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Download Festival is a rock festival created by Andy Copping, held annually at the Donington Park motorsport circuit in Leicestershire, England (since 2003); in Paris, France (since 2016); at Parramatta Park, Sydney (since 2019); Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne (since 2018) and at the Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany (since 2022).
Monsters of Rock was the first major festival event at Donington Park. It was regular, with few cancellations throughout its run. In 1988, due to poor conditions, two fans were killed after being crushed to death during Guns N' Roses set.
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, ... It has a capacity of 120,000, and is also the venue of the Download Festival.
one-day festival featuring death, black, thrash, doom metal Download Festival: Donington Park, Leicestershire: 2003–present: June: large rock festival featuring hard rock, nu-metal, metalcore, death metal, black metal and pro wrestling from NXT UK: Hard Rock Hell: Gwynedd, North Wales: 2007–present: November: Three day metal festival held ...
The Saturday (11 June) of the Download Festival at Donington Park was dubbed "Ozzfest Day", featuring Black Sabbath, Velvet Revolver, HIM, Anthrax, Alter Bridge, A, Bowling for Soup, The Mad Capsule Markets, The Dwarves and Trivium.
Donington Park is a site near Castle Donington in North West Leicestershire, England. Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it is leased by Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd from owner Tom Wheatcroft. Used as a motor racing track, it is also the venue for the Download Festival.
Donington Park remained event-less until 2001 when the Rock and Blues Festival and Stereophonics held events at the site. In 2002 the Ozzfest tour returned to the UK using Donington Park as their only British event and the following year Live Nation picked up the reins as Monsters of Rock's successor in the name of Download Festival. An ...
On 14 June 2008, Sign were the first band to play on the mainstage at Download Festival, Donington Park. Sign recorded a cover of Iron Maiden's " Run to the Hills " on the tribute album Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden released by Kerrang! magazine.