Download Festival

Four bands tipped to headline the Download music festival in 2027.

Download Festival Headliners 2027:13 bands tipped to top the bill

The second wave of acts set to play Download 2026 have been revealed.

The full line-up for Download 2026 as second wave revealed

Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Guns n' Roses are all set to headline Download 2026.

DXXIII: 20 highlights from the Download 2026 line-up announcement

The Download 2026 line-up will soon be announced.

When is the Download 2026 line-up announced?

Could one - or more - of these acts be set to headline Download 2026?

Download Festival Headliners 2026 Rumours: 17 bands tipped to top bill

Could these be the Download headliners for 2026?

Download Festival Headliners 2026: 12 acts rumoured for Donington Park

Our pick of the top 10 UK festival lifesavers for 2025 – from power banks to pop-up tents, all selected for value and practicality.

Best festival gear for August 2025 – top tents, power banks & more

Cracking photos capture Download Festival 2025 - spot yourself in our gallery of rockers

82 rocking photos that capture what it was like to go to Download Fest

Korn are set to headline Download Festival this evening - but are there any stage clashes on the final day?

Secret set and updated set times and weather for Download's final day

Sleep Token are set to headline the Apex Stage this evening at Download Festival 2025.

Download Festival 2025: set times and stage clashes for June 14 2025

Green Day are set to headline Download Festival later today - but is there set clashing with anyone else?

Download Festival 2025: Friday set times including Green Day's set

Who are we looking forward to seeing at Download Festival 2025 that's not just the headliners this year?

Our picks at Download 2025 before the headliners hit the Apex stage

Sleeping bag? Check. Torch? Check? Cooking Gas? Not this time around - here's our guide to packing for Download 2025.

To bring and what not to bring - a guide to packing for Download 2025

What food and drink will be on offer from the wide range of vendors at Download 2025?

What food and drink is on offer at Download 2025, and what's cheap?

There's two huge gaps in the Download Festival 2025 timetable, while could a Weezer super-fan join them during their main stage set this year?

Five potential surprises that could occur at Download Festival 2025

What are some of the most lucrative releases from your Download 2025 headliner's back catalogues, and who else playing this year has high-value items according to Discogs?

The most valuable music releases from Download 2025's headliners

Fans think that this 00s power-pop member could be the person behind Download Festival's mystery act, PRESIDENT.

Fans think they’ve figured out who Download mystery act PRESIDENT is

Sleep Token are set to headline Download Festival 2025 - but are they set to clash with anyone now the set times have been revealed?

Your Download 2025 set times - who is clashing with who?

The Vengabus is heading to Download Festival 2025 with the announcement of this year’s District X entertainment.

Vengaboys and more announced for Download 2025's District X area

Steel Panther are set to perform two additional UK tour dates alongside their Download Festival 2025 appearance.

Steel Panther announced two headlines tour dates for the UK

Korn are set to headline Download Festival's final evening on the Apex Stage, as day splits have now been released.

Download Festival reveal day splits for 2025 event

Crossover-thrashers Municipal Waste are among the 20 new acts announced for Download 2025.

Download Festival announces 20 new acts on the line-up

Metal fans are making their suggestions who could perform a secret set at Download Festival 2025 as they await a second line-up announcement.

Who does Reddit think be a secret act at Download Festival 2025?

Ahead of Download Festival 2025, here's a few answers to some questions you might be afraid to ask.

Download Festival 2025: history, statistics and memorable moments

What led to the raft of claims that those who listen to metal are 'devil worshippers' and a threat to the moral fabric of the world - when research shows we're all actually quite well adjusted?

Explainer Does listening to heavy metal music make you aggressive?

Some of the bands rumoured to be headlining Download 2025.

Download 2025 Headliners: 10 acts tipped to top the bill at Donington

Crowds that pushed and shoved not in a mosh pit, the weather and sets being cut short or cancelled; what did revellers think of this year's Download Festival 2024 now everyone's back at work? (Credit: Getty Images)

Redditors share their complaints and compliments about Download 2024

Soft Play has announced their first headline UK tour in six years, as the duo celebrate the release of their fourth studio album, "Heavy Jelly." (Credit: Jude Harrison)

Soft Play announce first headline tour in six years

Foo Fighters perform at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester.

Watch: Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl’s guitar dies during final song

The Download Festival will return on Friday, June 14.

Download Festival 2024: 12 of the best bands playing the festival

Bands including Paramore, Foo Fighters and Weezer are among the acts rumoured to play a secret set at Download 2024.

Download Festival 2024: All the acts rumoured to play secret set

Benjamin Jackson shares his experiences as a Download Festival reveller of yesteryear - so what's his advice on plastic bottle fights and "overindulgence"? (Credit: Getty/Provided)

I'm a Download veteran - these are the biggest mistakes revellers make Benjamin Jackson

Metal fans are making their way to Donnington this week ahead of the Download Festival, celebrating its 21st anniversary. But as bands begin to pull out over sponsorship links, how has now affected this year's set and stage times? (Credit: Getty Images)

Amended set times for major UK festival as bands pull out over sponsor

Mike Kerr, lead singer of British band Royal Blood. Image: Getty

How to get tickets for Royal Blood's upcoming Glasgow show

Code Orange have been added to Download Festival's line-up for this summer. Cr. Getty Images.

Explainer Five of the best bands added to the Download Festival line up

Tom Morello has been added to the Download Festival line up. Cr. Getty Images.

Download Festival: Everything you need to know about Download 2024

Bring Me The Horizon at the 2020 BRIT Awards. Cr. Getty Images

Bring Me The Horizon confirm departure of key band member

Metal legends Slipknot will make a stop off in Scotland as part of a huge European tour in 2024.

Slipknot: Here's how to get tickets for metal icons huge Glasgow gig

Queens of The Stone Age take their The End Is Nero tour to Glasgow next week (Credit: Getty)

Queens Of The Stone Age: What you need to know ahead of Glasgow gig

Download Festival has had some iconic sets from some of the world's most loved metal acts. Cr. Getty Images

Download Festival: Top 10 bands that have headlined the most

Who else could be added to the Download Festival set in 2024? Cr. Getty Images.

Here are 10 bands who we might see added to Download Festival line-up

Download Festival 2023 was star studded and memorable - and fans are hoping 2024 will match. (Photo: Maciek Jankowski)

Download 2024 Lineup: Who could headline Download Festival next year?
Download Festival 2024's confirmed lineup will be revealed later today. We look at 10 bands we feel could headline the popular metal festival in Donington next ...

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