Widely viewed as the UK’s version of Soundwave, next year’s Download Festival is set to be mighty heavy.
Iron Maiden, Rammstein and Slipknot have been announced as the three headliners for next year’s festival, which will be happening at the UK’s ‘home of rock’, Donnington Park, from June 14–16 2013.
At the beginning of this week, Maiden were announced as headliners for Saturday night. Their appearance will mark the 25th Anniversary of their first headline performance at Donnington in 1988, when a record-breaking 107,000 fans turned out to see their spectacular Seventh Son show. It’s the third time they’ve topped the Festival’s bill after also playing in 2003 and 2007.
Rammstein were announced later that day as Sunday night headliners in what will be their first performance at the venue, while Slipknot were unveiled last night as Friday night headliners.
Download Festival 2013 takes place at Donington Park, Leicestershire from 14th – 16th June 2013. Download Festival 2013 Tickets are on sale now, priced at £170 for a weekend arena ticket, £195 for 3 nights with camping, and £205 for 5 nights with camping. For more information on next year’s festival, visit www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
UPDATE: 19/02/2013
The Download Festival lineup now features some 96 acts, with the announcement of yet another 50 today. Check them all out below.
Slipknot
Iron Maiden
Rammstein
Bullet For My Valentine
Queens Of The Stone Age
Thirty Seconds To Mars
The Gaslight Anthem
Alice In Chains
Him
A Day To Remember
Volbeat
Coal Chamber
Stone Sour
Mastodon
Airbourne
Amon Amarth
Asking Alexandria
Black Dogs
Buffalo Summer
Cancer Bats
Converge
Down
Earthtone9
Enter Shikari
Five Finger Death Punch
Goldsboro
Hacktivist
Hardcore Superstar
Heaven’s Basement
Hellyeah
The Hives
Huntress
I Am I
In This Moment
Jimmy Eat World
Korn
Last Witness
Limp Bizkit
Motionless In White
Parkway Drive
The Sword
3 Doors Down
Ufo
Vision Of Disorder
Walking Papers
Young Guns
Papa Roach
Motorhead
Architects
After The Burial
The Algorithm
Astroid Boys
Blacklist Royals
Blitz Kids
Bleed From Within
Brutality Will Prevail
Buckcherry
Bury Tomorrow
Crowns
Dir En Grey
Escape The Fate
Emperor Chung
Empress
Europe
The First
The Ghost Inside
Glamour Of The Kill
Gogol Bordello
Graveyard
Hang The Bastard
Heart Of A Coward
Hill Valley High
I Divide
Karnivool
Katatonia
Lit
Modestep
Mordecai
Naked Flame
Nekrogoblikon
P.O.D.
Rat Attack
Red Fang
Rise To Remain
Sacred Mother Tongue
Skin
Silent Screams
Sonic Boom Six
States Of Panic
Turisas
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats
Uriah Heep
Verses
Broken
Newsted
Cytota
