The line-up for Download Festival 2027 has been confirmed, with Blink-182, Bring Me The Horizon and Evanescence set to headline.
The line-up for the 24th edition of the festival was confirmed last night (Thursday November 13) at a special event at Alexandra Palace Theatre, alongside a Q&A with festival director Kam Haq.
The 2027 festival will return to its usual spot at Donington Park next summer and run between June 9-13. Headliners include Bring Me The Horizon – back at the top of the bill following their 2023 set – as well as Blink-182, who are performing at the UK festival for the first time, and Evanescence who will become the festival’s second ever female-led headliner.
More than 100 other bands have also been confirmed for the bill, including a “very special performance” from glam rock icon Mötley Crüe, as well as appearances from Turnstile, The Prodigy, The Hives, I Prevail, Pierce The Veil, PRESIDENT, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Basement, Soft Play, High Vis and Body Count ft. Ice-T.
Also on the line-up so far is Faith No More, who are playing one of their first shows on this side of the pond since reforming, as well as Bilmuri, Holding Absence, PVRIS, Hawthorne Heights, Carcass, and Napalm Death.
Promoters have confirmed that there are still “many” acts still to be announced for Download 2026, as well as some “surprises” planned.
Already, Early Bird tickets have sold out, and this has been confirmed as the fastest selling Download ever, with tickets on course to sell out for the fifth year in a row. Visit here to get tickets.
The rock and metal festival returned to Donington Park between June 10 to 14 this year, with headliners being Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park . Other big names included Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Tom Morello, Trivium, Halestorm, Pendulum, Mastodon, BABYMETAL, Architects and Feeder, while the line-up for the District X stage featured Five, Electric Six and The All-American Rejects.
There were also some secret sets planned, as well as a set from TokenGrass – a bluegrass tribute to Sleep Token – and a Rage Against The Machine tribute act fronted by a Nicolas Cage impersonator, titled Nic Cage Against The Machine.
Back in 2024, Festival organiser Andy Copping spoke to NME in 2024 about the importance of creating a platform for new and emerging talent. “I’ve always wanted to do that, and you can see it in how we’ve been developing the other stages like the Dogtooth stage and the Avalanche,” he said.
“For us, it’s about giving bands the opportunity to grow. We’ve got the platform and we want to be sending a message to those guys like ‘Come and play. We believe in you and you’ve got a great opportunity here.’ Thankfully, for the most part, these bands do step up and they do deliver.”
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