Download Festival announce 64 bands for 2023

Download Festival have revealed a whopping 64 bands for next year’s festival!

Following its triumphant full return earlier this year, now, a whopping 64 bands have been confirmed for the UK’s biggest rock and metal festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023.

Leading the charge in the huge announcement is headliners METALLICA, who will headline two nights of no-repeat songs, BRING ME THE HORIZON and SLIPKNOT. Speaking about headlining next year’s Download, METALLICA says, “we are next-level honoured to once again come back and partake in the Download shenanigans on the hallowed grounds of Castle Donington, which has an unparalleled place in rock history. On top of that, to be able to share our double show format with two completely unique sets with no repeat songs for the first time ever in the UK is way fuckin’ cool. Bring it on!!”

BRING ME THE HORIZON‘s Oli Sykes says, “Download Festival was one of the first festivals I ever attended as a punter. It was our first amazing festival experience to play as a band, and now the fact that we are headlining such a prestigious event blows my mind. We can’t wait to bring a whole new sound and show for the Download audience.” And SLIPKNOT‘s Sid Wilson says, “Download Festival! So many great memories, one of the most amazing crowds to play in front of, always an honour to share the bill with so many amazing bands, and of course, I’ll never miss the opportunity to play my homeland.”

In addition to the headliners, the festival have also confirmed the following bands will perform across the festival weekend: ALEXISONFIRE, ARCHITECTS, AS DECEMBER FALLS, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, AVIVA, BAMBIE THUG, BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT, BEHEMOTH, BLACKGOLD, BLIND CHANNEL, BLOODYWOOD, BRUTUS, CRASHFACE, CRAWLERS, DEAD SARA, DISTURBED, ELVANA, ENOLA GAY, EVANESCENCE, FEVER 333, FIXATION, GHOST, GRAPHIC NATURE, GWAR, HAWXX, INGESTED, I PREVAIL, JAZMIN BEAN, KID BOOKIE, KID KAPICHI, LAKE MALICE, LORNA SHORE, MOD SUN, MONUMENTS, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, MUNICIPAL WASTE, NOTHING, NOWHERE., NOVA TWINS, PARKWAY DRIVE, PENDULUM, PLACEBO, POLARIS, PUPIL SLICER, SEETHER, SIM, SIMPLE PLAN, SOEN, SOUL GLO, STAND ATLANTIC, SET IT OFF, STRAY FROM THE PATH, TAYLOR ACORN, TERROR, THE BLACKOUT, THE DISTILLERS, THE MEFFS, THREE DAYS GRACE, TOUCHÉ AMORÉ, VV, WITCH FEVER and WITHIN TEMPTATION.

Download Festival takes place from June 8-11th at Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets will be available from Thursday, November 10th and can be purchased here.

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