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Anyone else thinking about going to the Download festival? 
Less Than Jake and Marilyn Manson in one place!! Yay! 
Less Than Jake and Marilyn Manson in one place!! Yay!
Posted: 23:54 Mar 20 2003
Festivals/Events Listings 2003
Okey doke, basic idea for this thread is to keep an updated list of all the events this year, the whens wheres and most importantly the whos 
If there's something missing off the list then stick a post in and I'll keep this main post updated as much as possible.
Kerrang!/Radio 1 Download Festival
May 31 - June 1
Donington Park
£39.50 per day or £70 for a full weekend, £12.50 extra for camping
Reported to be a total of 50 bands over 3 stages
Saturday 31st
Iron Maiden
Marilyn Manson
Deftones
Ministry
InMe
Murderdolls
Shadows Fall
Stampin' Ground
Sunday 1st
Limp Bizkit
Audioslave
Zwan
Less Than Jake
Disturbed
Stone Sour
(hed)PE
Soil are not officially confirmed but very heavily rumoured.
This event has also now incorporated the Deconstruction tour. All these bands are playing on Sunday:
NOFX
Strung Out
Thrice
Boy Sets Fire
Bouncing Souls
T.S.O.L.
Fabulous Disaster
Not Katies
Real McKenzies
Randy
[spunge]
'Unannounced special guest'
T In The Park
July 12 - July 13
Balado Airfield
Day tickets £38.50, weekend tickets £65/£77 with/without camping, prices rising to £70/£82 after April 13
Saturday 12th
REM
The Music
The Datsuns
The Polyphonic Spree
John Squire
Dave Clarke
Biffy Clyro
Speedway
H Foundation
Sunday 13th
Coldplay
The Charlatans
Supergrass
Zwan
Turin Brakes
The Roots
The Coral
Underworld
The Streets
Sugababes
Echo & The Bunnymen
Lemon Jelly
Slam DJs
Damien Rice
The Grim Northern Social
Darren Price
V2003
August 16 - August 17
Hylands Park, Chelmsford/Weston Park, Staffordshire
Day tickets for Chelmsford £47, weekend camping for Staffordshire £96. All other tickets are apparently sold out but if you look around you might be able to find some. Take the above prices as a rough guide though.
I can't seem to find the band specific info for playing dates right now (they rotate over the 2 days) but the bands confirmed are:
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Coldplay
PJ Harvey
Foo Fighters
David Gray
Underworld
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Coral
Ash
Lemon Jelly
Feeder
Morcheeba
The Roots
Leeds/Reading
August 22 - August 24
Richfield Avenue, Reading/Leeds venue TBC
Priority weekend camping tickets for Reading on sale at £95 now, general release tickets on sale at a later point
Only band confirmed thus far are
August 22 - Leeds & August 24 - Reading
Metallica
If there's something missing off the list then stick a post in and I'll keep this main post updated as much as possible.Kerrang!/Radio 1 Download Festival
May 31 - June 1
Donington Park
£39.50 per day or £70 for a full weekend, £12.50 extra for camping
Reported to be a total of 50 bands over 3 stages
Saturday 31st
Iron Maiden
Marilyn Manson
Deftones
Ministry
InMe
Murderdolls
Shadows Fall
Stampin' Ground
Sunday 1st
Limp Bizkit
Audioslave
Zwan
Less Than Jake
Disturbed
Stone Sour
(hed)PE
Soil are not officially confirmed but very heavily rumoured.
This event has also now incorporated the Deconstruction tour. All these bands are playing on Sunday:
NOFX
Strung Out
Thrice
Boy Sets Fire
Bouncing Souls
T.S.O.L.
Fabulous Disaster
Not Katies
Real McKenzies
Randy
[spunge]
'Unannounced special guest'
T In The Park
July 12 - July 13
Balado Airfield
Day tickets £38.50, weekend tickets £65/£77 with/without camping, prices rising to £70/£82 after April 13
Saturday 12th
REM
The Music
The Datsuns
The Polyphonic Spree
John Squire
Dave Clarke
Biffy Clyro
Speedway
H Foundation
Sunday 13th
Coldplay
The Charlatans
Supergrass
Zwan
Turin Brakes
The Roots
The Coral
Underworld
The Streets
Sugababes
Echo & The Bunnymen
Lemon Jelly
Slam DJs
Damien Rice
The Grim Northern Social
Darren Price
V2003
August 16 - August 17
Hylands Park, Chelmsford/Weston Park, Staffordshire
Day tickets for Chelmsford £47, weekend camping for Staffordshire £96. All other tickets are apparently sold out but if you look around you might be able to find some. Take the above prices as a rough guide though.
I can't seem to find the band specific info for playing dates right now (they rotate over the 2 days) but the bands confirmed are:
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Coldplay
PJ Harvey
Foo Fighters
David Gray
Underworld
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Coral
Ash
Lemon Jelly
Feeder
Morcheeba
The Roots
Leeds/Reading
August 22 - August 24
Richfield Avenue, Reading/Leeds venue TBC
Priority weekend camping tickets for Reading on sale at £95 now, general release tickets on sale at a later point
Only band confirmed thus far are
August 22 - Leeds & August 24 - Reading
Metallica
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Posted: 23:54 Mar 20 2003 
I'll be at Download on the Sunday (not sure about the Saturday) 'cos my ex is signed to the record label that is sponsering Deconstruction. VIP access for me
Posted: 12:58 Mar 21 2003
I wont be at any of those but i'm going to Gig on the gReen in Glasgow(if thats still its name) which the Foos, Queens of the stone age and RHCP are playing
Posted: 12:27 Mar 24 2003 That's so lucky! I'm so jealous
by Teresa
I'll be at Download on the Sunday (not sure about the Saturday) 'cos my ex is signed to the record label that is sponsering Deconstruction. VIP access for me
If you see Less Than Jake, tell them I love them!!That's a really good line up. It's kinda far for me to travel though. I'm tempted to go to V2003 just to see the Foos and the Chillis though
by Biff
I wont be at any of those but i'm going to Gig on the gReen in Glasgow(if thats still its name) which the Foos, Queens of the stone age and RHCP are playing
Posted: 03:29 Mar 26 2003
Im going to V2003 all weekend at Chelmsford as it's just down the road from me. Was also going to go to Download on the Saturday to see Reel Big Fish but can't as i'm on holiday
Posted: 20:02 Apr 02 2003 
Bands confirmed for Reading and Leeds Carling Festivals...
Linkin Park, Blink 182,The White Stripes, Sum 41, Placebo, The Music, Courtney Love, The Polyphonic Spree, AFI, Hundred Reasons, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Datsuns and The Mars Volta.
HTH Marks the only english festival appearance by LP. And it is the only European festival for Blink
(Obtained from Kerrang.com)
(Edited by Ethan 08/04/2003 19:54)
Linkin Park, Blink 182,The White Stripes, Sum 41, Placebo, The Music, Courtney Love, The Polyphonic Spree, AFI, Hundred Reasons, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Datsuns and The Mars Volta.
HTH
Marks the only english festival appearance by LP. And it is the only European festival for Blink (Obtained from Kerrang.com)
(Edited by Ethan 08/04/2003 19:54)
Posted: 19:53 Apr 08 2003
So who's going where? I went to Leeds last year and I`m torn between Leeds and V this year, cant afford both I'm thinking V though!
I'm thinking V though!
Posted: 23:31 Apr 21 2003 Yay, Reel Big Fish are playing at V. I'm a happy kitty
by coolkat
Im going to V2003 all weekend at Chelmsford as it's just down the road from me. Was also going to go to Download on the Saturday to see Reel Big Fish but can't as i'm on holiday
Posted: 21:32 Jun 13 2003
im at leeds big up leeeedss!
can't bloomin' wait! sunday....soooooooooo good! and the dance stage hasn't been announced yet so hopefully some wicked stuff on there
big up leeeedss! can't bloomin' wait! sunday....soooooooooo good! and the dance stage hasn't been announced yet so hopefully some wicked stuff on there
Posted: 20:30 Jun 23 2003 
I'll be at the last day of Reading for 'tallica etc.
Should be good and I can tell you now IT WON't RAIN...
Anyone else?
Should be good and I can tell you now IT WON't RAIN...
Anyone else?
Posted: 23:35 Jun 26 2003
My mate is trying to persuade me to go to Leeds again this year but i dont know if I can be bothered 
too much effort lol, also was hopin for V so i could see Feeder again but it solded out!
too much effort lol, also was hopin for V so i could see Feeder again but it solded out!
Posted: 21:29 Jul 28 2003