THE WiLDHEARTS CONFiRMED FOR SUNDAY @ DOWNLOAD!!

[Owen]

The 2nd stage is going to be outside this year and not the tent

[Andy]

Did I just read that "Kiss are a terrible live band"????

thats perhaps the most bullshit statement I have ever read

No, they are a great live band for sure but music/song wise not my cup of tea.

[vickyp]

The 2nd stage is going to be outside this year and not the tent

Really?
That would be pretty damn cool.

I've got me a couple of day tickets for it, my birthday present to myself so him indoors can't argue about it. We's going.

[Maffew]

Wow, I was wondering which festival I would be going to this year. I'm suprised it's Download to be honest. LOSTPROPHETS headlining? Fightstar above The Wildhearts? Ugh. But w/e, still better than Leeds. Classic line-ups this year.

[FF5M]

Yeah, this is going to be awesome! First time I saw them do a festival was Phoenix '96 and that was main stage, middle of the afternoon, in the middle of a heatwave. Everyone else at the festival staring as several hundred Wildhearts fans went absolutely apeshit and kicked up a huge dustball of mayhem in front of the main stage. You could see them thinking 'what the hell?'. It was ace.

!! That takes me back. I remember it like it was yesterday, they were on after Beck and I nearly fainted watching Beck due to heat and boredom. It was a massive dustbowl down the front as you say, Nita Nitro as opener, fantastic stuff. Not sure about the looks to busy watching the band to care! What a great fest that was, also had Baby Chaos, Honeycrack, Cecil, Send No Flowers, Joyrider and Compulsion on the bill....all quality British bands that never got any recognition

[vickyp]

Ah so I wasn't the only one. There was so much dust! And they way they strung out Nita Nitro was just incredible. That is still my favourite gig of all time even now.
Yeah I loved Baby Chaos, Cecil and Joyrider too. And Honeycrack of course. Do you remember Willie threatening to change into a bikini? Man it was hot.
Also playing, if I remember rightly, were the Prodigy (twice), David Bowie, Peter Perrit (of the Only Ones 'Another Girl Another Planet' fame), Terrorvision, 3 Colours Red, 60ft dolls and Skunk Anansie. Brit-rock tastic.
Oh and also some old farts called the Sex Pistols, hence the 'Nevermind the Headliners' t-shirts.
AND Rancid played and I learnt the hard way about circle pits. Them were the days!

[blackdeathcrew]

I was there too - brilliant festival that was - didn't Real TV play that year too (or was it the following year?)

[vickyp]

I can't remember, I certainly saw them at some point that year.

My brain is filled with daft memories, like seeing Bjork and Goldie having a spat in public after he tried to make her have a go on the bungee jump.

[godzillas beard]

My mate just texted me to say he's currently watching the 'hearts. Bastard. Apparently Ginger is encouraging people to throw stuff.

[Dark Lord of Barnet]

Apparently Ginger is encouraging people to throw stuff.

Well that backfired on him!

[Caz]

After becoming a Wildhearts fan in ’96, I saw them for the first time at Download. They were incredible. I expected them to be good, but not that fantastic! The music was sublime (it sounds even better live) and between tracks Ginger’s improv. was funnier than the top stand-up comedians. He did encourage fans to throw things, and it did not backfire. It was seriously very funny (especially the egg he caught, and almost threw back before he realised what it was!), and you could tell the band were loving the extra challenge of ducking or catching the missiles whilst playing. The best gig I've ever seen in terms of both the music and the performance.