To celebrate this year's International Women's Day, we caught up with Download attendee and LoadDown listener Rosanna to find out about her experiences of the festival, having not been to a festival in 20 years! We learn more about the festival from a female perspective, and find out about some of the best female musicians playing Download Festival 2026!

The 2nd announcement is finally with us, and with that comes lots of festival clash maths, extra bands and incredible day splits. Join us this week for our take on a crazy announcement!

Mike is joined by Rosie for a trip down memory lane to Download Festival 2010. We talk all about Rosie's memories of the festival: the 2 main stages, the sun, the rain and a controversial t-shirt design!

AC/DC, Rage Against the Machine and Aerosmith were the headliners!

A German dance act and a previous Download headliner are amongst the next set of logo bands that we take a deeper look into this week on the LoadDown Podcast!

Joins us this week as we try out some festival maths and try to predict the next wave of bands due to be announced any time soon for Download Festival 2026!

Joins us this week as week take a look at the next set of logo bands for Download 2026!! Who will be our next favourite band??

Happy New Year! Join us this week as we take a look at what's to come in 2026, from our top festivals to our most anticipated albums! We also chat about our new years resolutions and reminisce about a dodgy experience in a Spanish bathroom with Jonny and Mike......

Mike and Jonny look back at an epic year of Download Festival, festivals, gigs and the best year of new music in recent memory. Albums from Sleep Token, A Day to Remember and more have rocked our world. We also have time to talk about the biggest heavy metal show of all time, and some funny stories from a crazy year of the LoadDown Podcast!

Just us this week as we do another Deep Dive into the Download lineup for 2026, looking this time at Electric Callboy, Halestorm, Ice Nine Kills and Baby Metal. Enjoy

Mike and Jonny begin their in-depth exploration of the bands set to perform at Download Festival 2026. We check out all of the top row of "logo bands", looking at Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium and Architects!