Soundgarden, Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro for Download

plus You Me At Six, & Tenacious D - the first of two announcements tonight

By Scott Williams | Published: Mon 16th Jan 2012

Download Festival 2012 - Chase and Status
Photo credit: Olly Pickett

Download Festival 2012

Friday 8th to Sunday 10th June 2012
Donington Park, Leics, England MAP
weekend and camping options sold out, £75 a day ticket for Friday or Sunday only
Daily capacity: 111,000

Soundgarden, Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro, You Me At Six, and Tenacious D are the latest acts confirmed for the 10th Anniversary of Download at Donington Park over the weekend of Friday 8th to Sunday 10th June 2012.

Chase and Status
Chase & Status appear before The Prodigy who will headline the Friday, as their only UK festival show of 2012. Biffy Clyro take to the stage before Metallica who will headline the Saturday playing their untitled 'black album' in it's entirety. Soundgarden are coming to Download for the first time and appear before Black Sabbath, who will headline on the Sunday. You Me At Six headline the second stage. The next nine acts will be announced after midnight tonight.

Weekend ticket prices for Download 2012 will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale. All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices.

Early bird weekend arena tickets with 3 nights camping are priced at £170, a five nights camping weekend ticket are priced at £180 and offers access to the Download camp site from midday Wednesday, and a weekend only ticket without camping is priced at £145. Lockers are priced at £12.50, car parking £15 in advance (motorbikes are free), campervan supplements are priced at £60, and VIP packages are also available. Day tickets will be available at a later date.

NB: Kids aged 12 or under will be eligible for concession rate tickets for Download 2011. These can be purchased on the day from the on-site Box Office and availability of these will be unlimited. A kids weekend arena ticket will be priced at £75, with a kids' 5 night camping ticket an additional £15 or for 3 nights £10.

To buy tickets from Seetickets, click here.

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To buy tickets from Gigantic, click here.

To buy tickets from Ticketmaster, click here.

eFestivals wishes Tony Iommi a speedy recovery.


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