Led Zeppelin turn down Download

Heavy metal legends Led Zeppelin apparently turned down an offer to perform at this years Download festival.

Festival organizer Andy Copping said that having the band on the same bill as AC/DC would have been his dream festival bill.

"If I could have got them to play at Download, it would have been phenomenal," says Andy. "I'm more than happy with what we've got," he adds.

This years Download festival is set to take place at Donington Park in Leicestershire between June 11 and 13. Tickets for Download 2010 are on sale now from www.downloadfestival.co.uk. Day tickets cost £75. Weekend tickets cost £145. Optional extras are priced as follows: camping tickets (three days) £25, camping tickets (five days) £35, family camping (three days) £25, family camping (five days) £35, car park passes £15 advance or £20 on the day, campervans £40 and lockers £11.

Posted by Dan at 11:05AM | March 25, 2010

Ah how sick wouldve tht been .... bummer o well

Posted by Jonozz | March 25, 2010 1:35 PM | Reply to this

lmao, they only refused it cause they knew it was gonna suck this year, reading is going to be the best this year

Posted by tom | March 25, 2010 4:10 PM | Reply to this

Ah it would have been the dream line up too. Such a shame, to see Zeppelin would be a dream come true

Posted by JoNnY | March 25, 2010 10:31 PM | Reply to this

suckers!
:)
download line up sucks anyway- poor old jerrang!

Posted by Peyton | March 26, 2010 7:50 AM | Reply to this

as if led zep would have lowerdthemselves to this, download isfucking tiny for them, a band that couldeasilyfill any size stadium in the world several times over. GEt fucking real

Posted by kyle | March 26, 2010 12:10 PM | Reply to this