Download: Faith No More, Bizkit and ZZ Top In The Pipeline?
Faith No More? Limp Bizkit? ZZ Top? Get the hottest Download rumours around, courtesy of Download Festival’s organizer, Andy Copping.
Metal Hammer sat down for an exclusive conversation with Download Festival Organizer, Andy Copping who revealed that they are attempting to get Faith No More, ZZ Top and a reunited Limp Bizkit onto the bill of this year’s festival. While keen to point out that no names have been officially confirmed for the festival as yet, there are plenty of names being thrown into the hat at this point.
“It’d be a special event if we got Faith No More to play or ZZ Top played on the back of a new album with Rick Rubin. It’d also be special to get Limp Bizkit to play as they’re back with Wes Borland. Half of people would think it would be shit and another half of the people would think “they were actually a decent band”.”
Wes Borland’s definitely back in Limp Bizkit?
“Yes. 100%. We tried to get (Black light Burns) to do a few different things last year but he’s definitely back in the band. There’s a lot of things to pluck out there. Wouldn’t it be great to get Limp Bizkit with Wes Borland, ZZ Top with a new album, Faith No More…fucking hell! But we might not get any of those but we’re trying really, really hard. I’m hopeful we shall have some news because we want to launch no later than the middle of February so I’ve got a month to get this together.”
Faith No More: Hammer heard that all the guys were up for it – even Patton – but that the band will need another European festival to make the trip over worth it. And this is proving harder than you might expect as FNM were never popular in mainland Europe as they were in the UK and the US.
“Basically, when an artist is coming over, they want a whole period to come over and play. You look at Metallica, AC/DC and Rage Against The Machine. There’s certain bands who can play any territory and they’re a huge act but there are others that are strong in some markets and not in others and that can be difficult when you want to get an artist over and you think that you’re offering them really good money but that doesn’t stack up because for them to be over here for 4-5 weeks and they’re getting a tenth or a twentieth of what I’m paying them, they can’t make it work. I think it’s a very valid case in point with Faith No More that they’re dipping their toe in the water and nothing is definite.”
“Faith No More haven’t managed to get that PR machine together (that RATM had) and they haven’t had people talk about what great albums ‘The Real Thing’ and ‘Angel Dust’ are and to the death they were a great live band. They haven’t got their first show at Coachella like RATM had and Tool had with their last album, when they came back at Coachella festival in the States and were getting everyone excited about them again and I think FNM haven’t done that. All of the band members haven’t agreed to do it.”
Many of the names and rumours we threw at Andy, he was unable to comment about as the process of booking bands and announcing them is a highly political one
Classic Rock can also confirm that Van Halen and Aerosmith will not be part of this year’s festival.
In other Download rumours, The Prodigy have been a name thrown around, Lamb Of God have semi self-confirmed and Heaven and Hell have gone the whole-hog and self-confirmed.
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[...] “Sim. 100%. Ele saiu um pouco (Black luz Burns) para fazer algumas coisas diferentes no ano passado, mas ele está definitivamente de volta da banda. Há um monte de coisas para colher lá fora. Não seria ótimo para obter Limp Bizkit com Wes Borland, ZZ Top com um novo álbum, Faith No More … puta que pariu! Mas poderia não rolar nenhum destes, mas estamos tentando realmente, realmente duro. Estou trocendo para ter algumas novidades porque queremos lançar o mais tardar em meados de fevereiro, para que eu tenha um mês para obter esta banda. “ Faith No More: Meatal Hammer que todos os caras toparam – mesmo Patton – mas que a banda vai precisar de outro festival europeu para fazer a viagem e valer a pena. E esta é a prova mais difícil do que você imagina pois FNM nunca foi tão popular na Europa continental como era no Reino Unido e nos EUA. Mais detalhes (em inglês): Metal Hammer [...]
Faith no more is fantastic..Thanks for the post.
Check out useful link for Faith no more http://tinyurl.com/94c834
PLEEZ GET SLIPKNOT 2 HEADLINE DOWNLOAD OR LAMB OF GOD!!!!!..Its about time we had sum real heavy bands play during the night on the main stage….remember machine head in 07?…now imagine that at night!!!!!
how about getting Slipknot and Limp Bizkit together to headline? they could settle things up and make a mind blowing show
would be awesome to have faith no more headline friday, lamb of god saturday and metallica sunday this years is already looking 20000000 times better than last years
MASTODON AT DOWNLOAD THEIR RELEASING A NEW LABUM
GET SOME REAL FUCKING METAL AT DOWNLOAD NONE OF THE SHIT THAT WAS THERE LAST YEAR
Until anything is offically announced the rumours will plod on.However if Limp Bizkit were to play please don’t waste another headline slot on a Limp has been that has the entertainment factor of a sloth on sleeping pills. There are many hard working bands out there who deserve a shot at headline and are relevant to todays scene. ZZ Top would be a masterstroke but I’d be a bit worried what the younger generation would think. Sometimes you have to look to the past to move forward in the future ( Monsters Of Rock).
ZZ TOP!!!! Right on, motherfuckers!!! A bit of down-home, Texas-style, beer-drinking boogie woogie. That’s more like it.
Let’s get Ten Years After, GrandFunk Railroad, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Ted Nugent, Status Quo, the original Slade and Deep Purple (mk II) to play as well. No brats, everyone over 35 and denim jackets covered in patches as far as the eye can see…
only USA ? or europe too ?
Poor Wes should find other friends besides Marilyn and Fred.
I guess FNM getting back together means no Fantomas for a while. How lame.
my ideal headliner
slipknot
metallica
aerosmith
GET SOME REAL FUCKING METAL!
none of this limb bizkit bollacks
we want pure motherfucking metal!
SLIPKNOT
CHILDREN OF BODOM
DIMMU BORGIR
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
AC/DC
METALLICA
LAMB OF GOD
Faith No More would be brill!
Limp Bizkit, no no no no no no no no no no no no no NO!
nU-Metal is fucking dead and that’s the way it should stay!
There were very few who could pull it off and still be around today, like Korn, Papa Roach, P.O.D or Sevendust. But LB were terrible!
I don’t understand all the Limp Bizkit hate. I can name a hundred bands worse than LB (coldplay, jonas brothers, snow patrol, etc). Many people think LB sucks becuz of Fred’s awful lyrics and rapping. I guess they never looked at any of Kanye West’s horrendous lyrics or heard any of his bland mediocre rapping. Kanye West sucks! Limp Bizkit is probably one of the most original bands. They have a really good guitarist, bassist and drummer. Plus they rock live.
Man…Joel screw LB forever, dude. Papa Roach sucks ass!!!! Cant wait that they come back…how old are you like 14 ?^^
Its obvious………………………MASTODON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes LIMP BIZKIT are back! ! !, i think it would be great if they headlined!
Faith no More would be a masterstroke! As for ZZ Top…ah haw haw haw haaaw…
sweeeet!
Although i gotta agree with the lack of enthusiasm for Limp Bizkit. The Prodigy would be awsome for one of the tents (depending if the 2nd stage is in a tent or not).
Wonder if anyone is finaly gona convince Rammstein or (even better ;-p) Manowar to come along?
Alice In Chains, Rammstein, Mastodon, Faith No More, Killswitch Engage, Maiden… uuaoooohhhh… uh… sorry, I’ve just come…
[...] Faith No More, Limp Bizkit and ZZ Top were amongst the names mentioned by Copping in our recent interview while Classic Rock are reporting that, contrary to initial reports, Heaven and Hell are not yet confirmed for this year’s festival. [...]
[...] Faith No More, Limp Bizkit and ZZ Top were amongst the names mentioned by Copping in our recent interview while Classic Rock are reporting that, contrary to initial reports, Heaven and Hell are not yet confirmed for this year’s festival. [...]
zz top it would be nothing but a good time faith no more what a fantastic download that wolud be to have the original kings of nu metal turn up (korn just made it a house hold name)
and as for limp bizkit il see you all at the front bottle of piss in hand
soo cool
& so what ?
if they will be headlined, than all will be OK.
Limp Bizkit is great
waiting for you – Limp Bizkit
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Airbourne and The Wildhearts. They more than proved themselves last festival, stick them on a big stage this time.
alice in chains
faith no more …. Rules !!!
[...] been a crazy week for Download rumours with Faith No More, Manowar and Limp Bizkit all being heavily rumoured for this year’s festival but who told [...]
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Friday – Machine Head, Abigail Williams, 36 Crazy fists, Deicide
Saturday – Slayer, Hatebreed, Terror, Sick Of It All, Agnostic Front, SSS, Gallows, Municipal Waste (all in the tent….let the real bands play ahaa)
Sunday – Somone shit!
Download needs more METAL not F***n soft shit
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE = perfect headliner <3
[...] Faith No More and Limp Bizkit hosting reunion parties at Download? Manowar making a triumphant UK return at Donintong Park with Rammstein, Def Leppard and Motley Crue? Why did last year’s headliners include The Offspring and Lostprophets? All questions have been answered and if you wanted to hear all of this news in one tiny little file, just check out our interview with Andy Copping below. [...]
Fuck please let Limp Bizkit play this year.. There fuckin amazing. They would be an amazing headliner!
Michael (posted on 01/17/09), you claim you want “pure metal,” then go on to list Slipknot and Bullet For My Valentine?!? Hahahaha, wow. You also bash Limp Bizkit in that same post, but I’d rather listen to them than the two garbage “pure metal” bands Slipknot and Bullet For My Valentine.
You really need to do some research on what metal really is.
F*** you haters… LIMP 4 LIFE!
[...] Download Festival organizer Andy Copping told us exclusively that the festival are trying to book Faith No More and Limp Bizkit as well as trying to secure Manowar’s first British performance in over a [...]
[...] Hammer originally reported that both Limp Bizkit and Faith No More are in the running for this year’s Download festival as are Manowar, Motley Crue, Rammstein [...]
[...] with the festival’s organizer Andy Copping in which he revealed that they were in talks with ZZ Top, Limp Bizkit & Faith No More. There’s also the chance of Manowar’s first UK show in over a decade, Def Leppard and [...]
[...] our exclusive interview Download Festival organizer suggested ZZ Top and Briatain’s very own Def Leppard…two names which were strongly reinforced over our [...]
Limp Bizkit is awesomee !
they should be headlineing !
Yay for the bizkits (:
Havent liked bizkit for quite some time, still luv to c em, last 1 from ozzfest as the bowl (dam exams). FNM, FNM, FNM, the ONLY band that could make me go to the the shit fest download again, just got worse and worse each yr, maybe wit the aging of the metal bands, is a dam shame. But I blame emo, and money grabbing kerrang