recieved there ticket yet??

Nope, only ordered mine yesterday. I read on the site that they will arrive upto 2 days before the fest.....cutting it fine!

[Paws]

Paws: Thurs-mon
Lylej : Wed - mon
Kim: Thur-Sun night
Thedangerous quiet one : ?-?
hovis :fri & sat maybe?

[hovis]

Lylej : Wed - mon
?

but it dont start till friday?



hovis fri & sat maybe?

[John 675]

?

but it dont start till friday?



hovis fri & sat maybe?

yeah but i live really close so im going to get firt dibs on where to camp instead of having to find a place . . i will choose one :) :D

[PsychoCannon]

Got my tickets, they are hanging on "The board" teasing me :(
I can't wait

[the_runt69]

Hope to be there wednesday night as my lift decided wednesday is the better day to get there.

[krazykim]

So has anyone decided where we're gonna meet and when? Having only been there before to watch the bikes/cars, i would say that the big tyre is a good place to meet, but when?

[PsychoCannon]

OOOO this just got complicated...
Accidently trashed my mailbox and realised that had my only copy of my hotel booking confirmation and I can't find their details for the life of me >_<

Looks like I'm going to spend the next couple of days calling every single guest house and B&B in donington trying to find out which one I'm booked into :confused:

[krazykim]

You plonker!!! :D

[PsychoCannon]

I've had a cunning plan!!
All I need to do is wait until after the concert then theB B&B will charge my card, I check my statement to find out who they are then all I need to do is pop back in time and sign in!

Why didn't I think of that before!!
In other news - 12 BnB's down - God knows how many to go =p

[SDMF]

Pfffhhh... festivals are all about the camping not B+B's!

[northwind]

Are they doing the VIP camping section again? Maybe that'd be good enough for our toff Psychocannon :) Festivals are all about drunks falling on you in the night, and the everpresent probability of coming back after a day standing in the rain eating offal and finding a scouser's stolen your tent, then having someone set fire to the toilet you're using- which will come as a relief, since a premature and agonising death is preferable to most festival toilets.

[krazykim]

Are they doing the VIP camping section again? Maybe that'd be good enough for our toff Psychocannon :) Festivals are all about drunks falling on you in the night, and the everpresent probability of coming back after a day standing in the rain eating offal and finding a scouser's stolen your tent, then having someone set fire to the toilet you're using- which will come as a relief, since a premature and agonising death is preferable to most festival toilets.

That about sums it up except you wake up to find someone's puked down one side of your tent and ****ed up the other side.....then you remember it was you. :smt098

[Paws]

So has anyone decided where we're gonna meet and when? Having only been there before to watch the bikes/cars, i would say that the big tyre is a good place to meet, but when?


How about we meet at services are something before we go in so we can camp together?? just an idea.
If not, all meet at the tyre, friday morn??

[krazykim]

How about we meet at services are something before we go in so we can camp together?? just an idea.
If not, all meet at the tyre, friday morn??

Like your thinking! I'll not be getting there until Thursday evening though :(
Maybe we could exchange numbers just before the Fest so i can try to find where you are when i get there?

[Ping]

ENTER SHIKARI

I caught them on t'elleh t'other night... What's with the chavvy hoody look? Its just WRONG (in my opinion).

[Paws]

Like your thinking! I'll not be getting there until Thursday evening though :(
Maybe we could exchange numbers just before the Fest so i can try to find where you are when i get there?


Thats ok hun, if you want we could try and save you a tent space near/with us if your camping alone??
I'll pm you my mobile number aswell hun :D

[krazykim]

Thats ok hun, if you want we could try and save you a tent space near/with us if your camping alone??
I'll pm you my mobile number aswell hun :D
Yay! That'd be great babe, thanks!!! :D :D :cool:

[northwind]

That about sums it up except you wake up to find someone's puked down one side of your tent and ****ed up the other side.....then you remember it was you. :smt098

Mine always gets covered in Mystery Mucus... At reading the guys on eitehr side of us had a food fight with me in teh middle, which led to me getting a load of beer, about 5 pints of milk, litres of water and a ton of breakfast cereal and pasta over mine. These things do not mix well. But luckily the site fire engine came by and hosed it down for me :)

Then, the year after at t in the park, globs of something orrible rained from the sky and woke me up... A very long, drawn out SPLLLLLAAAAAATCH, immediately followed by a lot of people saying "****- glad that's not my tent". Don't know what it was, but it was like curdled baileys and went hard when it dried out, ended up powerwashing it off.

The moral of the story is, never camp next to me.

[krazykim]

Thanks for the warning. (Paws, please don't put me next to him!!!)

[PsychoCannon]

B&B for me :)
Roughing it and being on-site is nice but so is a hot shower and full english every morning :)

[krazykim]

If you can find it!!!! ;) :p

[Paws]

ha ha ha!!!

Right can we get a DEINATE list of whose going/who wants to meet up please? cause id love to meet some of you guys

[Kinvig]

ha ha ha!!!

Right can we get a DEINATE list of whose going/who wants to meet up please? cause id love to meet some of you guys

I'm corssing my fingers that tickets will be available end May (Payday).

I've had £550 cat-issues this month....so far and Im a bit brassic.

[PsychoCannon]

Already got 2 tickets and a B&B 10 minutes away paid for 3 nights so I'm fairly certain me and my Girlfriend are going =p

[hovis]

I'm corssing my fingers that tickets will be available end May (Payday).

.
it never sells out.......... i normally just get tickets at donnington on the day

[Paws]

Yay! That'd be great babe, thanks!!! :D :D :cool:


hey babe, pm'd you my number, your more than welcome to share a tent with us if you dont want to carry yours with you? we are taking a 6 man one (for 2 of us lol)

Any one else going downlaod and wants to meet up, feel free t pm me for my number :D :drink:

[PsychoCannon]

Someone want to voluntere themselves as central contact for the .Org at Download :)

[Paws]

ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll do it :)

[hovis]

anyone taking the bike? i dont fancy leaving it unattended

last year & every other year we dont pay for camping we just park up & kip in the van we even put a tent up next to it

[PsychoCannon]

There were a lot of bikes parked up at the Festival last year but after seeing the state of the degrade over the course of the festival I've decided I'm Never parking mine on site if I do ride up :)

Paws - You have PM :)

[krazykim]

I'm going with my brother so we'll bring our own tent but thanks for the invite anyway. I've paid for two lockers so if we get wasted and can't put the bloody thing up we'll ditch it and kip in yours! :-)

[hovis]

right........ me & a mate are thinking of coming, but i dont want to leave by bike in a feild full of drunk people, anybody know if there is a sfe lock up type place.......... as it is donnigton?

[TheDangerousQuietOne]

My tickets are waiting for me at home, woo! I'm heading up from cornwall on the wedsnesday, am up for meeting you all. Will pm my mob number if you want.

[TheDangerousQuietOne]

Oh there is a safe place for locking bikes btw, someone said it's by the central control tower..I'll have to check the thread on the DL forums. I saw a few bikes chained to the fence in the disabled camping area last year.

[Paws]

Pm us ya number then hun, kim and pyscho already have :)

[mudge32]

Hmmm....http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/event_forecast.asp?eventID=6 Everyone got wellies then? ;)

Bit of a contrast to last year. I've been buying stuff to get ready for another scorcher :roll:

[krazykim]

Great :reaper:

[John 675]

Great :reaper:

WOOO tickets have come ! ! ! SWEET ! ! ! now im excited!

[mudge32]

Click on the weather link again :p It's getting better :cool:

[John 675]

Click on the weather link again :p It's getting better :cool:

To be truthfull i hope it absolutly Thrashes it down. . . i love the rain and i plan on getting really SMASHED :smt098 and i hope to God that it rains all day . . . but noth the night because that sucks for fires and the like.
i am propper buzzin about download cant wait to see KORN !!

Oh yeah i got Linkin Parks New album . . . and then took it back because its Gash i mean really Gash ! !
so i got a Static X - machine instead . . wish they were there.

you still taking Mobi numbers Paws because like i said i'll prolly be there before any of us as its just up the road. . . could get us all a good spot on the hill, if it does rain. . . i dont want to be at the bottom of it lol,

PM me if you want me to sort something out. :smt040

[hovis]

just to let u know.......... im workin friday night till 11pm & sunday mornig @ 7am

so wont be coming............ unless i do come just for the saturday, but cant have any beer

[PsychoCannon]

Sorry to hear that Hovis, if you do make the one day though it should be worth it :)

TWO MORE WEEKS!!!
GAH!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!

[TheDangerousQuietOne]

7 days!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooooooooooooo!

[PsychoCannon]

I thought it was 17 more days :)

[hovis]

:confused: i thought it was 10

:confused: :confused: :confused: