Beez has a quick rant about why this year’s Download could be the most important yet.

God, I love the pre-festival announcement buzz. The thought that we might see Faith No More on a British stage for the first time in over a decade send shivers up the spine.

Seriously, I missed FNM the first time around (I was 14 when they split-up, ok!?) and the thought of Patton and the boys ripping into ‘The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies’ (mainly because I want to scream about being the best fuck that you’ve ever had at the top of my lungs) gets me all teary-eyed just thinking about it.

Will it happen? Who knows but it’s a hell of an exciting prospect. Could his royal Durstness make a return to a UK stage? Say what you will about the Limp (pimp) but they were a kick ass live band.

It’s all speculation and it’s all really bloody exciting. It’s for reasons like this that last year’s Offspring and Lostprophets headline stint left you feeling, well, a little limp. It was like turning up for a blind date expecting Jessica Alba and getting Fern Britton.

It’s this that makes it damn important for Download to get it right this time out…and I think they will. Let’s face it, the rumours we discussed with Andy Copping were enough to make the most scpetical amongst us hopeful. Def Leppard? Lamb Of God? Mano-fucking-war!?!?!? Yes, yes and in the last example, fuck yes!

At the moment, we just don’t know but Download has always been a great weekend and here’s hoping the bands announced on Monday will be enough to ensure that this year’s no different.

More importantly, let’s hope for Faith No More!