Download 06
One hell of a Hot weekend, No Glasto, the Prodigy booked to play a smaller stage, England in Euro 06. Metallica Blew G'n'R away. Axl Rose comes on Final Night of the festival. Complains about the Bottle throwing? What like he's never been to Dowload/Donnington before (last time G'n R where there 2 people died)
People were lighting fires in the Main Area, secutiity running around like Ants trying to put them out.
We being old farts over the age of 30 retire to our campsite, and are treated to the sight and sound of a Fekking massive bonfire punctuated by the steady boom of gas cannisters being chucked on and exploding. Evnetually we fall asleep, all in one tent for safety.
Somtime in the night Dowload campsite had become the set for Mad Max beyond Derby. Secutiry towers pulled down, lighting poles pulled down across the acsess routes to prevent fire engines reaching the fires.
That was all we could see. It was only when we got home and internet conections we found the full extent of what had happend. Riots, secutiry acting like thugs, Police charges.
All of which we slept through.
(Gru being trolled since 1998, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 14:05, 3 replies)

Rock on
I flew from New Zealand to go to that festivle! got my nose smashed in a most pitand loved evey minute of it
( jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Fri 5 Jun 2009, 18:38, closed)

Hehe
I was in the next camp along watching the festivities that night, but I must have passed out from all the beer and a big smoke before it really got going.!
(elfinpunk Touching Cloth Since, Sat 6 Jun 2009, 11:40, closed)

I was there too
I was there too for that, It got very heavy and the campsite we were in was wrecked.. my girlfriend managed to fall asleep, I stayed up and toked my way through til morning, making sure ours wasnt one of the tents being randomly torched or ran through. we left about 5 in the morning.

the whole thing could have been avoided if Metallica had headline, Axl rose ruined it for me, what a girl he's become. I still tell tales of watching all the security towers and lights being torn down.
(wireless_tommer, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 18:52, closed)