Download Festival 2025 just announced a second wave of 22 artists headlined by Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn.
The line-up includes over 90 Bands all set to burn the Donington Park Stage from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th June 2025. Names announced include Shinedown, Myles Kennedy, Opeth, Dirty Honey, Palaye Royale, Rise Against, AWOLNATION, Power Trip and Hatebreed.
List of bands added further includes Crossfaith, unpeople, Smash Into Pieces, MOTHICA, Zetra, Bastardane, Kids In Glass Houses, Elliot Minor, Twin Atlantic, Cattle Decapitation, PRESIDENT and NECKBREAKKER.
“Playing Download is an unforgettable experience. The UK crowd is always electric, and there’s nothing like the feeling of thousands of voices singing with us. Get ready, because we’re bringing everything we’ve got!” say Shinedown as fans eagerly wait for their performance.
All the 1990-2000s rockers like The Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Within Temptation, Eagles Of Death Metal and The Darkness are included in the list of colossal names.
Senior Download Booker Karim Haq expressed his excitement about the lineup. “We’re really proud of the variety in our line-up this year,” he said.
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“In our second announcement, we have huge artists like Rise Against, Shinedown and Palaye Royale, plus bands from across the whole rock spectrum, from Municipal Waste, Cattle Decapitation, Power Trip and Hatebreed, through to AWOLNATION, Kids In Glass Houses, Twin Atlantic and Elliot Minor.”
“We truly think there’s something to suit everyone’s tastes, and of course, there are still more surprises to come. We can’t wait for June!”
Download Fest 2025: What’s more?
Download Festival organizers announced a new WhatsApp channel last week so that the Festival community gets priority when it comes to new announcements, be it news, merch drops or important reminders.
They launched a Download Family as well this year in January. Membership gives inner circle access as well as monthly perks including discounts on Download merch and pre-sales for selected shows.
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Download Festival: A Brief History
Last year the Download Festival 2024 had seen Queens of the Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold as headliners. The year 2023 was special for the organizers since the festival celebrated its 20th anniversary. The festival was extended to four days instead of the usual three days. 60 artists had performed including headliners Bring Me the Horizon, Slipknot and Metallica.
The Festival started way back in 2003 as a two-day event with Iron Maiden and Audioslave as headliners. From 2005, the organizers expanded it to a three–day extravaganza. The 2019 Download Festival had a headcount of 1,11,000 people, headlined by three-time headliner Def Leppard. Other bands who scored the headliners’ hattrick at the festival include System Of A Down, Aerosmith and Kiss.
Iron Maiden, Metallica and Slipknot have headlined the festival as many as 5 times, while Linkin Park has been there 4 times, mostly during the initial years.
UK’s biggest rock and metal festival is sure to bring fans together again with this promising lineup. Do not forget to book your tickets!
