The Download Festival team have pulled out all the stops for a mega first announcement of Download 2021! As promised by festival booker Andy Copping, the bulk of the 2020 lineup has re-joined the party for 2021, but with some interesting new additions and replacements for those who couldn’t rejoin from 2020. Headliners KISS (on…
Tickets for Download 2021 are on sale now! As we should have all been enjoying our first days’ action in the fields of Donington, those who want to want to get their hands on tickets for next years’ festival can now do so. A variety of ticket bundles, including 3 and 5 night camping of…
2020 is very much going to have a Download Festival weekend with a difference. With no trips to the hallowed Donington Park turf possible due to COVID-19 – the organisers and Download Festival powers that be are determined to give us the next best thing – an online event christened Download TV. The streams taking…
If you’re like us, you may well still be fairly bummed out that the Download Festival team had to do the inevitable and cancel the 2020 edition of the festival last week. But this has put a smile on all of our Download loving faces. The team at Download HQ have launched the “Wash Your…
Sadly, and inevitably, in the last few minutes the organisers of Download Festival have issued a statement confirming the 2020 festival will not be able to go ahead owing to the Coronavirus / COVID-19 outbreak. You can read their full statement below: As sad as this is, it is undoubtedly the right decision, and we…
Following the unprecedented flooded village and parts of the campsite at Download 2019, the Download Festival powers that be have listened to the hundreds of Donington attendees and have put in place plans to improve things hugely for 2020. Substantial changes have been announced for the village, the campsite, the car parks, parts of the…
It’s another whopper of an announcement from the Download Festival team for the 2020 edition of the annual Donington shenanigans! Over forty bands have just been added, and we’ve got more than music for you as well! Kicking things off and filling Saturday’s special guest slot, in something of a poorly kept secret are Rock…
Things have been a little quiet from Download Festival HQ recently. We’ve had new line up announcements from the likes of Slam Dunk Festival and Bloodstock Open Air for 2020. Oh, not forgetting the stunning first announcement from ArcTanGent too! So an announcement from the Download Festival 2020 team was due. Lo and behold, they’ve…
The Download Festival powers that be have spoken for the first time on the line up for 2020. *Drumroll Please* Your headliners for Donington next year are KISS, Iron Maiden and System Of A Down! They will be joined on the Download Festival 2020 line up by another 9 bands in the first announcement. With their…
