Sleep Token: A Narcoleptic Guide To Tired And Tedious Festival Feedback

13th November 2024 0 By Laura Jane

After the first wave of bands for Download Festival announcement on December 12, 2024 there are mixed reviews flying round on social media some in celebratory cheer and others well, not so pleasant.

Download Festival announced that for 2025 the three headliners will be Green Day, Sleep Token, and Korn. My personal view on it is impartial – I can see why the bands have been chosen however for my preferred tastes I feel it could have been better but we have to remember the choices that are made for the festival are for the general public not just “me” in fact not for “me” at all BUT TODAY at All About The Rock, I’m sat here with a nice glass of vino alongside Gavin going through the best of the worst reactions to Download Festivals announcements. Starting off with…

“What a shame. Another year I’ll miss.” – Random guy, Facebook.

“Lmao. What’s McFly doing there?” – kickedoutatone, Reddit.

“TikTok the musical” – JisatsuTrash, Reddit.

“I think the real win was IT WASN’T BIFFY CLYRO!!” – jamieyoungson, Reddit.

“Horrendous lineup jesus how can you headline a metal festival with sleep token and green day (not even metal)” BabySquidward71, Reddit.
Yuitea comes to save the day making a very clear observation on Download Festival; “because download has never been JUST a metal festival”
“When it aint metal there aint pits so to me it’s shite”.Babysquidward71 proceeds to debate some drivel for a while before concluding with “It overruns with exams so I wouldn’t be able to go anyways thank the lord”. – BabySquidward71, Reddit.

“Bar Greenday that’s awful and I usually don’t complain about what bands are on” – Random guy, Facebook.

“me and my dad kinda regret getting early bird tickets. so disappointing. I’ll definately be seeing Korn, Kittie and Poppy and maybe a few more but this is so shit.” – iluvthebends, Reddit

“I’m reading the Wiki for Sleep Token, as I had no idea who they are. Is it a troll page or is this stuff true? Jesus I feel old as shit”. – Present_Trade_7839, Reddit.
hammer_of_grabthar responds “No, I can assure you the band members are known as Vessel, II, III and IV, and they take this stupid shit seriously”

“Looks shit.” – Random guy, Facebook.

“wtf is sleep token there is a local pub band by me that that could make better songs..fuck off download seriously” – Random guy, Facebook.

“I think it’s an awful lineup and that’s perfect for me because I don’t have to feel jealous about not going so I’m happy” – Random lass, Facebook.

“Can anyone name a worse Download lineup? (Barring 2021 which doesn’t count)” – Random guy, Facebook.

“Not a great line up at all…. Very poor download…. Fucking McFly. Regretting early bird now” – Random guy, Facebook.

“Remember guys, it could always be worse, there’s still plenty of time for them to add Elvana to the lineup.” – Random guy, Facebook.

“I think nickelback woukd be a better Saturday headliner” – Random guy, Facebook.

“Christ that’s awful” – Random guy, Facebook.

“Remember when Download was a metal festival?” – Random guy, Facebook.

“When I saw sleep token on the leaked lineup I basically laughed but this genuinely looks like one of those joke lineups” – Random lass, Facebook.

“It just keeps getting worse….. . Awful. Awful. AWFUL!” – Random guy, Facebook.

“This is why I don’t do early bird. Yes you may dave a few quid, but you save more by giving the festival a swerve if the lineup is plops.” – Random guy, facebook.

“Whoever decided Sleeptoken could headline the main stage was on something . Second stage headliners, yes. Main stage, no.” – Random lass, Facebook.

Alongside the side quest comments such as…

“Can someone link me the discord? I got kicked out for calling sleep token fans wokey pokeys” – Random guy, Facebook.

“Can anyone tell me what band that is? ” – Random lass, Facebook (Spoiler: It was Lorna Shore)

People: we want a new headliner! Also people: …not that one” – Random guy, Facebook.

“Frank carter really gets in everywhere” – Random lass, Facebook (Do have to agree with this one though!!)

“Brace yourself. The whiners are coming.” – Random guy, Facebook (Also agree with this one and it’s brought me great joy).

“Gatekeepers assemble…..” – Random guy, Facebook

Obviously in with the negative there has been a heap full of positive feedback complimenting on the choice of three new headliners to grace the stage and a mountain of comments towards the appreciation of Sleep Token’s rise to headliner in such short time. It’s truly a time to be alive and social media has turned to everyone being either an expert or events manager right now, it’s glorious.

In general, there are multiple mixed reviews about the line-up but at the end of the day, you can not dispute the diversity and range of bands that have been announced on this first wave so far. I’ll be there… and I’m happy that there are some bands on that lineup that I think are fucking amazing! Looking forward to the next wave of announcements!

Suppose you fancy keeping score at home or fancy a drinking game to pass your time till Download Festival 2025. We found this real good game of “Download bingo” you can play along with, can guarantee you’d end up wasted by the end of it. We fully endorse this.