Dear Download

In this episode we have a special guest on Sam Leach who talks us about some of his experiences at Download Festival 2003 and what it was like seeing Metallica play their secret set that year, just after he was drinking with the Murderdolls! It's a great chat with a great guy. We also have a catch up and discuss where we're going from here. You can reach us at: Deardownload2003@gmail.com Facebook...

In this episode we talk briefly about Slam Dunk festival, the recent Download Festival announcement and have an in depth chat about Iron Maidens 17th studio album Senjutsu. We also go over our top 10 Iron Maiden albums, which are vastly different to each other and somehow stumble onto talking about Westlife on 2 separate occasions. You can reach us at: Deardownload2003@gmail.com Facebook Instagram...

In this episode Simon tells us all about his first ever experience at Bloodstock 2021. We also discuss different rituals of listening to new albums, and find out which band was Adams' favourite after listening to every band that played. (Hint, they were on the Hobgoblin New Blood stage) You can reach us at: Deardownload2003@gmail.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Adam's spotify playlist Simon's Spoti...

In this episode we talk about Bloodstock 2021, a brief chat about it's history and what we think of this years line up. We also speak with Josh Ayerst and Drew Armstrong from the band Death By Ki who played at Bloodstock 2019. We find out what it's like to play at Bloodstock, why Drew got a special backstage tour of the Ronnie James Dio Stage and learn that sometimes you can party too hard. You ca...

On this week’s podcast we have the fantastic frontman Adam Leader Of In Search Of Sun , we talk playing Download Festival some festival memories and our general thoughts on the music industry. In search of Sun: Twitter Youtube Spotify Facebook You can reach us at: Deardownload2003@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Adam's spotify playlist Simon's Spotify playlist Simon's youtube Credits: Explicit Intro -...

Episode 3 - Fred Durst saved Download? This episode we discuss Download Festival 2003 and try to pry some memories from Adams' mind, and discover a good arguement for a reason why they are so few. We also talk about capture the flag at Download, and the reason why you should never go camping with Simon. You can reach us at: Deardownload2003@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Adam's spotify playlist Simon'...

Episode 2 - Download Pilot. In this episode we chat about the Download Pilot and Simons' experiences there. We discuss bands that have never played Download Festival that should, and find out about another epic (or not) innovation from Adam. You can reach us at: Deardownload2003@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Adam's spotify playlist Simon's Spotify playlist Simon's youtube TPD TV Download 2020 Credits...

Welcome to the first episode of Dear Download. A podcast focusing mainly on Download Festival. This episode we introduce ourselves, talk about our history with Download Festival and share just a few of our many stories from Download Festival. We cover the upcoming Download Pilot Festival and we also talked for an unexpectedly long amount of time about the weather over the years at the festival. Th...

Dear Download is a podcast to discuss all things Download Festival + anything else that's happening in the world of rock/alternative music.