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It would appear so. They have a Paris show on the weekend MC is meant to be, but given they announced all their other European festival commitments at once, I fail to see why MC/NOS would've been held back.

Does Wembley even have slots for concerts left? I know they've expanded from where they were but Coldplay have 10 dates there, Oasis have 7, Dua Lipa has 2, Linkin Park could well be popular enough to justify a second date so I feel like it's running out of room.   Although tbf London has a ton of other stadiums to play with.

I agree with this personally. Could definitely see Iron Maiden one last time at Download. I think this whole Download 2.0 thing for me personally is about bringing through the new acts, whilst still giving fans the chance to see the legendary acts like Metallica or Maiden. As a guess I also think we will get Metallica, Slipknot, Linkin Park, System, and Avenged again within the next ten years.

Yep, and most of the next day. Somewhere around 24 hours.

I personally don't like Linkin Park at all so I'm happy it looks as though they've been avoided. Not really into Green Day either so a headline trio of those three + Oliva Rodrigo (who I don't know a single song by) would have definitely resulted in me giving it a miss.  From some of the realistic(ish) headline names mentioned I'd love to see two of either LCD, Depeche Mode, Muse, Justice, QOTSA or Metallica.   Happy with Future Islands on the undercard. Hoping to see the likes of Fontaines, Caribou, Jack White, Wet Leg too