Download 2016

[lightning1000]

That's not the same keese account by the way

[lharris92]

it never is each year....

[Red Day]

who is this keese  

[mrtourette]

Every fucking year

[Red Day]

Devilman - Exodus are playing Tunnels in Abz, Sat 27th Feb if you're interested 

[devilman]

Devilman - Exodus are playing Tunnels in Abz, Sat 27th Feb if you're interested 

 

Yep!

[Andre91]

Black Sabbath

Royal Blood

Disturbed

Slayer

All Time Low

Rammstein

Deftones

Stone Sour

Trivium

Bullet For My Valentine

AC/DC

Volbeat

Lamb Of God

The Darkness

KoRn

[Red Day]

See you there min. Ticket secured

[thewayiam]

Black Sabbath

Royal Blood

Disturbed

Slayer

All Time Low

Rammstein

Deftones

Stone Sour

Trivium

Bullet For My Valentine

AC/DC

Volbeat

Lamb Of God

The Darkness

KoRn

Another prediction, these come quicker than The Sun does with news of either an indian summer or cold weather incoming!

[mrtourette]

Another prediction, these come quicker than The Sun does with news of either an indian summer or cold weather incoming!

 

[devilman]

See you there min. Ticket secured

 

Were you at BFMV on sat?

[the wonderwhy]

Black Sabbath

Royal Blood

Disturbed

Slayer

All Time Low

Rammstein

Deftones

Stone Sour

Trivium

Bullet For My Valentine

AC/DC

Volbeat

Lamb Of God

The Darkness

KoRn

All over those headliners and subs

[Red Day]

Were you at BFMV on sat?

Gun Friday, BFMV on Saturday and Leftfield last night. Gigs here like buses, 3 at same time. Didn't get leftfield last night

[kaip]

Maiden headlining the Sunday of graspop

[kaip]

Gun Friday, BFMV on Saturday and Leftfield last night. Gigs here like buses, 3 at same time. Didn't get leftfield last night

Gun any good? My mate as booked em for odins festival in august

Edited October 13, 2015 by kaip

[dentalplan]

Maiden headlining the Sunday of graspop

 

Yep so doing festivals after all... if anyone did think they wouldn't.

[scrubbertheman]

So back to the announcements timing.

Can we expect any actual band announcements once the early bird thing finishes?

[Red Day]

Gun any good? My mate as booked em for odins festival in august

Not too shabby.  They played a few new tune which were average but the old songs still sound great.

 

I saw them at King Tuts in Glasgow last year doing Swagger in full then the best of the rest.  To be fair the Tuts gig was better but still enjoyed them on Friday.

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

So back to the announcements timing.

Can we expect any actual band announcements once the early bird thing finishes?

 

Yeah it's usually November for the first announcement so shortly after it finishes for sure

[Moey]

Early birds off sale from tomorrow afternoon. Announcement on Friday perhaps??

[lharris92]

The announcement will be as the tickets go back on general sale, so the end of the month/start of November earliest.

 

This is the announcements since 2011:

 

Using this to compare the announcements timetable for Download 2016 with previous years. (Some people are often confused with dates of previous announcements so this puts them in one place.) 

Download 2011    
    
First announcement was Monday morning 29th November 2010 (System of a Down)   
Second announcement was evening of Monday 29th November 2010 (Avenged Sevenfold)   
Third announcement was Monday 6th December 2010 (Linkin Park & Rob Zombie)   
Fourth announcement wasn't until Monday 24th January 2011. (Alice Cooper, Alter Bridge, Black Veil Brides, Buckcherry, Bullet For My Valentine, Clutch, The Cult, The Damned Things, Danzig, Escape The Fate, FM, The Gaslight Anthem, GWAR, Hollywood Undead, Masters of Reality, Mr Big, Pendulum, Rise To Remain, Korn, Thin Lizzy)    
    
Download 2012   
    
First announcement was Thursday evening 10th November 2011 (Metallica)   
Second announcement was Friday evening 11th November 2011 (Black Sabbath)   
Third announcement was Thursday evening 17th November 2011 (The Prodigy)   
Fouth announcement was Monday 16th January 2012 (Soundgarden, Biffy Clyro, Tenacious D, Chase and Status, You Me At Six)    
    
Download 2013   
    
First announcement - Thursday evening 20th September 2012 (Iron Maiden)   
Second announcement - Friday morning 21st September 2012 (Rammstein)    
Third announcement - Thursday 27th September 2012 (Slipknot)   
Fourth announcement - Monday 5th November 2012 (Queens of the Stone Age, Thirty Seconds To Mars, The Gaslight Anthem, Motorhead, HIM, Alice In Chains, A Day To Remember)   
Fifth announcement - Monday 12th November 2012 (Volbeat. They leaked their appearance the previous week)   
Sixth announcement - Friday 23rd November 2012 (Bullet for my Valentine. They leaked their appearance the day before)   
Seventh announcement - Monday 3rd December 2012 (Coal Chamber)   
    
Download 2014   

First announcement - 8am Monday 4th November 2013 (Avenged Sevenfold, Rob Zombie)    
Second announcement - 0.05am Tuesday 5th November 2013 (Linkin Park)    
Third announcement - 8am Wednesday 6th November 2013 (Fall Out Boy)  
Fourth announcement - Wednesday 6th November 2013 (Aerosmith, Alter Bridge)  
   
Download 2015  
   
First announcement - 8am Monday 17th November 2014 (Slipknot, Judas Priest, Five Finger Death Punch, Black Stone Cherry)  
Second announcement - 8am Tuesday 18th November 2014 (Muse, Faith No More, A Day To Remember, Marilyn Manson)  
Third announcement - 8am Wednesday 19th November 2014 (Kiss, Motley Crue, Slash, Enter Shikari)  
Fourth announcent - Monday 14th December 2014 (Billy Idol, Lamb Of God, Black Veil Brides, Rise Against, Godsmack, Eagles Of Death Metal, Clutch, Dragonforce, Hollywood Undead, Body Count, Every Time I Die, Parkway Drive, Backyard Babies, H.E.A.T, Motionless In White, Crown The Empire,Northlane, Madball and Mallory Knox) 

Recent history says November for first announcement but hopefully earlier. Feel free to guess date of first announcement, bands, etc.  

 

2013 was the exception so it will be November going by previous years. Got this off the official dl forums

[scrubbertheman]

Jesusshitsauce I hope you copied and pasted that.

Great info thanks

[Moey]

I bow to your superior thoroughness!

[devilman]

What's with the new forum? Quoting doesn't work on safari on mac. You can't tell what is quote or new content. Looks very similar to the new Download forum.

[lharris92]

What's with the new forum? Quoting doesn't work on safari on mac. You can't tell what is quote or new content. Looks very similar to the new Download forum.