Volbeat, Killswitch Engage, Babymetal, The Pretty Reckless, Airbourne, & more for Download 2020

<s>Download Festival</s> - .. 2020 - Airbourne — Photo credit: Denis Gorbatov

Download Festival - CANCELLED 2020

Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2020
Donington Park, Donington, Derbyshire, DE74 2RP, England MAP
£225 for 3 days incl. camping; £200 without

Daily capacity: 111,000

The 2nd wave of acts have been revealed to join headliners Kiss, Iron Maiden, and System Of A Down, for next year's Download Festival, which takes place at Donington Park, Derbyshire over the weekend of Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2020, with camping available from the Wednesday.

Leading the names are Volbeat, Killswitch Engage, Babymetal, The Pretty Reckless, and Airbourne.

Volbeat said "We are very excited to return to Donington Park once again to rock with all of our friends in the UK alongside so many great bands. See you in June!"

Jesse Leach from Killswitch Engage said "We are honoured and excited to play the mighty Download festival once again! We are ready to kick out our new songs and play the old anthems as well! Download crowds are always incredible and we are eager to bring the mother f*****g ruckus!"

SU-METAL said "The crowd at Download Festival always welcomes us with a lot of energy so I can't wait to perform there again! We hope to bring even more power and energy so please look forward to our performance!" MOAMETAL said "To have the opportunity of performing at one of our favorite places is incredibly exciting for us. Can't wait to see everyone there!"

Joe O'Keeffe from Airbourne said "Do you wanna rock? Then let's f****n' rock!"

Also joining the bill are Baroness, Blackout Problems, Bleed From Within, Blues Pills, Bokassa, British Lion, Bush, Cellar Door Moon Crow, Chelsea Grin, Dead Label, Dead Posey, Dying Fetus, Electric Wizard, Lit, LOTUS EATER, Marianas Trench, Obituary, Periphery, P.O.D., Powerwolf, Pup, Puppy, Skillet, Stone Broken, Theory, The Last Internationale, The Wildhearts, Tiny Moving Parts, Uncured, Wargasm, Wayward Sons, and Wednesday 13.

Previously announced acts include headliners KISS, Iron Maiden, and System Of A Down, plus Deftones, Korn, The Offspring, Gojira, Disturbed, Alestorm, and more, with much more to be announced. For the details as available please see the line-up page.

Tickets are on sale, priced as follows:-
adult weekend with 5 nights camping: £232
adult weekend with 3 night camping: £225
adult weekend (no camping): £200
car parking: £20
Campervan: £130 - sold out

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Teenagers aged 13 - 15 must purchase an adult ticket and be accompanied by a Parent or Guardian aged 18 years or over.

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