This episode we discuss what we think of the Download Festival 2025 lineup so far. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/ Intro music - Simon Bond I…

This episode we are joined by the one and only Rob Kellas from TPDTV to talk about all things Download Festival. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/3728…

This episode we discuss who we want to see, who we expect to see and who we really don't want at Download Festival 2025. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sou…

This episode we are joined by my friends and old members of Men Podcasting Badly, Dan Cross and Rich Cooke, to play some old games and talk about them. The games played this episode are Hannah Montana spotlight world tour for the Nintendo Wii. Earache Extreme metal racing for the PC. Spice world the movie for the PS1 and Kiss Psycho Circus the nigh…

This episode we discuss everything that's been in the news recently including Linkin Park's reunion, adding Emily Armstrong to the band, the Oasis reunion and how David Grohl has been a very naughty boy indeed. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/pe…

This episode we are joined by Stu Reid from the Top Turnbucle podcast to talk about all things wrestling and the crossover it has with rock music in general. You can find them in these places: Spotify Facebook Instagram And you can find us here: Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://fr…

This episode Simon tells us of his experiences attending Bloodstock festival 2024. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/ Intro music - Simon Bond I…

This episode Simon tells us about his most recent festival 2000 Trees. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/ Intro music - Simon Bond Intro robot v…

This episode we talk about the bands on the Saturday and Sunday at this years Download Festival 2024, as well as everything else we didn't talk about in part 1. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - htt…

In this episode we cover most of what we experienced at Download Festival 2024 from the Wednesday - Friday, including the car parks, the Dear Download meet up, our live show on the courtyard stage, the tornado that is the Tazmanian Chidzvidz, some of the bands from the Friday and much much more. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's Y…

This years Wednesday morning epsidode for download festival 2024.Por Dear Download

This episode we talk about everything else that's happenening in District X, RIP and the arena at Download Festival 2024. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Here are some youtube channels of our listeners too. Please check them out and give them the support they deserve! George Butler YouTube Me…

That's right, we have been asked to do a special live version of the podcast at Download festival 2024! We will be on the Courtyard stage in RIP on the Thursday! See you there.Por Dear Download

This episode we discuss every band playing on every stage at Download Festival 2024. Merch is now available You can buy it dierectly from our Discord. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - https://frees…

This episode we discuss every band playing on every stage at Download Festival 2024. Merch will be available from 8pm Monday 6th May. You can buy it dierectly from our Discord, or in these places. You can find us here Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Stu's Tiktok Stu's Instagram Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPac…

This is the start of our countdown to Download. With only 8 weeks to go we talk about every band that's playing on every stage on the Friday of this years Download Festival 2024. You can find us here Linktree A huge thanks to our patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Be…

This episode we sit down with Liam for a chat about all things festivals. Liam has been attending festivals for 15 years both as a punter and working them, and has clearly built up a lot of experience and knowledge. You can find him in these places. Instagram Tiktok Linktree You can find us here Linktree A huge thanks to our patreons. James Harriso…

We have dubbed this episode our self titled episode. We wanted to take the chance to have a more relaxed episode before starting our Countdown to Download in a few weeks where we go hard talking about every band and every aspect worth talking bout over the weekend of Download Festival 2024. And it's the perfect opportunity to show off our brand new…

This episode we talk all things Avenged Sevenfold who are headlining the Sunday of Download festival 2024. We discuss our thoughts on each album, what we can expect to see at Download, their NFT situation and the benefits they give and much more.Por Dear Download

This episode we take a deep dive into the history and music of Fall out boy who are headlining on the Saturday of Download Festival 2024. You can find us here Linktree A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Ben Saccone Rhys Nic…

This episode we are joined by Stu to chat about the Friday headliner for Download festival 2024 Queens of the stone age. You can find us here Linktree A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Ben Saccone Rhys Nicholson Scott Seag…

This episode we have a brief (for us) chat about the 22 bands announced in the 2nd wave announcement for Download Festival 2024. You can find us here Linktree A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Ben Saccone Rhys Nicholson Sc…

This episode we take a look back at Download Festival 2007, the final year that the festival was held inside the race track at Donington. It was a mammoth year with Iron Maiden, Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance headlining. Also we had Bring me the horizon and Biffy Clyro who have since headlined the festival, as well as some other huge bands in …

This episode we sit down for a chat with Adam Leader, front man of 'In Search Of Sun'. We talk about everything going on in his life at the moment, how his previous tour went with Scarlet Riot, his upcoming headline tour, the films hes made, what it was like to work on a music video with Sleep Token, directing a video for Slaughter to Prevail and m…

Join us this episode to hear who won our Dear Download awards of 2023 voted for by us and our listeners in our Discord. A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado George Butler Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Ben Saccone Rhys Nicholson Scott Seagers Chris Henderson Simon's YouT…

This episode we are joined by lots of other content creators to talk about how their 2023 has been. We spoke to Matt Bacon from Nevermind Polly podcast, Ben 'Chidzvidz' Chidwick, Stu Marlow of SMTV, Kieran and Courtney from Dippy Doughnutters, Kev and Gem from Ready to mosh podcast, Dylan Rangley from The Dilcam and Rob Kellas of TPDTV! Here is whe…

This episode we sat down with Jenny Cotter and Dannika Webber from the Download Festival booking team to talk about all things Download related. Including how they wound up working for live nation, some of the different aspects of the band booking process, district X, secret acoustic sets, what they get upto during the festival and much more. Linkt…

In this special episode we discuss what our reactions were to Download 2024's first announcement. A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield George Butler Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Ben Saccone Rhys Nicholson Scott Seagers Find us here. Linktree Simon's YouT…

This episode we talk about some albums the were released in 2013. A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield George Butler Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Ben Saccone Rhys Nicholson Scott Seagers Find us here. Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Chidzvidz YouT…

This episode we talk about a lot of our favourite albums from 2003. It was a mammoth year for rock and metal shown by the 20+ albums in this episode. A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield George Butler Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Ben Saccone Rhys Nichols…

This episode we talk about 8 albums that were released 30 years ago. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses Life of Againy - River runs red Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream Nirvana - In Utero Rush - Counterparts Tool - Undertow Aerosmith - Get a grip Helloween - Chameleon A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon…

This episode is a follow on from the last episode. We discuss games that we're playing at the moment, movies and tv shows that we've watched this year. A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield George Butler Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Ben Saccone Rhys Nicho…

This episode we have a catch up talking about all things that we've enjoyed this summer. We attempt to talk about many more topics like board games, tv and film, video games, but I'm sure is expected by now, we went on too many tangents about music and festivals. A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Da…

This episode we talk all about Simons' experience this year at Bloodstock festival 2023. A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons. James Harrison Alexander Toon Dan Cross Dean Delicado Sean Schofield George Butler Christopher Hambridge Henry Richardson Find us here. Linktree Simon's YouTube Stu's YouTube Chidzvidz YouTube Dippy Doughnut…

This episode we have 4 very special guests over 3 interviews. Something quite different to our normal episodes. We have Stu first talking about RIP and his experiences of it for the first time this year. Then we have Matt and Andrew from Antisaint back to talk to us about how the festival was for them from a bands point of view and how they found t…

This episode we talk all about Simons experience at 2000 trees this year, including reviews of Bullet for my valentine, Skindred, The Bronx, Dinosaur Pileup, Hell is for heroes, Deaf Havana, Pitchshifter and Holding Absence. You can also check out Simon's Vlog of 2000 Trees here. Find us here. Linktree Simon's YouTube Chidzvidz YouTube Stu's YouTub…

This is part 2 of our Download Festival 2023 review where we give our thoughts and impressions of this years festival. We talk about the bands from Saturday and Sunday and our overall opinions of the layout and the changes they made for this year. Find us here. Linktree Simon's Vlog Chidzvidz Vlog Chidzvidz Vlog 2 Stu's Vlog Credits: Explicit Intro…

This is THE episode of the year (part 1) where we give our thoughts and impressions of Download Festival 2023. We talk about the bands from Thursday and Friday, where we managed to get with our press pass, the Church of Genxsis, the meet up and much much more. Find us here. Linktree Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/…

This is our Wednesday morning episode for Download Festival 2023. We have loads of submissions from you guys, the fans talking about what you love about the festival. We hope you enjoy this on your annual pilgrimage to the hallowed ground. Find us here. Linktree If you'd like to help contribute to Simon and Victoria's honeymoon: Paypal - coxycus@ho…

This episode we cover everything we haven't covered so far including every band playing on the Thursday at Download Festival 2023, acts you can see in the new District X including the 5 bands playing the boardie takeover on the Wednesday, Live podcast shows on the Sidesplitter stage, additions or changes on the map and a lot more. Find us here. Lin…

We sat down with ANTISAINT to discuss their upcoming appearance at Download Festival.This will be their UK debut and we can't wait to get down to the Dogtooth stage first thing on Saturday morning to catch their set! ANTISAINT linktree Find us here. Linktree Simons YouTube Stu's YouTube Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerP…

This bonus episode is all about RIP. We are joined by Stu who has gone from fan of the show to admin of the Discord to part of the team. We discuss everything we could find about all RIP packages and more at Download Fetival 2023. Find us here. Linktree Stu's Youtube Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Ex…

This is episode three of our Countdown to Download episodes in which we will be discussing every single band that's playing over the weekend. This week we talk about every band currently announced for the Friday. Find us here. Linktree Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - https://freesound…

This is episode two of our Countdown to Download episodes in which we will be discussing every single band that's playing over the weekend. This week we talk about every band currently announced for the Saturday. Find us here. Linktree Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - https://freesound…

This episode is the start of our Countdown to Download episodes in which we will be discussing every single band that's playing over the weekend. This week we start with the 33 bands that are currently announced for the Sunday. Find us here. Linktree Credits: Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/ Explicit Intro - ht…

This episode we take the opportunity to step away from talking about Download Festival before exclusively talking about it for the next 3-4 months. We talk about some movies that we love including Ghostbusters, Pitch Black, Ferris Buelers day off, Thirteen Ghosts, The Shining and many more. You can reach us at: Deardownload2003@gmail.com Patreon Di…

This episode we catch up on all the news and new releases we missed or ran out of time to talk about. We discuss what System of a Down would have been like if they replaced Serj Tankain 15 years ago and kept releasing albums. We also talk about new music from The Used, Hell is for heroes, Cradle of Filth, Enter Shikari, Metallica, Fit for an Autops…

This episode we move away from talking about Download Festival 2023 and take a look back at 2006. We talk about the absolutely stacked lineup, we remember the bands that we saw and the bands we missed. We also talk about Axl Rose's tiny feet, the Snickers bowl and what heppened with the infamous riots on the Sunday night. You can reach us at: Deard…

This episode is all Slipknot who are headlining the Sunday at this years Download Festival. We talk about all of their albums in detail, we discuss eveything from their early years including Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. to the most recent The End So Far and Bone Church. We also finally got round to sharing our thoughts on the latest In Flames album Fo…

This episode we discuss every aspect of the second announcement for Download Festival 2023 including the leaked poster, our initial thoughts on the bands that were added and the many benefits for the future of Download that can come from the festival selling out. You can reach us at: Deardownload2003@gmail.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube Ada…