The LoadDown Podcast

With camping tickets sold out for Download Festival 2026, is there a way to get there for free? We catchup with regular Download Festival Volunteer Richard Cross about what volunteering experience is really like.

Jonny and Mike take an in depth look at the last remaining logo bands playing Download Festival 2026: Daughtry, Cavalera, Blood Incantation and Static-X!

To celebrate this year's International Women's Day, we caught up with Download attendee and LoadDown listener Rosanna to find out about her experiences of the festival, having not been to a festival in 20 years! We learn more about the festival from a female perspective, and find out about some of the best female musicians playing Download Festival 2026!

The 2nd announcement is finally with us, and with that comes lots of festival clash maths, extra bands and incredible day splits. Join us this week for our take on a crazy announcement!

Mike is joined by Rosie for a trip down memory lane to Download Festival 2010. We talk all about Rosie's memories of the festival: the 2 main stages, the sun, the rain and a controversial t-shirt design! AC/DC, Rage Against the Machine and Aerosmith were the headliners!

A German dance act and a previous Download headliner are amongst the next set of logo bands that we take a deeper look into this week on the LoadDown Podcast!

Joins us this week as we try out some festival maths and try to predict the next wave of bands due to be announced any time soon for Download Festival 2026!

Joins us this week as week take a look at the next set of logo bands for Download 2026!! Who will be our next favourite band??

Happy New Year! Join us this week as we take a look at what's to come in 2026, from our top festivals to our most anticipated albums! We also chat about our new years resolutions and reminisce about a dodgy experience in a Spanish bathroom with Jonny and Mike......

Mike and Jonny look back at an epic year of Download Festival, festivals, gigs and the best year of new music in recent memory. Albums from Sleep Token, A Day to Remember and more have rocked our world. We also have time to talk about the biggest heavy metal show of all time, and some funny stories from a crazy year of the LoadDown Podcast!

Just us this week as we do another Deep Dive into the Download lineup for 2026, looking this time at Electric Callboy, Halestorm, Ice Nine Kills and Baby Metal. Enjoy

Mike and Jonny begin their in-depth exploration of the bands set to perform at Download Festival 2026. We check out all of the top row of "logo bands", looking at Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium and Architects!

Now the dust has settled on the 2026 Download lineup announcement and our adrenaline is relatively back to normal, join us this week as we take a deeper look at what could potentially be the best download undercard yet? Strap yourselves in, grab yourself a brew or crack open a beer, it's a long one this week! Enjoy

Rosie, Jonny and Mike discover the lineup for Download festival 2026!

Mike and Jonny catch up with Angela from Heavy Metal Therapy for the first time since Download Festival. We talk all about Horror Comedy as Heavy Metal Therapy, gives the LoadDown podcast a lesson in horror!

This week we return with our yearly game of "The Download Penalty Shootout". Join us as we try to predict the logo bands for 2026, with some wildcards thrown in for good measure. What's the forfeit going to be next year??

This week we catchup for the first time since Download 2025 with Kate and Rosie. We celebrate 1 year of the LoadDown Podcast and chat about what Download could improve on for next years Festival.

Join us this week as we chat through the mad week of festival lineup announcements we have had, from Slam Dunk and Bloodstock, to some of the big European festivals next year, and chat about what this means for the Download 2026 lineup!

Jonny and Mike talk all about the Download Festival Pilot in 2021. After the Covid-19 pandemic cancelled 2 Download Festivals, the pilot event restarted live music at Donington Park. Where you there too, what were your memories of a mini Download Festival?

This week we are joined by non other than the incredible Trish Rayner (known to many as PolytheneGirl!) to discuss all the incredible things she does to help shape the festival we love, and also reflect emotionally on the impact the Download Festival Forums have had on this fantastic Download Community. Enjoy

After a couple of weeks holiday, Mike and Jonny re group in what is now Season 2 as the Download excitement and cycle starts again. We discuss who are the potential Download Headliners for 2026, who' s in, who's out and who is on our Wishlist! Welcome to Season 2!

Join us this week as we cover all the bands, laughs and stories from the Sunday as this years Download Festival 2025!

Join us this week as we talk about one of our favourite UK Festivals... Bloodstock Festival. We break down this years setup and lineup and reminisce about our time at Bloodstock from previous years.

Join us this week as we break down the high and lows of the Saturday at Download Festival 2025!

Jonny and Mike have returned from Back to the Beginning, was it worth the hype. We review every band and also chat to SMTV and Trash Talkin' Podcast's Stu Marlow about all of our experience on the day; there's always room for a bit of Download Festival and Bloodstock festival chat too!