It’s here! After plenty of teasing and endless fan speculation, Download Festival ’s whopping first 2026 line-up announcement has just landed.
The June 10 – 14 rock and metal weekender will feature UK exclusive headline appearances by Limp Bizkit (Friday), Guns N’ Roses (Saturday) and Linkin Park (Sunday), while elsewhere over 90 more bands have been added to the rest of the bill.
Those names include the likes of Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium, Halestorm, Pendulum, Electric Callboy, BABYMETAL, Mastodon, Architects, Feeder, The All-American Rejects, Ice Nine Kills, Tom Morello, Black Veil Brides, Bush, letlive., The Pretty Reckless, Sleep Theory, Mammoth and Dogstar – yes, that means Keanu Reeves will be at Donington Park next year!
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