Cheap Trick, Download Second Stage, June 11 2011
Including Gonna Raise Hell in a festival set is always likely to raise a smile – or perhaps a sigh of resignat... Read More...
Turisas, Download Second Stage, June 12 2011
There’s quite a buzz around battle metal right now and for the uninitiated Turisas’s rain-sodden set was a gloriou... Read More...
Black Stone Cherry, Download Main Stage, June 10 2011
Black Stone Cherry have been rock’s next big thing for a number of years now. But, after paying their due... Read More...
Thin Lizzy, Download Main Stage, June 10 2011
The tired cliché that Thin Lizzy are no more than a glorified covers band may be difficult to disprove but it’s a... Read More...
The Darkness, Download Main Stage, June 10 2011
When The Darkness reluctantly stamped their one-way ticket to hell - and watched in despair as their star fell ... Read More...
Mr Big, Download Second Stage, June 11 2011
The reunion of Mr Big, following one of the most acrimonious splits in classic rock history, was already one of the... Read More...
Alice Cooper, Download Second Stage, June 11 2011
Watching a jovial Alice Cooper chat away on Sunday morning telly, it was difficult to believe this was the sa... Read More...
Def Leppard, Download Main Stage, June 10 2011
Those who doubted the decision to thrust Def Leppard into a Download headline slot for the second time i... Read More...
The dust has settled, the rain has stopped and the votes are finally in as we take a look back and the highlights and low points of Download 2011.
With an ecle... Read More...
If 2010 was wet then 2011 was monsoon-like. Rain – most of it heavy – started falling early doors and only briefly stopped. It didn’t dampen our spirits but did... Read More...
