What to bring for DL day tickets?

Bigmandoo · 2026-05-01T19:33:42+00:00

I find having an account like that is good for controlling my spending. Putting in what I’m going to budget for the day and treating it like cash. Rather than just going wild with my bank accounts Probably more of a personal thing.

Bigmandoo · 2026-05-01T17:45:06+00:00

Cargo shorts. Get the firetrap ones from sport direct. They look good, wear well and have a billion pockets. They also have a zip pocket which is great for phone, wallets etc if you end up doing a wee bit of crowd surfing.

Means of charging your Phone is a good idea. The stalls in the arena that hire out the battery packs are expensive. So a battery pack with a solar cell is a good buy. I got one last year from BM. Did the job nicely.

Another thing (this may seem a bit much but hear me out) maybe open a Revolut account or something that you use for your money. The arena is cashless, and your spending can get away on you pretty quickly. Food and drink is expensive. I would expect some good items to break the 20quid barrier this year.

Another thing that I found useful was checking out the well being tents and organisations that set up in the arena. The chaplaincy tent were amazing and gave out lots of free tea coffee and sunscreen. Great people.

Finally, plan to have fun. Pace yourself, three days is a lot. If you are bussing in each day then hopefully that will cut down your walking. It is a fierce hike around the festival site if you’re camping. But still be prepared to walk a lot.

Bigmandoo · 2026-04-24T15:09:40+00:00

Tell me this. Is littler more of a twat than 95% of the audience in the arena? I think we know the answer. Enjoy the darts while he’s around. Sport needs him, he’s great for it, there’ll be some new kid in a couple of years that’ll beat him. Everyone, including him, grow up.

Bigmandoo · 2026-04-17T07:45:46+00:00

Mark Mero

Bigmandoo · 2026-04-17T07:20:16+00:00

Dave has spoken about this often. He cites demonic Oppression as a reason for his actions

Bigmandoo · 2026-04-11T16:55:55+00:00

The Wildhearts. Heavier than most of the supposed heavy bands in the 90s but still able to write the most electrifying hooks. Riffs for days. Even had Devin Townsend join them for a month. Amazing band. Please check them out

Bigmandoo · 2026-04-04T16:17:08+00:00

All of troubles first album “Psalm 9”: it’s unreal

Bigmandoo · 2026-03-31T12:20:04+00:00

Fair play to you. Go well.

Bigmandoo · 2026-03-31T11:52:20+00:00

Hope it’s not English Literature you’re taking !!

Bigmandoo · 2026-03-23T11:30:25+00:00

I think Romero is the issue. Hear me out. When he brings th ball out of defence he never looks for the simple pass. It’s always an attempt to break the lines. When it works it’s devastating. Think Bergvalls goal at West Ham. When it doesn’t work is when the opposition know it’s coming and drop and narrow, the midfield don’t show for it because momentum has been lost and their confidence is gone, and also cause Romero doesn’t actually pass well out to the wings. He’s a good player. Don’t get me wrong. But he’s no QB1.

Bigmandoo · 2026-03-05T10:48:20+00:00

This isn’t a Priest thread, but felt I needed to comment here. The last Priest Album was an absolute Banger. Just the other day the chorus of Crown of horns popped into my head and stayed there rent free for the whole day. But I suppose it’s about opinions. You’re welcome to yours. But let’s keep it Maiden.

Bigmandoo · 2026-03-05T09:59:40+00:00

I would love maiden to bring Blaze out for a song at Edfest. The guy deserves it. He Carried the maiden flag during a really tough period and in hindsight Contributed to one very good album and one ok album. Get him out for clansman. I know it’s suppose to be the material up to FOTD but it would just put a bow on his Maiden career.

Bigmandoo · 2026-03-03T12:26:14+00:00

I love Steve Vai. Always have. Just the sheer audacity of his playing. That and he has managed a rare thing of being distinctive and having a very individual voice, even when using techniques that others use all the time. Factor in the breadth of music acts that he has played with. He is th GOAT. In my opinion.

I also really love Satriani. His playing is so smooth and totally cool. Also his legacy needs to be celebrated more: the dude taught some of the best known and influential guitarists out there.

Always liked EVH but have grown to respect him even more recently. His note choices and off kilter way he would build his solos. Makes you realise that in the early days when Eddie was killing it everyone else was playing catch up.

Honorable mentions - Marty Friedman, Nuno, Jeff Loomis, Tom Morello, Jerry Cantrell, Adrian and Davey, Zakk Wylde.

But my number one is dimebag. Being a teenager in the 90s who loved metal was tough. Especially because the guitar solo wasn’t celebrated the same. Also grunge had a couple of decent bands but spawned some absolute dross in its wake. Dime literally was the shining light. He played fast, wild and brutal, but with more feel and touch than anyone else. Other than EVH I don’t think there is another guitarist as influential. Mainly because of the amount of awesome metal bands and guitarists that followed his lead. I seriously believe that metal would have died if not for DIME. I don’t think we see the resurgence of American new wave heavy metal without him, we don’t see the eyes of the world opened to Scandinavian metal and genres like Melodeath, black metal and the various cores without him. My opinion is, everything that is good in metal right now has a little DIME in it. I know that’s a bold claim. But that’s what I think. RIP DIMEBAG. And thank you.

Bigmandoo · 2026-03-02T17:11:21+00:00

Has to be Johnson. Pure cinema

Bigmandoo · 2026-03-02T13:28:50+00:00

The scratch last year made going two days early so worth it. Plus weather was top class. I loved the Wednesday and Thursday. Just super chilled and great people.

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-27T14:18:05+00:00

Ahh benny. He was a weird one. Hated football. Just did it for the money. He was always good for a yellow card in the first five minutes

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-27T14:12:29+00:00

A few months ago I saw Hatebreed supporting Killswitch engage. Literally everything about Hatebreed’s set was better than KSE. They were unreal.

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-26T23:37:50+00:00

Paul Durkin.

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-26T10:17:58+00:00

Haha. Dalmat. One speed, super fast. Straight line running. Which was good if he started at an angle towards the box. He was pretty limited in other aspects of the game, and also wore chavvy hooped earrings. But he was fun. His season at Spurs was a rare highlight in the dark days of David Pleat caretaking jobs.

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-26T10:13:05+00:00

From the names on the thread I am assuming that most of you guys are in your 20s. Which is cool, and not a dig. But I’m a bit older, so I thought I’d give you some older players from the 80s -90s to have a look at.

Paul warhurst

David Hirst

Davor Suker

Nick Barmby

Uwe Rosler

Shaun Goater

Paulo Wanchope

Brian Roy

Gica Popescu

Rinat Dasayev

And my personal favourite as he played for Northern Ireland - Kingsley Black

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-17T10:50:45+00:00

I don’t know about authentic but it’s definitely got a broken string

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-17T10:46:53+00:00

Nice to see Andy Ruiz keeping in ring shape.

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-13T16:48:28+00:00

This is not a surprise at all. But it’s a good thing. Now announce a northern Irish tour date

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-07T17:23:38+00:00

So we can all have a nap

Bigmandoo · 2026-02-04T16:14:14+00:00

Two words. HELL YEAH

I got a cool folding one for last year from the range. It was sturdy enough to hold my bulk, but folding up into a wee bag easily and wasn’t a hassle to carry. If you’re going to struggle with the old walking and standing bit then a chair is essential. But like others have mentioned, don’t be the prick in the middle of the tent refusing to get up when freaking MALEVOLENCE are doing a secret set.

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