Download Festival announce 22 new bands

Download Festival have announced 22 new bands for this year’s festival!

Following November’s announcement, which saw the likes of GREEN DAY, SLEEP TOKEN, KORN, WITHIN TEMPTATION, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and tons more bands announced, now, 22 new bands have been announced for this year’s festival!

Leading the charge in the new announcement is RISE AGAINST whilst the likes of OPETH, MYLES KENNEDY and SHINEDOWN will all perform across the festival weekend this June.

Also confirmed for this year’s festival is AWOLNATION, POWER TRIP, HATEBREED, PALAYE ROYALE, MUNICIPAL WASTE, BASTARDANE, CATLE DECAPITATION, CROSSFAITH, DIRTY HONEY, MOTHICA, NECKBREAKKER, PRESIDENT, SMASH INTO PIECES, TWIN ATLANTIC, UNPEOPLE and ZETRA.

Speaking about performing at this year’s festival, SHINEDOWN shares, “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!”

Senior Download Festival booker Kamran Haq says, “we’re really proud of the variety in our line up this year. 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 Festival takes place from June 14-16th at Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets will be available from Thursday, November 14th can be purchased here.

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