The LoadDown Podcast

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!

In Episode 28 Mike and Jonny share their top camping tips, tricks and advice for doing Download Festival Like a pro with some help from a very special guest, and Download Festival Vlogging legend... Dilcam!

Mike and Jonny breakdown the Dogtooth Stage on Saturday of Download Festival 2025, talk about Slam Dunk Festival and ponder a potential headliner for 2026!

WE ARE PERFORMING AT DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2025!! Join us as we react to the incredible news as well as break down the lineup announced for this years Wednesday night Download Takeover!

With the sun out, and the warmer weather coming in; Mike and Jonny do a podcast special sat outside and round the fire to get all excited for this years Download! Join them in this weeks episode as they break down the bands playing on Apex and Opus on the Saturday of this years Download Festival 2025!

In Episode 24, Mike and Jonny take a run through the latest District X announcement with some exclusive insider information courtesy of the press team. Have a listen to see what changes are coming, and what to look forward to at this years festival within a festival!

Mike takes a look at the awesome Access facilities users of Download festival, and chats with Disabled Camp and Access Group Facebook group owner Rhi Chandler, to find out all about this part of our Download Family!

In Episode 22 Mike and Jonny take a run through all the bands playing on the Avalanche and Dogtooth stage on the Friday at this years Download 2025! Have a listen to see which bands not to miss!

This week Mike and Jonny are joined by their good friends and download festival companions Kate and Rosie to celebrate International Women's day and discuss their favourite female performances and talk about what its really like being a woman at download. Enjoy.

In episode 20 mike and Jonny speak with Green Day superfans and tribute band Green Fake about why its taken Green Day so long to play Download Festival and talk about what to expect from this years Download 2025 Friday night headliner!

With day splits announced, mike and Jonny do a deep dive into what their Friday might look like at this years download and talk about who definitely not to miss!

We have another announcement! Listen to Mike and Jonny react to the next set of bands announced to play download festival 2025. A few bands missing, a mystery band, and more to come? Also,,,,,Did mike and Jonny manage to get tickets to the biggest heavy metal concert of all time? listen to find out. Enjoy.

After a failed attempt at a on the road episode special, Mike and Jonny go back to Audio basics and discuss the next set of bands that are rumoured / leaked for Download Festival 2025!

Jonny and Mike do a deep dive of the final handful of logo bands before the next announcement due imminently! They discuss the the dream pairings of Mcfly and Meshuggah and talk through some more unholy confessions. Enjoy

As we continue through January focusing on mental health and wellbeing, Mike and Jonny speak with co founder and director of Heavy Metal Therapy - Angela Glaves. They talk about why heavy Metal and especially the heavy metal community, can have such a positive effect to your mental health.