The LoadDown Podcast

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!

Join us this week as we are joined by our good friend and Download Festival first timer Bainesy, as we discuss the Friday antics and review some incredible bands at this years Download Festival.

Join us this week as we read through the funniest stories from download 2025 sent in by the incredible download family. We discuss a very hot Iron Maiden gig in London, as well as chat about the upcoming Back to the beginning gig for Ozzy and Sabbath. Enjoy!

With Download Festival over, we breakdown our experience day by day starting with the thursday. We talk around what it was like to "perform" for the first time at Download, and reminisce about what could possibly be one of our favourite Thursdays of all time.

WE MADE IT!!! In a jam packed episode 36 Jonny and Mike keep you company on your Journey to Download Festival 2025! Chat about last minute checks and pre festival traditions. Hear from some incredible guests on some of the more extreme ways of getting to Download, as well as get excited with a quiz and chat with the Takeover legends and organisers Hevs and John. See you in the Doghouse!!

With 1 week to go; Mike and Jonny are joined by their Download Festival sisters Kate and Rosie to get excited and catchup around all things Download 2025. From RIP camping, to what food they are on the lookout for and their top 3 band of weekend. Enjoy!

Join mike and Jonny as they attend Slam Dunk Festival for the first time and chat through their day. The good bits, the bad bits, and the very ugly bits....Enjoy

In the last of the series of lineup and day splits deep dives, and with just over 2 weeks to go, Mike and Jonny breakdown the Avalanche stage on the Sunday at this years Download Festival 2025! We are nearly there!!

With just over 3 weeks to go until Download 2025 , Mike and Jonny Break down all the bands playing the Dogtooth stage on the Sunday at this years Download!

In Episode 31 and with less than a month to go until Download Festival 2025; Mike and Jonny breakdown the lineup for the Sunday on Apex and Opus stage (Main Stage and Second Stage).

In Episode 30 and with 35 days to go until this infamous gates open to Download Festival, Mike and Jonny talk about the recent "Beyond the bands" announcement and continue to breakdown the 2025 lineup with the Saturday Avalanche stage!

It's May! Jonny and Mike take a detailed look at Slam Dunk festival 2025 and wonder if it's the perfect warm up for Download festival!