Guitar Interactive – Issue 66 2019

(^44) Guitar Interactive Issue 66
as well as 300,000 beer cups being
reused. Download Festival also
lived up to their 2019 commitment
of trialling plant-based bottles
and using bottles with a recycled
content where these weren’t
available, setting them on course to
be plastic free by 2021.
On Sunday morning fans were
no less energetic bounding in the
arena as the weather continued
to improve and the sun shone
down on the famous grounds.
Underoath delivered light and
shade on the main stage with a
set of nostalgic classics and new
material, festival favourites Lamb
Of God delivered a powerhouse
set of groove laden riffs and circle
pits a plenty, Amon Amarth led
the charge with a Viking invasion
and announcement of a brand
new UK tour. Anthrax wasted no
time, opening with tracks ‘Bring
The Noise’ and ‘Mad House’,
and grunge superstars Smashing
Pumpkins made their Download
Festival debut soaring through
iconic tracks’ Bullet With Butterfly’
‘Wings’, ‘Cherub Rock’ and ‘1979’.
Thrash metal pioneers Slayer hit
the stage with a set forged in fire
and fury, the kings of riffs incited
all kinds of mayhem for the very
last time in the UK.
Setting the stage for a booking
13 years in the making – the
mythical, inimitable Tool closed
Sunday nights proceedings in what
was a dynamic, grandiose show
which Download fans have been
screaming for since 2006.
And so we have it, the Download
Festival is over for another year.
However, tickets are already on sale
for next year’s epic event which
will take place on 12th, 13th and
14th June 2020. Here at Gi, we’re
already counting down the days!
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