download festival 2012

This year’s Download Festival hosted a ton of great moments, including one of only three performances Black Sabbath are playing this year. One of the other highlights of the fest proved to be when Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman joined Steel Panther onstage for a performance of ‘Death to All But Metal.’

Last night (June 9) Metallica headlined night two of the massive stage at the Download Festival at Castle Donington in Leicestershire, U.K. but according to Download Festival booker Andy Copping, the dream show almost never happened.

Original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has decided that he will not participate in the upcoming Sabbath reunion shows including the Download Festival. Earlier this year, not too long after the announcement of the reunion, he felt that he isn’t being treated equally financially for his appearance and drumming abilities.