Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Download 2010 announcement

Donington has always attracted the biggest names in rock and metal to its traditionally huge festival and 2010 is no different.

This pilgrimage of the metal hordes from across the world is this year rewarded with a fantastic first announcement.

Firstly we have the daddy, the grand beast of rock, the band that is seemingly synonymous with Donington, namely the one and only AC/DC.

Having one of THE definitive rock bands of the last 40 years headlining the first day is a coup of massive proportions. Anyone who caught a glimpse of their shows in 2009 knows just how amazing a performance we are due in June.

As if that massive coup wasn’t enough, also on that announcement was supergroup Them Crooked Vultures who lets not forget comprise a quarter of Led Zeppelin, a third of Nirvana and Josh Homme! They were truly astonishing live last year, rocking venues up and down the land with their dirty bluesy rock.

Last but by no means least come Stone Temple Pilots. This is amongst their first batch of European shows since reforming in 2008. Always a cult band, this represents a lot of their newer fans a first chance to see them live.

If Scott Weiland pulls out a performance like he is undoubtedly capable of, then this could be a highlight of the entire weekend, regardless of who else is yet to be announced.

This doesn’t even touch on the 6 other great acts announced (which include the mighty Deftones, Megadeth and Motorhead no less), so Download 2010 is in a healthy state already. Roll on the next announcement, and June 2010 with 110,000 metalheads rocking out to hopefully the best lineup in Donington history.

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