The Download Festival was conceived as a follow up to the Monsters of Rock festivals which had been held at the Donington Park circuit between 1980 and 1996. The first Download Festival was created by Stuart Galbraith, Tom Pyke and Andy Copping in 2003 in the same location. Rather than run as a single day event Download was initially a two-day event, expanding to three days in 2005.
This festival is one of the biggest rock and metal festivals of the world. It gathers rock and metal's fans of the whole world. Every year thousands of fans come to see and enjoy this festival with some of the most famous rock bands, such as Linkin park, Green Day, Rammstein and Iron maiden. Last time there were more than a hundred thousand people. This year in Paris there will be System of a Down, Linkin Park and Green Day.
