Highways bosses have warned of severe congestion on all approaches to the festival, with delays on the northbound and southbound carriageways of the A453 approaching the roundabout for junction 24 of the M1, the A42 northbound and the M1 northbound between junction 23 to junction 24. They've put an extra day of music on this year but kept the five-day entry day the same as before so all 100,000 people are turning up at once.' “I’ve been doing Download for 10 years and it's by far the worst I've seen it. It's like they haven't planned for anyone coming by car at all. 'There are people driving the wrong way up roundabouts and people wandering along the dual carriageway, peeing openly. READ MORE: Live Download traffic updates on M1, A50 and A42 as first rock acts perform today 'The jam started at 10.50am on the M1 at J24 and I've managed to do 1.1 miles in three-and-a-half hours and I'm still not at the festival site. Speaking to Yorkshire Live, the man, who asked not to be named, said: “I'm sitting in standstill traffic near Download Festival. With so many rockers heading to the venue close to the Derbyshire border, motorists faced big delays on the M1, A50 and A42 yesterday, with some buses running up to three hours late. The festival is sold out with 100,000 people expected to attend the mammoth four-day event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Download. The campsites and campervan field for the annual rock festival opened at 12pm on Wednesday with the entertainment starting today (Thursday, June 8) and running until Sunday night (June 11).

The disgruntled man, who travelled to Donington Park from Leeds, said he faced long delays near the A453, just off the M1, by the Moto services yesterday (Wednesday, June 7). A rock music fan says he was stuck in a three-and-a-half-hour traffic jam on his way to Download Festival.

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