Download 2025

[Andre91]

Sleep Token are the fastest rising, hypest band in heavy music in god knows how long who have a rabid, devoted fanbase who will fly in from other countries to see them. Them booking them in 2025 will be a masterstroke and the best, smartest booking they’ve made since giving Slipknot the leg up in 2009. 
 

Green Day are one of the biggest bands on the planet. Who’s as big as they are? AC/DC, Metallica, Foos? I’d say that’s about it. They will bring in punters like nobody’s business. 
 

KoRn are a legacy act who routinely pull crowds as big as (or bigger) than whoever headlines their day. They’re the Download band in terms of who has played the most down the years. They’re so popular with the DL crowd that sticking them to headline on the Sunday will ensure that a lot of people, who may go home if it was another, less DL friendly band playing, will stick around to watch them. 
 

I think it’s a great trio. I can see why people are dubious about KoRn but, I guarantee, come the end of their set, everyone will be thinking ‘They should’ve headlined years ago.’ 
 

Sleep Token and Green Day are the big ticket sellers; they can afford to have a smaller band alongside them. 

Edited September 28 by Andre91

[JimMacVeigh]

29 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Sleep Token are the fastest rising, hypest band in heavy music in god knows how long who have a rabid, devoted fanbase who will fly in from other countries to see them. Them booking them in 2025 will be a masterstroke and the best, smartest booking they’ve made since giving Slipknot the leg up in 2009. 
 

Green Day are one of the biggest bands on the planet. Who’s as big as they are? AC/DC, Metallica, Foos? I’d say that’s about it. They will bring in punters like nobody’s business. 
 

KoRn are a legacy act who routinely pull crowds as big as (or bigger) than whoever headlines their day. They’re the Download band in terms of who has played the most down the years. They’re so popular with the DL crowd that sticking them to headline on the Sunday will ensure that a lot of people, who may go home if it was another, less DL friendly band playing, will stick around to watch them. 
 

I think it’s a great trio. I can see why people are dubious about KoRn but, I guarantee, come the end of their set, everyone will be thinking ‘They should’ve headlined years ago.’ 
 

Sleep Token and Green Day are the big ticket sellers; they can afford to have a smaller band alongside them. 

I saw Korn headline the French Download in 2016. They made it look f**king easy and it was a great time. Easily should headline Download next year. 

[chilltheory]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

Sleep Token are the fastest rising, hypest band in heavy music in god knows how long who have a rabid, devoted fanbase who will fly in from other countries to see them. Them booking them in 2025 will be a masterstroke and the best, smartest booking they’ve made since giving Slipknot the leg up in 2009. 
 

Green Day are one of the biggest bands on the planet. Who’s as big as they are? AC/DC, Metallica, Foos? I’d say that’s about it. They will bring in punters like nobody’s business. 
 

KoRn are a legacy act who routinely pull crowds as big as (or bigger) than whoever headlines their day. They’re the Download band in terms of who has played the most down the years. They’re so popular with the DL crowd that sticking them to headline on the Sunday will ensure that a lot of people, who may go home if it was another, less DL friendly band playing, will stick around to watch them. 
 

I think it’s a great trio. I can see why people are dubious about KoRn but, I guarantee, come the end of their set, everyone will be thinking ‘They should’ve headlined years ago.’ 
 

Sleep Token and Green Day are the big ticket sellers; they can afford to have a smaller band alongside them. 

You can really tell the naysayers of Sleep Token headlining are saying this purely based on emotion and their dislike for the music. 100,000+ tickets on an almost sold out arena tour and a #3 album in the charts under ed sheeran & lewis capaldi is objective. No way would they or should they take any lower at Download.

[Hart Attack]

[DomDom1984]

Korn and Deftones subbing together again would be objectively very funny.

[LazyDavid]

4 hours ago, Hart Attack said:

Corr a run of Four Year Strong - Basement -  Knocked Loose - Turnstile - Bad Omens - Gaslight Anthem - Sleep Token would 100% have me in the arena all day

[Andre91]

1 hour ago, DomDom1984 said:

Korn and Deftones subbing together again would be objectively very funny.

KoRn headlining and ‘tones doing Gunnersbury is what I think will happen. 

[DomDom1984]

Aye. I'd agree with that. Still an amusing prospect though.

[NorthernSoul52]

Get The Gaslight Anthem back and get them playing bangers.

[Audiorocker]

Away from the headliner talk, which bands are people expecting to make an appearance for 2025? 

I have a feeling the likes of Papa Roach, Alien Ant Farm, Idles  and Spiritbox will be in there. Maybe Weezer.

[couch]

1 hour ago, Audiorocker said:

Away from the headliner talk, which bands are people expecting to make an appearance for 2025? 

I have a feeling the likes of Papa Roach, Alien Ant Farm, Idles  and Spiritbox will be in there. Maybe Weezer.

Definitely Idles and Spiritbox. Most likely knocked loose, malevolence, turnstile if they’re not playing outbreak.

Edited September 29 by couch

[Jonalyn bathan]

On 9/17/2024 at 3:00 PM, ajwig said:

Anyone selling 2 tickets for Charli xcx @ London or Bham?

 

On 9/13/2024 at 5:09 PM, OddRon said:

Anyone selling 1-2 Fontaines tickets for Cardiff please

Have you been sorted out yet?

[SweetJesus]

7 hours ago, couch said:

Definitely Idles and Spiritbox. Most likely knocked loose, malevolence, turnstile if they’re not playing outbreak.

Maybe Turnstile won’t go on tour at all?! There is no any info so far about touring.

[Andre91]

1 hour ago, SweetJesus said:

Maybe Turnstile won’t go on tour at all?! There is no any info so far about touring.

They’re due a break. They’ve been touring Glow On for 3 years. 

[SweetJesus]

My thoughts also, they are every summer in Europe so I’m thinking they’ll take a break

[tomjfx]

Green Day have announced they are playing a festival in Norway on the 26th June, I'd say this nails them on for Download unless they're playing Glastonbury

[NorthernSoul52]

Papa Roach added yet another show to those dates. Three arena gigs is curious.

[Andre91]

49 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Papa Roach added yet another show to those dates. Three arena gigs is curious.

Very. There’s got to be some reason they haven’t played DL in forever despite touring basically every summer. 
 

I think they would be perfect as a second stage headliner or third down main but those dates are, like you said, curious. 

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, Andre91 said:

Very. There’s got to be some reason they haven’t played DL in forever despite touring basically every summer. 
 

I think they would be perfect as a second stage headliner or third down main but those dates are, like you said, curious. 

Wonder if there's a disagreement over placing? Maybe they consider themselves above what they're being offered.

 

How do they typically place elsewhere?

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

31 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Wonder if there's a disagreement over placing? Maybe they consider themselves above what they're being offered.

 

How do they typically place elsewhere?

No higher that they'd be at Download, at least in this country. They've played Reading twice since they last played Download and they were on early afternoon on main and then headlined like the 4th or 5th stage in a small tent.

[NorthernSoul52]

Hmmm. Money, perhaps, or maybe a personal motive.

[northernangel]

3 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Papa Roach added yet another show to those dates. Three arena gigs is curious.

I've thought for a while that Reading will get them.

[foolee]

38 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I've thought for a while that Reading will get them.

Dates in August already too so probably likely. Imagine R&L will get a Foos/LP/Muse sort of day and have them on it. 

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, foolee said:

Dates in August already too so probably likely. Imagine R&L will get a Foos/LP/Muse sort of day and have them on it. 

Yes.

[Spiral_Low]

4 hours ago, foolee said:

Dates in August already too so probably likely. Imagine R&L will get a Foos/LP/Muse sort of day and have them on it. 

Or they could be main support at Gunnersbury to someone like Deftones?