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It's correct.    Download loves to put misdirection out there to try and soften the blow of supposed weaker headliners to try and win people over with at least they tried...   I never forget the whole lost prophets were booked late on to headline due to Foo Fighters pulling out.    I'll state, yet again, that is complete and utter bollocks, lost prophets were booked before even the previous years festival had taken place. People still don't want to believe that one. 

They were part of the first three that were semi agreed. Ultimately two of those three are playing - Green Day and Sleep Token, so however they ended up there they were part of the original three they wanted. Gonna have the best night watching them play their first major festival headline set.

Download is worth the money for me. As said above, you get huge bands every single year. 

I don't think Download is as expensive for what it is as you think. We have paid about £555 for out tickets and car parking.   If we look at who we saw at the last 2 Downloads we easily have more than our moneys worth at that price:   2023: Headline sets from  - Metallica x2, Bring Me, Slipknot; 70-75 minute sets from: Architects, Ghost, Parkway Drive, Evanescence, Alter Bridge, Placebo; 60 minute sets from: Pendulum, Halestorm, I Prevail; and 40-50 minute sets from Jinjer, 100 Reasons, Neck Deep; smaller bands with shorter sets   2024: Headline sets from Queens of the Stone Age, Fall Out Boy, Avenged Sevenfold; 70-75 minute sets from: The Offspring; 60 minute sets from: Heilung, Enter Shikari, Limp Bizkit; 40-50 minute sets from: Polyphia, Soft Play, Mr Bungle, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes; some of Royal Blood and While She Sleeps plus what Baby metal could play; smaller bands with shorter sets.   If those bands aren't for you then fair play, but for me that is well worth it.

I'll actually retract slightly on that as didn't realize ST 02 nights weren't next to each other so rightly so on this.   And again kinda the same goes above too here. Two nights was an oversight in me. As for them being asked, I've never thought they were a last minute option, just not the first. But first or not that tour is justifiable.