Announcement coming

[TYLER_4]

could the tool rumour still be going?? hmmm. i doubt it myself but you never know.

[Stalemate]

Bizkit?

[t8yman]

Insane Clown Possie?

[kaosmark2]

I imagine they'll go with a pair of rock/metal acts on the 2nd stage Friday to balance out Prodigy/C&S.

[TYLER_4]

I imagine they'll go with a pair of rock/metal acts on the 2nd stage Friday to balance out Prodigy/C&S.

[jump]

Motorhead? Older metal act to balance out Prodigy and Chase & Status.

[jammy2211]

Tweets saying how 'insanely good' the Friday 2nd stage headliner is? Velvet Revolver?

[Gingo]

Tweets saying how 'insanely good' the Friday 2nd stage headliner is? Velvet Revolver?

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

Mastodon would be my guess.

[luckysalt]

Blink can only do Sunday btw

[theramm]

Given the DTP is on 3rd it wont be a metal act, someone like Bizkit are more likely to play under Machine Head/headline Sunday if anywhere.

Andy said that the Friday headliner 'should appeal' to classic rock fans. VR, Slash? What do you class as 'classic' though? In 2012 would The Smashing Pumpkins class as a classic act?

[luckysalt]

Just read the download twitter hyping second stage friday hl,

Ridicously good, no INSANELY good

Then someone said in your opinion and they replied usually, but this time it is FACT

If theyre that good shouldnt they be on main? Wonder who it is?

[theramm]

Saw that.....Says to me it's someone who's got a big production & they need/want to play in the dark (something I think will hinder Chase & Status massively). OR they know that there'll be a lot of people at Donington who simply wont want to watch C&S and The Prodigy so they've booked a big 2nd stage headliner (like when they had 30STM, The Prodigy). Stone Sour maybe?

[mrtourette]

Probably the latter.

[Lithium05]

Saw that.....Says to me it's someone who's got a big production & they need/want to play in the dark (something I think will hinder Chase & Status massively). OR they know that there'll be a lot of people at Donington who simply wont want to watch C&S and The Prodigy so they've booked a big 2nd stage headliner (like when they had 30STM, The Prodigy). Stone Sour maybe?

[biffoire]

Never seen Stone Sour so that would be cool. Although Pumkins and Manson would be worth a look. Anyone but Evenesence really.

I do have the fer of overhype a little.

[theramm]

Stone Sour could be considered a hige booking if they're only coming over to do Download & then going back the States. I'd love for it to be The Smashing Pumpkins.

I'm really hoping for a strong 2nd stage headliner as I'm not feeling the Devin Townsend stuff I've checked out & am not really fussed with The Prodigy, I'll watch them over someone like 'The Scorpions' but I'd like to be able to go from Machine Head to 2nd & keep up the momentum. I just hope we don't end up with Crue or Whitesnake. These guys live performances are starting to suffer & the insistence of some Downloader's to Andy that there MUST be bands like that at Download led us to have Def Leppard again last year.

[kaosmark2]

I know Pumpkins have had a bit of a fall from grace with their reunion, but does anyone really think they're a 2nd stage band? Really? With Billy's ego?

[theramm]

The fact they couldn't sell out the Manchester Apollo on their recent tour says they're nowhere near headlining any more & less of a draw in 2012 than YM@6. Whether Corgan sees it like that is a different matter altogether.

[TYLER_4]

Tool do seem to fit the bill. But im just not sure whether theyd come over for a 2nd stage and then go back hmmm.

[kaosmark2]

I agree they're not headliners any more. But I'd have thought they're still too big to be on the 2nd stage.

And Tool have arguably got larger since 2006. They haven't been in this country since their reunion, and the level of desperation for them is rising and rising. Of course, I'd be delighted if it were them.

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

My bet is on Mastodon.

[Andre91]

It could be Tool, but they're far too big to play 2nd imo. I don't think Blink will do 2nd at all. So I think it could either be QOTSA or maybe Alice In Chains

Edited January 26, 2012 by Andre91

[luckysalt]

My bet is on Mastodon.

[huntyyy]

I think though, when it was announced people complained how small the venues on Mastodons tour was, and linked it to being a high slot at a summer festival.

Last time they toured im sure most of the venues were 2500 size academies? Or small academies at least.

And they've still sold out Brixton, and most of the other dates of this tour aswell. I don't see them headlining second stage, however.