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17 Jun 2009 Download Festival 2009

Last weekend I was camping with a few of my buddies in Donnington Park, Derby. Why? Because I was watching lots of rock and metal bands at the Download Festival. It was pretty awesome. No... It was more than awesome, it was epic!

Each band that I saw, from Korn to ZZ Top to SevenDust, managed to entertain me in their own way. Even Marylin Manson, who was quite obviously under the influence of some kind of drug with his screeching, tantrums and general lack of crowd interaction. But for me the best band there was Faith No More. They were everything that I wanted and more. Standing about 6 people from the front barrier I sang, I danced, I basked in their performance.

On top of all that I met some pretty fun camping neighbours as we not only enjoyed the music, but went down to The Village (which consisted of fairground rides and dancing venues) and partied until daylight each night.

It was the best festival that I had ever been to and I don't know how it'll ever be topped.

I've uploaded some photos of the festival weekend along with a video of the Silent Disco that I went to. Man, that disco was surreal. Everyone was given a set of headphone, complete with two radio frequencies and a mute button. You get to choose which music channel to listen to and the room is silent. Well apart from everyone singing along to whatever they are listening to.

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