Bedroom Jam winners revealed for Download

Unknown band After The Ordeal will be the first band to play at this weekend's Download festival via a live broadcast from their own bedroom.

After The Ordeal have been announced as the winners of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam competition, and will be performing live from their bedroom this weekend. The performance will be streamed directly on to the stage screens during the Saturday night of the festival, in between sets by Pendulum, and Marilyn Manson, making it officially the world's first virtual gig!

Gaz from the five piece Sreamo metal rockers from Kent, who have three of the band members under the legal drinking age, said, "We are really pleased to have won the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Download Competition. We have always said we wanted to play Download at some point in our lives and to be the first band ever to do it in this way within our first year as a band is an amazing feeling! Thanks to all our fans who voted and commented our video entry! We couldn't have done it without you guys so Saturday nights set is going out to each and every one of you! Thanks so much!"

Acts confirmed to appear over this weekend from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2009 at Donington Park include headliners Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard. Joining them over the weekend are Korn, ZZ Top, Chris Cornell, Journey, Marilyn Manson, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Therapy?, Middle Class rut, Dragonforce, Devildriver, Motley Crue, Pendulum, The Prodigy, Whitesnake, Trivium, Limp Bizkit and more. For the line-up details, including day and stage splits, please click here.

Tickets are on sale priced at £135 for a full weekend ticket, while day tickets cost £65 for any day. Camping has sold out, car parking tickets are priced at £10 advance, £20 on the day, camper vans tickets are priced at £40, and lockers will be £11.

To buy tickets, click here.

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