Leave Your Stress in the Pit: Inside Party Cannon’s Bloodstock Chaos
Party Cannon join Neill and Rich at Bloodstock 2026 to talk huge crowds, DIY stage-show chaos and their “40 minutes of cathartic nonsense”.
Scatter The Tribe explain why they’re holding back a live favourite
Fans keep asking Scatter The Tribe to release Vacant Stares. At The Sanctum 2026, the band explain the wait, welcome a familiar face and talk about making everyone feel part of the tribe.
“If you put accessibility first, people will come”: RADAR Festival’s Scarlett Heselwood on widening access
RADAR Festival accessibility co-ordinator Scarlett Heselwood talks sensory maps, welfare spaces, venue limitations and why putting accessibility first can make the difference between someone attending a festival or staying at home.
Bad Earth Have Played Three Bloodstock Stages - and They’re Not Done Yet
Bad Earth discuss their third Bloodstock appearance, forthcoming album Stitches, moving beyond DIY production and joining Professor Elemental.
Hacktivist are taking their next album in a heavier direction
Hacktivist’s Alex Hek and Ste Cole tell Festpod about their heavier new album, finding the band’s new direction and road-testing “Hack the Game” live.
Bloodstock’s Rachael Greenfield on 25 years: ‘We wear our heart on our sleeve’
Bloodstock director Rachael Greenfield tells Festpod how family, fan feedback and independent ownership have shaped the festival, and why work on 2027 began before the 2026 arena had even emptied.
RADAR Festival’s Catherine Jackson-Smith: ‘Alternative music shouldn’t have a uniform’
RADAR co-founder Catherine Jackson-Smith talks community, inclusivity, Sleep Token, Warhammer, nail bars and how RADAR's audience is helping shape the festival.
Return To Dust on their Download debut: “The best crowd we’ve ever had”
Return To Dust had barely left the Dogtooth Stage when they told Festpod why Download had just given them the best crowd they had ever played to.
Rockin’1000 founder Fabio Zaffagnini on bringing “a very loud rock orchestra” to Manchester
Rockin’1000 founder Fabio Zaffagnini tells Festpod how a Foo Fighters invitation grew into a worldwide live project, now heading to Manchester for its first UK show.
RockFit: “The music gets them in, but the people make them stay”
RockFit founder Hannah Hawkey and her instructor team tell Festpod how a fitness class set to rock and metal became an inclusive community spanning the UK.
Black Water County on headlining The Takeover at Download: ‘We thought it was a scam’
Black Water County reveal how a junk-folder email led to them headlining The Takeover at Download after 13 years of pub gigs, hard work and perseverance.
RXPTRS on their first Download Festival set: ‘It felt like coming home’
RXPTRS reflect on their first Download Festival performance, the secret Bristol pub show that helped get them there, first-time pyro and what comes next.
DeadWax bring UK grime-metal bounce to Download Festival’s Takeover stage
DeadWax joined Festpod’s Arran Prime and Rob Hemingway after their Download Festival Takeover set to talk pyro, a bouncing crowd and their distinctly British collision of metal, grime and club culture.
PRYMA turn years of hard work into an emotional Download Takeover moment
PRYMA joined Festpod after their Download Festival Takeover set to talk tears, pyro, a spontaneous circle pit and the moment years of hard work finally seemed to pay off.
CELAVI bring Welsh pride to Download Festival on the Takeover stage
Bilingual North Wales duo CELAVI joined Festpod after making their Download debut to talk about Welsh identity, an emotional first look at the crowd and the moment playing the festival finally became real.
40,000 Leagues make their Download dream a reality on the Takeover stage
40,000 Leagues opened Download Festival’s 2026 Takeover before joining Festpod to talk about the packed crowd, unexpected pyro and what comes next after achieving one of the band’s biggest ambitions.