Download Festival 2013 Lineup

J1nxy · 27 Sep 2012 at 10:21

The Headliners have been confirmed for Download 2013, which takes place over the weekend of the 14-16 June 2013

Friday - Slipknot
Saturday - Iron Maiden
Sunday - Rammstein

Rest of Line Up Announced So Far

A Day To Remember
Alice in Chains
Bullet For My Valentine
Coal Chamber
HIM
Mastodon
Motorhead
Queens of the Stone Age
Stone Sour
The Gaslight Anthem
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Volbeat

BloomerzUK · 27 Sep 2012 at 11:28

I cannot wait.. it will be amazing.. hopefully Slipknot break the record again for the most people getting 'down'!

J1nxy · 27 Sep 2012 at 12:02

Hotel booked, tickets booked, time off work booked, 9 months to wait...

dbmzk1 · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:10

Posted in the 2012 thread

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22853211&postcount=209

I said:

Epic headliners, tickets booked

RIP is better than being in a hotel as you still get the experience of staying on site, which is awesome, but without the total crap that comes with the main campsite.

...But seen as RIP sold out I'll be staying in a hotel in Derby this year...

Staying here, stayed there 2 or 3 times during Download before now and it's a decent place, round the corner from the station where the shuttle bus goes from and a few decent take aways and pubs up the road

http://www.thestuart.com/

Shamikebab · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:11

Much better headliners than they usually get. How much of the usual Rammstein show would they be allowed to do at a festival?

J1nxy · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:12

Shamikebab said:
Much better headliners than they usually get. How much of the usual Rammstein show would they be allowed to do at a festival?

They did pretty much all of it at Sonisphere in 2010

dbmzk1 · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:14

Shamikebab said:
Much better headliners than they usually get. How much of the usual Rammstein show would they be allowed to do at a festival?

All of it, now the stage is not directly under the flight path they can have all the pyro they want

... just hope they don't go off early like they did at Sonisphere!

J1nxy · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:14

dbmzk1 said:
Posted in the 2012 thread

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22853211&postcount=209

I said:

They moved the shuttle bus to go from the pride park side this year.

dbmzk1 · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:21

J1nxy said:
They moved the shuttle bus to go from the pride park side this year.

So you just walk through the station and away you go...?

J1nxy · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:27

Yeah, its by the Roundhouse now

so less distance for me to stumble to the Holiday Inn, it was just a bit of info so you didn't wonder where they'd moved the bloody bus too

dbmzk1 · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:29

J1nxy said:
Yeah, its by the Roundhouse now so less distance for me to stumble to the Holiday Inn, it was just a bit of info so you didn't wonder where they'd moved the bloody bus too

Yea nice one, I was in RIP last year so would have been like wtf! lol...

It still ok to use the bridge through/over the station? There was some argument over it in the past.

J1nxy · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:32

Didn't seem to be any problems this year seemed to run quite smoothly other than the rain causing utter chaos on the friday.

dbmzk1 · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:35

J1nxy said:
Didn't seem to be any problems this year seemed to run quite smoothly other than the rain causing utter chaos on the friday.

Yea can imagine that was pretty... erm... fun?! The village on Thursday evening was epic, when we got back to the RIP camp we went in the pub totally covered in mud, it was great

Was there deffo people coming from the main side of the station over the footbridge with no trouble?

J1nxy · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:36

Yep definitely people doing it as they were catching buses and walking to other hotels and that sort of thing.

chrispystix · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:40

Hotel seems like a good idea. Since Soni appears to be dead and I cant handle pleb camping. Any others??

dbmzk1 · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:40

J1nxy said:
Yep definitely people doing it as they were catching buses and walking to other hotels and that sort of thing.

Perfect mate nice one - I've stayed in The Stuart before and it's a lot nicer than the Travelodge/Holiday Inn places and I know all the take aways and pubs so might as well stay there - it's only like £70 more for the 2 of us so no big deal really!

J1nxy · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:42

The Holiday Inn Express I linked to in the 2012 thread has always been very good and at 102 a room inc breakfast and parking per night seems like a good deal. I've stayed there for every Download I've been to which is all but 2.

dbmzk1 · 27 Sep 2012 at 16:48

J1nxy said:
The Holiday Inn Express I linked to in the 2012 thread has always been very good and at 102 a room inc breakfast and parking per night seems like a good deal. I've stayed there for every Download I've been to which is all but 2.

Yea they are pretty decent places, but I'm only paying £95 per night at The Stuart so it's win-win really! Granted no breakfast, but I get that in the cafe up the road!

Saying that... looking at the Ramada Encore... it's only £60 a night :eek:

hmmm..... might just book both then decide later on haha

What day do you travel down there?

chrispystix · 27 Sep 2012 at 17:03

family camping?

Tican · 27 Sep 2012 at 17:21

Tempted to go.

I have seen all the headliners before (Slipknot at Download 05(?) and 09, and their own tour. Iron Maiden and Rammstein at Soni 2010), but wouldn't mind seeing them again.