Download Festival confirm another 65 bands

January 23, 2018 James Weaver

Download Festival have announced a whopping 65 bands for this year’s festival!

With the festival already confirming the likes of headliners OZZY OSBOURNE, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and GUNS N ROSES alongside the likes of BABYMETAL, ALEXISONFIRE, MESHUGGAH and more back in 2017, now, the organisers of the biggest rock festival in the UK have confirmed a massive 65 bands for this year’s festival! Leading the charge in today’s huge announcement is HATEBREED, YOU ME AT SIX, CRADLE OF FILTH, SHINEDOWN, BLACK STONE CHERRY and that doesn’t even begin to cover it! Also announced in this evening’s announcement is that Kerrang! Radio Fresh Blood will return to host The Avalanche Stage that will feature the likes of CANCER BATS, MILK TEETH, THE BRONX and more. Alex Baker, presenter of Fresh Blood on Kerrang! Radio says, “I am absolutely stoked to be hosting The Avalanche Stage again this year at Download. Last year the talent on display on the stage, from brand new bands through to legends of the scene that started out life on Fresh Blood, was off the chart….and yet again this year it’s going to THE place to be…PUPPY, MILK TEETH, EMPLOYED TO SERVE and CANCER BATS (to name but a few!). I mean COME ON! BE FAIR ON THE OTHER STAGES!!”