Aerosmith are one of the biggest and best bands to ever grace music.

Couldn’t say it better myself mate, here here!!!

I’ll second that!!!!!

Here Here!!! I will be stood with you, beer in my hand shouting out the lyrics of Dude Looks Like a Lady like a fucking loon! I have been lucky enough to see Aerosmith twice – Pump Tour – I was 13 and Hard Rock Calling and each time – magic.

Fuck the haters!

here here!

Saw Aerosmith in Hyde Park a couple of years ago and they were fantastic. It’s a party.

If Download stuck to ‘just’ metal then it’d be the same recycled garbage year in and year out.

The fact they have not only landed Aerosmith, but Aerosmith with Steven Tyler back involved is nothing short of brilliant.

I was one of those who ed an eyebrow at the idea of Def Leppard last year and frankly they surpassed what i thought they could do to the point i really enjoyed it. Aerosmith will blow Leppard out of the water.

But then the internet was made for porn and complaining.

well said beez, i will most certainly be there!

i dont belive sonisphere have a better line up, iron maiden & rammstein aside, i cant stand the people who bitch and moan bout the line up… they didnt bitch & moan when it was the headliners Kiss/Offspring/Lostprophets… why? because there was no sonisphere. I reckon the headliners this year will be immense & it will be one to remember!

what do you mean fuck genre. you write for a magazine called metalhammer , stop complaining if people wanna hear news about metal bands.
and btw aerosmith fucking suck

Hayden Panettiere? That’s not metal.

Megan Fox however…

Alice Cooper at Sonisphere… Aerosmith at Download…
That’s both the bands starring in Wayne’s World films available for us to see this summer! I hope to go to both festivals!

people are disappointed because for a while download was a metal festival first. then they started bringing in classic rock bands on the sunday. now this year 2 headliners are classic rock nights. that’s why people are unhappy. i don’t think anyone doubts how big Aerosmith are – it’s just they feel pushed out of what they thought was their summer metal festival. so off to bloodstock or sonisphere is what they and i will do.

HELL YES!!!!!!!!

Finally somebody has kicked the bitchin twats who moan 24/7> “THATS NOT METULZ!”

Ive not stopped dancing since last night…never thought id get to see Aerosmith or AC/DC because I missed out on them last year…
And then Andy Copping has Motorhead…Them Crooked Vultures…Stone Sour…omfg Ima go dance sum more!!!!!

Respect where it’s due. I just couldn’t give a fuck about Aerosmith. I don’t dislike them, I don’t like them. I respect them for what they’ve done but I am completely apathetic about them.

I think Aerosmith are an excellent addition to the line up. I’m just not excited because I know I can’t afford to go. C’est la vie.

Sorry Terry, I just don’t like them. And I did love every second of Def Leppard last year. I won’t stay home and bitch behind my keyboard. I’ll probably be having a merry old time watching a different band on a different stage. I’ll see you in the bar afterwards though!

Aerosmith, right next to Kiss, are one of the worst bands to be disgustingly mistaken for a “classic” band.

I’m not an elitest “but Download should be Metaaaal!” people, but Aerosmith plain suck, and with the lineup being fairly average so far, I’m really wondering why I shouldn’t just go to Sonisphere or Bloodstock instead.

Every year people seem to forget that Download is not a metal festival its a rock festival. If you want a metal festival you have Bloodstock.

Aerosmith are not my favourite band in the world by a long way but i would never turn down the chance to see them as long as they dont clash with a band i prefer.

Lets face it nearly every one knows all the words to all of Aerosmiths biggest hits and the last night of a festival is all about everybody in the crowd singing along with every word.

With the exception of Iron Maiden in 2007 Download has never put its strongest headliner on the final night but it has always been a band that everybody can have a great time singing along to.

@ Dee4Leeds, mate if Hayden Panettiere doesn’t give you metal fuck knows what will mate.

no im sorry aerosmith bore me to tears but if rage, lamb of god and deftones play the same day i might go for a day thats it.

The only reason that most people know only about the power ballads is because they are the only ones that ever get played on music channels. I have never heard an Aerosmith song that made me want to stand up and rock out which is why, I think, that people aren’t excited about them.
I am still gonna go to Sonisphere and see Maiden but thats because some of their best known songs are fast and punchy. I think that if some of the songs that as you said are “the soundtrack to wild alcohol-fuelled parties and all-night sexual depravity over the course of four generations” were a bit better known or if they maybe released them as a new single then i might be excited. I’ll admit, I didn’t see it coming but at the moment, I’m not really interested.

lets be honest, as good as aerosmith are (and they are), they died in the 70s and have been flogging a dead (heavily botoxed) horse for a considerably long time.

Bloodstock kicks both their Asses!!

If it was just ‘Metal’ it would be one of these festivals that no one has heard of.
And 30 seconds to mars, them crooked vultures are not metal so stop moanin about Aerosmith!
Get a life people!
If you dont like the line up…. DONT GO!
Simple as!

THEY’RE FUCKING HEADLINERS. The reason the headliners are ‘old’ is because they have a wealth of material, support, influence and experience. Yeah, they could easily throw somebodies favourite new band on there, but they wouldn’t hack it.

@Reprise- I think you should go to bloodstock and or sonisphere, let’s be honest you have a choice! Plus if all you “where’s the metulz” crowd sod off else where it means people who truly want to see all the headliners get the tickets they deserve,And we get a better atmosphere! I hate watching people heading back to camp before a headliner, people would kill to be in that position but don’t have the cash ect…
@notahappybunny- yeah it was a ‘metal festival’ first?!? Hence it’s name monsters of ROCK?!? Real clever dude

@Reprise- Seriously?! Kiss are awesome! tbh last night i was pretty pissed about Aerosmith but ive given it some thought and now i’m kind of excited. I’ve got the chance to see one of the biggest and most popular rock bands ever and i’m only 16! If a 16 year old can appreciate it im sure you can.

I think the download line up isnt bad….its been poor in recent years but its shaping up this year. I mean come on the 3 headliners this year are proberly the biggest bands in their respective genres. Not going i do prefer the sonisphere line up and after last years festival my ticket for this year was in no doubt

while agree with what youve said i still couldnt give a fuck about aroesmith headlining download lol would be a lugh to see them if the rest of line up packs a heavy punch but this announcement didnt swing me either way

@ Military Dave

Yeah I know Bloodstock will be amazing this year… Massive headliners, huge amazing bands and 110,000 people… Oh wait thats not happening at Bloodstock…

Jog on…

@Brian I clearly state that I am NOT one of the “where’s the metulz?” type of people, but you assume because I don’t like Aerosmith and have little respect for their music that I am one of those people. And last time I checked, if I have payed for my ticket then I have just as much right as anyone else. It’s not my fault if I don’t like one of the headliners, so I really don’t care if there’s people out there “who would kill” to see them. I have every right to dislike a band an express my disatisfaction with them playing.
Like krasherr said anyways (with that person even being a fan) Aerosmith died years ago.

I suppose next you’ll wrongly make the assumption that I dislike any “old” music, so I’ll look forward to that.

Sorry, I’m just not loving the lineup this year much at all. I hope it improves with the further announcement of bands.

If you doubt Aerosmith’s rockin’ abilities, listen to “Same Old Song and Dance”, “Back in the Saddle” or “Sweet Emotion”. Then come back and say that they don’t “rock”

And for the record, I love “Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”. It’s one of the greatest power ballads of all time. Sure they didn’t write it themselves, but I’ll sure as hell be singing like a loon when they play it!

download was NEVER a metal festival. audioslave and linkin park were headliners in the first 2 years, i wouldnt class them as metal. nofx headlined the 2nd stage first year, him have headlined the 2nd stage and we’ve had lostprophets, mcr, offspring etc, none of which is really metal. its a festival that covers all genres of rock, which metal is part of. and there’s fuck all wrong with a classic rock day!

i watched testament over offspring, suicidal tendencies over mcr and korn, and cavalera conspiracy over lostprophets. i just dont think this year will have enough to lure me, i can see aerosmith turning into a disaster like guns n roses was!

im limited in terms of money so im happier with the headliners at sonisphere and bloodstock and thats where i’ll go, although id prefer a festival in june as opposed to 2 in quick succession. thats life eh?

jacob.. you’re a cunt

there just one flaw in this post.

Def Leppard > Aerosmith. fact!

and whoever criticised the size of bloodstock is missing the point entirely. its specifically a metal festival and aimed at a smaller number of people, but gets steadily bigger every year. im going because im predominantly an extreme metal fan. i prefer the atmosphere at a smaller festival too

id also like to point out im not one of the people saying download isnt metal enough. ive regularly defended it as a festival that caters to a broad range of styles. as im not too impressed with the lineup im not going, simple really

once again i’d like to say-the people going to download, have a great time. the people going elsewhere will have a great time too. at least we have such a good range of festivals in this country!

aerosmith suk dik lolollz

Aerosmith started it all for me! My first CD was an Aerosmith compliation my dad got for me when i was 9.

The people complaining about them are only complaining because the only Aerosmith songs they’ve heard are Walk This Way with Run-DMC and I don’t want to miss a thing. Because they are the only songs played on music channels!
And if they play those songs, you’re not gonna care, guaranteed you’ll be singing along!

Listen to Toys in the Attic and Rocks, then tell me what you think of Aerosmith.

Oh yeah; Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Testament – to name a few… cite them as one of their biggest influences.

@the real ollie, don’t be so stereotypical. i own every aerosmith studio album apart from rock in a hard place and honkin on bobo. i love the 70s stuff in particular and dont have a problem with any of their albums, personally i hate ‘i dont want to miss a thing’ but they’ve written some other great ballads. but i just can’t get excited about seeing them live these days.

im sure im not alone in liking certain bands but not necessarily bothered about seeing them live

Aerosmith are feckin awesome-one of the best rock bands EVER. i saw them in the states about 4 years ago and it was killer. i am delighted they are playing. its very easy to sit behind your computer and slag off everything etc etc. This years Download is MONUMENTAL

I was there 20 years ago for the Monsters of Rock. Awesome!! Rock ‘n Roll at it’s best. I’ll be partying with them again this year too.

Aerosmith were brilliant in the 70’s and 80’s in the 90’s they were crap and that Armageddon rubbish is one of the worst reasons for that! If they play more of the older stuff brilliant is the later stuff I will go and watch someone else.

“If you want to stay home and bitch behind a keyboard, that’s cool. Personally, I’d rather be partying with one of the greatest rock n’ roll bands of all time.”

Well fucking said…

now i’m not the biggest aerosmith fan however you cannot deny that aerosmith have produced some of the greatest tunes to fucking party to. so would i listen to them on regular basis no probably not but stand in a field with thousands of people fucking partyin wiv em you bet i will

Well done Hammer! Truer words were never spoken, I myself cannot wait for this

I really don’t give a toss if somethings metal or not It’s just aerosmith aren’t really my thing. Saying that…..I will be greatly looking forward to being pissed out my realm screaming along to ‘ i don’t want to miss a thing’…….that tune if undeniable

I saw Aerosmith at MOR in 94 and they rocked pretty well but at Wembley Stadium and then Hyde Park they played 9 ballads at each which is more than Bon Jovi do. Lets hope they stick to the rocking no.s for once.

Great report. I couldnt agree more. All this thing about Download being a metal festival. What a load of nonsense. If I remember rightly Aerosmith and ACDC have both headlined the old Monsters of Rock. To have 2 of the greatest rock bands on at the same weekend is pant wetting! Sonisphere had a great start with there first announcement. They have a lot to do to compete with Download now. Although, Im excited about going to both festivals!

You dont have to have been into metal for 5-6 years, to not get Aerosmith. I’ve been into rock- metal -thrash, whatever since about 1981, been to Donington 7 times (never to Download though) have got a ticket this year and by the way, I just don’t get why Aerosmith are so popular? They are just absolutely shit, I’ve seen them twice, Tyler is just awful, over-rated plastic toss. So I hope someone else is playing on the stage!

amen to that

Aerosmith are one of the best bands in the world to be fair and to be honest you cant argue about areosmith not being rock because at previous download festivals there have been bands like my chemical romance who arent metal at all and then 30 seconds to mars arent metal either but all in all if the band is good and they rock then there is no point that they shudnt be at download people have different tastes in music but altogether these bands could just be good or they could go down in history like AC/DC and Aerosmith, Kiss ETC. either way if it makes you wanna rock out then they have the will to play it however you like

Malcome Dome said it best when describing the awful Nickleback, it is Rock music for people who don’t like Rock Music. I mean Aerosmith don’t actually like rock music themselves judging by the music they have released in the last 20years! They are Celine Dion with guitars. They should stick to film ballads and taking drugs-its what they do best.

Y’all go and party with one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time, I’ll be having a much better time staring a blank wall and breathing. Ludicrous old men. I really don’t get it. ‘Nobody’s Fault’…a solitary good track but that’s not impressive for a career longer than Sir Cliff’s. S’all about Sonisphere now, I’m afraid.

How come metal hammer has suddenly stopped giving a shit about sonisphere despite the fact that at the moment they have better headliners with better stage shows and fuking awesome bands like slayer and anthrax and fear factory and how come every time there’s a festival maths thing its always about Download how come no ones mentioned that Arch Enemy are doing a tour sponsered by sonisphere? Hammer should just get there heads out of downloads arse and see that its not the best festival anymore, or the second best, or the third best etc.

Download tries to cater for all generations. Dont forget, when Aerosmith first came out, there was no such thing as metal. Its a ‘ROCK’ festival, does ‘Monsters of ‘Rock’ ring any bells? Well Download carries that torch and proudly so. Last year was awesome!

Lest anyone have any doubts about Aerosmiths ability to rock hard, Please dig out and listen to “ROCKS” Possibly the best hard Rock album EVER created.