Yes, I was being optimistic.
Last year I sent an email to the Beeb pointing out that while V festival, Glastonbury et al had been covered heavily, almost to saturation point in fact, coverage of Download had consisted of about an hour on Radio 1 and I wasn't overly impressed.
Got a polite reply that translates very roughly as "We can't do all the festivals so we're not going to bother with the one all the smelly, tattooed plebs go to."
Again ,mainstream coverage of Download pretty much nonexistent this year as well. Shame. Would have been nice to have seen Lawnmower Deth on BBC3.
(Big D, Sat 4 Sep 2010, 12:39, 3 replies)

Ooooh Crikey!
Lawnmower Deth? Legends! Kim Wilde did a version of their song "Kids In America" which had none of the pathos of the original...
(SausageWarrior destination Zululand, come on boys jump in the van, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 6:27, closed)

I was...
going to write a similar letter of complaint, regarding the excessive coverage of festivals once again this year. If I wanted to see such acts then I would buy a ticket and suffer the humility of not washing nor shitting properly for 3 days in an area awash with drunken vomiting drug addled freaks. But that's just my opinion.
(feedingtimeatthezoo day 1 of his bikini diet started, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 14:52, closed)

Go to Damnation.
Lawnmower Deth, earthtone9 and Alcest. Hurrah!
( Angry Boss Bee I love horses, death to other animals, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 21:29, closed)