The third and final day at Download and I only had a few things assigned to do which was nice. Still managed to pack the day full though. Checked out Suicide Silence who I'm doing a shoot with next week, also saw the always great Sevendust.

Went down to the main stage for ZZ Top who were great then photographed the buzz band of the festival, Steel Panther. An absolute blinder of a show as they only played original material. The third stage tent was spilling out the sides which is probably the only time that happened all weekend! Headed up to see Papa Roach afterward and Jacoby was good enough to point in my general direction for a decent shot. Finished the day off with the quick 2 song shoot and even faster upload of Def Leppard, while watching the blue bar I was fortunate enough to given what ended up being a godlike red wristband for a free booze tent! (Pictured is one of the perks of working in a common area with yourself left open to abuse courtesy of Simon Young!)

Finally with all the work done hung out with Eric from Shinedown which then turned into a gang of drummers who had been invited to the free booze tent. Oddly they had not been given a red wristband so the bartender and I schemed a great way to get the drinks out to everyone after security banned me from taking out more than two drinks! Bam Margera even joined us and just as I noticed that bus calls were taking people away I disappeared back to our hotel and from what I've been told passed out in the lobby...