With the festival this weekend marking its 20th anniversary with its biggest event yet, the story of its rise is one of community, circle pits and an inordinate amount of urine in bottles … Born from the ashes of the Monsters of Rock one-dayers, recalibrated for rock’s burgeoning new generation and christened with a suitably edgy name that would most definitely never age badly, the Download festival has, since 2003, established itself as the beating heart of a scene with the volume turned up to 11. Ask any of the 100,000-odd people embarking on their annual pilgrimage to the spiritual home of metal, and they’ll jokingly tell you the road to Donington Park doesn’t feel much shorter.
A s AC/DC said, “It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock’n’roll”.
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