random photos- Rocking Backpacking Europe 2016 pt 2 (Anjing Diabetes dan foto2 keamanan, tenang dan huru-hara)

Salam &
Greetings.

random not in sequence photos and story telling sessions.

(above photo was start of first day, the conditions is still endurable, I think whats the band playing before BabyMetal is playing main stage then? LOL!!.. by the 3rd day it was horrible conditions,)

In the craziness, mud floods, non-stop rains and chaos of Donington,

you can see still the beautiful things in life that hard rock and heavy metal fans can bring along.

A HYPO (Diabetic) ALERT DOG in action.

Untuk sapa tak tahu sangat, ni Hypo Alert Dog ni boleh bantu pesakit2 Diabetes pesakit2 Kencing Manis dalam kehidupan seharian dengan boleh kasi amaran awal dan beritahu kalau pesakit tu akan mengalami keadaan kekurangan gula atau terlebih gula dalam badan.

Jadi memang cam aku cakap la, kat konsert2 rock omputeh, kat festival2 rock omputeh yang aku dah pergi la cam Hellfest, Download ni semua, 

memang best sangat kalau mereka yang sakit, OKU, kurang sifat pancaindera, dan sebagainya, memang semua ada la, cuma masalah  kalau hujan teruk sangat memang susah tapi kalau keadaan ok, memang seronok la..

Dan jugak kalau band rock cam Iron Maiden main dekat dalam indoor stadium gitu contoh Festhalle Frankfurt, keadaan stadium tertutup memang kagum tengok peminat2 semua disorong masuk siap dengan tiup2 penafasan semua.

Dah macam katil sorong yang kat ambulans dan katil hospital ok peminat2 Iron Maiden dibawak masuk.

Tapi well...., Iron Maiden kan..  So tak terkejut la.

This is the Main Stage Special Viewing Area for the music fans who are special in their own ways.

On my last post, I had shown the Second Stage Viewing Area for the Special Fans.

Foto atas pulak ialah, ramp tinggi, platform untuk peminat2 rock Istimewa yang nak saksikan band2 beraksi pentas utama.'

Yang Pakai kereta roda, OKU berlainan keadaan masing2, 

buta, apa2 saja kecacatan dan apa sajalah, sila gunakan platform ini untuk dapat keadaan terbaik (walau jauh sikit).

KALAU MACAM GINI, BERAPA MAHAL PUN TIKET PUN AKU SANGGUP BAYAR PASAL UNTUK SAMA2 SATU KEPALA NYE PEMINAT MUZIK DAPAT PELUANG SAMA NAK HORAY-HORAY. Tak pedulik apa kondisi masing2 ye tak?
BLOOD BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!

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Some bands Tshirts and bands events tshirts for Donington Download Festival 2016.

For bands that plays on the Second Stage for all 3 days, you have to go to another area of the festival to get them.

Its a Tshirts shopping Centre at whole of Donington LOL!!!

From the biggest bands to the smaller ones.. Its crazy and its $$$$$$ going wild.

Of course Iron Maiden tour related tshirts has pride of place on displays,

but other bands like even Nightwish, has some special event tshirts for playing Donington 2016

even though they are not even headlining the festivals.

I catch a bit of LEMMY tribute at Donington.

Motorhead was confirmed to play 3rd from top Friday Main Stage, before Lemmy's Death.

So there was a Lemmy tribute, and they mixed it with footages of Motorhead Donington Download 2013 Performance (which I was there), so I kind of left early and check out other stages.

On stage, you can see Korn crew setting up their stage for Korn to play next.

Nope, I skipped all that LOL!!!

OK this is a photo of a tram station at Manchester central shopping area or something like that.

I took the tram here to go to Eltihad Stadium to see AC/DC.

Very easy to travel by public transport in Manchester city area.

It was my first time there, I was so sleepy, I was very tired, I was alone, but I have no issues getting around.

Manchester, kalau bukan nak tengok band rock main, adakah aku akan pergi tempat macam PUAKA dan haramjadah macam Manchester ni dengan team-team bolasepak yang ntahapa-hapa?
Dengan lagi Jose Mourinho tinggal kat sini...
Nak muntah hijau siot tempat ni.. HAHA.

Tapi mudah tempat ni, kawasan bandar dia dan nak gi stadium Etihad la.

Aku ngantuk giler ok, sebelum aku sampai bandar Manchester, aku dah la kat kerja sepanjangnya kerja malam, aku tak cukup tidur, abis kerja terus kemas bag, terus gi Airport terus naik flight, dalam flight tak tidur, tengok movies, transit lagi, dah tu pandai2 sendiri dah sampai Airport Manchester nak gi bandar, dan terus lepas campak bagpack kat tempat aku tidur, terus aku gi carik jalan nak gi Etihad Stadium.

Mudah tempat ni,

apa pun, aku cuma nak cakap, masa aku buat backpack ni, aku tak gi London langsung, kapalterbang aku naik terus ke Manchester.

Aku naik Etihad. Aku save beratus-ratus Sing dollar dengan skip London terus.

Jadi pendapat aku, kalau nak gi UK, kalau tak perlu pergi London, terus skip London dan Heathrow pasal pada aku belanja nya sangat mahal kota ni dari semua segi,

dan jugak, cek keselamatan untuk Airport Heathrow untuk aku adalah mimpi NGERI.

Below - About 3 hours before AC/DC plays at Etihad Stadium.

It was Thursday night, and I think attendance in the news was reported as 75,000 AC/DC music fans.

It was very nice. W Axl Rose combines nicely with the current AC/DC formation that night.

My full AC/DC Live In Manchester Etihad Stadium 2016 is here...

http://deaf-angel.blogspot.sg/2016/06/acdc-live-review-photos-of-9-june-2016.html

Manchester in early morning after AC/DC and I am finding my way in the lonely streets looking for the bus terminal,

to take my express bus all the way to Derby for the weekend of Donington.

Bandar Manchester, kosong siot.. masih awal lagi kot.

Ni dalam pukul 7 pagi kot? sebelum 7 pagi la gitu,

aku sorang2 dengan backpack berat nak mampos, tengah carik2 mana dia terminal bas, aku dah lambat tu jam, bas tiket aku 7.30 pagi gitu nak naik bas ekpress dari bandar Manchester ke bandar Derby untuk Donington Park Download Festival tiga hari tiga malam.

Now I know why Derby County has all these Rams on their logos.. LOL!!!

Entering Derby area, at the sides of the roads are all rams, sheeps, cows....

Masuk je wilayah Derby gitu, kiri kanan semua tempat terbuka luas, dan cuma nampak kambing biri2 dan lembu. BABI TAKDE. HAHA.

OK, patutlah Derby ni badge dia kambing biri2 kan..

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW First Ever Show after 20 years...

I just got to be there on the first historical night... So Germany here I come. (Sorry Iron Maiden tour dates along that week, but its Rainbow.. LOL!!)

so its me 4 days and 4 nights along the Rhine River as they will be playing in Loreley...

Like in my previous post,

I will continue post a bit of scenery along Rhine River, my explorations LOL!!!

Rudeisheim..

Below is Bacharach (view from the Rhine River, I was then above the boat, and nope I was scared I miss the last boat back to Sankt Goar, that I skipped Bacharach as I want to spent more time in Rudesheim).

Macam aku cakap, aku 4 hari 4 malam kat tepi sungai Rhine di Jerman.

Aku tidur kat satu rumah ni terbaik. Nanti lain kali aku tunjuk korang bilir tidur aku, siap aku sorang pakai bilik air dan dapur.

Tu jam bulan Ramadhan kan, 
memang seronok sangat la dapat rasa Ramadhan kat tepi sungei Rhine ni , walau pun memang puasa dari 2.30 pagi sampai 9.30 malam dalam 19- 20 jam gitu memang dahsyat. Dah la takde apa nak makan ye tak?

Aku pun spend time mengembara sorang2 tempat ni, jadi jangan mimpi la nak goreng telur ke hapa sendiri ke hapa ke (pasal nak budget ikat perut, tapi KORMA AKU BAWAK BERLAMBAK, Buka puasa time ACDC main, time SABBATH main, time MAIDEN main, time RAINBOW main, LAWAK GILER!!! kiri kanan togok beer, keadaan tak terkawal...aku dah la puasa, selok poket keluarkan korma makan time waktu buka...    Aku pernah ceritakan kat post lepas2, suasana Ramadhan kat Donington dan Sankt Goar, dan aku jumpa orang2 bukan Islam yang luahkan kata2 dan buat perkara yang memang tak disangka bersempena Ramadan dan pasal keagungan agama Islam di merata tempat dalam dunia ni...), pasal memang dapur kat rumah tu tuan rumah kasi aku pakai sorang...

cuma nak SERTU je la kan...

sabun sertu aku memang dah standby semua...  

So masa aku naik2 boat tu semua, aku tak turun kat mana2 aku cuma turun last kat pekan Rudesheim. Terbaik ok.....

Nanti aku ada time, aku cakap kat korang yang kat Rudesheim tu kat lorong2 tu aku jumpa tersorok gitu ada satu musium untuk torture. Memang sangat sadis dan ganas dan brutal musium ni.

Nanti lain kali, aku tunjuk setiap pameran kat tempat kecil ni..

Sample photos of each exhibit I took of a small TORTURE museum in Rudesheim that I found tuck away in Rudesheim when I explore the streets alone..

THIS IS A NON-OBSCENE ONE. LOL!!!!!!

While walking along the river banks of Rhine River at Sankt Goar,

I saw all these caravans, and behind the mountain top, THAT IS LORELEY.

Its historical... but actually lots of rock bands had played on that mountain top.

I think there is a heavy-metal festival organised before on top also...

A really nice place, classical roman -style colliseum open area..... Very rocking place.

Atas gunung tu ialah LORELEY.

Tempat bersejarah, puitis dan klasikal untuk orang2 Jerman.

Tapi kadang2, ada band rock dan band heavy metal akan main kat atas gunung tu, maka kalau terjadi malam tu jadi malam peminat2 muzik je la. HAHAH..

There is an amazing HUGE ruins Castle / Fort at Sankt Goar.

Seems its strategic location hundreds of years ago for different War Armies.

I was going to rain so I did not explore... LOL!!

below....

MR GEEZER BUTLER.

Black Sabbath final show at Donington Park.

There is no pro-shot or official footages so far,

although gossip says Black Sabbath brings their own video cameras for that night's show.

Hopefully something will be release of that heavy rain night. 

TO BE CONTINUED...

random photos - europe 2016 (the tranqulity and not so peaceful moments) - foto itik, foto bilik rumah orang aku sewa, dan sebagainya.

Hello All..
Today, lets just look at some random photos of my rocking europe 2016.
I wish I can blog in detail next time, hopefully next time...

But for now.. random photos..

Donington Park Download Festival SECOND STAGE.
BREAKING BENJAMIN is playing. They are good, I like this band.

Boleh nampak platform tinggi tu, tu untuk OKU, orang cacat, buta, pakai kerusi roda, apa je la dan sebagainya...
Walaupun Download Festival Donington Park memang kena cemuh dan asyik kena kutuk je cara organasasinya, tapi tetap festival muzik di Eropah dah sampai tahap tinggi ni semua untuk semua peminat muzik.

Kalau HELLFEST, tak payah berbual ok, sapa pakai wheelchair, kerusi roda, betul2 bawak kaki TSUJDER, bawah kaki IMPIETY, bawah kaki Destroyer 666, waktu dorang main....
paling depan kat kaki pentas LOL!! 

Sorry i realise below photo not fully uploaded. Will repair it soon. LoL.

AIRBNB moments...

I was always lucky with AIRBNB.. Basically I get the whole house usually.. LOL!!

Ni tempat bilik aku tidur kat rumah orang, ni yang kat Derby, aku pakai sistem airbnb pasal aku boleh dapat harga2 murah...
selalunya, end up, aku dapat konker bilik air, dan dapur dan sebagainya...
tapi aku mainkan peranan, sebagai seorang yang datang tumpang tidur, sopan santun dan jaga rumah elok2...
dan selalunya, tuan rumah terus alrite je apa hal pun...
dan langsung tak nampak muka sapa2 pun lepas hari pertama aku jumpa tuan rumah ambik kunci rumah.

Derby moments... DUCKS and PEACE AND TRANQULITY BEFORE THE CRAZY RAINS AND HORROR MUDDY SWAMPS OF DONINGTON

This is the scene of Nightwish playing....

This is when I am a bit late as I went to watch Electric Wizard and GOJIRA plays in stage 3 far far away walking distance... LOL!!!

NO DENYING, NIGHTWISH HAS LOTS OF FANS.


LUMPUR YANG SANGAT GILER, bayangkan air lumpur semua turun mengalir pergi bahagian depan pasal Donington Park ialah bukit2 gitu, dahsyat...


ELECTRIC WIZARD AND GOJIRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two different worlds completely these bands, but both are so rocking... and they have certainly lots of fans in stage 3 of Download Festival 2016.

SOME RAIL PHOTOS IN GERMANY...

Oberwesel this one....  I need to change trains in here or was it another station I forgotten, from Franfurt to Sank Goar to see Ritchie Blackmore Rainbow plays in Lorelei...

I have a wonderful 4 nights stay in the small town/village of Sank Goar facing the Rhine River.

SANKT GOAR from hilltop.

Kat Sankt Goar pun aku duduk tumpang kat rumah orang gitu...

Dan lagi sekali, bilik air, siap dapur.. AKU PAKAI SORANG... 

Kalau nak masak ke hapa ke, sila bawak sabun sertu..


MEGADETH IN DONINGTON,

Megadeth, in the last minute was given permission by the Promoter to play an extra song.

WHAT EXTRA SONG THEY PLAYED??

THEY CALLED UP NIKKI SIXX ON STAGE TO PLAY ANARCHY IN UK..

A nice rare moment to be there and see them do this. LOL!!

And Dave Mustaine give TRIPLE H the WWE star some Lemmy Award..

Waiting for the owner of the house that I rented a small room to sleep in to arrive in Derby.

OK last saje nak cakap...

betapa pun rock omputeh cam aku cakap kat atas ni semua...

ROCK MELAYU TETAP DI HATI....

Cant resist to paste this photo in my blog...


These are fellow RAINBOW fans who were taking the ferry to Sankt Goarhausen as we have to cross RHINE RIVER from Sankt Goar,
to go to Loreley..

To be continued...

I hope wih a proper post next time...

Rojak Post - Kerrang's Maiden Heaven Vol 2 Tribute Album, Thomas Zwijsen's Preserved In Time, and a bits more photos of Rockin Europe 2016 TRAVELLING EXPLORING photos..

Hi All.
As usual a mix-mashed post.

A detour from my rockin europe backpacking trip travellog as I have not resized the photos to ones that can be uploaded easily..


I want to review and give my opinion on

- the new Kerrang's Maiden Heaven Vol 2 ALL-STAR TRIBUTE to Iron Maiden which was found on the Kerrang Magazine Download Festival Preview Issue which is also their 35 Years Anniversary Issue with lots of Maiden of course (maybe next time I show the articles) 

- and the new double cd of Thomas Zwijsen Nylon Maiden's Preserved In Time.

I'll start in the Malay Language and proceed to English next.

I'll try keep it short, I am late for work.. Its bloody SUNDAY Evening, and I am going to work... LOL!!!

Selalunya aku seronok dengar cover versions lagu2 aku minat dipersembahkan orang lain.

Seronok kalau lagu lelaki tapi orang pompuan nyanyi balik, atau vice-versa.
Seronok kalau lagu heavy dan bising jadi lagu senyap dan sayup2.
Satu yang ditunggu ialah seronok sangat setiap kali Paradise Lost buat cover version lagu2 pop dan electronics.

Iron Maiden nye covers, ada la jugak banyak jugak cd2 album2 cover versions dari merata tempat aku kumpul terutama zaman 90an dan awal 2000an nye rilis.

Untuk Iron Maiden, aku suka dengar cover versions yang lari jauh dari asal.
Dari heavy jadi pop.
Kalau yang buat FAITHFULLY kat original, aku takde masalah, tapi lagi lagu2 tu ditributekan ke tahap extreme ke Utara, atau arah Selatan, lagi aku suka...

Aku jugak suka, band2 buat tribute versions kalau lagu2 baru...
Penat dan boring la, kalau lagu2 80an dan 90an sekalipun...

Kerrang Vol 2 Tribute kat Maiden ni memang dah lama tunggu, rasanya VOL 1 ialah 10 tahun dahulu??
Yang ada Metallica tu?

Untuk Vol 2, korang try dengar TRIVIUM nye cover. TRIVIUM sangat terbaik... Aku ada link kat bawah contoh2 sikit dari album2 ni...


OK yang Thomas Zwijsen ni, memang terbaik... aku suka... Tengok la aku link dari youtube sikit2 apa ada kat album terbaru Nylon Maiden dia,
k tu je la...
Take care semua...
STAY HEAVY K.


KERRANG Maiden Heaven Vol 2 An All Star Tribute To Iron Maiden which comes on the very nice issue of 35 Years of Kerrang.

I dont read Kerrang anymore, but this issue reminds of why KERRANG used to be such a most important HEAVY METAL and HARD ROCK latest reference. Lol.

THAT IS A CAKE... THAT EDDIE IS A CAKE!!!!!!!!

For Me,
Tribute Albums to Iron Maiden...

I really like if

The tribute is played to either side of the extremes,

I dont mind if the covers are played faithfully to the originals, but I prefer if
the songs are tributed in a completely different way...

and I would rather have covers from the latter era of Maiden, and not the same old 80s/90s songs tribute.
Kerrang really did well,
some post2000 songs got covered for this wonderful release.

Enjoy..

These are the more unusual ones,

I like the girl singer song on Wickerman... Muncie Girls??

A bit of change of lyrics..

Brother - Brother part changed to...

Daughter and their mothers...








And at the other end of the other extreme..



a ROUSING version of Powerslave by Anaal Nathrakh


Next is..

the simply beautiful and sometimes haunting melodies of THOMAS ZWIJSEN NYLON MAIDEN new DOUBLE CD of IRON MAIDEN (and two Bruce Dickinson solo tunes) songs...

So on this album you not only have the amazing JERUSALEM and tears of the dragon,
you also have Burning Ambition among others..

amazing..

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One of my favourite songs from the X Factor. This is a great live version from Thomas Zwijsen and Blaze himself.



Like I say above, I most like it to hear interpretations by other musicians on newer Iron Maiden songs.
Thomas Zwijsen is always UP TO DATE. LOL!!

This is simply another haunting version of an already haunting song...





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Last but not least, I hope to upload some photos I took while backpacking to the Rhine River territory in Germany to watch Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow play in Loreley.

Here are some of the photos I took while exploring some portions of the Rhine River.
I stayed at Sankt Goar,
and exploring by boat along the FEARSOME Rhine River...
I ended up at the amazingly beautiful Rudesheim.

THIS IS WHAT I DISCOVERED tuck away AT ONE OF THE LANES OF RUDESHEIM..

A seriously shocking discovery of a TORTURE MUSEUM which is simply mind-boggling.

I will try to create a post on this Folter Museum next time.

I TOOK A PHOTO OF EVERY EXHIBIT POSSIBLE. LOL!!!

TO BE CONTINUED...

Some Amazing Pro-Shots Videos of Iron Maiden in Donington 2016 are broadcasted on British Television. Hurry before YOUTUBE remove all of these few songs. LOL!!

Firstly in Malay Language
Secondly all the videos, before youtube brings them down again
Thirdly a round up in English Language.

Untuk sapa tak tahu, "PRO-SHOT" pertama untuk Tour Book Of Soul 2016 dah ditayangkan kat salah satu cenel di England, aku tak tahu BBC ke hapa ntah.
Empat lagu dari persembahan Iron Maiden di Donington Park sebagai headliners hari Ahad 12/06/2016 dan jugak band penutup bagi Festival Download 2016. 
Lagu2 tersebut ialah Speed Of Light, Children Of The Damned, Blood Brothers dan Book Of Soul.
YOUTUBE nampaknya sentiasa menurunkan apa yang diupload pemnat jadi video2 ni mungkin tak lama jugak.

Walaupun Bruce umum 85,000 peminat sewaktu Maiden main, tapi aku rasa konfem beribu2 peminat yang punya tiket tak dapat tengok Maiden pasal jam teruk kat jalan2 menuju Donington, dan jugak pasal hujan tak berhenti, lumpur sangat teruk, dah banjir lumpur, banjir tanah liat,
maka ramai jugak terpaksa balik kerana tempat perkhemahan mereka semua runtuh... Memang dahsyat.

Aku sendiri terpaksa buang boot Caterpillar aku, seluar aku semua lepas je hari terakhir Donington tahun ini. Pergi Primarks dan beli kasut kembes murah untuk teruskan backpacking ke Jerman untuk tengok Rainbow main pulak.

Walaupun Iron Maiden kena lahar teruk2 pasal arahan mereka, bila Iron Maiden main, semua pentas lain kena shutdown. Takde band lain boleh beraksi. Jadi ni dah kira tak adil kepada mereka yang ada tiket festival tapi tak mau tengok Iron Maiden beraksi dan oleh kerana Iron Maiden beraksi malam terakhir jadi maknanya kalau sapa tak mau tengok Iron Maiden maknanya festival muzik ini bagi mereka tamat pukul 8malam. Pasal kul 8.30PM gitu Iron Maiden mula beraksi dan waktu tu semua pentas lain dah kena tutup, semua band dah kena berhenti main.

SANGAT TAK ADIL KAN APA ARAHAN IRON MAIDEN KEPADA PENGANJUR?? Untuk aku ni sangat tak adil kepada peminat2 muzik yang ada tiket festival dan berhak untuk enjoy band2 lain, tapi tu la keras kepala dan degil dan suka tok nenek Iron Maiden buat arahan begini.

Tapi ada baik nya, kerana hari Sabtu Black Sabbath beraksi pentas pertama, mungkin ada 70,000 menonton dan mereka yang kat belakang sekali melaporkan sound bunyi bocor boleh dengar dari pentas kedua walaupun jarah jauh.

Aku pernah alami sound bocor dari pentas ke pentas kat Hellfest, dan tu memang sangat rasa PUAKA bila ni terjadi, tapi berbanding HELLFEST, Donington Park lagi besar giler la kan size dia pada aku.
Dan Hellfest pentas pertama dan pentas kedua ialah sebelah2, sedang Donington Pentas pertama pergi pentas kedua jauh giler lagi keadaan berlumpur dan berbukit berlereng gitu.

Aku speku, kalau Iron M aiden akan keluarkan dvd/blueray/live album rasmi untuk tour 2016 ni,
aku speku dorang mungkin akan pakai rakaman kamera2 Donington ni, atau Wacken nanti malam terakhir tour 2016 mereka, pasal aku tak rasa ada mana2 show Iron Maiden lain yang dorang bawak berbelas2 kamera, jadi mungkin mereka akan gunakan kamera2 festival2 muzik besar yang sedia ada.
Dan jugak Download Festival persembahan dorang memang dahsyat, sila tengok Book Of Soul nye persembahan kat bawah.. sangat terbaik dari Bruce dan semua anggota band kat lagu ni.


Children Of The Damned - Beautiful video isnt it? Makes all the seriously flooding muddy fields and non stop rain and horrible disaster conditions worth it for me for my Donington 2016 backpacking trip.





Speed Of Light -




Book Of Soul
(Eddie Appeared starting 06:40minutes,
scratching his ass/backside.
scratching his private parts in public.
giving the middle finger to the audience
HOW RUDE!!!  LOL!!)




So could footage from Donington Download Festival 2016 be the official live DVD/BlueRay/Live Album?
Maiden played a blinder that night, an example as can be seen during the song Book Of Soul above,

When I view these videos a few times, I realised how brilliant they were that night, so I vote this performance as to be an official release. LOL!!

So it could probably be, with Youtube keep removing all the uploads of the FOUR SONGS available since the British TV Channel broadcast of footages from Download Festival 2016.

Now in Youtube there is only 3, fortunately good quality uploads, but I cannot find the Pro-Shot of Blood Brothers.

So enjoy, a horrible horrible weekend, the trouble begins from Friday about 3pm till all the way to Sunday night with non stop rains, and muddy disaster zone environment.

And Sunday with lots of great bands, and Maiden headlining, I think there are over demands of Day-Tickets for Sunday which cause so much chaos in traffic and human flow to Donington.

Bruce says 85,000 but surely thousands cannot make it due to traffic jams, and floodings of mud waters which destroys some camping setups of fans.
I myself threw away my boots and pants after Sunday night. LOL!!!


So enjoy these videos if you have not seen them. I AM THERE SOMEWHERE IN THE CROWD!!! LOL!!!

Donington is a special place , a dream for me since I hear/read/listen to tapes of great bands playing there of it as a little boy till now I can backpack to this special place.
I thought, I will be going to Donington only once, due to the horrible conditions of English Weather in the open environment for the weekend
but here I am returning again,
so I am not surprised few years down the road, when Iron Maiden plays their final Donington ever, I will be there again.

Iron Maiden closes Download Festival 2016 Donington Park 12th June 2016. Photos & Review & all the mud and everything else. (my 11 days backpacking alone Rocking Europe 2016 reports continues on and on). - SAMBUNGAN CERITA2 PENGEMBARAAN 11 HARI AKU KE EROPAH JUNE 2016

(First two photos Especially for Tuan Tanah blog Apa Ada Dengan Ijau?,)

Adrian Smith with his San Dimas Lime / Green colour.

(I just take a few photos as I got a bit mental for this show.
i had took over 60 pretty photos of Maiden for 2016 shows in Perth Australia. Over-indulgence, I know LOL. The link is on the right of this blog. Click Steve Harris 2016, you will find it.)

more dramatic photos below... lol

As usual in market bazaar Malay language first and then in Broken English.

Penulisan yang baru lepas, tentang suasana Ramadhan aku waktu backpacking Europe untuk tengok band2 rock kegemaran aku, tentang pasal kejutan kata2 mutiara tentang Agama Islam sewaktu Iron Maiden tengah beraksi oleh orang sebelah aku masa kita tengah berhurray-hurray....
Post kali ni aku cerita pasal 
-kapalterbang Ed Force One Iron Maiden betul2 mendarat di lapangan terbang betul2 sebelah kawasan Donington Park yang memang luas giler, seluas-luas mata memandang semuanya ialah kawasan Donington Park.

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- Ratu Elizabeth II untuk Great Britain sambut hari lahir ke 90 jadi memang rakyat Britain pun tentu suasana seronok raikan bersama,
Bruce Dickinson penyanyi Iron Maiden turut sama, waktu permulaan lagu The Trooper dia pekik ###"Happy Birthday Your Majesty!!!!".###
iron Maiden ialah band British, Steve Harris pernah cakap nak jadi ahli Iron Maiden mesti orang British.
tu pasal Michael Kiske dan Andre Matos takkan jadi penganti Bruce Dickinson suatu masa dahulu walau ceritanya Andre Matos (Angra) nye tape yang dia hantar untuk apply kerja dengan Iron Maiden ialah top 3.

Seperti apa umum tahu, Steve Harris punya top 2 ialah Blaze Bailey dan Doogie White, dan Steve nsk lari dari suara Bruce sebab tu Blaze dapat kerja jadi penyanyi Iron maiden,
dan Dougie White kemudian nyanyi untuk Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore dan sekarang Michael Schenker nye band antaranya.
dan Andre Matos dia keluar Angra (band yang Megadeth gitaris Kiko sebelum ni jugak) dan buat band Shaman yang terbit lagu Fairytale yang popular satu dunia sampai jadi tema cerita drama Korea kalau tak silap aku.

dorang memqng bangga sebagai kumpulan British , jadi sesuai sesuai sangat, kumpulan British, di tempat keramat heavy metal dan hard rock iaitu Donington Park, dengan depan 85000 majoriti British, lagu Trooper cerita kegemilangan sejarah tentera berkuda British, dengan kibaran Union Jack, dan Hari Jadi Ratu Permaisuri Elizabeth II mereka.
Ini antara sebab aku suka tengok Iron Maiden di Donington, seperti kalau  ak tengok Kumpulan Search, sila tengok dorang main di JB.
lain dia semacam...  thrill dia lain, suasana band dan sekitaran lain, cara peminat sambut pun lain, macam sambut home heroes gitu, macam ada sense of urgency, macam Ribut gitu persembahan.
dan sangat istimewa persembahan. Boleh rasa band atas stage main untuk sesuatu sangat isitimewa..

- Aku tunjuk sikit demi sedikit keadaan lumpur, hujan, dan memang seluruh tempat festival ni dah jadi BANJIR AIR LUMPUR yang membantut pergerakkan. Aku paling nervous ialah jatuh sakit dengan segala macam kuman dan bakteria dan segala NAJIS dan kotoran Manusia dan segala jenis makanan yang dibuang seberangan kat merata tempat di kaki masing2 pasal ni memang tempat DAHSYAT suasana nya dan hujan non stop memang tahap tempat ni bukan untuk semua orang. 
Paling kasihan, bebrapa kawasan perkhemahan 5 hari hancur ranap oleh hujan dan air lumpur naik melimpah, dan mereka yang datang untuk Hari Ahad beribu2 orang untuk saksikan band2 hari Ahad dan Iron Maiden tak dapat teruskan perjalanan dengan kenderaan masing2 dan terpaksa pulang dengan hampa kerana jam teruk dari jalanraya menuju ke Donington.
Aku naik bas awam khas jadi memang ada jalanraya semua ditutup kecuali untuk bas awam yang bawa beribu2 peminat sahaja,
Memang banyak komplen dalam internet, TAPI KORANG BUKAN NAK GI TENGOK KONSERT RAIHAN ATAU JAMAL ABDILLAH OK. 

- 85000  orang, Bruce atas pentas umumkan ada 85 Ribu orang yang hadir dan tentunya, antara hari Jumaat, hari Sabtu dan hari Ahad, tentunya hari yang Iron Maiden menjadi headliner tentunya adalah hari yang paling ramai orang yang hadir dengan tiket Sehari.
Macam aku, aku ada tiket untuk masuk ketiga2 hari.
Festival kali ini memang sangat dikutuk oleh ramai, kerana untuk ramai, festival Download kali ni seperti condong kepada "METAL ELITIST".

- Tidak seperti Black Sabbath, persembahan Maiden tak ditutup dengan pertunjukkan bunga-api. Cuma dendangan lagu "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" yang berkumandang di speakers.
- Iron Maiden, seperti aku cakap tu hari, Iron Maiden kali ini sound memang lagi baik dari tahun 2013 yang aku jugak hadir di Donington, tapi 2013 bukan salah sound-man tapi kerana angin kencang dan hujan turun waktu Maiden beraksi.
Kali ini sound memang ok, tapi takde PUNCH sebagaimana sound Black Sabbath pada hari Sabtu. Black Sabbath punya sound hari Sabtu... AKU KAGUM!!!!. Mungkin di posisi aku berdiri memang aku dapat sound terbaik, pasal ni semua nasib.. 70 ribu, 80 ribu orang kat padang terbuka dengan angin kencang, hujan lebat, dan Black Sabbath dari lagu keempat Into The Void memang hujan turun sampai abis... tapi aku boleh rasa sangat ketara perbezaan sound Black Sabbath dengan Iron Maiden untuk tahun 2016 di Donington. Walau satu band headline hari Sabtu dan satu band headline hari Ahad.

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MEMANG PERTEMBUNGAN GERGASI antara headliner hari Sabtu dan Ahad..
Sebab tu, bila mula2 festival 2016 nye senarai band diumumkan, ada tiga gergasi - Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath dan Motorhead (sebelum kematian Lemmy),
terus Judas Priest punya penyanyi terus cakap dia nak Judas Priest pun ambil bahagian pasal semua GERGASI ROCK Inggeris beraksi untuk Donington 2016 dan dia nak Judas Priest ambil bahagian jugak.

Semestinya, dari tahun 1980, sejak Monsters Of Rock pertama beraksi... 
dan sememangnye, segala band rock dan heavy metal beraksi di Donington, dan seperti Metallica, cita2 mereka ialah untuk beraksi di Donington, dan pertama kali berjaya dapat tempat ialah tahun 1985, dan segala rakaman2 video yang mengujakan, dan aku paling tak boleh lupa video2 Sepultura beraksi di Donington tahun 1994 yang sangat mengujakan...

Maka tu pasal, walaupun tak ramai orang suka Donington, dengan keadaan boleh sampai 90,000-100,000 orang, yang camping lain, yang datang harian lain, tapi tempat ni sangat positif vibe dia, pasal aku rasa semua orang satu kepala, baik yang muda, atau yang tua.

Dan nanti aku akan kongsi pelan2... aku suka kemudahan untuk orang2 OKU , orang cacat berkerusi roda, orang buta, orang tua perlukan pertolongan, dan sebagainya cuma kalau hujan lebat, hujan ribut, lumpur teruk, banjir air lumpur terus melumpuhkan segala fasiliti yang disiapkan.
Dan sini makanan macam2, nanti aku tunjuk kedai2 makan jugak lain kali. HAHA.

Ok, design event tshirt untuk Iron Maiden Download Festival Donington Park dan Paris kedua2 nye kongsi satu tshirt, 
penuh bermakna TAHUN 1815 DAHULU , PERANCHIS DAN INGGERIS BERPERANG DI WATERLOO, DENGAN GENERAL MASING2 IALAH NAPOLEON DAN WELLINGTON, DAN SEKARANG IRON MAIDEN DAN DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL SATUKAN MEREKA KEMBALI DUA DUA GENERAL DAN NEGARA DAH DAMAI KERANA IRON MAIDEN HEADLINE FESTIVAL INI UNTUK KEDUA2 NEGARA.
dan ACDC nye event tshirt untuk Manchester 2016 yang juga sangat detailed design dia. ok dah tu je cakap Melayu.. sambung gambar... untuk Iron Maiden dulu la, lain lain kali.

Apa pun, persembahan Iron Maiden memang dahsyat. Tv di England dah tunjuk proshot 2 lagu iaitu Book of Souls dan Blood Brothers,
dan dari segi persembahan  dari suara dan permainan dan on stage punye pergerakkan semua terbaik.
ada satu HD quality video dah masuk kat youtube, lepas beberapa jam, terus kena katup. Haha.
mungkin rakaman2 dari kamera2 Donington akan digunakan untuk live dvd rasmi.





About 30 mins before Maiden plays..

85,000 fans..
 as announced by Bruce on stage.
This is the front direction view, back direction view, and in unholy mudwater flood of Donington which sinks your shoes buried deep.

But.., the downside.. or as Bruce says on stage, Downpour Festival..

By SUNDAY EVENING, CONTINUOUS RAIN AND SERIOUSLY HORRIBLE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS HAD TRANSFORMED DONINGTON'S DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL ENVIRONMENT INTO THIS TYPE OF SITUATION.
 ITS NOT really ROCK N ROLL if everyone cannot enjoy it fully isnt it? AS I LOVE DONINGTON download AND HELLFEST festivals due to I ENJOY SEEiNG EVERYONE, 
THOSE WITH WHEELCHAIRS 
AND SUPPORTS FOR ALL KINDS OF DISABILITIES,
 the Blind, 
the old, the young kids,
the less mobile needed to be assisted by love ones,
 HAVING A GREAT TIME AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE AND THEY GOT THE BEST VIEWS ALWAYS. BUT THIS YEAR WAS NOT WHAT I HAD ENCOUNTERED BEFORE. The weather was horrible and I think the organisers are overwhelmed. 
But they make their money for sure. LoL.


first a view of the 2016 version of the Ed Force One used by Iron Maiden for their travels.

If you take the special buses that leads to Donington Park, the area for alighting and boarding of buses is at a huge carpark besides the Midland Airport.
And there was Ed Force One.
I took this photo on Saturday when they arrived at about noon as Maiden headline and closes the festival on Sunday.

Ok, just took some pics for Remembrance sake..

Two photos summarise Bruce, Dave, Adrian, Janick , Steve and lastly Nicko I think buried somewhere under that drumkit.

BRUCE WAS EXCELLENT.

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anyone seen the BBC or whatever British TV channel footage that shows the PRO-SHOT of Book Of Souls and Blood Brothers in Download Donington 2016?

Book of Soul was amazing, especially after it kicks in to the fast section of the song. The solos, and This is wwhen the Walk On Eddie will appear on stage,
and lots of nice Nicko drumming footage from at least two different close up cameras.

I WOULD VOTE THIS FOR A LIVE DVD FROM 2016 TOUR. LOL.******

Bruce greets "HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUR MAJESTY!!  " at the start of The Troooper.
Bruce talks a lot, love his "if the world is run, the way Iron Maiden is run, the world would be a better place" speech before Blood Brothers and he talked about La Bataclan attack and the recent Florida attack.

He got a new costume accessrories.

A monkey doll with long arms wrapped around his neck for Death Or Glory. Seems a fan throw it on stage.

The Iron Maiden event tshirt, and since now Download Festival has a new franchise in Paris, so its a shared tshirt for both dates.
both dates and locations are on the back, and do take note the one with dates are the event tshirts that are only available on the event itself.

Buying this tshirt on the official website do not have the dates, locations printed.

Napoleon and Wellington since the Waterloo battle between the French and British Armies are now friends, thats to Iron Maiden, Eddie, and the Download Festivsl Mascot.
very nice pretty beautiful colourful tshirt.

The tshirt design front and back, with a close up details of French famous General Bonaparte Napoleon and General Wellington I believe.

With famous landmarks. Very complicated and fanciful.
eiffel tower,
and is that the R101 from Empire of the Clouds.

This is something I had forgotten,
this is for ACDC Manchester 2016 event tshirt as I had forgotten to show earlier
and again a close up showing the detailed Eithad Stadium and the ACDC cannon.
with a tiny print We Salute You.

Next when I got time, I will blog about more of Download Festival, also the 11 days Rocking Euope Alone Backpacking trip is not only for some heavy metal and hard rock happiness, but include some bequtiful moments like the amazing small towns and villages along the Rhine River.

And also more bands.., and all the muddy fields..

Nightwish...

Sharon Osbourne's Black Sabbath

But I must say I like her drummer. LOL.
but it would be nice the final time get Bill Wards just for one song one more time.
it would make the world very happy.

To be continued and continued...

LONG LIVE BELINDA CARLISLE!!!