-Moving towards Download Festival itself, have you played here before?
We were here before. It was a lot better four years ago. I don't know what it is, whether it's the weather, but it seems like today has been a bit disorganised, especially for the third day.

-Are you still looking forward to being back and getting on stage?
Oh yeah, we're here to play. We're hiding out in here in this little room.

We were interrupted to be told by guitarist Josh Bradford that hardcore vocalist Seth Putnam had died.

Really? I gave him a shout-out on stage the other night...anyway. We're here to play and we have to bare through the weather, lack of food, lack of shelther and lack of everything today. We're here to play for our English fans, and we're stoked.

-What have you got planned once this weekend is over?
This will be our last ever show on your soil. That's what we're looking forward to most.

When Morrissey comes to Canada, we'll come back to England. So, the seal hunt has to end. This is our last show, probably ever, here.

-What are your general plans from the rest of the year?
We're doing five shows in Canada, just for fun. They're not in protest to the seal hunt.

Then we're doing to South East Asia, which will be cool. We've never been there before. We're doing that, then we have a new video out for 'Burning Hearts'. We're just going to be keeping busy.

-What final message would you give to anyone reading this online?
You should've come to see us when we headlined because we're never coming back to England.

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Female First - Alistair McGeorge