timbageek_mos6xv on November 10, 2022 No Comments
The wait is over! Your first line up announcement for the Download 20th Anniversary is right here – and we’ve got OVER 60 acts for you, including your headliners!
Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot, and Metallica will headline in 2023, with the latter playing TWO completely unique sets on Thursday and Saturday!
Plus Architects, Evanescence, Disturbed, Placebo, Parkway Drive, Ghost and many more acts will appear across the weekend. Scroll for the full announcement!
METALLICA
The legendary Metallica will be returning to Download for the first time since 2012. And they’ve got a special treat in store – TWO unique sets with NO repeats! They’ll be headlining both the Thursday and Saturday nights in our 4-Day 20th Anniversary extravaganza. If you’re a Metallica fan, we’re sure that Nothing Else Matters at this point, but there’s a lot more in store…
BRING ME THE HORIZON
One of the UK’s biggest metal bands, we’re stoked to welcome Bring Me The Horizon to headline Download for the first time next year. They’ve given us moshpit classics like ‘Can You Feel My Heart’, ‘Throne’ and ‘Shadow Moses’, and with new music in the works, we’ve got a feeling this set could be one of their most epic shows yet.
SLIPKNOT
If there’s any band that belongs at the 20th anniversary of Download, it’s Slipknot. They’re true Donington veterans at this point, and with the release of their latest album ‘The End, So Far’, they’re showing no signs of slowing down. The time is now to start warming up for those pits – we’ll see you in there.
AND THAT’S NOT ALL…
UK metalcore titans Architects will also be making a welcome return to Download for the first time since 2013. Fresh off the back of their latest record ‘the classic symptoms of a broken spirit’, the band have been going strength to strength.
The mighty Disturbed will be heading to Donington, and with over 17 million records sold worldwide, this is sure to be a hit-filled set. All together now: OH-WAH-AH-AH-AH!
Placebo are one of the biggest modern UK rock bands, and we’re stoked to welcome them to Download for the very first time! They released their eighth debut album ‘Never Let Me Go’ earlier this year to critical acclaim, so expect to hear some new tracks.
Grammy winners Evanescence performed at the first ever Download back in 2003, so it’s only fitting that they join us for the 20th anniversary! We can’t wait to rock out to anthems like ‘Bring Me To Life’ and ‘Going Under’.
Known for their theatrical and eccentric live shows, Ghost are one band not to be missed. Their fifth album ‘IMPERA’ was released earlier this year and has received rave reviews. ‘Hunter’s Moon’ will definitely feature in Download Dog’s Spotify Wrapped this year.
After their explosive performance at Download 2018 – there was a rotating drumkit that was ON FIRE – Parkway Drive are returning in 2023. We couldn’t be more hyped. Bring on the pyro!
Canadian post-hardcore heavyweights Alexisonfire have won more awards than you can shake a stick at. This year they released ‘Otherness’, their first album since 2009, and it was definitely worth the wait. We can’t wait to hear the new tracks live alongside classics like ‘Young Cardinals’.
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to hold your colour – electro rock icons Pendulum are back and they’re coming to Donington. These guys need to be seen to be believed. Trust us, you won’t be disappointed with their live show.
Symphonic metal fans will be stoked that Within Temptation are returning to Download. One of the biggest names in the genre, the Dutch band haven’t played Donington for nearly 8 years, so be sure to give them a warm Download welcome.
ALSO APPEARING:
As December Falls, Asking Alexandria, Aviva, Bambie Thug, Beauty School Dropout, Behemoth, Blackgold, Blind Channel, Bloodywood, Brutus, Crashface, Crawlers, Dead Sara, Elvana, Enola Gay, Fever 333, Fixation, 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, Polaris, Pupil Slicer, Seether, Set It Off, SiM, Simple Plan, Soen, Soul Glo, Stand Atlantic, Stray From The Path, Taylor Acorn, The Blackout, The Distillers, The Meffs, Terror, Three Days Grace, Touche Amore, VV, Witch Fever.
