Download Festival

It might have been the third day at Download but despite all the miles, all the hills, all the foot stompin’ and all the sunburn on my neck, Alien Ant Farm relit the fuse inside me as they tore up the stage like it was 1999. After their set BringTheNoiseUK waded through the chaos to catch up with the band's Dryden Mitchell and Terry Corso.

Unprocessed aren’t just riding a wave. They’re creating one and now they’re lighting it up one stage at a time. We caught up with them at Download Festival to find out more...

We were back for another glorious weekend at Download Festival.

The truth is, Download is changing. Slowly. Carefully. But undeniably. It’s not just about what’s selling tickets now - it’s about building the scene, the industry, and the culture for the years to come. Because if we don’t, the future will be nothing but tribute acts and cover bands on the big stage. And that, friends, would be a tragedy.

DLXXII is just around the corner, we take a look at the line-up and what the weekend will hold.

Many more names have been confirmed - read on for more details!

By the time we meet Kelsy Karter & The Heroines backstage at Download, not only are the gang still in

Michael Poulsen is no stranger to playing at Download. The main man, front and centre, of Danish metal gods Volbeat, has played so often on the hallowed Donington turf he could probably be liable for council tax. But this year. This time. In the mud filled carnage of 2024, Poulson is right of centre and as happy as a pig in mud, as the guitarist and UK live festival debut of Asinhell.

"I've found a reason for me, To change who I used to be, A reason to start over new, And the reason is you!" Some of the most well known rock ballad lyrics in the world and a track which burst through the one billion stream mark in the run up to Download. Hoobastank’s The Reason is the soundtrack to so many of our lives and as frontman Doug Robb laughs, it got so many people laid through the years - including himself.

Will Ghould and Ian Miles are enjoying a well earned seat backstage at Download. Both their shoes are caked in thick, gluey mud. But the boys can’t stop grinning. For the third year in a row Creeper have smashed an unmissable set right out of the Donington Park, moving up the stages each year with their Main Stage set fresh in the hearts, minds and ears of 70,000 festival revellers. Very few bands are invited back for a hat-trick of consecutive appearances so have Creeper become the Download house band?