Music News Download Festival unveils 2023 lineup featuring Metallica, Slipknot, Bring Me the Horizon and more by Tom Disalvo Download Festival has revealed the lineup for the 2023 edition of the UK heavy rock festival, headlined by the likes of Metallica, Slipknot and Bring Me the Horizon. The four-day…
News Download Festival UK is going virtual, thank the rock gods by Talya Jacobson With all music events and festivals being cancelled worldwide thanks to COVID-19, it’s any wonder no one has thought of taking the parties online, much like the rest of the…
News Download Festival 2020 cancelled after My Chemical Romance withdraws by Claudia Schmidt Download Festival, which was set to take place in Sydney and Melbourne later this month, has officially been cancelled. The announcement comes after headliners My Chemical Romance made the decision…
News Download Festival 2020 lineup just got even bigger by Claudia Schmidt Download Festival have just announced an addition to their already massive 2020 lineup. Los Angeles punk rock legends, The Bronx will now be joining the likes of My Chemical Romance,…
News Download Festival have announced a stack of huge 2020 sideshows by James Peppercorn Download Festival has been a pilgrimage for metal heads and hardcore fans alike. With next year’s huge lineup appealing to all demographics (including a newly reunited My Chemical Romance), things…
News My Chemical Romance are returning to Australia for Download 2020 by Happy Last week, news broke that pop-punk/emo icons My Chemical Romance are returning from a six-year hiatus. Expectedly, the internet absolutely lost its shit. Now, for the first time since playing…
News Download Festival have announced their 2020 dates and venues by Dennis De Caires Download Festival will be returning to our shores in March next year, and the dates and venues for the 2020 event have just been unveiled. The event dedicated to all…
News BIGSOUND announce huge list of speakers and buyers for 2019 festival by Mia Hull BIGSOUND have announced their biggest ever list of speakers and buyers hitting up Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley Live Music Precinct this September. BIGSOUND is the Southern Hemisphere’s largest gathering of industry…
Interviews Chatting Download Festival and big things ahead with Caitlin from Eat Your Heart Out by Happy If you haven’t yet heard the name Eat Your Heart Out, it’s time to start paying attention. The shows these Newcastle alt rock noise-makers have been playing just get bigger…
News Download Festival just got even louder with their third lineup announcement by Rianna Manuel Massive rock and metal festival Download has just announced its third lot of artists, adding to their already behemoth lineup. These new artists will christen the first ever Ascension stage…
Interviews A chat with Alien Weaponry, the Māori teenagers making metal in their native tongue by Tom Cameron Meet Ethan Trembath and brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong, the three teenagers who make up Alien Weaponry. Hailing from Waipu, a town in northern New Zealand, they’re one of…
News Sum 41, Pennywise and more join Download Australia’s 2019 lineup! by Happy You were probably thinking that Download Australia’s 2019 lineup couldn’t possibly get any bigger, right? Well, you were wrong. Because the festival has just gone and dropped an absolutely huge second…
News Good lord! The 2019 Download Festival lineup is here! by Happy Following a series of fake posters, the 2019 Download Festival Australia lineup has officially dropped… and my God! This thing is an absolute mammoth. Next March, some of the globe’s…