[Closed] Sabbath AND Metallica headlining Download 2012

I shall be buying tickets.... can't wait.

I am slightly more excited about this though..........

[url= http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymlondon2012.php ]All tomorrows paties[/url]

Yay!

Not just one past-it, has-been band, but two!

Bob, aparently there are still Westlife farewell tickets left if thats more oop your street 😉

metallica doing the black album will be awesome

they wouldnt be able to pull off kill em all or ride the lightning anymore tho!

I still find it slightly tragic that the best I've ever seen Metallica play was when Lars was off ill and the roadie/Joey from Slipknot/Dave from Slayer filled in for him. I WAS BORN TOO LAAATTEEE!!!!

Have they left Lou Reed behind? He's useless.

Mrs Toast - Member
Dave from Slayer

It did help that Dave Lombardo is a [i]much[/i] better drummer than Lars, though 🙂
Having seen Metallica a few times previously and not being that fussed about the Black album compared to MoP or RtL I'm going to wait and see who the third headliners are before deciding to go for the weekend or just Sabbath Sunday

The more pressing questions are,

When are tickets going back on sale, and are there any RIP tickets left?

they wouldnt be able to pull off kill em all or ride the lightning anymore tho!

I saw Metallica this year at Sonisphere festival and they played most of Ride the Lightning 😀

It did help that Dave Lombardo is a much better drummer than Lars, though

I think I'm a much better drummer than Lars! 😆

😆 Fair point!

When are tickets going back on sale...

It is my daughters' 3rd birthday that weekend so I don't think I will be going - so I am holding out for some UK dates* in Sabbath's Worldwide tour.

*Dates that are actually honoured before the band implodes again because Ozzy walks out/is fired/dies of a drug & alcohol overdose/eats a small mammal/eats a large mammal/is eaten by a [i]very large[/i] mammal/is told to leave by the Greater Power (Sharon)...

they played all of Muppets in 2007 at Download,

Well I think I might just go to this one.

kimbers - Member

they wouldnt be able to pull off kill em all

They don't play much kill em all any more on the grounds that it's pretty awful tbh.

Mrs Toast - Member

I think I'm a much better drummer than Lars

[i]Ringo Starr[/i] was a better drummer than Lars.

fenred - Member
Bob, aparently there are still Westlife farewell tickets left if thats more oop your street

Apparently Van Halen have already recorded the next album, what price for them to play DOwnload? Not sure if they'd headline Day3, it's possible but more likely that they'll be second billed one night

fenred - Member
Bob, aparently there are still Westlife farewell tickets left if thats more oop your street

I think that there are still tickets available for The Saturdays. Much more his kind of thing.

C'mon.

Both bands are a joke nowadays. And the Black album in it's entirety? Overproduced commercial crap, and the album that they jumped the shark on. The Black Sabbath reunion has to be the most cringeworthy of recent years.

Has been dinosaurs that should retire gracefully.

Are they Bob? I saw 'tallica at the O2 last year on the Death Magnetic tour and they were just as good, if not better than the Justice Tour 90 years ago, and the Puppets tour 130 years ago. When did you last see them Bob?

I also think the Sabbath reunion is a monumental event Bob...after all, what could possibly go wrong Bob?? ...Your move Bob.... 😉

I bet Lars is a better tennis player than all of you, though! 😉

Are they Bob? I saw 'tallica at the O2 last year on the Death Magnetic tour and they were just as good, if not better than the Justice Tour 90 years ago, and the Puppets tour 130 years ago. When did you last see them Bob?

I also think the Sabbath reunion is a monumental event Bob...after all, what could possibly go wrong Bob?? ...Your move Bob....

2004

Time before that was 1996 at the Barras

Before that it was 1993

Time before was 1990

First time was 1988

They haven't released a decent album since Master of Puppets. That Lulu thing was the final nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned.

The prosecution rests

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab#p00lwbgp

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They haven't released a decent album since Master of Puppets

Fair play, your opinion which you are entitled to, shame you feel that way...Looks like we wont be sharing a beer at Download then 😥

I don't suppose either band cares that a few people think they are past it seeing as they have been more successful (career-wise) in their lives than most of could ever hope to be.

yeah but Sabbath with Ozzy havent released a decent album since 1972

Indeed he is CFH, as he is probably a better drummer than all on here. In a 'dream-team band' you wouldn't pick him as being the most technically competent skin thumper or even being included in your shortlist BUT he is instrumental (ahem) in the BIG sound/scheme of things.

Dream team band ? Neil Peart.

Doubles and a few beers? Lars

+1 for Neil Peart

Peart or Paice...

The best I've seen Metallica was the last time I saw Metallica, in 2009.I don't go back as far as some, on the grounds that I was 4 when Kill 'Em All came out 😉

That said, that Jools Holland performance is absolutely hilarious.

+ infinity for Neil Peart. Unsurpassed, a whole new league.