Twisted Sister, Trash Talk, Down, & Duff McKagan for Download

Download Festival 2011

Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June 2011
Donington Park, Leics, England MAP
£145 weekend (with 5 nights camping + £35), or £75 for a day ticket

Daily capacity: 111,000

Twisted Sister, Trash Talk, Down, and Duff McKagans Loaded are the latest four acts announced for this summer's Download festival.

Saturday will have Down added to main stage line-up, and Twisted Sister will take to the second stage directly under Alice Cooper.

Also heading for Download festival held over the weekend of Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June 2011 are hardcore punkers Trash Talk, and the former GnR bassist, Duff McKagan, returns to Donington Park with Duff McKagans Loaded.

The latest announcement was made at 12.20am this morning on the Radio One Rockshow. Although music magazine Metal Hammer, one the festival's media partners, released the line-up information early. A fact not appreciated by Download boss Andy Copping (Maverick_AC) who tweeted, "@KerrangMagazine @DownloadFest You guys rule & have always played the game properly. ALWAYS! Time for some serious changes now."

Another 18 bands are due to be announced on Wednesday morning, and will round out a line-up that features System of a Down, and Linkin Park as headliners, with Pendulum, Korn, Alter Bridge, Thin Lizzy, Danzig, The Cult, The Gaslight Anthem, Hollywood Undead, Thin Lizzy, Black Veil Brides, Buckcherry, The Damned Things, and Escape The Fate. Plus Clutch, Bullet For My Valentine, FM, Mr Big, GWAR, Masters Of Reality, and Rise To Remain, Rob Zombie, and Avenged Sevenfold also confirmed. For the line-up rumours as available please click here. There are still more acts to be announced.

Weekend arena tickets with 3 nights camping are priced at £170, a five nights camping weekend ticket is priced at £180 and offers access to the Download camp site from midday Wednesday June 8th 2011, and a weekend only ticket without camping is priced at £140.

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