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Download have announced the day splits for this year's festival, along with 14 new acts. Download day tickets go on sale at 10am today.
The new additions are A Day To Remember, Final Fantasy XIV's official band THE PRIMALS, Daughtry, Creeper, Hot Milk, Silly Goose, Marmozets, BAND-MAID, Stampin’ Ground, Frozemode, Conjurer, Annisokay, Private School and DECESSUS, the Santiago death-metallers led by the current Miss World Chile, Ignacia Fernández.
The join an already mammoth line-up that's led by Limp Bizkit (pictured), Guns N' Roses, and Linkin Park, who headline the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Other acts already confirmed for the summer include Scooter, Pendulum, The All-American Rejects, Cypress Hill, Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar, Bush, Ash, Feeder, Bad Omens, Trivium, Halestorm, Electric Callboy, Babymetal, Architects, Halestorm, Mastodon, Ice Nine Kills, Tom Morello, Black Veil Brides, Drowning Pool, Periphery, The Pretty Reckless, letlive., Static-X, Spineshank, RØRY, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Magnolia Park, TX2, AS IT IS, Story Of The Year, Sleep Theory, Melrose Avenue, Those Damn Crows, P.O.D, Hollywood Undead, Scene Queen, We Came As Romans, Mammoth, Kublai Khan TX and more. Head below for the line-up to date. Download's senior booker Kamran Haq said:
"We’re really proud of our line-up this year, and our second announcement brings further depth and diversity to DLXXIII. We have huge artists like A Day To Remember, Daughtry, Creeper and Hot Milk, as well as bringing Final Fantasy XIV’s official band THE PRIMALS to Download for their very first show outside of Asia. And due to popular demand, Miss World Chile - Ignacia Fernández - will be performing with her band DECESSUS after surprising the world with her incredible death metal vocals a few months ago. We have even more surprises to come, and tickets are selling out faster than ever this year, so this is your last chance to snap up the final remaining tickets.”
Download festival will return in June for its 23rd edition. Last year's event featured headliners Green Day, Sleep Token, and Korn, alongside performances from Shinedown, PRESIDENT, Weezer, Bullet for My Valentine, Spiritbox, and McFly, among many others.
Head below to find out more about what’s in store next summer.
What? Four days of the biggest and best in rock and metal from around the world, hosted at one of the most iconic sites in the genres' shared history.
Where? Donington Park, Leicestershire.
When? June 10 -14, 2026.
Who? Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses, and Linkin Park are set to top the bill with UK exclusive performances on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Other acts announced (in alphabetical order) include A Day To Remember, Ankor, Annisokay, Architects, As Everything Unfolds, AS IT IS, Ash, Babymetal, Bad Omens, BAND-MAID, Behemoth, Black Veil Brides, Blood Incantation, Bloodywood, Boundaries, Bush, Cavalera, Catch Your Breath, Conjurer, Corrosion of Conformity, Creeper, Cypress Hill, Daughtry, Decapitated, DECESSUS, Die Spitz, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Dogstar, Drain, Drowning Pool, Ego Kill Talent, Elder, Electric Callboy, Feeder, Frozemode, Gatecreeper, Halestorm, Headwreck, Hollywood Undead, Holywatr, Hot Milk, Ice Nine Kills, Imminence, ivri, James and the Cold Gun, Kublai Khan TX, Lake Malice, Lakeview, Landmvrks, Last Train, letlive., Lowen, Magnolia Park, Mammoth, Marmozets, Mastodon, Melrose Avenue, Mouth Culture, Nasty, Native James, Nevertel, P.O.D, Paleface Swiss, Pendulum, Periphery, Private School, Pussyliquor, Rain City Drive, Return to Dust, RØRY, Scene Queen, Scooter, Self Deception, Set It Off, Silent Planet, Silly Goose, Slay Squad, Sleep Theory, Snot, Social Distortion, South Arcade, Spineshank, Spitting Glass, Stampin’ Ground, Static-X, Story of the Year, Sweet Pill, Sweet Savage, Tailgunner, The All-American Rejects, The Plot in You, The Pretty Reckless, The Pretty Wild, THE PRIMALS, Thornhill, Those Damn Crows, thrown, Tom Morello, Trivium, Tropic Gold, TX2, unpeople, Vianova, Wayside, We Came As Romans, and Zero 9:36.
Many more acts are still to be confirmed.
Tickets? Weekend tickets are on sale now. Day tickets go on general sale at 10am on February 25. Click here to get yours through Stereoboard.
Download Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed June 10 2026 - DERBY Donington Park
Thu June 11 2026 - DERBY Donington Park
Fri June 12 2026 - DERBY Donington Park
Sat June 13 2026 - DERBY Donington Park
Sun June 14 2026 - DERBY Donington Park
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