37 more bands confirmed for Download Festival 2020
The Download Festival 2020 line-up has expanded this evening (18th November) with the addition of 37 more bands.
Heading to the hallowed turf of Donington Park next summer are Volbeat, The Wildhearts, Airbourne, Stone Broken, Killswitch Engage, British Lion, Bush, The Pretty Reckless, Blues Pills, The Last Internationale and Wayward Sons.
Completing the second wave of line-up announcements are Babymetal, Baroness, Blackout Problems, Bleed From Within, Bokassa, Cellar Door Moon Crow, Chelsea Grin, Dead Label, Dead Posey, Dying Fetus, Electric Wizard, Lit, Lotus Eater, Marianas Trench, Obituary, Periphery, P.O.D., Powerwolf, Pup, Puppy, Skillet, Theory, Tiny Moving Parts, Uncured, Wargasm and Wednesday 13.
Enthusing about their Download Festival slot, Volbeat said: "We are very excited to return to Donington Park once again to rock with all of our friends in the UK alongside so many great bands. See you in June!"
Jesse Leach from Killswitch Engage adds: "We are honoured and excited to play the mighty Download festival once again! We are ready to kick out our new songs and play the old anthems as well! Download crowds are always incredible and we are eager to bring the mother f*g ruckus!"
Keeping things succinct, Joel O’Keeffe from Airbourne said: “Do you wanna rock? Then let’s f****n’ rock!”
The new line-up additions join Download Festival 2020 headliners KISS, Iron Maiden and System of a Down plus Alestorm, Black Veil Brides, Daughtry, Deftones, Disturbed, Gojira, Korn, The Offspring and Of Mice & Men.
Download Festival takes place at Donington Park from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2020. Tickets are on sale from Planet Rock Tickets right now. Here is the line-up poster:
The Download Festival 2020 line-up so far is as follows:
KISS (Friday headliner)
Iron Maiden (Saturday headliner)
System of a Down (Sunday headliner)
Deftones
Korn
Disturbed
The Offspring
Of Mice and Men
Alestorm
Gojira
Black Veil Brides
Daughtry
Airbourne
Babymetal
Baroness
Blackout Problems
Bleed From Within
Blues Pills
Bokassa
British Lion
Bush
Cellar Door Moon Crow
Chelsea Grin
Dead Label
Dead Posey
Dying Fetus
Electric Wizard
Killswitch Engage
Lit
Lotus Eater
Marianas Trench
Obituary
Periphery
P.O.D.
Powerwolf
Pup
Puppy
Skillet
Stone Broken
Theory
The Last Internationale
The Pretty Reckless
The Wildhearts
Tiny Moving Parts
Uncured
Volbeat
Wargasm
Wayward Sons
Wednesday 13