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Will Ghould and Ian Miles are enjoying a well earned seat backstage at Download. Both their shoes are caked in thick, gluey mud. But the boys can’t stop grinning. For the third year in a row Creeper have smashed an unmissable set right out of the Donington Park, moving up the stages each year with their Main Stage set fresh in the hearts, minds and ears of 70,000 festival revellers. Very few bands are invited back for a hat-trick of consecutive appearances so have Creeper become the Download house band?

Brothers Finn and Conor Keogh, and friends Oli Spackman and Jimmy Lanwern, are the four that make up new, London-based

Somebody’s Child are an Irish rock band, led by the triumphant Cian Godfrey, and they have been going from strength to strength the past few years, culminating in shows supporting The War On Drugs, Bloc Party, and a headline set on the second stage at BST Presents Kings Of Leon. Prior to his appearance on the Rainbow Stage, we sat down with Cian to discuss the past, the present, and what the hell’s coming next.

Before hitting the main stage with their punchy punk rock, we caught up with Bob Vylan at Bearded Theory to chat about their tour, Jools Holland and the responsibility of an artist.

Understanding how underground rock’s most controversial figure managed to distinguish between the man from the persona, unlocks the indelible significance of his work in the counterculture.

With the number of grassroots venues plummeting, what does that mean for the future of live music in the UK?

Ahead of their set at Bearded Theory Festival in Derbyshire, we chatted dragons, music production and the future with guitarist Paul Mason, bassist Elliott Hitchcock and vocalist Sam Frank from Australia's epic seven-piece ‘cyborg’ metal band, Battlesnake.

After a successful opening slot at the Go Pro stage at Slam Dunk South, As Everything Unfolds' lead singer Charlie Rolfe and drummer Jamie Gowers take time to share a bit about the band, and some words of wisdom for those who wish to break into the industry.

We met singer-songwriter RØRY before her first festival appearance at Slam Dunk South, Hatfield. She exploded onto the scene with her TikTok videos and proving that age is nothing but a number - we caught up about her music and got to know her.

Heading straight into the press tent after a very successful return to Slam Dunk, Mallory Knox's James Gillett and Dave Rawling sat down with us to discuss the return of the band and the future.