Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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With @DownloadFestivalTV selling out faster than EVER this year, we thought it'd be a good time to look back at the festival's history; the weirdest line-ups, the controversial bookings, and how it grew into the biggest rock festival in the UK.

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0:00 Intro
1:02 2003
2:37 2004
4:34 2005
7:13 2006
9:52 2007
12:15 2008
15:08 2009
18:25 2010
21:24 2011
23:27 2012
26:36 2013
29:12 2014
32:12 2015
35:04 2016
37:55 2017
40:34 2018
43:12 2019
46:04 Pilot (2021)
48:23 2022
50:40 2023
53:00 2024
56:01 2025
58:33 2026
1:00:19 Recap/Outro