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Live Review: Download Festival – Castle Donington, Derby 14.06.2024 – 16.06-2024

Download Festival 2024 a spectacular event despite the challenging weather. Lots of mud marked the weekend! but the spirit of the festival-goers remained undeterred, adding to the overall experience rather…

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Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 11.06.23

The final day of this epic rock voyage and it was a fairly stripped back affair for me. The heat was truly oppressive from the off and wherever you stood…

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Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 10.06.23

As I entered the arena for the third time my battle plan required me to initially set up camp on the Opus Stage, so as I was winding my way…

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Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 09.06.23

As I entered the arena for day two I decided to take myself to the Dogtooth Stage in preparation for Pupil Slicer and in doing so I managed to catch…

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Live Review: Download Festival 2023 – Castle Donington, Derby 08.06.23

So, after a ninety-minute journey had morphed into a six-hour journey I hiked the path that was well trodden and finally landed on the hallowed turf of Donington Park, and…

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Live Review: Download Festival – Castle Donington, Derby 10.06.2022 – 12.06.2022

After what has seemed like an eternity, Download had finally opened its gates once more on the hallowed turf of Donington Park and armed with my trusty homemade grid, complete…

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Live Review: Download Festival – Castle Donington, Derby 10.06.2022 – 12.06.2022

My first festival press coverage and definitely not my last (hopefully) Download did not disappoint! An absolutely amazing spectacle of some of the best live acts in rock today. To…

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Premiere: Grawl!x releases new video for Appendix b

Taken from his new album Appendix, out now on Reckless Yes records, we’re delighted to premiere the video from Grawl!x, aka Derby-based multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker James Machin. Taken from the…

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Preview: 2Q Festival – Derby, 9th April 2016

2Q festival is a brand new musical venture held in Derby on Saturday 9th April 2016. Six city centre venues have united for the single day event, bringing an eclectic mix of…

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