Festpod 2 - Arena Guide

Thanks for checking out the second episode of Festpod - The Unofficial Download Festival Guide.In this episode's Download News:• The lineup poster is still not complete and we speculate on who might yet be added.• Dropkick Murphys, Motionless in White, Polyphia, Fire from the Gods, and Bowling for Soup are all unconfirmed!• We wonder why vinyl records and cassettes are making a comeback.• Other festivals have been announcing their lineups - we compare and contrast.• Creeper, Wargasm, Higher Power, QOTSA, Loathe, Hacktivist, and Jimmy Eat World have confirmed for other festivals.• The differences between Reading and Leeds Festival and Download.• Similar festivals to Download like 2000 Trees, Bloodstock, ArcTanGent, TechFest, Radar Festival, and Damnation. • How will the new Coronavirus restrictions affect us at festivals in 2021?• We wonder how crowds of thousands will be able to get into festivals despite Covid-19 with testing and social distancing.In this episode's The Guide :• We talk about The Arena - what exactly is the arena at Download?• Food vendors.• Merchandise stalls.• The stages.• VIP areas.• Fairground.• NXT wrestling.In this episode's The Legend:• Neil remembers the monsoon or "Drownload" in 2016.• Dave saw Skye from Sumo Cyco crowd surfing over to a kid to high-five him.• Leigh remembers watching Devin Townsend in 2017 who told the crowd to "hug your pals!", but Leigh was on his own!Send us a voice message to comment on anything we've talked about, or even just to say hi, by clicking on Message at anchor.fm/festpod and we could play it out on the next episode!Hosts: Neil Wilkinson, Leigh Ellingham and Dave Kingdon.Find us on the socials at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by searching for Festpod.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/festpod/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.