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Since 1980 when rock music was revived in Britain by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal,[citation needed] Donington Park has played host to many music festivals. The venue, located near Donington Castle in central England has build itself a reputation as the 'spiritual home of British hard rock'. Though other festivals have taken place there, the two most notable were annual offerings of Monsters of Rock and Download Festival. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ...
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Donington Castle was in the village of Castle Donington in Leicestershire to the north of East Midlands Airport (grid reference SK448276). ...
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The Download Festival is a three day music festival held annually at the spiritual home of rock music in England: Donington Park (which hosted the Monsters of Rock Festivals between 1980 and 1996, and 2002s Ozzfest). ...
List of Festivals - 1980 - 1988: Monsters of Rock
- 1989: No Festivals
- 1990 - 1992: Monsters of Rock
- 1993: No Festivals
- 1994: Monsters of Rock
- 1995: Metallica Escape from the Studio '95
- 1996: Monsters of Rock
- 1997 - 2000: No Festivals
- 2001: Rock and Blues Festival, Stereophonics A Day at the Races
- 2002: Ozzfest
- 2003 - 2004: Download Festival
- 2005: Download Festival, Ozzfest Download
- 2006 - present: Download Festival, Twisted Realm @ Download
Donington Park Festival Timeline - 1931: Donington Park opened
- 1931 - 1979: No Festivals
- Monsters of Rock 16/08/1980: Rainbow - first Donington Park festival, organised by Rainbow
- Monsters of Rock 22/08/1981: AC/DC
- Monsters of Rock 21/08/1982: Status Quo
- Monsters of Rock 19/08/1983: Whitesnake
- Monsters of Rock 25/08/1984: AC/DC - AC/DC become first band to headline Donington twice
- Monsters of Rock 17/08/1985: ZZ Top
- Monsters of Rock 16/08/1986: Ozzy Osbourne
- Monsters of Rock 22/08/1987: Bon Jovi
- Monsters of Rock 20/08/1988: Iron Maiden - Only year someone died at Donington, largest ever festival
- 1989: No Festival - first year without a Donington Park festival since beginning of venue
- Monsters of Rock 18/08/1990: Whitesnake
- Monsters of Rock 17/08/1991: AC/DC - AC/DC become first band to headline Donington three times, only band in Monsters of Rock era
- Monsters of Rock 22/08/1992: Iron Maiden
- 1993: No Festival
- Monsters of Rock 04/06/1994: Aerosmith (Second stage: The Wildhearts) - First year with multiple stages
- Metallica - Escape from the Studio '95 26/08/1995: Metallica - First non-Monsters of Rock festival
- Monsters of Rock 17/08/1996: Ozzy Osbourne and KISS (Kerrang stage: KoЯn) - First joint-headline slot. Last Monsters of Rock
- 1997: No Festival
- 1998: No Festival
- 1999: No Festival
- 2000: No Festival
- Rock and Blues Festival 22/06/2001: Hawkwind
- Rock and Blues Festival 23/06/2001: UFO and Uli Jon Roth - First two-day festival at Donington
- Stereophonics' A Day at the Races 14/07/2001: Stereophonics - First event at Donington Park not to feature major hard rock presence
- Ozzfest 2002 UK 25/05/2002: Ozzy Osbourne (Second stage: Hundred Reasons)
- Download Festival 31/05/2003: Iron Maiden (Scuzz stage: A) - First Download,
- Download Festival 01/06/2003: AudioSlave (Scuzz stage: NOFX)
- Download Festival 05/06/2004: Linkin Park (Snickers Stage: Pennywise, Barfly stage: Peaches)
- Download Festival 06/06/2004: Metallica (Snickers stage: HIM, Barfly stage: Suicide Girls)
- Download Festival 10/06/2005: Feeder (Snickers stage: Billy Idol, Napster stage: Napalm Death)
- Download Festival 11/06/2005: Black Sabbath (Snickers stage: In Flames, Napster stage: Helmet) - Ozzfest Download. With Black Sabbath, Ozzy becomes the first person to headline Donington four times
- Download Festival 12/06/2005: System of a Down (Snickers stage: Motörhead, Napster stage: Therapy? - First three day festival
- Twisted Realm @ Download 08/06/2006: Aural Demolition - First free event at Donington, creation of The Village
- Download Festival 09/06/2006: Tool (Snickers stage: The All American Rejects, Gibson/MySpace stage: Ginger and the Sonic Circus, Snickers Bowl stage: Gay for Johnny Depp)
- Download Festival 10/06/2006: Metallica (Snickers stage: Alter Bridge, Gibson/MySpace stage: Killing Joke, Snickers Bowl stage: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.) - Metallica first band to headline Download twice
- Download Festival 11/06/2006: Guns N' Roses (Snickers stage: The Prodigy, Gibson/MySpace stage: Sick of it All, Snickers Bowl stage: Viking Skull) - Best selling group of festival headliners for the year
- Twisted Realm @ Download 07/06/2007: Scumface and Encrusted Lovepump
- Download Festival 08/06/2007: My Chemical Romance (Dimebag Darrell stage: KoЯn, Tuborg stage: Suicidal Tendencies)
- Download Festival 09/06/2007: Linkin Park (Dimebag Darrell stage: Mötley Crüe, Tuborg stage: Head Automatica)
- Download Festival 10/06/2007: Iron Maiden (Dimebag Darell stage: Billy Talent, Tuborg stage: Reel Big Fish) - Record setting fourth appearance by the same band as a headline act (discounting Ozzy for performing in two separate groups for his appearances)
After Download Festival 2007, Iron Maiden's four appearances at Donington Park will be a new record for most headline appearances at the venue - four. At present the record of three is held by Maiden, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica. However it should be noted that Ozzy Osbourne also appeared in Black Sabbath in 2005 and that Ozzfest/Escape from the Studio '95 were not part of the main Monsters of Rock/Download festival series. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Annual Festivals
Monsters of Rock: 1980 - 1997
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Monsters of Rock was the first major festival event at Donington Park. It was regular, with few cancellations throughout it's run. In 1988, two fans died in a crush due to in part to the vast (100 000 - largest ever) number of people attending. This led to the festival's first cancellation in 1989. Cancellation happened again in 1993, and in 1997. Plans for converting the one day festival into a twoe day one had been set out for 1997 before it's cancellation, however.
After huge success in the 1980s, the early 1990s faced a decline in hard rock. Difficulty to find a powerful headline act was the reason for the 1993 cancellation and end of the festival itself. In 1995, without a major act willing to play the festival was going to cancel. Metallica were persuaded to play, but the festival was to be called 'Escape from the Studio '95', with major contributions to the organisation by the band in exchange for their services. Whether the festival counts as a Monsters of Rock show is sometimes debated but it is generally considered one.
Though in 2006 another festival by the name of Monsters of Rock was held in Britain (headlined by Deep Purple), it was at Milton Keynes Bowl, not Donington. AC/DC hold the record for most headline performances at the event - three of the sixteen lead acts at Monsters of Rock festivals were AC/DC sets. Metallica played more often (four times) but only once as headliner. This article is about the rock band. ...
The National Bowl is a 65,000 capacity entertainment venue in Milton Keynes, England. ...
List of Monsters of Rock headline acts/total bands This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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ZZ Top is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. ...
Ozzy redirects here. ...
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Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from east London. ...
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Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from east London. ...
Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, regarded by some as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. [1][2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston[3], none of the bands members are actually from that city. ...
Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal band, formed in 1981,[1] which has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
Ozzy redirects here. ...
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ...
Metallica Escape from the Studio '95 See main articles, Monsters of Rock and Metallica This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal band, formed in 1981,[1] which has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
Taking the place of a Monsters of Rock 1995 was a Metallica organised festival as part of their 'Escape from the Studio '95' tour. The show was considered the official Monsters of Rock 1995 show by bands playing, including Metallica. If the organisers of Monsters of Rock had not been struggling to find a headliner for the festival, they would not have allowed Metallica to present the festival as it's own and controlled the event so much. In 1996, Monsters of Rock would return - for the last time. Their 'Escape from the Studio '06' festival tour also covered the venue, arriving at the Download Festival though this was not a Metallica organised festival. Escape from the Studio 06 is the name of heavy metal band Metallicas 2006 tour. ...
The Download Festival is a three day music festival held annually at the spiritual home of rock music in England: Donington Park (which hosted the Monsters of Rock Festivals between 1980 and 1996, and 2002s Ozzfest). ...
List of Metallica Escape from the Studio '95 headline acts/total bands Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal band, formed in 1981,[1] which has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
Download Festival 2003 - present See main article, Download Festival The Download Festival is a three day music festival held annually at the spiritual home of rock music in England: Donington Park (which hosted the Monsters of Rock Festivals between 1980 and 1996, and 2002s Ozzfest). ...
After the decline of British hard rock music in the early 90s in the face of grunge rock, and with the late 90s rise of synthetic pop music further hampering the genre, Monsters of Rock had been forced to stop. By 2003 however, hard rock was growing again and Live Nation decided to resurrect the Monsters of Rock of old, under a new name - Download Festival. The festival was a runaway success, and lasted followed 1997's plans to extend Monsters of Rock to two days rather than the single day Monsters of Rock always had. The festival continues to this day. For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ...
Live Nation NYSE: LYV is a concert company based in the United States of America. ...
In 2005, when the Ozzfest tour decided to perform at Donington it picked a Saturday in the middle of Download Festival. Following this, Download has always been a three day event. See notes on Ozzfest below.
List of Download Festival headline acts/total bands The thirteen headline slots used so far have been held by ten bands, with Iron Maiden, Linkin Park and Metallica all having headlined the show twice. Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from east London. ...
Audioslave was an alternative/hard rock supergroup that consisted of the instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello (guitar), Tim Commerford (bass and back-up vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums), together with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) as their lead singer. ...
Linkin Park is a nu metal band from Agoura Hills, California. ...
Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal band, formed in 1981,[1] which has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
Feeder are a British rock band who formed in Newport, South Wales during 1992. ...
For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ...
System of a Down (also referred to as System or abbreviated as SOAD) is a four-piece, Grammy-award winning band, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles, California. ...
Tool is an American progressive rock band, formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California, when drummer Danny Carey joined the rehearsal of his neighbor, singer Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Paul dAmour, when nobody else would show up. ...
Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal band, formed in 1981,[1] which has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...
This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
My Chemical Romance are an American rock band formed in 2001. ...
Linkin Park is a nu metal band from Agoura Hills, California. ...
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from east London. ...
Twisted Realm @ Download 2006 - present See main article, Twisted Realm @ Download This article should appear in one or more categories. ...
A guerrilla festival that first occurred in 2006, Twisted Realm happens in the Download Festival camp the day before the festival itself (the Download camp opens a few days before the stages are opened). It features unsigned acoustic acts lacking in fame. Aural Demolition began with stating they would perform, and managed to gather a following interested in joining them. It attracted over 200 viewers. For 2007, the mini-festival will occur again and will do in the future should enough interest continue to generate. It has expanded from 8 to 12 acts, including a secret one.
List of Twisted Realm @ Download headline acts/total bands - 2006: Aural Demolition - 8 bands
- 2007: Scumface and Encrusted Lovepump - 12 bands
Other Donington Festivals
Stereophonics A Day at the Races See main article, Stereophonics Stereophonics are a rock band from Wales with original members Kelly Jones, Richard Jones (no relation to Kelly) and Stuart Cable, who grew up together in Cwmaman in the South Wales valleys. ...
To promote the new album they played a two day festival which was called "A Day at the Races". The two day concert was held at Donington Park on the first day and Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on the second. The concerts were supported by Ash, Black Crowes and Proud Mary. World Series by Renault at Donington Parks Melbourne Hairpin in 2005. ...
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Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick (Northern Ireland) in 1992. ...
The Black Crowes are a taper-friendly rock and roll jam band, formed in 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
List of a Day at the Races headline acts/total bands Stereophonics are a rock band from Wales with original members Kelly Jones, Richard Jones (no relation to Kelly) and Stuart Cable, who grew up together in Cwmaman in the South Wales valleys. ...
Rock and Blues Festival A two day event featuring blues rock bands for the most part, aiming at an older audience who would have been around during the genre's heyday which had ended at the dawn of the 1990s. The Saturday saw Hawkwind playing with Meat2loaf, Eddie & The Hot Rods and Stone while the Sunday saw UFO and Uli Jon Roth playing with Wishbone Ash, Company Of Snakes (a band featuring ex-members of Whitesnake), and Deborah Bonham (sister of John Bonham of Led Zeppelin drumming fame). Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining elements of the blues with rock and roll, with an emphasis on the electric guitar. ...
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Eddie & The Hot Rods is a pub rock band from London founded in 1975. ...
Stone were a heavy metal band who formed in Helsinki, Finland in the mid-80s. ...
UFO are an English rock band formed in 1969. ...
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Ozzfest See main article, Ozzfest This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
The largely America-based tour organised by Ozzy Osbourne (of Black Sabbath fame) and his wife, Sharon Osbourne. In 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2005 the tour extended itself to visit the United Kingdom, and two of it's visits were to Donington. It first came to the UK in 1998, to fill the void left by the end of the Monsters of Rock festival series. It's role as the nearest the UK had to a 'replacement' Monsters of Rock was made more evident with the 2002 performance at Donington, and then in 2005. The 2005 trip for the tour was part of the Download Festival 2005, adding a third day onto the previously two day festival. It was dubbed 'Ozzfest Download'. Ozzy redirects here. ...
Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, then Arden; born October 9, 1952) is a well-known English music manager and promoter, television personality and presenter. ...
List of Ozzfest at Donington headline acts/total bands Ozzy redirects here. ...
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Trivia - On the official Download website it refers to Monsters of Rock 1996 as Monsters of Rock 2000 and A Day at the Races as Monsters of Rock 2002
- 2001 is the only year (not counting Twisted Realm @ Download and Ozzfest Download which were 'sub festivals') were more than one major music festival occurred at the venue
- Presently the record for most headline appearances by a band at Donington Park is three - this record is held by AC/DC (1981, 1984, 1991), Metallica (1995, 2004, 2006), Iron Maiden (1988, 1992, 2003) and Ozzy Osbourne (1986, 1996 and 2002). However, In 1996 Osbourne was the only headline act for a Donington Park festival to have to join headline a day (with KISS). In 2007, Iron Maiden are making their fourth appearance and will set a new record.
- If Ozzy Osbourne's appearance in 2005 is counted when he performed with Black Sabbath means that despite being with a different band Ozzy holds the present record of four appearances
- Monsters of Rock and Download festivals have happened across the world
- If Twisted Realm @ Download is counted as part of the main Download event, it can be said that for 2006 and beyond the festival has now been extended into a four day event
- To date there have been 26 headline acts, spread across 32 days of festivals
- From 1991 - 1993, between the two Monsters of Rock cancellations all three headline acts were repeats from previous years
External Links - Monsters of Rock 2006 Official Website
- Download 2003 Website
- Download 2004 Website
- Download 2005 Website
- Download 2006 Website
- Download 2007 Website
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