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[foolee]

42 minutes ago, SweetJesus said:

Falling in Reverse & Spiritbox also on summer festivals if this internal poster is correct

 

 

28 minutes ago, callum97 said:

Puts FiR back into the mix, I’m expecting them to sub Korn at this point. 
 

Spiritbox are nailed on, probs 3rd down main stage on Sleep Token day 

I reckon Falling In Reverse will sub Sleep Token or headline 2nd when Green Day are on. Spiritbox for 3rd down main on either Korn or Sleep Tokens day. 

 

14 minutes ago, Judas Yeast said:

Spiritbox are one of the bands I've been told are playing tbf, not sure if I've mentioned that here or somewhere else but there we go. It lines up with that potentially being right which is interesting. Wonder why it's held back if true though

Heard any other acts bar them and the headliners? We should actually get a decent idea on who we could get with the RIP/RAR announcement today. 

[Judas Yeast]

50 minutes ago, foolee said:

Heard any other acts bar them and the headliners? We should actually get a decent idea on who we could get with the RIP/RAR announcement today. 

 

Only Spiritbox and Motionless in White alongside the headliners. The RiP/RaR announcement will definitely be a bigger indication of who we might get! Weird looking forward to announcements from festivals I'm not going to

[northernangel]

46 minutes ago, Judas Yeast said:

 

Only Spiritbox and Motionless in White alongside the headliners. The RiP/RaR announcement will definitely be a bigger indication of who we might get! Weird looking forward to announcements from festivals I'm not going to

I think  that's just a festival thing with people on here that do them year on year. Most people I know outside of here don't even consider when an announcement is, it just comes when it does.

[morgo321]

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[northernangel]

26 minutes ago, morgo321 said:

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From the tops one's, I reckon Rise Against on the Green Day day either 4th down or second sub, obviously Sleep Token and FIR. I don't think they have LP either. Not for me though this time with Saturday being weak and Sunday non existent. Biffy into I presume The Prodigy would be good.

[BrutalLegend]

Prodigy 2nd stage headliner? Granted it’ll be better in the dark maybe Download would adjust timings to make it happen for them.

[northernangel]

40 minutes ago, BrutalLegend said:

Prodigy 2nd stage headliner? Granted it’ll be better in the dark maybe Download would adjust timings to make it happen for them.

 I'd almost be sure The Prodigy aren't at Download, the festival two years already to be able to make that change happen. 

[Spiral_Low]

Interesting both Rock AM/IM have one headliner still to announce, especially as the Nova Rock headliner is the Thursday night which would make them a potential for Download Saturday. 

[charlierc]

3 minutes ago, Spiral_Low said:

Interesting both Rock AM/IM have one headliner still to announce, especially as the Nova Rock headliner is the Thursday night which would make them a potential for Download Saturday. 

I thought Rock am Ring und Rock im Park had two headliners to announce?

[northernangel]

5 minutes ago, Spiral_Low said:

Interesting both Rock AM/IM have one headliner still to announce, especially as the Nova Rock headliner is the Thursday night which would make them a potential for Download Saturday. 

 

Bearing in mind that nova only shared 1 headliner in 2023 and 24, RAR shared two in 24 which were not first choices all of them but only their sub was a Download headliner in 23. I think at least one of the festival's is going to be Korn and could well be waiting for Hellfest giving its one of, if not Europe's premier rock/metal festival and them headlining that would be big for them

2 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I thought Rock am Ring und Rock im Park had two headliners to announce?

Nope, 1 sub and 1 headliner to announce. The other bigger closing options are announced. 

[Spiral_Low]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

I thought Rock am Ring und Rock im Park had two headliners to announce?

No just 1.

39 minutes ago, northernangel said:

 

Bearing in mind that nova only shared 1 headliner in 2023 and 24, RAR shared two in 24 which were not first choices all of them but only their sub was a Download headliner in 23. I think at least one of the festival's is going to be Korn and could well be waiting for Hellfest giving its one of, if not Europe's premier rock/metal festival and them headlining that would be big for them

Nova Rock already announced Korn? 

 

[LazyDavid]

New one based off some of the recent festival announcements

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, Spiral_Low said:

No just 1.

Nova Rock already announced Korn? 

 

 

That was mind point if needing to go sleep. Yes so Download are sharing Korn but RAR have a separate option. Could well be Linkin Park I could if they want to do European announcement in one go. To be honest, The Prodigy, Slipknot and Linkin Park is a trio I'd be happy with I think. I've barely got any undercard apart from Friday though. 

 

1 hour ago, LazyDavid said:

New one based off some of the recent festival announcements

Idles are literally playing Nova Rock that day, unlikely to be at Download one day to the side of being in Austria.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Fri:

Apex: Green Day, Frank Carter & the Sex Pistols, Jimmy Eat World, Rise Against 

Opus: Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer 

Avalanche: Poppy 

Sat:

Apex: Sleep Token, Falling in Reverse, Spiritbox, In Flames 

Opus: Killswitch Engage, Knocked Loose 

Avalanche: Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls

 

Sun:

Apex: Korn, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Motionless in White 

Opus: Idles, Amyl & the Sniffers

Avalanche: Flogging Molly 

[northernangel]

3 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

Fri:

Apex: Green Day, Frank Carter & the Sex Pistols, Jimmy Eat World, Rise Against 

Opus: Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer 

Avalanche: Poppy 

Sat:

Apex: Sleep Token, Falling in Reverse, Spiritbox, In Flames 

Opus: Killswitch Engage, Knocked Loose 

Avalanche: Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls

 

Sun:

Apex: Korn, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Motionless in White 

Opus: Idles, Amyl & the Sniffers

Avalanche: Flogging Molly 

I think it's a good guess. 

I'd maybe have Frank one low

JEW switch with Rise Against.

Bullet playing when Frank Carter is on giving a run of JEW/RA, Bullet and Green Day would be ace for me.

KSE one lower, not sure how they are that level still.

I do still see Deftones as possible as thing they will be the missing sub on RAR poster.

[foolee]

15 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

Fri:

Apex: Green Day, Frank Carter & the Sex Pistols, Jimmy Eat World, Rise Against 

Opus: Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer 

Avalanche: Poppy 

Sat:

Apex: Sleep Token, Falling in Reverse, Spiritbox, In Flames 

Opus: Killswitch Engage, Knocked Loose 

Avalanche: Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls

 

Sun:

Apex: Korn, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Motionless in White 

Opus: Idles, Amyl & the Sniffers

Avalanche: Flogging Molly 

I reckon we’ll see something very similar to this. I do think we may get Slayer and/or The Prodigy too but it wouldn’t surprise me to see Alice Cooper or Rob Zombie either given the Sonic Temple lineup. Think we’ll get all the Friday and Saturday main stage bands. 

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

16 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I think it's a good guess. 

I'd maybe have Frank one low

JEW switch with Rise Against.

Bullet playing when Frank Carter is on giving a run of JEW/RA, Bullet and Green Day would be ace for me.

KSE one lower, not sure how they are that level still.

I do still see Deftones as possible as thing they will be the missing sub on RAR poster.

I can see Frank Carter & the Sex Pistols subbing for a few reasons: name value, the fact Green Day don’t need a huge sub so Download can save some money and I can also imagine Green Day specifically asking for them. - could be wrong and they play further down the line up though, we’ll see. 
 

I was torn on whether to include Deftones, Bad Omens and/or the Prodigy, but the first two don’t have any indication of European dates yet and I can’t see where the Prodigy would fit if they want to play in the dark. (Unless Download allow Apex & Opeth to directly clash again) 

 

Edit: The Prodigy could probably still headline the main stage as a ‘smaller’ headliner, they’re probably on par/bigger than Korn. So they’d be better keeping them for another year in my opinion. 

Edited October 24 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[foolee]

1 minute ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

I can see Frank Carter & the Sex Pistols subbing for a few reasons: name value, the fact Green Day don’t need a huge sub so Download can save some money and I can also imagine Green Day specifically asking for them. - could be wrong and they play further down the line up though, we’ll see. 
 

I was torn on whether to include Deftones, Bad Omens and/or the Prodigy, but the first two don’t have any indication of European dates yet and I can’t see where the Prodigy would fit if they want to play in the dark. (Unless Download allow Apex & Opeth to directly clash again) 

Yeah, I’ve been coming round to the thinking they might do it. Just depends on who else is going to be about.
 

I think if one of the blanked out names on the RAR/RIP poster turns out to be Bad Omens or Deftones then we’ll potentially have one of them as a 2nd stage headliner or sub.

 

I think we’ll defo get Bullet For My Valentine and Falling In Reverse taking up 2 of those slots. Then potentially The Prodigy and IDLES. With outside chances of Slayer, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie and either of the two you have mentioned that we don’t know about yet. There’s also a possibility that Download try for The Smashing Pumpkins, Avril Lavigne and Weezer on exclusives but they’ll cost a lot. But could see some of the money saved going towards one of them and Slayer if another big headliner pulling out was true tbh. And if some of those decide not to tour then an easy option would defo be Frank Carter & Sex Pistols. 
 

It’s also possible Bad Omens could support Linkin Park whatever they end up doing in the UK. 

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

14 minutes ago, foolee said:

 

It’s also possible Bad Omens could support Linkin Park whatever they end up doing in the UK. 

A support slot for Linkin Park in the summer followed by their own huge UK arena tour in the Autumn/winter (100k+ tickets) is probably a smart move. 
 

We’d be looking at them in the headliner discussion for 26/27 then. 

[northernangel]

26 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

I can see Frank Carter & the Sex Pistols subbing for a few reasons: name value, the fact Green Day don’t need a huge sub so Download can save some money and I can also imagine Green Day specifically asking for them. - could be wrong and they play further down the line up though, we’ll see. 
 

I was torn on whether to include Deftones, Bad Omens and/or the Prodigy, but the first two don’t have any indication of European dates yet and I can’t see where the Prodigy would fit if they want to play in the dark. (Unless Download allow Apex & Opeth to directly clash again) 

 

Edit: The Prodigy could probably still headline the main stage as a ‘smaller’ headliner, they’re probably on par/bigger than Korn. So they’d be better keeping them for another year in my opinion. 

 

Decent reasons. It's one of those where Download need to cater the Green Day to them but I think Bullet have enough crossover to. The Prodigy have been on this tour long enough now for Download to have had two chances, I don't see it. Given it was apparently their favourite UK festival too. Opposite ST or Korn would be ideal but have you to cater second stage better.

 

16 minutes ago, foolee said:

Yeah, I’ve been coming round to the thinking they might do it. Just depends on who else is going to be about.
 

I think if one of the blanked out names on the RAR/RIP poster turns out to be Bad Omens or Deftones then we’ll potentially have one of them as a 2nd stage headliner or sub.

 

I think we’ll defo get Bullet For My Valentine and Falling In Reverse taking up 2 of those slots. Then potentially The Prodigy and IDLES. With outside chances of Slayer, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie and either of the two you have mentioned that we don’t know about yet. There’s also a possibility that Download try for The Smashing Pumpkins, Avril Lavigne and Weezer on exclusives but they’ll cost a lot. But could see some of the money saved going towards one of them and Slayer if another big headliner pulling out was true tbh. And if some of those decide not to tour then an easy option would defo be Frank Carter & Sex Pistols. 
 

It’s also possible Bad Omens could support Linkin Park whatever they end up doing in the UK. 

 

I don't think they've got any of those exclusive. Avril co-headlining Hurricane which I know is smaller and subbing Nova means sub is where she would play anyway. It would need to be higher for exclusive I feel. I think there is a small outside chance of Weezer.

 

Bad Omens could well be the difference on LP tour to ST festival. Different bands to still sell.

[chickenfire]

I was going to question if Korn are big enough to headline but then I saw this and I assume it's just me 

[northernangel]

16 minutes ago, chickenfire said:

I was going to question if Korn are big enough to headline but then I saw this and I assume it's just me 

That's in America  while having Metallica twice and a reunited Linkin Park come back. They shift tickets there they don't here.

[Gejonimo]

I think I'm in the minority by believing that Korn are absolutely big enough to headline Download. We've all complained about the same acts over and over again headlining with no bump-ups. They've been going around 30 years. Pioneers in the nu-metal genre. Iconic as f**k. Riding a nostalgia wave. Have done more than their fair share of "waiting" to headline. Have played arenas and outdoor shows. They are really f**king good. I don't really see the issue. 

 

If they aren't for you, they aren't for you, that's why other bands play at the same time or you simply don't have to go. Korn are big enough and, more importantly, good enough to headline. 

[LazyDavid]

10 hours ago, northernangel said:

 

Idles are literally playing Nova Rock that day, unlikely to be at Download one day to the side of being in Austria.

Well dammit completely missed that 😂

[callum97]

Idles are only playing in Austria it’s not as if it’s the other side of the world