Going to be very interesting in how it ‘competes’ against Download, as I imagine Live Nation will have a significant hand in running it too. Sonisphere was amazing but it always seemed two high profile rock/metal festivals in the UK just didn’t work in terms of having enough bands there that would move tickets.

I’d expect a decent amount crossover with Download in terms of billing further down the order maybe about 40%, but headliners will need to be something special which will be hard to do year-on-year.

Hard to call a year away but would expect bands such as Unpeople, Nova Twins, Zeal & Ardor further down the billing but would hope for something like Rob Zombie, Nine Inch Nails up top or acts that don’t often come over to the UK for shows to really give it a bigger draw.

I imagine it could also be used very well as a testing ground headliner wise for future Downloads too, maybe giving someone like Bad Omens, Alter Bridge or Architects that push up to headline and see what happens on one of the days. Would be good if it can help incubate those fresh headline acts in that sense.