Wife and I loved going to the Download festival. We’ve been there ten times enjoying music and the friendliest of atmospheres. Some of the best days, good few spine tingling performances, and a number of apocalyptic downpours. Always good times.

Their lineup, as announced today and as it has been for the past couple of years, has shifted. My music is no longer there.

I understand that a festival needs to chase younger audiences to survive, and old timers like me get washed up in the wake. That does not lessen my sadness. I’ve lost something.

Where is an old rocker to go? Where is my music? I’m not gone yet, am I?

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