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    DOWNLOAD PILOT IS GO!

    Jun 24, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS: HANNAH MAY KILROY
    PICTURES: JOSEPH OKPAKO/GETTY

    BACK IN MAY, things were looking bleak for festival season. It felt as though with every week that passed, yet another music festival was being cancelled or postponed. And then came the news that no one could believe: Download 2021 was go.

    On May 26, it was announced that Download Pilot, a 10,000-capacity camping-only festival, would take place on June 18-20 at Donington Park. The event was announced as part of the Government’s scientific Events Research Programme. Festival goers

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