My 25th birthday present...

[alixandrea]

From Mum and Erik. Tickets for Download!!! :-) It's on my birthday weekend, the one after Strawberry Fair, so I'm going to be a very busy lady at the beginning of June.
Here's the lineup. Bands I'm definitely going to see in Bold, bands I would like to see in Italic. Is anyone else going? Can any of you recommend bands I should definitely go and see that I haven't put in Bold? Anyone I really shouldn't waste my time on?

FRIDAY 9TH

SNICKERS BOWL STAGE
Sintuition
Keiko
Gay For Johnny Depp (Just a great name!)

GIBSON STAGE
Art of Dying
Enter Shikari
Animal Alpha
The Audition
My Awesome Compilation (I wonder if they're a covers band?)
Bullets & Octane
Engerica
Cathedral (I think I missed these guys do a support slot a while back, I guess i should check them out.)
Backyard Babies
Ginger & the Sonic Circus

SNICKERS STAGE
Throwdown
Bleeding Through
Dredg
Fishbone
Clutch
Sevendust
InMe
Atreyu (Supposed to be good.)
The All American Rejects

MAIN STAGE
Amplifier
Soil
Strapping Young Lad (Devin Townsend!!)
Soulfly (Not a big fan of Max Cavalera, but may actually like this live.)
Coheed & Cambria
Deftones
Tool (One of Lucy's favourite bands.)

SATURDAY 10TH

SNICKERS BOWL STAGE
The Hedrons
Get Amped
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. (Just a great name!)

GIBSON STAGE
To My Surprise
Stonegard
Exit Ten
Living Things
It Dies Today
Manic
Flyleaf
10 Years
This is Menace
Louie
Reuben
Killing Joke (Saw them in Amsterdam last year, fully intend to see them again here!)

SNICKERS STAGE
Khoma
Johnny Truant
Sikth (Are they actually any good?)
Devil Driver
Henry Rollins (I've seen him with his band before, but this will be a spoken word show which will hopefully be as brilliant as the CD we have at home.)
Billy Talent
Secret Machines
Within Temptation (Oh yes!! I'm SO excited about this!!)
Opeth (I probably won't see them as I'm not a huge fan, but I might change my mind if I see them live so...)
Alter Bridge

MAIN STAGE
Satyricon
Blood Simple
Arch Enemy
Alice in Chains (Yeah, I know, this should be a Bold one!!)
Stone Sour
Avenged Sevenfold (I've heard about them but not heard them yet. Would like to check them out.)
Trivium (As above.)
Korn (I used to hate these guys when I was a teen, now I realise just what an impact they've had, I figure I should really see them!)
Metallica (OK, so I think they're a bunch of assholes for the whole Napster thing, but I can't miss them can I?!)

SUNDAY 11TH

SNICKERS BOWL STAGE
Betty Curse
Evergrey
Viking Skull (Oh come on!!)

GIBSON STAGE
I-Def-I
Streetlight Youth
Winter Ville
The Zico Chain
Voodoo Six
Lauren harris
Bring Me The Horizon
Mendeed
Blindside
Darkest Hour
Moneen
Skindred (Saw them at Beautiful days last year, they're awesome!)
Sickofitall (Maybe.)

SNICKERS STAGE
God Firbid
Zebrahead
Soilwork
From First to Last
Fightstar (Supposed to be good.)
Aiden (Maybe.)
Hundred Reasons (Maybe.)
Eighteen Visions
Alexisonfire
The Prodigy (Oh yes!!)

MAIN STAGE
Hatebreed Breed 77
Dragonforce (I know Erik will love these guys!)
36 Crazyfists
In Flames (Supposed to be good.)
Lacuna Coil (I've never rated this band, having seen them when I was about 18 in a dingy little venue in London. However, their new single is stunning so I think I may be ready to give them another chance.)
Cradle of Filth (Just. No.)
Bullet for my Valentine (I got their album for the hell of it a while ago. The musicianship is superb, sounding like a classic heavy metal band. However, their singer pisses me off - too nasal - so I may give them a miss.)
Funeral for a Friend (Supposed to be good.)
Guns 'n' Roses (Oh yes!! I can't wait!! :-) )