The Offspring, Status Quo, Steel Panther, Trivium And More Announced For Download 2014
Monday, 25 November 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
A further twelve bands have been announced for Download 2014, with The Offspring, Status Quo, Steel Panther, Trivium, In Flames, While She Sleeps, letlive, the Black Dahlia Murder, Crossfaith, Miss May I, Blessthefall and Dying Fetus joining the line up for the Donington bash.
These latest additions will join already announced Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Aerosmith, who headline Download's main stage on Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively. Also confirmed to perform so far are Rob Zombie, Fall Out Boy and Alter Bridge.
Pop Punk royalty The Offspring will be returning to Download after a long absence from the festival, having appeared just once before in 2008.
"It's been six years since we first played Download and we can't wait to return and rip it up. Stoked!"
Rock legends Status Quo, who released their 100th single in 2013, make their Download Festival debut after over 50 years of producing some of the biggest guitar anthems in history and will be performing a purely greatest hits set. On the prospect of returning to Donington, frontman Francis Rossi said:
"When Status Quo once again take to the Donington stage, it will have been 32 years since we headlined the Monsters of Rock Festival on August 21st 1982. That year saw the Falklands War, the launch of the Commodore 64, Aston Villa winning the European Cup and the raising of the Mary Rose. You might say a lot has changed since then but we are still rocking, and still playing the Quo hits. See you there."
Metal titans Trivium who return to Donington for a very special performance of the set they played at their legendary first Download Main Stage appearance in 2005. Bassist PaoloGregoletto said:
"We are thrilled to be returning to Download for our 5th time. In honour of both the festival and fans that embraced Trivium first, we have decided to play our 2005 set list from start to finish, preceded by a set of some our other festival favourite tunes. However, to make it all the more unique, we will be playing this "one time only" set on the Red Bull Stage, the most intimate and intense setting possible for revisiting this special moment in time. We have had some of our best experiences as a band on the hallowed grounds of Donington, and this is shaping up to be one of our most exciting ones yet! Do not miss it!"
Covering the classic metal end of the spectrum will be Steel Panther. A firm fan favourite, the spandex-clad, Sunset Strip rockers will be storming the sacred Donington stage for a fourth time. Drummer StixZadinia said:
"Fish and chips. Tea and biscuits. Monty and Pythons. Steel Panther and Download Festival. These are four examples of how nature has been able to strike the perfect balance of harmony and elegance between two glorious and powerful things. We are so excited to come back and play Download Festival 2014. This was the place where we were truly introduced to the UK and it always feels like a homecoming to us. We in Steel Panther, are going to attempt to rock you so hard, that it will take you approximately one whole year to recover, only to muster enough energy to come back to DL2015 the following year to try to handle the power again! Roll on June!"
Download 2014 takes place June 13 to June 15 at Donington Park. Head over to the festival's official site downloadfestival.co.uk for further details. Tickets are on sale now.
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