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Linkin Park give fans free bootlegs.

Linkin Park give fans free bootlegs. Linkin Park have worked out an innovative way to give their fans a digital encore. WENN reports that the ranty rockers will hook up with a group for ‘official’ bootlegs of their concerts so that fans can get a copy of the show they just saw. for free. There will reportedly be a short code displayed at their forthcoming shows, which fans can text to a numbers, and they will receive a link to a live recording of the concert after the show. Linkin Park’s bassist, Dave Farrell said to WENN, ‘The energy we get from our fans is what makes a great show. We wanted to show our appreciation by giving that experience back to them.’ The company that are handling the live recordings are called Basecamp Productions. Other bands that have worked with Basecamp include Pearl Jam, Jay Z, Bono, Kings of Leon, Chris Cornell, Tori Amos, Ben Harper, My Morning Jacket, Sonic Youth, Wolfmother and Disturbed.

Ozzy leads a roster of rockers in the Sunset Strip Music Festival

Sunset Strip Music Festival spills onto the street. Ozzy Osbourne leads a roster of rockers in the Sunset Strip Music Festival. In its second year, the Sunset Strip Music Festival is going bigger, just like a righteous hair-metal guitar solo. The lineup for the festival, which opens Today and runs through Saturday, includes several of the Strip’s progeny, such as Korn, Chris Cornell, the Donnas, Pepper, Continue reading →

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2009

From 12 Jun 2009 – 14 Jun 2009 The UK’s biggest, loudest, distortion-fuelled rock and metal festival returns to Donington Park for three more days of hard and heavy axe-wielding action. With a taste for the biggest and most influential names in the heavy rock scene, Download Festival has attracted sets from KISS, Metallica, Guns ‘N Roses, Iron Maiden and The Prodigy in recent years and fans can expect more big names this time around. The site underwent a revamp last year and it now houses two outdoor stages and a tent as well as an extreme sports bar, five-a-side football pitch, market, merchandise stands and chill-out area Kidney Woods. Download 2009 will offer bespoke camping over the weekend. AGreenerFestival say this about the festival: Download won the ‘most improved’ festival in the 2007 Greener Festival Awards and organisers Live Nation built on this in 2008 with travel planning and carbon offsetting offered to the audience. A new artist briefing booklet that explained the festival’s environmental work was given to performers who were encouraged to improve their own carbon footprint with handy hints and tips. The deposit system for recycling introduced in 2007 was continued and audience recycling in the campsite was encouraged and further promoted.

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Friday, June 12, 2009
2nd Stage
Motley Crue, Opeth, Lacuna Coil, Dir En Grey, Parkway Drive

Main Stage – Download
Faith No More, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Killswitch Engage, Billy Talent, Staind, The Blackout,

Tuborg Stage
Meshuggah, Duff McKagen’s Loaded, Backyard Babies, Middle Class Rut, Sleepercurve,

Saturday, June 13, 2009
2nd Stage
The Prodigy, Chris Cornell, You Me At Six, The Answer, Static-X, Fightstar, In Case Of Fire, Superstar

Main Stage – Download
Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Pendulum, Dragonforce, Down, Devildriver, Five Finger Death Punch

Tuborg Stage
Anvil, Architects, Lawnmower Deth, Poison

Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage
None The Less

Sunday, June 14, 2009
2nd Stage
Trivium, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Clutch, Shinedown, Karma To Burn, Sevendust

Main Stage – Download
Def Leppard, Whitesnake, ZZ Top, Dream Theater, Journey, Black Stone Cherry

Tuborg Stage
Go Audio, Therapy, Pulled Apart By Horses

Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage
Twin Atlantic