MONSTERS OF ROCK
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'Monsters of Rock' was an annual rock music festival in England held every August at the Castle Donington racetrack from 1980–1996 (with the odd exception, and a one-off comeback in 2006). Monsters of Rock festivals have also been organized in other cities around the world. After the success of Monsters of Rock 2006 there were suggestions for a Monsters of Rock 2007 but the show was cancelled.
History
In 1980 Promotor Paul (?) planned a day-long summer festival dedicated specifically to bands from within the heavy rock and metal genre. As he had been promoting the recent Rainbow UK tour, he asked the band to headline, which they agreed.
The venue chosen for the event was the Castle Donington motor racing circuit in Leicestershire. Capable of holding up to 100,000 fans, it was near to the industrial Midlands and had easy access to major transport links. Early preparations were delayed after objections from locals and police but the festival organisation had addressed fears the event was scheduled for Saturday 16 August 1980.
The rest of the bill meantime was assembled as a balanced mix of British and international hard rock. A quadraphonic sound system was installed. Parallel to a Judas Priest sound-check days before the event a test of Cozy Powell’s pyrotechnics resulted in an explosion heard some three miles away, that blew out all the P.A. and caused £18,000 worth of damage to the stage set-up.
Ticket prices were £7.50 in advance.
Though torrential rain over the preceding week had turned the site into a quagmire the day itself dawned bright, hot and sunny.
The P.A. system only seemed to work well for those few thousand crammed down the front of the stage but, minor criticisms apart, the occasion was deemed an overwhelming success. From the organiser’s point of view they had lost money but had proved the principle sufficiently to have the confidence to organise a festival for following years.
Within a few years it became the annual event for the UK hard rock fraternity, superseding the rival Reading Festival. The event was destined to become a British music tradition for over a decade, and was eventually extended to include a list of dates through mainland Europe as well.
Paul Loadsby: "It was a great day, the show Rainbow put on is still one of the best headlining performances at Donny...the first of its kind and a terrible risk."
Attendance at the first festival in 1980 was 35,000, and this continued to grow to 107,000 at the 1988 show when 2 fans died in a crowd surge during the Guns N' Roses slot. The festival was cancelled in 1989 because of this. When it was held in 1990, the attendance was capped at 72,500. In 1997, as the event had always been a one-day festival, organisers would add on a second day only to have the event cancelled shortly after.
In 2003 the year after the Ozzfest festival took place at the same venue after two visits at the Milton Keynes Bowl (1998 and 2001) and a Stereophonics concert at the same venue in 2001, Download Festival took over where Ozzfest had left off and is seen by some as a successor to Monsters of Rock. The Download Festival website claims to be the successor to Monsters of Rock, that the return of rock music heralded the return of rock to Donington.
In 2006 another festival by the name of Monsters of rock was held at Milton Keynes Bowl, headlined by Deep Purple and with Alice Cooper as a special guest.
UK Festivals
1980
August 16 1980: First "Monsters Of Rock" Festival
★ Rainbow
★ Judas Priest
★ Scorpions
★ April Wine
★ Saxon (recorded as Live at Donnington and Live at Donnington 1980)
★ Riot
★ Touch
Rumour has it that a member of Touch swallowed a bee while performing onstage. The whole event was recorded. An LP and cassette was released consisting of two songs each from Rainbow and Scorpions and one from each of the other acts, except Judas Priest. The Rainbow performance was filmed and shown on UK television in 1980-1 and most of the show released on video/DVD. Rainbow performed "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" the Carole King/Shirelles song (intended to be their next single) live, though never released.
1981
August 22 1981
★ AC/DC
★ Whitesnake
★ Blue Öyster Cult
★ Slade
★ Blackfoot
★ More
★ Tommy Vance (DJ)
Blue Oyster Cult had only recently parted company with drummer Albert Bouchard, and his place was taken by a roadie. One lacklustre set later, singer Eric Bloom was presented with a memorial plaque which he proceeded to jump on and smash
1982
August 21 1982
★ Status Quo
★ Gillan
★ Saxon
★ Hawkwind
★ Uriah Heep
★ Anvil
★ Tommy Vance (DJ)
1983
August 20 1983
★ Whitesnake
★ Meat Loaf
★ ZZ Top
★ Twisted Sister
★ Dio
★ Diamond Head
★ Tommy Vance (DJ)
1984
August 18 1984
★ AC/DC
★ Van Halen
★ Ozzy Osbourne
★ Gary Moore (recorded as Live At Monsters Of Rock)
★ Y&T
★ Accept
★ Mötley Crüe
★ Tommy Vance (DJ)
1985
August 17 1985
★ ZZ Top
★ Marillion
★ Bon Jovi
★ Metallica
★ Ratt
★ Magnum
★ Tommy Vance (DJ)
1986
Poster for the 1986 Monsters of Rock at Castle Donington.
August 16 1986
★ Ozzy Osbourne
★ Scorpions
★ Def Leppard
★ Motörhead
★ Bad News
★ Marillion
★ Warlock
★ Tommy Vance (DJ)
This concert is notable for Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen's return to live performance after the 1984 car accident that severed his left arm.
The Bad News set was filmed for the "More Bad News" episode of ''The Comic Strip Presents''. Many fans thought this was a waste of a slot, as Bad News were a 'joke' band made up of Comic Strip actors. Motörhead's set was interrupted mid way through when someone shot a firework rocket at the stage, narrowly missing Lemmys head.
The then-forthcoming rock publication Metal Hammer was announced at this year's event, with stickers distributed among the crowd. When the magazine hit the shelves, columnist and Monsters DJ Tommy Vance wrote a highly critical piece about the event, centered on the fact that the turntable he was expected to use proved faulty, with the needle frequently sliding across the record he'd just announced. As a result, he was dropped from the following year's event, and banned from even attending.
Ozzy Osbourne's set was recorded by the BBC and highlights were subsequently broadcast on Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show. Notable for its absence was set-opener Bark at the Moon, probably because Ozzy's singing was decidedly flat at the beginning of the set
1987
August 22 1987
★ Bon Jovi - during their set Dee Snider, Bruce Dickinson and Paul Stanley joined Bon Jovi to perform "We're an American Band", seemingly oblivious to the fact that Grand Funk's anthem was unknown to most British punters. Bruce Dickinson prowled the stage in Union Flag shorts; he sang little, but asked the crowd if they would like Maiden to appear at next year's event.
★ Dio
★ Metallica
★ Anthrax
★ W.A.S.P.
★ Cinderella
★ The Bailey Brothers (DJ's)
1988
August 20 1988
★ Iron Maiden
★ KISS
★ David Lee Roth
★ Megadeth
★ Guns N' Roses
★ Helloween
★ Neal Kaye
★ The Bailey Brothers (DJ's)
Largest crowd ever, approx 100,000. This was the year 2 people were crushed to death during the Guns N' Roses set.
1989
No festival this year
Monsters of Rock was cancelled in 1989 because of the deaths of two fans during the Guns N' Roses performance in 1988. This was widely reported to have been due to fighting in the crowd, however, in reality it was nothing more than people at the front of a 35,000 crowd moshing and slipping in the mud (it had rained heavily). Unfortunately this was followed by the crowd pushing forward, which led to the two fans being crushed [1].
Nevertheless, it was replaced with another gigantic rock festival which took place in Milton Keynes with Bon Jovi headlining.
1990
August 18 1990
★ Whitesnake
★ Aerosmith
★ Poison
★ Quireboys
★ Thunder (recorded as )
This event was broadcast on BBC Radio 1
Some dates on the subsequentes tour featured Vixen, Dio and Faith No More
1991
August 17 1991
★ AC/DC
★ Metallica
★ Mötley Crüe
★ Queensryche
★ The Black Crowes
AC/DC's set was recorded and released as a live DVD Called Live At Donington.
1992
August 22 1992
★ Iron Maiden (recorded as Live at Donington)
★ Skid Row
★ Thunder
★ Slayer
★ W.A.S.P.
★ The Almighty
★ Vanessa Warwick
W.A.S.P. played material from The Crimson Idol, and most of it was recorded for a 2 disc special edition The Crimson Idol at this gig.
Iron Maiden released their set as a video. A lot of this was filmed and shown on MTV Headbanger's Ball.
1993
No festival this year
1994
June 4 1994
Main stage:
★ Aerosmith
★ Extreme
★ Sepultura
★ Pantera
★ Therapy?
★ Pride and Glory
Second Stage:
★ The Wildhearts
★ Terrorvision
★ Skin
★ Biohazard
★ Cry of Love
★ Headswim
After just performing two songs, Biohazard was ejected from the second stage at the Monsters of Rock festival by the organisers for allowing crowd invasion on stage, then proceeded to vent their frustration by smashing up their dressing room and was removed from the venue as a result. The band would be allowed to perform again two years later on the Main Stage with the obligatory tighter security.
1995
August 26 1995
★ Metallica
★ Therapy?
★ Skid Row
★ Slayer
★ Slash's Snakepit
★ White Zombie
★ Machine Head
★ Warrior Soul
★ Corrosion of Conformity
The event was called Escape from the Studio '95, as Metallica were taking a break from recording their ''Load'' album.
Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn recalls Donington being the band's first appearance there, but also recalls it being one of the worst concerts of his life. He was apparently being sick on stage during songs, after eating some undercooked sausages earlier in the day.
1996
August 17 1996
Main stage:
★ KISS and Ozzy Osbourne (Joint Headliners)
★ Sepultura
★ Biohazard
★ Dog Eat Dog
★ Paradise Lost
★ Fear Factory
Kerrang! Stage:
★ KoЯn
★ Type O Negative
★ Everclear
★ 3 Colours Red
★ Honeycrack
★ Cecil
Donington's only joint-headline date was widely regarded at the time as being more of a "special guest" slot for a pre-Ozzfest Ozzy Osbourne. KISS, who performed last, had returned to the make-up and theatrics of their early days.
However, the day was regarded as being most significant for two major events in the history of nu-metal. Sepultura were forced to perform as a three-piece after the death of the adopted son of vocalist Max Cavalera. Guitarist Andreas Kisser filled in for the absent singer, who had returned to Brazil for the funeral, but this was seen as the start of events that lead to the collapse of the band.
The second major event was the first UK festival appearance of KoЯn. The second stage was sponsored by ''Kerrang!'' magazine, who had prepared a short list of five bands to be voted in preference order by the readership. Korn was not on this list, and the general expectation was that Type O Negative would become headliners on this stage. However, the magazine had included a write-in slot on the ballot, expecting to be able to find a popular but minor UK band to open up on the stage. When the numbers came in, Korn had received more write-in votes than Type O Negative had first votes. The hugely over-crowded bowl that housed the second stage was further proof that the then-underground Korn were becoming a major act.
Fear Factory had a 10 minute sound loss during their third song "New Breed"
1997
No festival this year.
Initial planning began for a Monsters of Rock 1997. It was to be the first two-day Monsters of Rock festival. When, in 2003, Monsters of Rock's spiritual successor the popular Download Festival began at the venue, it was a two day show. 1998 would knock the final nail in Monsters of Rock's coffin with the first UK offering of Ozzfest, a rock festival which was less traditional than Monsters of Rock and more current. Ozzfest returned to the UK in 2001, 2002 and in 2005 was a part of the Download Festival.
2003
Monsters of Rock's successor, Download Festival is born in Donington. Has run up to present, taking the place of, and dwarfing, Monsters of Rock.
2006
June 3 2006
★ Deep Purple
★ Alice Cooper
★ Journey
★ Thunder
★ Queensrÿche
★ Ted Nugent
★ Roadstar
This event was the first Monsters Of Rock in 10 years and resided at the Milton Keynes bowl. Around 20,000 people attended the event.
See also
★ List of Donington Park Festivals
★ Download Festival
Monsters of Rock festivals in other locations
Monsters of Rock has appeared in numerous areas. Other locations include:
Argentina
1994
Buenos Aires, River Plate Stadium - ''September 3 and 4''
★ KISS
★ Slayer
★ Black Sabbath
★ Hermética
★ Gatos Sucios
1995
Buenos Aires, Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium - ''September 9''
★ Ozzy Osbourne
★ Alice Cooper
★ Megadeth
★ Faith No More
★ Paradise Lost
★ Clawfinger
1997
Buenos Aires, Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium - ''December 13''
★ Whitesnake
★ Megadeth
★ Queensrÿche
1998
Buenos Aires, Vélez Sársfield Stadium - ''December 12''
★ Iron Maiden (Headliner)
★ Slayer
★ Soulfly
★ Helloween
★ Angra
2005
Buenos Aires, Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium - ''September 11''
★
★ Judas Priest (Headliner)
★
★ Whitesnake
★
★ Rata Blanca
★
★ Tristemente Celebres
★
★ Lörihen
Chile
1994
Santiago, Chile Estacion Mapocho - ''Agosto''
★ Kiss
★ Slayer
★ Black Sabbath
1998
Santiago, Chile Velódromo del Estadio Nacional - ''December 12''
★ Helloween
★ Anthrax
★ Slayer
★ Panzer
★ Criminal
2005
Santiago, Chile Estadio Nacional - ''September 13''
★ Rata Blanca
★ Whitesnake
★ Judas Priest
Brazil
1994
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu
★ KISS
★ Black Sabbath
★ Slayer
★ Suicidal Tendencies
★ Viper
★ Raimundos
★ Angra
★ Dr. Sin
1995
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu
★ Ozzy Osbourne
★ Alice Cooper
★ Megadeth
★ Faith No More
★ Paradise Lost
★ Therapy?
★ Clawfinger
★ Rata Blanca
★ Virna Lisi
1996
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu - August 24, 1996
★ Héroes del Silencio
★ Mercyful Fate
★ King Diamond
★ Helloween
★ Raimundos
★ Biohazard
★ Motörhead
★ Skid Row
★ Iron Maiden
1998
São Paulo, Ibirapuera - september 24, 1998
★ Dorsal Atlântica
★ Korzus
★ Glenn Hughes
★ Savatage
★ Saxon
★ Dream Theater
★ Manowar
★ Megadeth
★ Slayer
Bulgaria
2006
01 August - 08 August
Varna, Bulgaria
The festival is cancelled.
A Monsters of Rock festival was to be held up in Varna, Bulgaria in the summer of 2006. Unlike other festivals with the same name, this one had been planned to take place in five consecutive nights. The bands list up to this date included:
★ Motörhead
★ Morbid Angel
★ Saxon
★ UFO
★ Kreator
★ Axel Rudi Pell
★ Masterplan
★ U.D.O.
★ Gamma Ray
★ Nevermore
★ Gotthard
★ Anthrax
★ Metal Church
★ Edguy
★ Tony Martin
★ Annihilator
★ Michael Schenker Group
★ Opeth
★ Brazen Abbot
★ We
★ Overkill
★ Doro
★ Victory
★ Fear Factory
★ Onslaught
★ Atrocity
★ Leave's Eyes
★ Rose Tattoo
★ Doomfoxx
★ Holy Moses
★ Uli Jon Roth
★ Reckless Tide
★ Ektomorf
★ Delirious
★ The Bronx Casket Co.
★ Nikki Puppet
★ Hellfueled
★ Noise Forest
★ Gorilla Monsoon
★ The Birthday Massacre
★ Suidakra
★ Fleshgore
★ L.O.S.T.
★ Post Scriptum
★ Cornamusa
★ Everfest
★ Justice
★ SJK
★ Celtic Frost
★ H-Blockx
★ Orphaned Land
★ Thunderbolt
★ Silent Madness
★ Disbelief
★ Dreamland
★ Archeon
★ Holyland
★ Diva Int.
★ Enthrallment
★ Knight Errant
★ The Revenge Project
★ Frogcircus
★ Definitive
★ Pooria
★ Sarah
★ Damon
★ Pooria (Calgary, Canada)
★ Manam Hastam
If conducted as planned, the festival was going to be the biggest Monsters of Rock festival to date and by far the largest heavy metal event ever to be held in Eastern Europe.
France
1988
★ Paris, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy - September 24 and 25, 1988
★ Iron Maiden
★ Trust - Their live album ''Paris by night'' was recorded at that time
★ Anthrax
★ Helloween
★ Guns N' Roses
1990
★ Paris, Parc des Princes - Vincennes - Month ? day ?, 1990
★ Thunder
★ Quireboys
★ Poison
★ Aerosmith
★ Whitesnake
Germany
1983
★ Nürnberg, Zeppelinfeld - September 02, 1983
★ Whitesnake
★ Blue Öyster Cult
★ Thin Lizzy
★ Saxon
★ Meat Loaf
★ Motörhead
★ Twisted Sister
1984
★ Karlsruhe, Wildparkstadion - September 01, 1984
★ Nürnberg, Stadion am Dutzendteich - September 02, 1984
★ AC/DC
★ Van Halen
★ Gary Moore
★ Dio
★ Accept
★ Ozzy Osbourne
★ Mötley Crüe
1988
★ Schweinfurt, Mainwiesen - August 27, 1988
★ Bochum, Ruhrland Stadion - August 28, 1988
★ Iron Maiden
★ David Lee Roth
★ KISS
★ Anthrax
★ Testament (Megadeth cancelled)
★ Great White
★ Treat (did not play in Bochum)
1991
★ Mainz, Finthen Army Airfield - September 07, 1991
★ AC/DC
★ Metallica
★ Mötley Crüe
★ Queensrÿche - not Pantera as previously stated
★ The Black Crowes
This was also the running order beginning with the Black Crowes.
Italy
1988
★ Modena, Festa de l'Unità - September 9, 1988
★ Iron Maiden
★ KISS
★ Megadeth
★ Anthrax
★ Helloween
1991
★ Modena, Festa dell'Unità - September 14, 1991
★ AC/DC
★ Metallica
★ Queensrÿche
★ The Black Crowes
★ Negazione
1992
★ Reggio Emilia, Festa de l'Unità - September 12, 1992
★ Warrant
★ Testament
★ Pantera
★ Megadeth
★ Black Sabbath
★ Iron Maiden - the song "Heaven Can Wait" of ''A Real Live One'' album was recorded there
The Netherlands
1988
★ Tilburg, Willem II Stadion - September 4, 1988
★ Iron Maiden
★ David Lee Roth
★ KISS
★ Anthrax
★ Helloween
★ Great White
Poland
1991
★ Chorzów, ÅšlÄ…ski Stadion - September 13, 1991
★ AC/DC
★ Metallica
★ Queensrÿche
Russia
1991
★ Moscow, Tushino Airfield - August, 1991
★ AC/DC
★ Metallica
★ Black Crowes
★ EST
★ Pantera
Spain
1988
★ Pamplona, Plaza de Toros - September 17, 1988
★ Madrid, Casa de Campo - September 18, 1988
★ Barcelona, Plaza de Toros - September 22, 1988
★ Iron Maiden
★ Metallica
★ Anthrax
★ Helloween
2006
★ Zaragoza, Feria de Zaragoza - June 18, 2006
★ Primal Fear
★ Saxon
★ Apocalyptica
★ W.A.S.P.
★ Whitesnake
★ Scorpions
2007
★ Zaragoza, Feria de Zaragoza - June 22, 2007
★ Brujeria
★ Black Label Society
★ Mägo de Oz
★ Megadeth
★ Children of Bodom
★ Ozzy Osbourne
★ Zaragoza, Feria de Zaragoza - June 23, 2007
★ Riverside
★ Mastodon
★ Kamelot
★ Pretty Maids
★ Blind Guardian
★ Dream Theater
★ Slayer
★ Motörhead
Sweden
1984
★ Stockholm, RÃ¥sunda Stadium - August 25, 1984
★ AC/DC
★ Van Halen
★ Mötley Crüe
1986
★ Stockholm, RÃ¥sunda Stadium - August 23, 1986
★ Scorpions
★ Ozzy Osbourne
★ Def Leppard
★ Foreband Zero-Nine from Finland
USA
1988
★ May 27, 1988 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theater
-Van Halen
-Scorpions
-Metallica
-Dokken
-Kingdom Come
★ May 28, 1988 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theater
-Van Halen (Sod fight happened because of extreme delay. Audience ripped up large chunks of sod and threw them in every direction. Sammy Hagar came onstage and warned the audience to chill out or there would be no show. The audience chilled.)
-Scorpions
-Metallica
-Dokken
-Kingdom Come
★ May 29, 1988 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theater
-Van Halen
-Scorpions
-Metallica
-Dokken
-Kingdom Come
★ June 04, 1988 - Miami, FL - Orange Bowl
★ June 05, 1988 - Tampa, FL - Hall of Fame Bowl
★ June 10, 1988 - Washington DC - RFK Stadium Bowl
★ June 11, 1988 - Philadelphia, PA - JFK Stadium
★ June 12, 1988 - Foxboro, MA - Sullivan Stadium
★ June 15, 1988 - Pittsburgh, PA - Three Rivers Stadium
★ June 17, 1988 - Pontiac, MI - Pontiac Silverdome
★ June 18, 1988 - Pontiac, MI - Pontiac Silverdome
★ June 19, 1988 - Buffalo, NY - Rich Stadium
★ June 22, 1988 - Akron, OH - Rubber Bowl
★ June 23, 1988 - Akron, OH - Rubber Bowl
★ June 25, 1988 - Oxford, ME - Oxford Plains Speedway
★ June 26, 1988 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium
★ June 27, 1988 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium
★ July 02, 1988 - Houston, TX - Rice Stadium
★ July 03, 1988 - Dallas, TX - Cotton Bowl (Texxas Jam)
★ July 06, 1988 - Indianapolis, IN - Hoosier Dome
★ July 08, 1988 - Memphis, TN - Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
★ July 09, 1988 - Memphis, TN - Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
★ July 10, 1988 - Kansas City, MO - Arrowhead Stadium
★ July 13, 1988 - Minneapolis, MN - The Metrodome
★ July 16, 1988 - San Francisco, CA - Candlestick Park
★ July 17, 1988 - San Francisco, CA - Candlestick Park
★ July 20, 1988 - Spokane, WA - Joseph A. Albi Stadium
★ July 23, 1988 - Los Angeles, CA - Memorial Coliseum
★ July 24, 1988 - Los Angeles, CA - Memorial Coliseum
★ July 27, 1988 - Seattle, WA - The Kingdome
★ July 30, 1988 - Denver, CO - Mile High Stadium
★ Kingdom Come
★ Metallica
★ Dokken
★ Scorpions
★ Van Halen
Monsters of Rock Locations
1980 (first year of Monsters of Rock)
★ United Kingdom
1981
★ United Kingdom
1982
★ United Kingdom
1983 (first year Monsters of Rock leaves the UK)
★ United Kingdom
★ Germany
1984
★ United Kingdom
★ Germany
★ Sweden
1985
★ United Kingdom
1986
★ United Kingdom
★ Sweden
1987
★ United Kingdom
1988 (year with most Monsters of Rock events - including a touring one in the USA)
★ United Kingdom
★ France
★ Germany
★ Italy
★ The Netherlands
★ Spain
★ USA (toured - played several dates in several states)
1989 (first time Monsters of Rock was cancelled in the UK)
★ No Monsters of Rock
1990
★ United Kingdom
★ France
1991
★ United Kingdom
★ Germany
★ Italy
★ Poland
★ Russia
★ Hungary
1992
★ United Kingdom
★ Italy
1993 (second time Monsters of Rock was cancelled in the UK)
★ No Monsters of Rock
1994
★ United Kingdom
★ Argentina
★ Chile
★ Brazil
1995
★ United Kingdom
★ Argentina
★ Chile
★ Brazil
1996
★ United Kingdom
★ Brazil
1997 (first time Monsters of Rock was held abroad but not in the UK)
★ Argentina
1998
★ Argentina
★ Brazil
1999
★ No Monsters of Rock
2000 (first time there was no Monsters of Rock twice in a row)
★ No Monsters of Rock
2001
★ No Monsters of Rock
2002
★ No Monsters of Rock
2003
★ No Monsters of Rock
2004
★ No Monsters of Rock
2005 (first Monsters of Rock since 1999)
★ Argentina
★ Chile
2006 (first Monsters of Rock in the UK since 1996)
★ United Kingdom (first Monsters of Rock outside Donington Park)
★ Spain
2007
★ Spain
The international spread of these festivals has continued with Download Festival, which also hails from Donington. In 2004 an event was held in Scotland, and from 2005 onwards multiple annual events have been held in the USA. In 2008 2 new countries will see a Download Festival.
Trivia
★ In the 1994 Beavis and Butt-head episode Take A Number, Beavis and Butt-head attempt to get tickets to ''Creatures of Rock'' which is a parody of ''Monsters of Rock''.
External links
★ www.monstersofrock.co.uk
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