The festival will be taking place between 10th and 12th June 2022.
The recent ten thousand capacity Download Pilot event witnessed the welcomed live return of a full camping festival as part of the UK Government's pilot scheme to help open up live music. We were lucky enough to attend the memorable live event, find out what we thought about the artists we saw over the weekend!
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Enter Shikari and Bullet For My Valentine will headline the test event.
The event forms part of the second phase of the Government's scientific events research programme and will be taking place at Donington Park next month.
Seventeen more artists have been announced for 2021's line-up, find out who they are here.
The Heavy Music Awards returned as a virtual event for its fourth year, check out the 2020 winners list here!
The single is out now via Black Box, check it out here!
2020 is a year which has been so God awful it is as if it tumbled from the blackened soul of Lucifer himself, with most of us literally locked inside our own homes for months, the country, scratch that THE WORLD, on its collective knees, and no live music to soothe our pain and misery. So although Download 2021 is yet 10-long months away it is no surprise, following their recent announcement, that excitement is already creeping towards fever pitch at the mere thought of seeing the bands we love thrill us from the festival's stages next year.
The original version of 'Cry' features Grimes, check out the metal version featuring Employed To Serve here.
Headliners KISS, Biffy Clyro and System Of A Down have been confirmed, as well as 70+ more bands.