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UK Rock Festivals: True or False?
Ten statements about the fields where British metal fans spend their summers. True or false?
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Question 1 of 10
Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire.
True — on the site that hosted Monsters of Rock before it.
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Question 2 of 10
Bloodstock Open Air is held in Scotland.
False — it is at Catton Park in Derbyshire.
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Question 3 of 10
The first Monsters of Rock festival was held in 1980.
True — at Castle Donington, with Rainbow headlining.
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Question 4 of 10
Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the same weekend.
True — they are twin festivals, sharing a line-up over the August bank holiday weekend.
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Question 5 of 10
Glastonbury has been held every single year since it began.
False — it takes regular fallow years to rest the farm, such as 2018.
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Question 6 of 10
Iron Maiden headlined the first Download Festival in 2003.
True — alongside Audioslave, over two days.
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Question 7 of 10
Hellfest takes place in Belgium.
False — it is in Clisson, near Nantes, in France.
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Question 8 of 10
Bloodstock's main stage is named after Ronnie James Dio.
True — the Ronnie James Dio Stage.
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Question 9 of 10
Sonisphere UK was held at Knebworth Park.
True — its UK editions were all at Knebworth.
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Question 10 of 10
Download Festival has always been a one-day event.
False — even the first one, in 2003, ran over two days.
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