There was a thread about this a while back but it was pretty crap tbh.
Is anyone going to it this year? Line up so far:

Saturday
Main Stage
Linkin Park
Heaven and Hell
Coheed and Cambria
Fear Factory
Taking Back Sunday
Special Guests

2nd Stage
Bullet for my Valentine
Airbourne
The Used
Anthrax
Special Guests
Skindred


Sunday
Main Stage
Metallica
Nine Inch Nails
Machine Head
Lamb of God
Mastodon
Killing Joke

2nd Stage
Avenged Sevenfold
Alice In Chains
Feeder
Thin Lizzy
Special Guests

Bohemia Stage (Days yet to be announced)
Architects
Fact
Glamour the Kill
The Wildhearts
Attack! Attack!
Cancer Bats
Corey Taylor (solo)
Dead by April
Dirty Little Rabbits
Fighting With Wire
Fucked Up
Hundred Reasons
The Ataris
Twin Atlantic
Pepper
Rolo Tomassi
Zebrahead


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The tickets now don't have a booking fee, I think there is a free bus from certain cities and also you can order it with Guitar Hero Metallica (if you want too).

I'm so keen to go to this year's festival. If the wife and myself do end up buying tickets we'll definitely add the code to our order Laura.

Some of the bands on the bill I couldn't care less about seeing and I've seen Metallica twice now, so I think that I can not be asked to sit through 2 hours of them live again. I know people will hate me for saying this, but hey... Everybody to their own, right!

I definitely want to see Mastodon perform 'Emerald' live!

I'm keen to see the following bands;

Saturday
Main Stage:
Heaven and Hell
Coheed and Cambria
Fear Factory
Special Guests [wonder who it'll be?!]

2nd Stage:
Airbourne
Anthrax
Special Guests [wonder who it'll be?!]
Skindred

Sunday
Main Stage:
Nine Inch Nails
Machine Head
Lamb of God
Mastodon
Killing Joke

2nd Stage:
Alice In Chains
Thin Lizzy
Special Guests [wonder who it'll be?!]

Bohemia Stage:
Architects
Cancer Bats
Corey Taylor (solo)
Dirty Little Rabbits [Clown's side-project]

A handful of days to go... I'm slowly getting excited...

Those that are going make sure you see Fucked Up. They are the tits live!

hell yeah man.

I can't understand why Mastodon are now on the second stage BEFORE Feeder and Avenged Sevefold! What the fuck is going on with that! Feeder????????? I mean, seriously.... : )

Cousin of my girlfriend's friend's sister supposedly said she saw father's tits on a picture once...

Yeah but after Killing Joke. Its quantity of followers not quality of acts. Its the way the music industry works.

I'm heading up straight from work. Gutted that tickets ended up so cheap, but who was to know of all the fuck ups and cancellations (weekend tickets have been going for £50 each on ebay!!!)

But fuck it, we're going to make the most of it. Plenty of great bands playing. Looking forward to

Heaven and Hell
Coheed & Cambria
Airbourne
Anthrax (with John Bush!)
The Wildhearts
Oceansize
Fucked Up
Mastodon
Killing Joke
Lamb of God
Nine Inch Nails
Metallica
Alice in Chains

Can't complain about that lot!

Absolutely un-fucking-believable weekend... Mastodon sounded better than ever. Shame they only played their half an hour slot...

Mastodon sounded on top form yesterday. Was really impressed by them.
Had one of the best weekends ever.

Did they do The Emerald?

Nope Was hoping that they would

This did happen though. I hope he gets better soon.

How was Killing Joke?
And who was in the band?

No Lizzy, no Emerald.

However, finally I happened to see them with a decent sound - surprisingly awesome in fact. The band were on fire, the set-list was brilliant, Blood Mountain got somehow forgotten about - my wishful thinking would suggest more Remission tunes but still...and Crack the Skye is soooo epic when played live... Unbelievable...



Fucking huge, heavier than the name it self. Classic line-up - Jaz, Geordie, Youth, Paul Ferguson...and some guy on the keys. The best I've seen from them...ever...

Am still recovering from a mental weekend, had a great time. Highlights for me were

Airbourne - holy fucking shit, what a show. Band of the weekend, hands down. Pissing down with rain, but no one cared. Throwing beer into the crowd, drinking JD, climbing the lighting rig. That is one hell of a frontman. Dismiss them as AC/DC copyists, but they've got the songs too

Mastodon - durrr. Was hungover to the point of death, but managed to watch their set before sleeping where I fell

Killing Joke - heavy as fuck, played exclusively old stuff (Wardance, Requiem, Love Like Blood, Eighties plus a couple more). Crowd didn't know who they were, unsurprisingly

Metallica - first time I'd seen them live strangely, really enjoyed them

Alice in Chains - 2nd best band of the weekend. The new singer they've got in was spot on

Blaas of Glory - if you don't know who I mean by that, youtube them! Fucking hilarious

I didnt see AIC but I was shocked at how much their singer sounds like Layne Staley. They sounded really impressive!

WTF?

OK, that's a lie, I did see them do that secret gig in the tent at Download 2003. This was the first time I'd seen them do a full show. Never been enough of a fan to make an effort to see them live.

I just find it hard to believe that with all the metal festivals you go to, this is the first time you've seen them headline.

Hmmm, I know what you mean. Have been to Download 3 times. Reading 7 times…but it's never coincided with Metallica playing