Slipknot, Tool, Slash, Trivium and more feature on the initial announcement.
Amelia Ward
Date published: 25th Oct 2018
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Tickets for Download Festival are available now, after organisers behind the UK's biggest metal festival revealed next years headliners earlier this week.
Included on the surprise announcement were 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.
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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.
Download 2019 tickets are available at earlybird prices for a limited time only.
Tickets are no longer available for this event
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