The Jon Mahon Show

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2024 SPECIAL

YES MY FRIEND! Welcome to The Jon Mahon Show Download Festival 2024 Special featuring interviews with (in order of appearance): Defects, Funeral For A Friend, Black Stone Cherry, Holding Absence, Wheatus, Heriot, NOAHFINNCE, Calva Louise, Bleed Again & Atreyu
 
Download Festival 2024 was my favourite Download of all time. I've been attending this festival since I was 14 years old and have been privileged to work a few different jobs at the festival over the years, but nothing tops this year.
 
From being invited to host a live episode of The Jon Mahon Show on the Ace Of Spades stage on Wednesday, where our special guest was Mikey Chapman from Mallory Knox, to DJing the Doghouse on Thursday night to 10,000 people, to producing what I honestly feel is our best festival special yet, I cannot put into words how grateful I am to Download Festival for all of these opportunities over the weekend.
 
This years festival was headlined by Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold, who do you think will headline Download Festival 2025? Let us know in the comments section.
 
A massive thank you as always to my boy Forever Loud for filming the interviews we did over the weekend, please go and check out their Download content including a great round of brand new breakdowns from the bands on this years line up.
 
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Thank you so much for listening my friend!
 
Podcast edited by Simon Wilson.
 
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Episode 31 While She Sleeps (Loz Taylor)

Yes my friends! On episode 31 Loz Taylor from While She Sleeps is here to chat about the bands 6th studio record 'SELF HELL' which is available now!
 
In this interview we start with the historic While She Sleeps headline show at Alexandra Palace that the band announce the year prior when they supported Parkway Drive. Which took us into chatting about the brand new album SELF HELL which was produced by Sean Long from the band as well as Carl Bown who has produced Sleep Token's 'Take Me Back To Eden'.
 
We also covered the fact that While She Sleeps will be performing at Download Festival 2024 which will be the bands first time returning to Donnington following their set at the Download Pilot back in 2021.
 
Features also came up in this conversation as the band have worked with a lot of huge names over the years including Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon, Simon Neal from Biffy Clyro and Deryck Whibley from Sum 41. On SELF HELL While She Sleeps have features with Malevolence, STONE and Aether.
 
The interview concludes with Loz talking about his sobriety over the last few years and the positive impact that change has not only had on his music but also his relationships in his personal life.
 
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Episode 30 The Devil Wears Prada (Jeremy Depoyster)

Yes my friends! On episode 30 Jeremy Depoyster from The Devil Wears Prada joined us to chat about the bands brand new single 'Ritual'.
 
We also talked about the band teaming up with dance producers Excision and Wooli for the song 'Reasons' as well as The Devil Wears Prada being booked for when we were young festival 2024 to perform their 2007 album 'Plagues' in its entirety.
 
In this episode we also break down the lore behind twenty one pilots story that has been running through their albums since Blurryface and the announcement that Don Broco will be headlining 2000 Trees Festival 2024.
 
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Episode 29 Kamran Haq (Live Nation / Download Festival)

Yes my friends! On this episode of The Jon Mahon Show we were joined by Kamran Haq from Live Nation / Download Festival to chat all about Download Festival 2024.
 
Kam has been promoting shows for decades and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of not only every show he has ever worked but also every Download Festival he has ever attended.
 
Plus we talk about twenty one pilots teasing a new album new music and a new colour scheme as well as Enter Shikari's live stream from their recent headline show in Brussels.
 
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Episode 28 The Hunna (Ryan Potter)

Yes my friends! Episode 28 of The Jon Mahon Show we are joined by Ryan Potter from The Hunna, here to chat to us about the band performing at Download 2024, the bands struggles with the music industry and also hopefully give us an update on new music...
 
We'll also chat about Sleep Token selling out EVERYWHERE, AC/DC touring the UK this year, Paramore announcing their independency and the You Me At Six / Deaf Havana tour!
 
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Episode 27 Saints Of The Undead Clothing

Yes my friends! On this episode Lee who is Saints Of The Undead Clothing joined us to talk about making custom clothing for the likes of Motionless In White, WWE Women's Champion Rhea Ripley, Atreyu, Saraya (former Paige in WWE) and more!
 
We also talk about the huge Sleep Token arena tour announcement, You Me At Six breaking up, Reading Festival 2024 line up announcement and Enter Shikari's headline tour kicking off this week!
 
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Episode 26 The Ghost Inside (Chris Davis) & Shields (Sam Kubrick)

Yes my friends! 
 
On episode 26 of The Jon Mahon Show in hour 1 Sam Kubrick from Shields joined us to talk all about the bands return and their latest release 'Bury Me'. Sam has also been busy with his solo project Kubrick and also ghost writing which he talks us through.
 
In hour 2 Chris from The Ghost Inside was on the show to chat about the bands 2023 UK Tour, performing at Blue Ridge Festival, their latest release 'Death Grip' as well as where they're at with new music! 
 
We also react to the latest Download Festival 2024 line up announcement as well as the brand new Bad Omens single 'V.A.N'
 
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Episode 25 Bambie Thug

Yes my friends! On episode 25 of The Jon Mahon Show we were joined by Bambie Thug ahead of their performance that could lead them to representing Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest!
 
We also chat to Bambie about the dance influences in their production as well as an insight to the different characters that make Bambie's music so unique.
 
In hour 2 of the show we go through the Forever Loud must watch bands for 2024 as well as react to the brand new Northlane song featuring Winston McCall from Parkway Drive as well as the brand new song from Alpha Wolf which features Ice T.
 
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Episode 24: Jaret Reddick (Bowling For Soup)

Yes my friends!
 
WE ARE BACK BABY! With our first episode of 2024 featuring one of the greatest of all time, Jaret Reddick from Bowling For Soup!
 
In this interview we chat to Jaret about his country music projects under Jaret Rey Reddick including his collaboration with Frank Turner with a music video that features Thomas Nicholas from American Pie.
 
Jaret also speaks about the upcoming Bowling For Soup tour which is happening this February with Less Than Jake. And we also discuss the importance of the bands music video legacy with iconic videos like Girl All The Bad Guys Want, 1985 and High School Never Ends which were a staple on Kerrang! TV and Scuzz TV!
 
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Episode 23: 2023 Round Up

Yes my friends! 
 
On the final episode of The Jon Mahon Show for 2023, we round up this year in alternative music.
 
We discuss the best gigs of the year, the best festivals of the year, the best songs of the year and most importantly the best albums of 2023!
 
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