News 0 Download Festival Responds to Trans Toilet Policy Backlash May 28th, 2025 at 1:24pm Laviea Thomas Let people piss in peace!
News 0 Download Festival Drops District X Line Up March 27th, 2025 at 10:55am Laviea Thomas Cradle of Filth, Funeral For a Friend and others confirmed.
News 0 Download Festival to Feature “Multiple Secret Sets” March 6th, 2025 at 4:03pm Hesher Keenan Who doesn’t like a surprise?
...And F*ck You Too 0 Download Festival Founder Fires Back at Backlash Over Sleep Token’s Selection as a Headliner November 13th, 2024 at 3:52pm Hesher Keenan “The festival will die if we don’t move with the times…”
News 0 Korn, Green Day, and Sleep Token to Headline Next Year’s Download Festival November 12th, 2024 at 5:22pm Hesher Keenan Bold move, Cotton.
News 0 So Many People Got the Sh*ts at Download That There’s Now an Investigation June 20th, 2024 at 1:39pm Hesher Keenan Talk about a shitty experience.
News 0 Barclays Suspends Sponsorship of U.K. Festivals Following Backlash June 14th, 2024 at 11:56am Hesher Keenan Don’t say activism doesn’t work.
News 0 Dying Wish Threaten Dropping Off Download Festival Unless Controversial Sponsor Removed June 13th, 2024 at 4:49pm Hesher Keenan Time’s ticking, Download.
News 0 Ithaca the Latest Band to Back Out of Download Festival in Protest of Sponsor’s Israeli Ties June 11th, 2024 at 4:48pm Hesher Keenan And another one drops off the bill.
...And F*ck You Too 0 Scowl, Speed, and More Drop Out of Download Festival in Boycott of Sponsor with Ties to Israel June 11th, 2024 at 9:25am Haela Huntress If all the bands drop out, I’m sure Disturbed would be down to drop whatever they’re doing and fill in.
Tour de Force 0 Metallica, Ghost, Lorna Shore, and More Announced for Next Year’s Download Festival November 7th, 2022 at 5:30pm Hesher Keenan Looks like another crazy lineup across the pond.
Coronavirus 0 Video: 10,000 Fans Attend ‘Download Pilot’ Festival in U.K. June 20th, 2021 at 9:50am MetalSucks The scaled-down Download Festival is taking place as part of a government Covid-19 safety study.
Events 0 Download Announces Scaled-Down 2021 Festival May 26th, 2021 at 9:10am Axl Rosenberg No word on who’s playing the three-day, 10,000-capacity mini-fest.
Coronavirus 0 Download Festival 2021 Cancelled March 1st, 2021 at 9:23am Axl Rosenberg Assuming it actually happens, Download 2022 will be headlined by Kiss, Iron Maiden, and Biffy Clyro.
Coronavirus 0 Download Organizers Are “Continuing to Work” on This Summer’s Festival for Some Reason January 22nd, 2021 at 1:12pm Axl Rosenberg They must be descended from the same guys who played music while the Titanic sunk.
But What Does Corey Taylor Think? 0 Watch Pro-Shot Video of Slipknot’s Entire Download 2019 Set April 11th, 2020 at 12:45pm MetalSucks The 97-minute set was filmed on June 15 of last year.
Coronavirus 0 UK’s Download Festival 2020 Cancelled March 26th, 2020 at 9:32am Axl Rosenberg This year’s edition of the fest would have included Iron Maiden, System of a Down, Kiss, and more.
Editorials 0 Where Are the Women in Bands at Metal Festivals? October 17th, 2019 at 12:21pm MetalSucks Why do metal festivals routinely marginalize bands that feature women while continuing to book the same old dinosaurs?
Rampant Rumors 0 What are Slipknot Teasing for 2020 in This Mysterious Ad? June 17th, 2019 at 9:56am Vince Neilstein A poster spotted at Download Fest has sparked all sorts of speculation.
This Sucks 0 Download Declared the Dirtiest Festival in the UK June 11th, 2018 at 2:39pm Axl Rosenberg 1 in 10 attendees don’t even brush their goddamn teeth.
