Download Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year and it didn't disappoint fans with its iconic lineup as it would be the first time the event features four headline slots; who would be performing at the four-day festival?
According to NME, organizers for the famed festival extended their usual three-day event to four days. It will take place at Donington Park in the United Kingdom from June 8 to 11.
For the first day (June 8), Metallica will perform their hit songs and would return for the second time on Saturday (June 10). Their headlining set appears to be exciting as they reportedly won't perform the same song twice during those two days.
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Bring Me The Horizon will then headline the show on Friday (June 9) while Slipknot is set to close the festival on June 11.
Aside from the legendary headlining acts, the famed music festival also enlisted numerous bands for fans' delight like Evanescense, Ghost, Parkway Drive, The Distillers, Simple Plan, Within Temptation, Pendulum, Placebo, and many more.
Other music acts include Soen, Fever 333, The Blackout, Beauty School Dropout, Bambe Thug, Asking Alexandria, Blackgold, As December Falls, Toché Amoré, Seether, and many more.
Tickets will be available for the public starting November 10 at 10 a.m. GMT. For fans who wanted to buy passes ahead of time, pre-sale is currently open for Barclaycard card holders.
Visit Download Festival's official website to purchase tickets.
Iconic Headliners Speak About Download Festival
Metallica will be returning to Donington after more than ten years and they're excited to perform again as mentioned in their official statement.
The legendary metal band said they are honored to come back on the grounds of Castle of Donington, one of the most iconic venues in rock history.
"To be able to share our double show format with two completely unique sets with no repeat songs for the first time ever in the UK is way f*****' cool," they said.
On the other hand, first-time headliner Bring Me The Horizon also issued a statement through frontman Oli Skyes, saying he attended the festival in the past and it's amazing to come back as a performer with his band.
Festival veterans Slipknot, who's set to headline the event for the fifth time are also excited as they have great memories, they also consider the audience of the festival as "one of the most amazing crowds to play in."
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