Download 2023

Download Festival headliners through the years: Iron Maiden: Download Festival 2003. If you're going to return rock and metal to its rightful home of Donington ...

The mighty Iron Maiden brought their spectacular Legacy of the Beast World Tour to Donington Park in June 2022. Whether it's their last ever UK show remains to be seen. The 10,000 capacity event was held in June 2021 as part of the second phase of the Government's scientific Events Research Programme during the Covid pandemic. As the scene of Slipknot's last UK appearance with him, calling in at Download was only right and fitting. – but Rammstein still managed to bring their explosive live show. Was the police's facial recognition software needed for Kiss? Playing an epic 20-song set, Kiss brought their spectacular live show to this side of the Atlantic. Fortunately Lars was in good health this time around. Despite Lars Ulrich being rushed to hospital minutes beforehand, Metallica ploughed on with their set with Slayer's Dave Lombardo, Slipknot's Joey Jordison and their drum technician, Flemming Larsen, filling in for Lars. And kick off they did! For those who already have a four or five day camping tickets, upgrades are available. Also performing across the four days are A.A.

Five Finger Death Punch, the multi-platinum hardrock powerhouse, add to their already impressive run of European tour dates in 2023.

[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/5fdp) [Website](https://fivefingerdeathpunch.com/) Five Finger Death Punch, the multi-platinum hardrock powerhouse, add to their already impressive run of European tour dates in 2023.

The new band additions will join headliners Bring Me The Horizon (who are set to play the Friday), Slipknot (Sunday) and Metallica (who will be delivering two ...

"So many great memories, one of the most amazing crowds to play in front of, always an honour to share the bill with so many amazing bands, and of course, I’ll never miss the opportunity to play my homeland.” “Download Festival was one of the first festivals I ever attended as a punter," says Bring Me The Horizon's Oli Sykes. [Metallica](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-metallica-songs-of-all-time) in a statement. "On top of that, 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 U.K is way fuckin’ cool. "It was our first amazing festival experience to play as a band, and now the fact that we are headlining such a prestigious event blows my mind. Other newly-announced bands on the bill include A.A.

New names include Halestorm, Alter Bridge, Neck Deep, Bob Vylan, Carcass, Five Finger Death Punch, Jinjer, Coheed and Cambria, Electric Callboy, Hot Milk and ...

French gothic electronic musician Perturbator, incendiary Canadian heavy rock duo Cleopatrick, Mexican metal sisters The Warning and French dark-synth pioneer Carpenter Brut are all on the bill. They will join headliners Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon and Metallica. Californian punk veterans The Bronx will also be returning, along with metalcore legend and former lead vocalist of The Dillinger Escape Plan Greg Puciato, and LA metal heavyweights Bad Wolves. The line-up is completed by the fist-pumping Green Lung, the theatrically bleak A.A. Upgrades are available for those who already have camping tickets. They will join the celebration of Download’s 20-year legacy at Donington Park across four days from June 8-11.

Alter Bridge, Halestorm, Neck Deep, Bob Vylan, Hot Milk, Palaye Royale, Jinjer and more join this year's Download Festival.

News

Download Festival has added over 40 new names to its line-up today (February 16) and has announced its 2023 day splits.

[Slipknot](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/slipknot), [Bring Me The Horizon](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/bring-me-the-horizon) and [Metallica](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/metallica) playing two completely different sets on two different nights. It’s something we’ve tried to do over the years, and we’ve still got a long way to go but it’s encouraging there’s so many great, female artists out there. “Hopefully we can help give them a platform. THE HU The likes of [Ghost](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/ghost), [Evanescence](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/Evanescence), [The Distillers](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/the-distillers), [Placebo](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/placebo) and [Architects](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/Architects) were also confirmed to be appearing at Donington Park alongside 50 other acts. THE BRONX