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Download Festival will take place between June 13 and 15 in Donington Park, Leicestershire. The first 90-plus bands have been announced alongside festival headlines Green Day, Sleep Token, and Korn. And yes – this is the first time Download has ever had three headliners. Tickets are available here.
Download Festival’s Andy Copping said: “Following on from last year’s sold out 21st edition, Download’s legacy not only includes the incredible artists who have performed at the hallowed grounds over the years, but also our unrivalled community, safe and warm atmosphere, and fantastic afterhours entertainment at District X, with something for truly everyone.”
The full lineup outside the three aforementioned headliners are:
- Airbourne
- Alcest
- Alien Ant Farm
- Amira Elfeky
- Anaal Naehrakh
- Apocalyptica
- Archers
- Bad Nerves
- Arrows In Action
- Artio
- Battlesnake
- Bex
- Bleed From Within
- Boston Manor
- Bullet For My Valentine
- CKY
- Cradle Of Filth
- Currents
- Dayseeker
- Dead Poet Society
- Dead Pony
- Don Broco
- Eagles Of Death Metal
- Eivør
- Faetooth
- Filter
- Fit For An Autopsy
- Frank Carter & The Sex Pistols
- Gore.
- Graphic Nature
- Harpy
- Holy Wars
- House Of Protection
- Jerry Cantrell
- Jimmy Eat World
- Jinjer
- Karen Dió
- Kim Dracula
- Kittie
- Lastelle
- Loathe
- Lølø
- Lorna Shore
- Mallory Knox
- Mcfly
- Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
- Melted Bodies
- Meshuggah
- Northlane
- Novelists
- Nothing More
- Orbit Culture
- Polaris
- Poppy
- Riding The Low
- Seven Hours After Violet
- Sikth
- Sim
- Sophie Lloyd
- Split Chain
- Spiritbox
- Spiritual Cramp
- Starset
- Static Dress
- Steel Panther
- Survive Said The Prophet
- Svalbard
- Sylosis
- Teen Mortgage
- The Darkness
- The Funeral Portrait
- The Ghost Inside
- The Haunt
- The Meffs
- The Scratch
- The Southern River Band
- Trophy Eyes
- Turbonegro
- Underside
- Unprocessed
- Venus Grrrls
- Vola
- Vower
- Vowws
- Weezer
- Whitechapel
- Windhand
- Within Temptation
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