Download Festival’s 20th anniversary has become a double celebration, as today the festival sells out, marking 2023 as the fastest-selling year of all time. Day, weekend and camping tickets have been snapped up by fans eager to celebrate an incredible 20 years for the legendary festival. The special anniversary edition, taking place for the first time over four days on 8-11 June 2023 at Donington Park, will feature headliners Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot and Metallica,who will perform two headline sets with no repeat songs.
The incredible line-up continues with Alter Bridge, Five Finger Death Punch, Architects, Evanescence, Disturbed, Placebo, Alexisonfire, Parkway Drive, Ghost and recently announced Bad Religion, Cancer Bats, Casey, Hundred Reasons, Puscifer and State Champs offering those lucky fans with tickets the ultimate rock and metal celebration.
DAY SPLITS
THURSDAY
APEX STAGE:
METALLICA, ALTER BRIDGE, HALESTORM, JINJER, MAMMOTH WVH
OPUS STAGE:
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, PUSCIFER, HUNDRED REASONS, THE BRONX, CANCER BATS, CHERRY BOMBS
THE AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO:
STATE CHAMPS, MOM JEANS, PUNK ROCK FACTORY, FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, TIGRESS
DOGTOOTH STAGE:
PERTURBATOR, HAKEN, A.A. WILLIAMS, CASKETS, MIMI BARKS, SNAYX
FRIDAY
APEX STAGE:
BRING ME THE HORIZON, ARCHITECTS, PENDULUM, NECK DEEP, HOT MILK, NOVA TWINS, STAND ATLANTIC
OPUS STAGE:
EVANESCENCE, WITHIN TEMPTATION, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, EPICA, ELVANA, SMASH INTO PIECES, THE WARNING
THE AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO:
VV, PUP, THE BLACKOUT, CRAWLERS, DEMOB HAPPY, AS DECEMBER FALLS, REDHOOK, FIXATION
DOGTOOTH STAGE:
CARPENTER BRUT, GWAR, EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, BRUTUS, INGESTED, UNDEATH, PUPIL SLICER, WITCH FEVER, TAIPEI HOUSTON
SATURDAY
APEX STAGE:
METALLICA, DISTURBED, ALEXISONFIRE, CLUTCH, ICE NINE KILLS, FEVER 333, POLARIS,
OPUS STAGE:
PLACEBO, SIMPLE PLAN, THREE DAYS GRACE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, CARCASS, MUNICIPAL WASTE, STRAY FROM THE PATH, STATIC DRESS
THE AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO:
COHEED AND CAMBRIA, DEAF HAVANA, BOB VYLAN, nothing,nowhere., KID KAPICHI, CASEY, BLACKGOLD, RITUALS
DOGTOOTH STAGE:
MONUMENTS, GREG PUCIATO, SPIRIT ADRIFT, ENOLA GAY, BAMBIE THUG, BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT, LAKE MALICE, KID BOOKIE, ANTISAINT
SUNDAY
APEX STAGE:
SLIPKNOT, PARKWAY DRIVE, I PREVAIL, BEHEMOTH, THE HU, LORNA SHORE, BLOODYWOOD
OPUS STAGE:
GHOST, BAD RELIGION, PALAYE ROYALE, DINOSAUR PILE-UP, AVATAR, THE AMITY AFFLICTION, SiM, BLIND CHANNEL
THE AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO:
ELECTRIC CALLBOY, SET IT OFF, MOD SUN, CLEOPATRICK, JAZMIN BEAN, JOEY VALENCE & BRAE, TAYLOR ACORN, CRASHFACE
DOGTOOTH STAGE:
HATEBREED, TOUCHE AMORE, TERROR, SOEN, GREEN LUNG, SOUL GLO, THE MEFFS, HAWXX, GRAPHIC NATURE, BEAUTY SCHOOL