Who was the founder of the British rock festival that featured "massive technological surveillance by police" in 2015?
Download Festival Download Festival is a British rock festival, held annually at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, since 2003. It is the most popular British summer rock and heavy metal festival and has hosted some of the genres' biggest names, including Saxon, Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Kiss, Judas Priest, Status Quo, Mötley Crüe, Journey, ZZ Top, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and Guns N' Roses. The 2015 festival featured massive technological surveillance by police in conjunction with festival organizers Live Nation UK. RFID wristbands and facial recognition technology was used to compare visual scans of attendees against a European criminal database.
Colin Larkin (writer) Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British entrepreneur and writer. He was the editor in chief and founder of the "Encyclopedia of Popular Music", described by "The Times" as "the standard against which all others must be judged". He is the CEO and editor-in-chief of 'Best Things on Earth' an online multi-media rating site.