Download Festival Pilot – Rock Returns to Castle Donington [Photos & Review]

Last weekend was a huge moment not just for rock music but for normality as a whole. Up until last month, rock fans had been devastated by the news that, for another twelve months the staple of the festival calendar, Download Festival, would be postponed again. However, with news that organisers, in conjunction with the UK Government, had agreed for a test pilot event to go ahead in June, there was hope. Hope that this was the start of a return for the kind of live events that music lovers had been deprived of for nearly two years. So, over the weekend of June 18th-20th, rock fans (albeit in much smaller numbers) again descended on the hallowed grounds of Castle Donington for a weekend of drinking, partying and live music all without the restrictions imposed on the general public over the ...

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