Festpod - The Unofficial Rock Festival Guide

Neill and Rich chat to Trish Rayner to get advice for people new to the festival.

It's raining and muddy, which means one thing: It's Download Festival! Neill and Rich take shelter whilst chewing over the last 24 hours.

Neill and Rich meet Emma Whitehead who runs Download Festival Dark Side and Download Festival Downsizing groups.

We’ve arrived at Download Festival! Here’s what we’ve been up to so far!

In the 57th episode of Festpod: The Unofficial Rock Festival Guide:Our hosts are: Neill Wilkinson, Rich Holmes - from Richard Holmes Photography.with https://fatfrankscampingshop.comTimestamps ⏱:0:00 Fat Frank's Camping Shop - 1st sponsor spot0:41 Title sequence01:01 Intro02:12 Contact details02:50 -- Band Interviews --03:34 - Veiled20:13 - InDevth35:30 - The Gallowgate Murders56:01 - Confessions of a Traitor break bumper56:08 - Fat Frank's Camping Shop - 2nd sponsor spot56:52 -- Band Interviews continued--57:02 - Flatline1:20:42 - InRetrospect1:37:12 - Bleed Again 1:55:08 OutroFor early access to episodes and other exclusive benefits, support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/festpodIf you'd like to buy our merch, visit our merch store here: https://etsy.com/uk/shop/FestpodAll our links here: https://festpod.co.uk

In the 56th episode of Festpod: The Unofficial Rock Festival Guide:Our hosts are: Neill Wilkinson, Rich Holmes - from Richard Holmes Photography and Eamon Shortt - ShorttyETV from Twitch!Timestamps ⏱:0:00 Fat Frank's Camping Shop - 1st sponsor spot0:41 Title sequence01:01 Intro05:34 Contact details06:35 -- Festival News --06:39 Bad Omens pull out of all UK & EU gigs this year17:34 Download merch too small?24:23 Official DL T-shirt is not going down well31:40 A new team to look after Download's car parks39:44 Download new rules - Hexamine tablets not allowed!44:28 Loyalty Scheme won't return to Download57:57 Metal Meadow and Access Camping fields moved1:01:23 Access rules updated1:09:36 Bloodstock allows early access to campsites for a fee1:15:11 Bloodstock is holding a quiz for VIP guests1:19:11 Yungblud puts on his own festival1:24:40 Beyond the Bands - other updates for Download 20241:34:55 - Waterlines break bumper1:35:04 - Fat Frank's Camping Shop - 2nd sponsor spot1:35:55 -- Gig Review --1:36:06 - Rich went to see Crushed by Waves1:32:17 -- Gig Guide --1:40:06 Escape the Fate1:40:49 Waterlines 1:42:05 Liquid Death presents Download Festival XXI1:43:36 Bloodstock Open Air1:44:34 -- Festpod Favourites --1:44:43 Moonvale mobile game1:47:38 Download Official Forum1:50:31 Bearamic on TikTok1:55:36 OutroFor early access to episodes and other exclusive benefits, support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/festpodIf you'd like to buy our merch, visit our merch store here: https://etsy.com/uk/shop/FestpodAll our links here: https://festpod.co.uk#festpod #festival #music #livemusic #rock #metal #rockmusic #metalmusic #podcasting #podcast #wilkoproductionsuk #wilkoproductions

In this Special episode of Festpod - The Unofficial Rock Festival Guide, Hevs reveals the bands chosen to play at this year's Boardie Takeover at Download Festival.Hosted by Neill Wilkinson, with Rich Holmes. Guests are Heather Gibb (Hevs), Arran Prime from Crushed By Waves.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/festpodMerch: https://etsy.com/uk/shop/FestpodOur Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/festpodTimestamps ⏱:0:00 Intro04:49 -- Takeover News --05:03 - How does it work?06:49 - Origin of the Takeover10:09 - Who is the panel?15:04 - How many bands applied?20:13 - Finding new music 21:42 - Effect of playing28:02 - InVisions break bumper28:18 -- Takeover Results --28:43 - Band 1 - Veiled32:19 - Band 2 - InDevth36:47 - Band 3 - The Gallowgate Murders41:14 - Band 4 - Flatline45:29 - Band 5 - InRetrospect49:16 - Band 6 (headliners) - Bleed Again55:24 - Host plugs1:00:07 - Stay in touch with Festpod1:02:04 Outro

In the 54th episode of Festpod: The Unofficial Rock Festival Guide:Our hosts are: Neill Wilkinson, Rich Holmes - from Richard Holmes Photography, Eamon Shortt - ShorttyETV from Twitch, and Morgan Harding from Andromedous!Timestamps ⏱:0:00 Intro08:02 -- Festival News --05:15 - Nimbus disability access card16:51 - ArcTanGent is looking for volunteers to work in August21:09 - Hellfest is sold out24:35 - Andromedous update31:16 - 5% VAT call for festivals 42:42 - Sharon gives more details about final Ozzy shows50:52 - Andy Copping has been talking to The Rolling Stone about the future of Download Festival59:36 - Bloodstock food vendors released1:08:03 - Ghost release new intimate merchandise1:11:51 - You Me at Six Confirm break up. Last UK Festival shows to be Slam Dunk.1:13:29 - Slam Dunk announces final bands for 2024 lineup 1:18:20 - Kerrang TV & KISS music channels to shut down as part of Channel 4 cuts! 1:21:15 - 2000 Trees Announces more bands1:24:40 - AC/DC announce stadium shows 1:27:42 - Keanu Reeves' rock band Dogstar announce first UK shows in 25 years 1:29:33 - Arran Prime from Crushed by Waves break bumper1:29:48 -- Gig Review --1:30:07 - Eamon went to see Enter Shikari and Fever 3331:32:17 -- Gig Guide --1:32:29 - The Kris barras Band w/ South of Salem 1:32:52 - Pupil Slicer1:33:40 -- Festpod Favourites --1:33:53 - The Guilty & The Dead band1:34:34 - https://forums.downloadfestival.co.uk1:37:20 - Welcome to Wrexham S3 - coming Thursday 18th April on Disney Plus1:38:53 - Netflix's Drive to Survive season 6. 1:40:15 OutroFor early access to episodes and other exclusive benefits, support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/festpodIf you'd like to buy our merch, visit our merch store here: https://etsy.com/uk/shop/FestpodAll our links here: https://festpod.co.uk#festpod #festival #music #livemusic #rock #metal #rockmusic #metalmusic #podcasting #podcast #wilkoproductionsuk #wilkoproductions