The United Kingdom’s Download festival will return in 2023 with a special celebration of its 20th anniversary with four headline sets. Headliners include Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon, and Metallica, who will perform two unique, no-repeat performances on Thursday and Saturday of the event. The 2023 edition will take place on June 8th-11th, 2023, in Donington Park, Leicestershire. General tickets go on sale this Thursday (10th) at 10 am.
Metallica commented:
“We are next-level honored to once again come back and partake in the Download shenanigans on the hallowed grounds of Castle Donington, which has an unparalleled place in rock history. 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. Bring it on!!”
Confirmed bands:
Metallica
Bring Me The Horizon
Slipknot
Alexisonfire
Architects
As December Falls
Asking Alexandria
Aviva
Bambie Thug
Beauty School Dropout
Behemoth
Blackgold
Blind Channel
Bloodywood
Brutus
Crashface
Crawlers
Dead Sara
Disturbed
Elvana
Enola Gay
Evanescence
Fever 333
Fixation
Ghost
Graphic Nature
GWAR
Hawxx
Ingested
I Prevail
Jazmin Bean
Kid Bookie
Kid Kapichi
Lake Malice
Lorna Shore
Mod Sun
Monuments
Motionless In White
Municipal Waste
Nothing, Nowhere
Nova Twins
Parkway Drive
Pendulum
Placebo
Polaris
Pupil Slicer
Seether
Sim
Simple Plan
Soen
Soul Glo
Stand Atlantic
Set It Off
Stray From The Path
Taylor Acorn
Terror
The Blackout
The Distillers
The Meffs
Three Days Grace
Touche Amore
VV
Witch Fever
Within Temptation
*More TBA