Is there a more vocal fan base than Download festival goers?
A Download announcement rarely comes without its controversy and booker Andy Copping isn’t the type of person to back down and book ‘safe’ bands for the festival, especially now that it’s in its tenth year at Donington.
Perhaps it’s because he’s more accessible than other festival promoters being regularly available, but his job seems somewhat thankless at times with the uprising of people deeming his announcements not ‘metal’ enough for Download, despite the fact Download is a rock festival. Maybe that’s just me.
Anyway we’ll get the controversial pick out-of-the-way to start with: CHASE & STATUS are coming to Download to play under The Prodigy on Friday night. For anyone who listens to anything other than metal…that’s a great lead up to the mighty prodigy, the fields of Donington will be jumping.
Coming off a surprisingly successful headline set at Sonisphere last year, BIFFY CLYRO will be making an appearance before the mighty Metallica take to the stage to play the Black Album in full.
Arguably the biggest announcement of the night came when Zane Lowe announced that the reformed grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN had reformed and would be taking the coveted slot before Black Sabbath on the Sunday night for their first ever Donington performance.
Also confirmed in last nights announcement:
Tenacious D
Machinehead
YouMeAtSix
Anthrax
Trivium
Lamb of God
DevilDriver
Devin Townsend Project
Little Angels
Ugly Kid Joe
August Burns Red
There seems to be something for everyone in there, and if not then remember that we still have two second stage headliners to be announced and many more bands to boots. Plus it wouldn’t be Download without a healthy dollop of Classic Rock to sing along to.
For the full Download Festival line up click here
Ready to rock?
- Brandon
