Download Festival, Seriously, WTF

Posted on October 7, 2005 by | 14 Comments

Okay, I could be off base here, and if that’s the case correct me in the comments. Follow me for a second.

This weekend the Bay Area is hosting the Download Festival, featuring a solid line-up including the Killers, Doves, Arcade Fire and more. There is a UK version of this festival, too.

The problem I have is the name. DOWNLOAD Festival. Seriously, what can you download? I spent a few minutes on the site, and you can’t even download mp3s of the bands playing the show. You can stream about 5 songs, but you can’t download them.

So can you download the live performances after the show? At the show? I don’t know. There’s no information stating that you can in the promo text, so I don’t think so.

When I go to an Orange Festival, I expect to buy oranges. When I go to a Hip Hop Festival, I expect hip hop. You get what I’m saying here.

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14 responses to “Download Festival, Seriously, WTF”

  1. Larry | October 7, 2005 at 11:42 am |

    If all that is true, then the name of the festival is really stupid.

    Of course, Woodstock was not even in Woodstock. So this wouldn’t be the first time for misleading festival names.

  2. Bill V | October 7, 2005 at 2:10 pm |

    I agree 100%. The name makes no sense. First I thought it was a dj festival. It annoyed me enough to not even post anything about it.

  3. Andrew Thomas | October 14, 2005 at 6:21 am |

    The so-called “Download” festival is the biggest load of crap ever. A load of rich musicians trying to be trendy. Gets me so annoyed.

    On my blog you REALLY CAN download a selection of free music from new unsigned UK bands:

    http://www.ipod.org.uk/ipod_free_music.asp

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