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Monsters of Rock was the first major festival event at Donington Park. It was regular, with few cancellations throughout its run. In 1988, due to poor conditions, two fans were killed after being crushed to death during Guns N' Roses set.
Donington Park remained event-less until 2001 when the Rock and Blues Festival and Stereophonics held events at the site. In 2002 the Ozzfest tour returned to the UK using Donington Park as their only British event and the following year Live Nation picked up the reins as Monsters of Rock's successor in the name of Download Festival .
The Saturday (11 June) of the Download Festival at Donington Park was dubbed "Ozzfest Day", featuring Black Sabbath, Velvet Revolver, HIM, Anthrax, Alter Bridge, A, Bowling for Soup, The Mad Capsule Markets, The Dwarves and Trivium.
The So Far, So Good...So What! Tour was a concert tour performed by the American thrash metal band Megadeth to support their 1988 album So Far, So Good... So What!.This was the only tour to feature the lineup of Dave Mustaine on vocals and guitar, David Ellefson on bass, Jeff Young on guitar and Chuck Behler on drums.
Based on how successful the single "Crazy Crazy Nights" was in the United Kingdom, the group had performed on the Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington in England, performing alongside Guns N' Roses, David Lee Roth, Iron Maiden and Megadeth. [1]
The 1988 Superbike World Championship was the inaugural FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 3 April at Donington Park and finished on 3 October at Manfeild Autocourse after 9 rounds. American Fred Merkel won the riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.
The 1988 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 August 1988 at Donington Park . [ 4 ]
Live at Donington may refer to: Donnington: The Live Tracks , an unsanctioned 1980 live album by Saxon recorded at Monsters of Rock, released 1995 and re-released 2000 as Live at Donnington 1980 At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 , a live album by Dio recorded in 1983 and 1987 at Monsters of Rock and released in 2010