Down To Donington

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>According to Don Airey who writes this book's foreword it was Cozy Powell who initially suggested the idea for what became the first Monsters Of Rock Festival in 1980.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Held at Donington Park motor circuit it was the first major event that focused on one genre. Such an approach had generally up to then been alien to promoters. As it turned out it proved to be a winning formula and the annual festival grew into an institution.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Down To Donington</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> looks back at this monumental event. It explores behind the scenes as well as the day in question and even the aftermath.</span></p>