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Download have revealed the line-up for its District X area.
Among the billing are '90s boyband royalty Five (pictured), Detroit rockers Electric Six, Bat Sabbath, Dune Rats, and DJ sets from Dick & Dom, Creeper, MODESTEP, Sophie K, Lucas Woodland from Holding Absence, and Cancer Bats' Liam Cormier.
There'll also be a live acoustic performance from The All-American Rejects, James B Partridge's Primary School Bangers, as well as live podcasts from ADHD Love, Sappenin' and The Metal Roundup, and sets from TokenGrass, a bluegrass Sleep Token tribute band, and Nic Cage Against The Machine, a Rage Against The Machine tribute band fronted by a Nicolas Cage impersonator.
With just over two months to go until this year’s 23rd edition of the Donington Park rock and metal extravangaza, acts already confirmed for the main arena stages include; Scooter, Pendulum, 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, A Day To Remember, Final Fantasy XIV's official band THE PRIMALS, Daughtry, Creeper, Hot Milk, Marmozets and Conjurer.
The line-up is led by Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses, and Linkin Park, who headline the main Apex Stage on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
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 this 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.
The District X area will feature performances from Five, Electric Six, Bat Sabbath, DJ sets from Dick & Dom, Creeper, MODESTEP, Lucas Woodland from Holding Absence, and Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats. There'll also be a live acoustic performance from The All-American Rejects, as well as live podcasts from ADHD Love, Sappenin' and The Metal Roundup, and sets from tirbute bands TokenGrass and Nic Cage Against The Machine. Check out the full line-up below.
More acts are still to be confirmed.
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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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