In fact, she sang a little like Sharon Den Adel and the music wasn't that far removed from Within Temptation either, even when she incorporated the knobby thing. The music they played wasn't what I would describe as Folk. I have seen them described as Folk Rock and I think that is based on the fact that vocalist Anna Murphy plays an old instrument called a Hurdy-Gurdy, something made famous by Bob Dylan in an old song he wrote ages ago.ĭid she dare to play it today in front of a Download audience? Yes, she did, but it wasn't an old piece of kit, but a brilliant white, electric job with more knobs than a knobby thing. This year, the press tent was further away than ever from the main stage, so I knew my legs would be buckling at the end of the first day rather than Sunday.Įverything kicked off at the usual time of 1pm on the Friday and the first target on my list was a Swiss band called CELLAR DARLING (on the Dogtooth Stage) which, you may not be surprised to learn, were female-fronted. I was hopeful that all the drainage they spent all that money on last year wasn't temporary and that it would work this year as well. I had heard he had since grown up a little and that this doesn't really happen these days so who knows.įriday morning soon came around and guess what? Rain! Keep in mind this was after the weather guessers had told us it was going to be nice all weekend. I had never seen GN'R before because I don't subscribe to spending my time and money to see someone who can't be bothered to show his audience any respect and turn up on time. This year saw a bit of a change as we had two headliners who hadn't been at Download for quite a while, namely Ozzy Osbourne (admittedly he was here in 2015, but then as part of Black Sabbath and not under his own name) and the reformed Guns N' Roses. So, here we were again and, as always, the thing that had been on our minds for the previous two weeks was, "is it going to rain, and if so, how much?" Those of us who have been doing this for a while will remember those years when it started and refused to stop, and the clay mud that are the Donington fields pulled our boots off – oh what fun that was. If I had blinked, I was sure it would be Christmas next. Download Festivasl 2018 - Donington Park, Castle Donington (UK) - 09-11 June 2018ĭownload 2017 ended two weeks ago.
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