Download Festival headliners revealed
Slipknot, Tool, Slash, Trivium and more feature on the initial announcement.
Date published: 23rd Oct 2018
Image: Download Festival (source)
The organisers behind the UK's biggest metal festival have today revealed the headliners and a raft of talent set to play Download Festival in 2019.
Included on the surprise announcement are US metal dons Slipknot, Tool, who return to the UK 13 years after their last Download performance, and legendary British rockers Whitesnake. Other highlights include Trivium, Slash and Def Leppard, who will perform seminal album Hysteria in full. Make sure to check out the full Download Festival line up so far.
The festival is known as the country's best celebration of all things heavy and next year takes place between Friday 14th June and Sunday 16th June at its spiritual home of Donington Park.
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more info
- Date: Friday 14th June - Sunday 16th June 2019
- Event: Download Festival 2019 at Donington Park
- Venue: Donington Park
- Artists: Three Days Grace, Slipknot, Def Leppard, The Smashing Pumpkins, Godsmack, Trivium, Lamb of God, Stone Temple Pilots, Slayer, Palaye Royale, Rob Zombie, Anthrax, Whitesnake, Slash, Skindred, I Prevail, Elvana, Dream Theater, Amon Amarth, Die Antwoord
- Hotels: Hotels near Donington Park
- Restaurants: Restaurants near Donington Park
missed out?
You can find these artists/djs playing at the following events:
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Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
Godsmack
Historic Crew Stadium, united-states
14th May
11:00am til 11:00pm
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Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
Stone Temple Pilots
Historic Crew Stadium, united-states
14th May
11:00am til 11:00pm
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Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
Amon Amarth
Historic Crew Stadium, united-states
14th May
11:00am til 11:00pm
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Rock am Ring
Palaye Royale
Nurburgring, germany
5th June
10:00am til 11:00pm
Minimum Age:8