Download Festival has announced more than 40 new bands and the days you can see them!
Here are the newly announced bands that you can catch across the weekend: A.A Williams, Alter Bridge, Antisaint, Avatar, Bad Wolves, Beauty School, Bob Vylan, Carcass, Carpenter Brut, Caskets, Cleopatrick, Clutch, Coheed and Cambria, Deaf Havana, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Electric Callboy, Empire State Bastard, Epica, Fearless Vampire Killers, Five Finger Death Punch, Green Lung, Greg Puciato, Halestorm, Hatebreed, Hot Milk, Ice Nine Kills, Jinjer, Joey Valence & Brae, Mammoth WVH, Mimi Barks, Mom Jeans, Neck Deep, Palaye Royale, Perturbator, Pup, Smash Into Pieces, Spirit Adrift, Taipei Houston, The Amity Affliction, The Bronx, The Hu, The Warning, Tigress and Undeath.
This year, there will be four days of live music, with the arena opening on Thursday for the first time. At the bottom of the article, you can see all the bands announced so far and what date they are due to play.
Download Festival 2023 takes place between June 8-11. Remaining tickets are on sale here.
DAY SPLITS
THURDAY
METALLICA
A.A. WILLIAMS, ALTER BRIDGE, CASKETS, FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, HALESTORM, JINJER, MAMMOTH WVH, MIMI BARKS, MOM JEANS, PERTURBATOR, THE BRONX, TIGRESS.
FRIDAY
BRING ME THE HORIZON
ARCHITECTS, AS DECEMBER FALLS, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, AVIVA, BRUTUS, CARPENTER BRUT, CRAWLERS, ELVANA, EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, EPICA, EVANESCENCE, FIXATION, GWAR, HOT MILK, INGESTED, NECK DEEP, NOVA TWINS, PENDULUM, PUP, PUPIL SLICER, SMASH INTO PIECES, STAND ATLANTIC, TAIPEI HOUSTON, THE BLACKOUT, THE WARNING, UNDEATH, VV, WITCH FEVER, WITHIN TEMPTATION
SATURDAY
METALLICA
ALEXISONFIRE, ANTISAINT, BAD WOLVES, BAMBIE THUG, BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT, BLACKGOLD, BOB VYLAN, CARCASS, CLUTCH, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, DEAD SARA, DEAF HAVANA, DISTURBED, ENOLA GAY, FEVER 333, GREG PUCIATO, ICE NINE KILLS, KID BOOKIE, KID KAPICHI, LAKE MALICE, MONUMENTS, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, MUNICIPAL WASTE, nothing,nowhere., PLACEBO, POLARIS, SIMPLE PLAN, SPIRIT ADRIFT, STRAY FROM THE PATH, THREE DAYS GRACE
SUNDAY
SLIPKNOT
AVATAR, BEAUTY SCHOOL, BEHEMOTH, BLIND CHANNEL, BLOODYWOOD, CLEOPATRICK, CRASHFACE, DINOSAUR PILE-UP, ELECTRIC CALLBOY, GHOST, GRAPHIC NATURE, GREEN LUNG, HATEBREED, HAWXX, I PREVAIL, JAZMIN BEAN, JOEY VALENCE AND BRAE, LORNA SHORE, MOD SUN, PALAYE ROYALE, PARKWAY DRIVE, SET IT OFF, SiM, SOEN, SOUL GLO, TAYLOR ACORN, TERROR, THE AMITY AFFLICTION, THE DISTILLERS, THE HU, THE MEFFS, TOUCHE AMORE