Rise Against, Hatebreed, Kids In Glass Houses and more have been announced as new names on the stacked Download 2025 line-up.
The music bash will return to its home of Donington Park, Leicestershire, for its 22nd year and take place from June 13-15. Tickets for the festival are on sale now and you can purchase them here.
The likes of Opeth, Myles Kennedy, Shinedown, AWOLNATION, Power Trip, Palaye Royale, Municipal Waste, Crossfaith, Dirty Honey, unpeople, Smash Into Pieces, MOTHICA, Zetra, Bastardane, Elliot Minor, Twin Atlantic, Cattle Decapitation, PRESIDENT and NECKBREAKKER have also been announced as brand new additions to the line-up.
They join the previously announced headliners Green Day, Sleep Token and KoRn as well as the likes of Weezer, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Jimmy Eat World, Poppy, Loathe, Jerry Cantrell, McFly Within Temptation, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Darkness, Spiritbox, Meshuggah, Steel Panther, Cradle Of Filth and Alien Ant Farm.
Speaking about the new additions in a press release, senior Download booker Kamran Haq said: “We’re really proud of the variety in our line-up this year.” He added: “We truly think there’s something to suit everyone’s tastes, and of course there are still more surprises to come. We can’t wait for June!”
Previously speaking to NME about the 2025 line-up, Download boss Andy Copping opened up about the importance of creating a platform for new 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.
“But it’s also there in the lower reaches of the Opus stage and the Apex stage. 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.”
Last year, Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold headlined the iconic festival, and NME gave it four stars, writing: “At first glance, Download 2024 seemed to be marred by a range of factors that could have signalled its downfall – even festival boss Andy Copping admitted that it was the “hardest year” to secure a line-up and the team approached over “21 bands” to find headliners. Pair that with the threat of boycott in retaliation against the Barclays sponsorship and news that this year could be the wettest in a century, and the hopes of it coming out smoothly began to waver. Yet, against the odds the festival delivers one of its most promising editions in recent memory, and proves that it is one of the main events leading the way when it comes to creating opportunities for the next generation of headliners.”
Meanwhile, NME spoke to Copping in 2022 about Download’s plans to increase its gender diversity. He said at the time: “It’s something we’ve tried to do over the years, and we’ve still got a long way to go but it’s encouraging there’s so many great, female artists out there. Hopefully we can help give them a platform. We’re a long way down the line from where we were, but there’s still room to improve and we want to do that year on year.”
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