Download Festival announces lineup for ‘Download TV’

Download Festival have revealed the lineup for their virtual festival!

With the COVID-19 pandemic rendering this year’s summer festival season cancelled, many bands and festival have taken to livestreaming whilst thousands of us remain in quarantine. We initially reported on April 14th that Download Festival, the UK’s biggest rock festival, would be hosting a virtual festival and now the lineup for the event has been revealed.

Set to take place from 12-14th June 2020, for one weekend only, the virtual will bring hours of music, special interviews, unseen performances, exclusive footage and so much more to screens of any size. The weekend will be split into day and evening, where the day will be everything that celebrates the spirit of Download Festival, and the evening brings two to three hours of tailormade programming where fans can tune in and rock out.

Headlining YouTube on the Friday night will be KISS, giving fans a replay of standout moments from their 2015 set. On the Saturday, IRON MAIDEN are bringing something very special to your screens, with nostalgic performances, Legacy Of The Beast snippets, and something just for Download TV. Finally, on the Sunday night, the virtual festival will run through SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s history at the festival with performances from 2005, 2011, and 2017.

Other performances across the weekend that will be shown exclusively via YouTube will come from KORN, DEFTONES, BABYMETAL, FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES, CREEPER, THE OFFSPRING, BLUES PILLS, ALTER BRIDGE, THE PRETTY RECKLESS, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, VOLBEAT, THE DARKNESS, BOWLING FOR SOUP, and loads more, including some very special guests.

The day time activities are for the fans to be as interactive as they can be. From cookalongs with MasterChef Simon Wood, vegan superstars BOSH, and Nat’s What I Reckon who comes to us from Australia, LIVE artist Q&As, lockdown performances, tutorials, mindfulness sessions, and even content that the fans themselves have provided.

Download TV will take place from 12th-14th 2020 via the festival’s YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels.

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