Cops turn Download Festival into an ORWELLIAN SPY PARADISE

Face recog tech, RFID tracking - gotta love Donington Park

As if being ankle deep in muddy field, surrounded by pretend hippies seemingly re-enacting highlights of the Battle of Waterloo was bad enough, attendees of the aptly named Download Festival will be subjected to a new police facial recognition system, and surveillance of their onsite location and expenditure via the debut of RFID wristbands."