Download Festival 2010

Killing For Company honour the life of Stuart Cable with the release of ‘Former Mining Town’
Proceeds from downloadable single to be donated towards the charities Teenage Cancer Trust and Ty Hafan
It was with heavy hearts that we all first heard the saddening news about the passing of Stuart Cable, founding member of Killing For Company, former drummer of the Stereophonics and tragically missed son, father, brother and band-mate
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Download 2010 Post Mortem - Sunday 13th June
All the action from the closing day of Download 2010
Headache. Ouch. The morning after the Rage Against The Machine totally broke us, we were all left feeling a little bit vulnerable on Sunday morning at Download
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Download 2010 Post Mortem - Saturday 12th June
All the action from the second night of Download 2010
Saturday at Download was a beast. Still buzzing from one of the greatest Donington sets ever in the form of AC/DC’s headline show the night before, the Download crowd assembled in the Arena at 11am, hungry for more.
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Download 2010 Post Mortem - Friday 11th June
All the action from the opening night of Download 2010
The opening day at Download 2010 was one we won’t be forgetting any time soon, for many, many reasons.
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We scoop the award for Best Event at Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards!
Thanks to all the Download fans who voted for us – this one is extra special…
We left Donington this morning (Monday) on a massive high from an incredible weekend of rock at Download. But the fun wasn’t about to end there, as we were whisked down to London for this year’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards.
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Aerosmith close Sunday night at Download
An phenomenal set from the Boston bad boys to close Download 2010
The Aerosmith logo was emblazoned on a flag the size of the stage, Bob Dylan’s Rainy Day Woman #12 & #35 echoing out from the PA speakers with the immortal lyric “everybody must get stoned” along with the sound of guitars a being tweaked.
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If rock and metal are a religious experience – as we all believe – then Donington is our Mecca, our Jerusalem, our cathedral, our… well, you get the point. This is our home. The first place anyone thinks about whenever the subject of iconic locations and venues is raised.

"When people think about rock festivals, Donington is one of the first places they think of, if not the first," says Download Promoter Andy Copping. And he talks from a vast experience, not only of being involved so closely with Download, but from going to its predecessor The Monsters Of Rock Festival in the 1980s – actually, he was there at the very first one. In 1980...

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The Download Festival is the UK’s premier Rock Festival. A mammoth 5 day rock event, based at the spiritual home of rock - Donington Park.