This weekend, the UK’s premier rock/metal event, Download Festival, returns. And to kick off our special rock issue, Music Week gathers Live Nation’s Andy Copping, plus You Me At Six, Bullet For My Valentine, Marmozets, and Employed To Serve for a roundtable to discuss the genre’s present and future...

Inside an ordinary-looking boardroom at Live Nation’s London HQ, a gathering of some of the biggest and most exciting emerging UK rock acts is taking place. Yet the resulting noise is ...