Download festival – review

Donington Park, DerbyshireWhile there are many things Def Leppard can be criticised for, a lack of showmanship or sense of spectacle are not among them. A quarter of a century after they first played here in its Monsters of Rock guise, they made the first day of Download their own with a glitzy greatest-hits set. Earlier, the recently reunited Darkness did their best to outshine them with their own knowing nods to stadium rock, but singer Justin Hawkins was mostly in danger of being upstaged by ...

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