Nothing holds Download back. Not the mud that covers our boots long before the arena opens, not the 100-metre-long queue for the merch superstore, and definitely not our heavy heads the morning after 5ive’s completely unironic cameo at District X. Download XXIII kicks off with a Friday of wildcards united by a sense of fun: bring it on!
Words: Kate Allvey // Photos: Emma Stone and Graham Finney
Scene Queen
The feral monarch of Bimbocore finally gets her main stage moment, and unholy growling, family support and a ‘twerkle pit’ bedazzles a performance which attracts “a shocking number of men” to the crowd. Her doll-shaped love of vengeance flows freely on ‘Mutual Masturbation’, as does her support of the LGBTQ community. The sight of hardened metalheads gleefully singing along to ‘18+’ while Scene Queen skips across the sunlit stage in pink tassels gives us hope for the future, kicking off the day in perfect bimbo style.
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