Download Festival has revealed the first wave for its 24th edition, with blink-182, Bring Me The Horizon and Evanescence set to headline Donington Park from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 June 2027. More than 100 names were announced tonight, including a very special performance from rock legends Mötley Crüe. Tickets are on sale now at downloadfestival.co.uk.
Organisers called it bigger, better and bolder than ever. blink-182, billed as the kings of pop punk, will make their Download debut on the UK’s biggest festival stage. Bring Me The Horizon return for a victory lap after their headline set in 2023, when they topped the bill at the 20th anniversary edition alongside Metallica and Slipknot, with Amy Lee joining them onstage. Evanescence, fronted by Amy Lee, will be the festival’s second female-led headliner, following Linkin Park in 2026. Evanescence closed the Opus stage at Download in 2023.
The stacked first wave mixes heavyweights and newer names. Also announced are Turnstile, The Prodigy, Faith No More, Parkway Drive, Pierce The Veil, PRESIDENT, Soft Play, I Prevail, Down, Basement, High Vis, Static-X, Murderdolls, Body Count ft. Ice-T, Malevolence, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Converge, Comeback Kid, The Hives, Dayseeker, Hawthorne Heights, Bilmuri, PVRIS, Holding Absence, Carcass, Napalm Death, Primus and Cancer Bats.
The list announced today also includes Ally Nicholas, Ando San, ASAVA, Better Lovers, Big Ass Truck I.E., Bodysnatcher, Breakkaway, Cage Fight, Carpenter Brut, Castle Rat, Cenobia, Clutch, Comatastic, Currents, Deaf Havana, deathbyRomy, Dexter and the Moonrocks, Dogma, Dragged Under, EMNW, Fit For A King, Ghostemane, grandson, Guilt Trip, GWAR, HANABIE., HEALTH, Heaven’s Basement, Highly Suspect, Hollow Pact, Honey Revenge, Hot Mulligan, Jinjer, Karen Dió, Kreator, Ladrones, Locked Shut, Maple’s Pet Dinosaur, NAILS, Nasty, Never Easy, Orbit Culture, Pain of Truth, Paledusk, Point North, Reclus.é, Riff Wood, Sace6, Senses Fail, Showing Teeth, SKYND, Soil, Speed, Split Chain, Split Dogs, Static Dress, Terror, The Dark.FM, The Devil Wears Prada, The Howling, The Raven Age, Trash Talk, Villanelle, Violent Vira, Waterparks, Windwaker, Winona Fighter and XCOMM, plus more still to come.
The bill was unveiled at Alexandra Palace Theatre tonight, after months of predictions and rumours. Guests were invited to Dark Harvest, a feast in four acts cooked over fire by MATBLAK x Woodfire Canteen, before the launch film and a Q&A with festival director Kam Haq. The launch film is below.
This is only the beginning for DLXXIV, with more acts and surprises still to come. Early Bird tickets sold out within two weeks, and Download says this is officially the fastest selling edition ever, with tickets on course to sell out for the fifth year in a row.
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