DOWNLOAD Festival has announced its headline acts for 2025.
The event shared the news on its official social media channels tonight, and fans were quick to share their thoughts.
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Speculation had been rife leading up to the announcement with fans predicting which rock giants would take to the stage at Donington Park.
And in a dramatic reveal video starring actor Paddy Considine, Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn were unveiled as the headline acts.
They’ll be joined by Weezer, Bullet For My Valentine, Jimmy Eat World, Don Broco, Spiritbox, Sex Pistols with Frank Carter, The Darkness and McFly among others.
Pop-rockers McFly follow in Busted’s footsteps after their catchy anthems were lapped up by a bumper crowd this year.
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In the lineup video, Paddy calls the festival a “place where legends are born” and “strangers become family”.
He continues: “Here we are free to be wild, to be loud, to be unapologetically you.”
Fans were quick to give their opinion, with one commenting: “Green Day and Korn long over due amazing!”
A second said: “Awesome to see @sleep_token headline. That’s a big deal for the band AND Download. Good to see a newer name finally get a headline spot.”
However not all were impressed, with one complaining: “probably worst line up download has ever had.”
Another said: “That is shockin.”
Last year’s festival celebrated 21 years of the event and saw the bill topped by Queens of the Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold.
In 2023 Sheffield rockers Bring Me The Horizon, thrash veterans Metallica and masked juggernauts Slipknot led the lineup.
Also on the bill were big names like Pantera, The Offspring and Royal Blood.
Download is the heir to the famous Monsters of Rock event which took place at the same venue from 1980 to 1996.
It achieved huge success in the 80s when hard rock and metal dominated the airwaves, but as trends changed and the genre took a backseat to the likes of Britpop, club music and R&B, organisers struggled to put together strong lineups and the event eventually came to an end.
Its final outing was co-headlined by Ozzy Osbourne and Kiss.
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