UPDATE: Sydney five-piece Polaris have joined the Download Festival Australia 2019 lineup.
Original Story: Following an unfortunate leak, Download Festival has now confirmed which heavy acts from Australia and around the world will perform in Sydney and Melbourne next March.
Headlined by Black Sabbath icon Ozzy Osbourne and thrash legends Slayer (who will both perform as part of their final world tours), the lineup also features the likes of Judas Priest, Alice In Chains, Ghost, Rise Against, The Amity Affliction and Anthrax.
View the huge first announcement in full, below. According to organisers, there are still 13 more acts still to be announced.
Download 2019 will be a two-date, five-stage affair, hitting Sydney’s Parramatta Park on Saturday, 9th March and Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse on Monday, 11th March (during a long weekend).
Download organisers have previously suggested there are plans to eventually expand Download Festival into a “nationally touring event”, but it will only hit Sydney and Melbourne next year, after debuting in Melbourne earlier this year.
In his review of Download Melbourne 2018, Music Feeds contributor Brenton Harris described the event as “one of most enjoyable one-day festivals” he’s attended.
“Everything sounded, looked and felt great, and the crowd responded by being an absolute blast to be amongst,” he said.
Police praised audience behaviour at Download Melbourne’s debut event, despite a number of arrests.
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Download Festival 2019 Lineup
SUM 41 (Only Aus Shows)
PENNYWISE (Only Aus Shows)
THY ART IS MURDER
TWELVE FOOT NINJA
SLAVES
VOYAGER
Joining…
POLARIS
Joining…
OZZY OSBOURNE (Only Aus Shows)
SLAYER
JUDAS PRIEST (Only Aus Shows)
ALICE IN CHAINS
GHOST
RISE AGAINST
THE AMITY AFFLICTION (Only Aus Shows)
ANTHRAX
HALESTORM (Only Aus Shows)
BEHEMOTH
ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES
I PREVAIL
CONVERGE
FRENZAL RHOMB
LUCA BRASI
CODE ORANGE
ANDY BLACK
THE FEVER 333
WAR ON WOMEN
HIGH TENSION
OUTRIGHT
RUINS
ALIEN WEAPONRY
Download Festival 2019
Tickets on sale now
Saturday, 9th March
Parramatta Park, Sydney (18+)
Tickets: Official Website
Monday, 11th March (long weekend)
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne (18+)
Tickets: Official Website
