Metallica to Headline Reading and Leeds Festival 2015

Reading & Leeds Festivals announce a UK festival exclusive performance from Main Stage headliners Metallica!

28TH – 30TH AUGUST 2015, BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Reading & Leeds Festivals have announced the mighty Metallica as the first headliners for 2015 in a UK festival exclusive performance.

Metallica will be returning to the headline spot for a record fourth time in 2015. The band have a rich history at the Reading and Leeds Festival, having first headlined Reading Festival 18 years ago. Speaking to Drummer Lars Ulrich, he had this to say about their appearance:

“We are obviously beyond thrilled to be returning to headline the magnificent and mighty double shot at Reading & Leeds for the fourth time. We are practically the house band. Bring it!”

Festival boss Melvin Benn also commented:

“I’m excited to be able to announce Metallica as the first headliner for Reading & Leeds 2015. Their amazing live show promises to be a favourite with rock, metal and genuine music fans at the UK’s most important music festival, perfectly topping a bill of brilliant acts from across the genres. I’m looking forward to revealing the rest of the Festival line up, which will feature the absolute best of rock, indie, dance and hip hop and will only add to the amazing atmosphere that make Reading & Leeds so special.”

Other announcements so far include Jamie T who played a secret set at this year’s Reading Festival, Pierce The Veil, who will be making a debut appearance at Reading and Leeds along with Hip Hop act Run the Jewels and Swedish punk band Refused will be headlining The Pit stage. The line up so far is rounded off by Drum ‘n’ Bass maestro Wilkinson and Indie Rockers Manchester Orchestra.

If you like the look of that so far, a second batch of tickets for Reading & Leeds 2015 are on sale now. Weekend tickets cost £205.00 plus £8 booking fee + postage, early entry permits £20 , Campervan permits £75.00. Weekend ticket prices include camping.

There is a £50 instalment plan available to secure a ticket for Reading & Leeds 2015, with the balance paid in monthly instalments. Tickets are strictly limited to a maximum of four per person/address/payment card for those booking by telephone or online at
http://www.seetickets.com/content/reading-leeds?src=randl2015PR21
Credit Card line: 0871 231 0821

For a full list of national outlets, plus details of luxury camping options, please visit:http://www.readingfestival.com / http://www.leedsfestival.com

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Seasick Steve Announces New Album “Sonic Soul Surfer” plus UK Tour for Spring 2015

SEASICK STEVE ANNOUNCES 14 DATE SPRING TOUR FOR 2015
NEW ALBUM ‘SONIC SOUL SURFER’ OUT 23RD MARCH

Seasick Steve releases new album, ‘Sonic Soul Surfer’, March 23rd on the Caroline International label. Produced and written by Seasick Steve and recorded in his front room at the little farm where he lives, it’s his seventh studio record and most ambitious work yet. Along with longtime drummer Dan Magnusson, the album also features Luther Dickinson (Mississippi All Stars) playing slide guitar on two tracks, Georgina Leach on fiddle and Ben Miller playing jaw harp on lead track ‘Summertime Boy’, a song celebrating the life and sunshine of California.

“The whole record is mostly me and Dan sitting there drinking and playing,” says Steve. “There ain’t a whole lot of producing going on! But I know what I’m doing and I know what I want.”
 
Since appearing on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny on New Year’s Eve 2006, Seasick Steve’s career both on record and onstage has gone from strength to strength. It’s been quite a ride, and in the process he has established himself as one of the best live acts in music today. 

 
Next April, he returns for the first time in 4 years for a full UK tour armed with a batch of fantastic new songs for what promises to be one memorable tour.
 
Dates shape up as follows:

April 2015

Wed 8th                                 FOLKESTONE, Leas Cliff Hall
Thu 9th                                  NORWICH, UEA
Sat 11th                                 MANCHESTER, O2 Apollo
Sun 12th                               LIVERPOOL, Philharmonic
Mon 14th                               LONDON, Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
Wed 16th                               SHEFFIELD, O2 Academy*
Fri 18th                                  GLASGOW, Barrowland
Sat 19th                                 ABERDEEN, Music Hall
Mon 21st                                DUNDEE, Fat Sams Live
Wed 23rd                               NEWCASTLE, O2 Academy*
Thu 24th                                YORK, Barbican
Sat 26th                                 SOUTHAMPTON, O2 Guildhall
Mon 28th                               CARDIFF, St David’s
Tue 29th                                WOLVERHAMPTON, Civic Hall
 
Tickets can be bought via a special fan pre-sale on November 25th from www.seasicksteve.com with the general on-sale on November 27th from http://seetickets.com /  www.ticketmaster.co.uk / *www.ticketweb.co.uk

‘Sonic Soul Surfer’ takes Seasick Steve into hitherto uncharted territory on what is arguably his best album to date, from the haunted backwoods hillbilly twang of ‘In Peaceful Dreams’ to the slippery boogie shuffle of the car song ‘Barracuda ’68’ and the rolling groove of ‘Sonic Soul Boogie’.
 
Lyrically too, it broaches new territory, with celebrations of wanderlust and good-time boogie behaviour side-by-side with thoughtful ruminations on time past and time passing, most impressively in ‘Heart Full Of Scars’, where he acknowledges how the older you get, the more emotional baggage you carry.
 
‘Sonic Soul Surfer’ is Seasick Steve’s first album since 2013’s ‘Hubcap Music’, which featured guests such as John Paul Jones and Jack White. Nominated for numerous Brit awards he won the Mojo award for Best Breakthrough Act in 2007. 
 
‘Sonic Soul Surfer’ Tracklisting
1.        Roy’s Gang
2.        Bring It On
3.        Dog Gonna Play
4.        In Peaceful Dreams
5.        Summertime Boy
6.        Swamp Dog
7.        Sonic Soul Boogie
8.        Right On Time
9.        Barracuda ‘68
10.      We Be Moving
11.       Your Name
12.       Heart Full Of Scars

 

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Lonely The Brave Announce Biggest UK Headline Tour To Date

Cambridge’s Finest Lonely the Brave Announce 16 Date UK Headline Tour in March 2015

Zane Lowe approved Cambridge Rockers, Lonely the Brave have today announced their biggest UK tour to date. The band, who recently relocated to Monnow Studios in Wales to start recording a follow up to their fantastic debut album “The Day’s War”, will embark on a 16 date UK headline tour starting on the 4th March at Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach and ending on March 24th at Bristol’s The Exchange. Full list of dates is available below.

Tickets go on general sale on Wednesday 26th November but members of their mailing list have been given access to a special pre sale starting today so check your inbox for the password and grab your tickets now.

Lonely the Brave also recently released a video for a new version of their stunning track “The Blue, The Green” which is made up completely from recordings submitted by fans from across the country playing the song alongside LTB singer David Jake’s original vocals. You can see the video here

 

If you can’t wait until March, Lonely the Brave will be embarking on a short pre-christmas tour next month including a sold out home town show at The Junction in Cambridge on Saturday December 13th.

Tickets for both tours can be purchased through the bands website and dates shape up as follows:

December 2014

Sat 13 – The Juntion, Cambridge – SOLD OUT

Sun 14 – 02 Academy, Bournemouth

Mon 15 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth

Tue 16 – Lemon Grove, Exeter

Wed 17 – Kasbah, Coventry

Thur 18 – King George’s Hall, Blackburn

Fri 19 – Empire, Middlesborough

Sat 20 – The Engine Shed, Lincoln

 

March 2015

Wed 04 – CLWB IFOR BACH, CARDIFF

Thur 05 – BUCKS STUDENTS’ UNION, HIGH WYCOMBE

Fri 06 – COURTYARD YOUTH ARTS CENTER, BICESTER

Sat 07 – THE SCHOLAR, LEICESTER
Mon 09 – THE BODEGA (Basement), NOTTINGHAM

Tues 10 – THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER

Thur 12 – KING TUT’S WAH WAH HUT, GLASGOW

Fri 13 -THE CLUNY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 

Sun 15 -FIBBERS, YORK

Mon 16 – THE KEY CLUB, LEEDS
Tue 17 – SLADE ROOMS, WOLVERHAMPTON

Thur 19 – ULU (University of London Union Meeting Rooms), LONDON

Fri 20 – FORUM, TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Sat 21 – STICKY MIKES, BRIGHTON

Mon 23 – WEDGEWOOD ROOMS, PORTSMOUTH

Tues 24 – THE EXCHANGE, BRISTOL

 

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System Of A Down return to UK in April 2015

SYSTEM OF A DOWN
TO COMMEMORATE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WITH
 
 ‘WAKE UP THE SOULS’
WORLD TOUR
 

• BAND TO PLAY VERY SPECIAL, ONE-OFF LONDON SHOW AS PART OF WORLD TOUR. THEIR FIRST INDOOR UK SHOW SINCE 2005

 

• LANDMARK TOUR WILL SEE MULTI-PLATINUM, GRAMMY WINNING ALT-ROCK GROUP PERFORMING IN HOMELAND OF ARMENIA FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

System Of A Down, will be heading to London in April 2015 to play an exceptionally special and important show on 10th April 2015 at The SSE Wembley Arena as part of their ‘Wake Up The Souls’ World Tour. This show will be their first indoor show in the UK since 2005.
 
April 24th 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, an attempted extermination of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire. A century later, System Of A Down refuse to let the victims or lessons learned be forgotten. On April 10th, 2015, they’ll commemorate the Genocide’s 100th anniversary on the world stage with their “Wake Up The Souls” arena tour, an international trek that begins at London’s SSE Wembley Arena and culminates with the band’s first-ever performance in Yerevan’s Republic Square.
 
Commemorating the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, the ‘Wake Up The Souls’ tour is not just about seeing one of the best live bands performing a rare and very special show, it’s also about an extremely important political, social, human issue. System Of A Down want to clearly state that this is not directed at the people of Turkey, but rather at the atrocities that were carried out. In a statement issued today, the band said: 
 
“As we mark this solemn centennial, please join us and the good people of conscience in Turkey to take a stand for truth and justice, and ask their President and Parliament to accept the Republic of Turkey’s moral and material responsibility for the Armenian Genocide.
 
With your help, such a historic step taken by the people of Turkey in the spirit of human solidarity, heartfelt compassion and justice will not only heal the wounds of one genocide, but will more broadly represent a truly transformative step toward a new age – an era without genocide.”
 
Fans looking for information about the “Wake Up The Souls” tour and/or how to get involved should visit the band’s official site, systemofadown.com, where they’ll see content curated by the group, along with an interactive “heat map” splash page featuring the band’s statement about the tour and cause, along with tour dates, ticket links, share options, fan-generated content and “Take Action” instructions.
 
Tickets for this exceptional show will go on general sale at 10am on Friday 28th November, priced at £37.50, (subject to booking fee) from www.livenation.co.uk 
 

Here is the bands full statement about the Armenian Genocide and the World Tour:

“The first genocide of the 20th century was perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks against the empire’s Armenian, Greek and Assyrian populations. The failure to prevent the atrocities or punish the perpetrators led to the modern cycle of genocide.

In the aftermath of this WWI Era mass murder, there were no Nuremberg-type trials, no international courts to exact justice from the perpetrators or to offer reparations or rights of return to its victims. In the place of justice, Turkey bartered its oil rights and leveraged its geopolitical capital to block Woodrow Wilson’s planned territorial restoration and reparations for Armenia.

The Turkish state, having escaped responsibility for its attempted annihilation of an entire nation, continues to harvest the rich fruits of its crime. Its leaders today, emboldened by the world’s inaction, try to enforce a gag-rule prohibiting the U.S. and other governments from speaking honestly about this atrocity.

Horrific stories of the first modern genocide filled the front pages of the NY Times starting in 1915.  The U.S. humanitarian response to this crime, from the American Red Cross to Near East Relief, marked America’s emergence as an international humanitarian power.  Yet, sadly, it was the world’s failure to punish the perpetrators of this genocide that set the dangerous precedent of a genocide committed with impunity that has so emboldened tyrants – from Hitler to al-Bashir – to use mass murder as a tool of policy and power. 

The German army, allied with Ottoman Turkey, seeing Turkey evade accountability, drew a terrible lesson from this atrocity about the willingness of the world to turn a blind eye to the planned extermination of a whole race under the guise of war.  One young German soldier named Adolf Hitler of the Great War later remarked “WHO NOW REMEMBERS THE ARMENIANS?” as he orchestrated what is now known as the Holocaust.

Our answer is WE DO!

We will not allow the crime of despots coupled with the greed of world powers and their interests in resource acquisition to pen our history.

Despite the UN Genocide Convention and numerous ad-hoc international bodies, including the U.S. Atrocities Prevention Board, this worst of man-made diseases continues to spread because the world’s response to genocide is viewed as a political choice, not a moral necessity.

By demanding a truthful and just resolution of the Armenian Genocide we are saying Never Again to all genocides.  Never again will we stand by while people are murdered for belonging to a select race, ethnic, or religious group as they were in Turkey, Nazi Europe, Cambodia, East Timor, Rwanda, or Darfur.

There are already brave souls within Turkey, who – at risk of prosecution, persecution, and even violence – are openly calling for recognition and reparations for the Armenian Genocide.  Many other Turkish citizens share these humanitarian values, but have not yet spoken out – intimidated by a government that has, for too long, obstructed the peace that only truth and justice can bring. It’s time to break this silence.

As we mark this solemn centennial, please join us and the good people of conscience in Turkey to take a stand for truth and justice, and ask their President and Parliament to accept the Republic of Turkey’s moral and material responsibility for the Armenian Genocide.

With your help, such a historic step taken by the people of Turkey in the spirit of human solidarity, heartfelt compassion and justice will not only heal the wounds of one genocide, but will more broadly represent a truly transformative step toward a new age – an era without genocide.

Thank you,

System of a Down”

 

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Hellfest 10th Anniversary Line Up Announced

HELLFEST ANNOUNCE 130 BANDS TO CELEBRATE TENTH ANNIVERSARY

19th – 21st June – Clisson, France

10 years! Who would have thought that 10 years after its inception, HELLFEST was to become one of the largest and most important live events in France? Gathering over 150,000 punters last year, HELLFEST reached a landmark.

19th, 20th and 21st of June 2015 will mark a symbolic edition of the festival. One of the founders, Ben Barbaud, wanted to invite artists that have made a mark on the metal genre over the last decade and so has booked timeless bands such as Scorpions, Judas Priest, Motörhead, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top and Slash and Airbourne for hard rock lovers.

They will be joined by 90’s seminal bands such as Korn, Marilyn Manson, Killing Joke, Lamb of God, In Flames, not to mention world class  thrash, black, death metal, stoner, punk, hardcore bands such as Venom, Anthrax, Children of Bodom, Nuclear Assault, Exodus, Satyricon, Arch Enemy, Meshuggah, Saint Vitus, Envy, NOFX, the Exploited, Dead Kennedys, Madball and more.

Shortly after the release of their Number 2 album ‘The Gray Chapter’, HELLFEST is excited to announce Slipknot will be joining the bill along with Faith No More, who have just announced they will be making a new album.  Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Rise Against & Body Count are HELLFEST exclusives in France.

Saturday night proceedings will be closed by an epic pyro show that will endeavor to reflect the last 10 years of HELLFEST.

Below are the first 130 bands to be announced out of a final line up of 160.  It certainly looks like this is going to be an anniversary to remember!

You can purchase Hellfest 3 days passes on the festival website http://www.hellfest.fr.  One day passes will be available next year when the full line up is announced.

Slipknot, Scorpions, Faith No More, Judas Priest, ZZ Top, Motorhead, Slash, Alice Cooper, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Nightwish, Marilyn Manson, Airbourne, Billy Idol

Anthrax, Five Finger Death Punch, In Flames, Lamb Of God, Killing Joke, Ace Frehley

The Quireboys, The Answer, Life Of Agony, Hollywood Undead, Godsmack, Armored Saint

Exodus, Nuclear Assault, Hirax, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Iron Reagan, Beastmilk

Eths, No Return, Sticky Boys, Breakdust

Venom, Children of Bodom, Meshuggah, Arch Enemy, Satyricon

At The Gates, Cannibal Corpse, In Extremo, Bloodbath, Cradle Of Filth, Triptykon, Mayhem

Finntroll, Samael, Obituary, Ensiferum, Arkona, Dying Fetus, Skyforger, Alestorm, Skinless

Craft, Vallenfyre, Enthroned, The Crown, Ne Obliviscaris, Carach Angren, Nidingr, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Khold
Mütiilation, Shape Of Despair, Necrowretch, Prostitute Disfigurement, Coffins, Bölzer, Deep In Hate

Fallujah, Morgoth, Desultory, The Great Old Ones, Cock And Ball Torture, Vorkreist, Tribulation, Hypno5e

Body Count, Rise Against, Dead Kennedys, Envy, Biohazard, NOFX
Madball, Terror, Saint Vitus, Wovenhand, Red Fang, Les Wampas, Dri, The Exploited

Eyehategod, High On Fire, Trap Them, Off!, Weedeater, Orange Goblin, Orchid, Truckfighters, Ahab

Merauder, Code Orange, Defeater, Despise You, Rise Of The Northstar, Vitamin X, Asg, Providence

Broken Teeth, The Wounded Kings, Russian Circles, Glowsun, Twitching Tongues, The Atlas Moth

Wolf Brigade, Les Ramoneurs De Menhir, Elder, Samsara Blues Experiment, Terra Tenebrosa

Birds In Row, Witchthroat Serpent, Midnight Ghost Train, Machete

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Kiss confirmed as closing act of Download 2015

June 12-14 2015

TO CLOSE DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2015

MÖTLEY CRÜE ARE SUNDAY MAIN SUPPORT FOR THEIR LAST EVER UK FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE               

ENTER SHIKARI TO HEADLINE SECOND STAGE

The worst kept secret in the Rock and Metal has finally been officially confirmed. KISS will bring Download 2015 to a close when they headline the main stage on Sunday 14 June.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have carved themselves emphatically into the pantheon of Rock mythology with their huge choruses, unmistakable visuals and extraordinary, pyrotechnical live performances. KISS return to Donington having graced Monsters of Rock in 1988 and 1996 and headlined Download, Europe’s biggest rock and metal festival, in 2008. Singer Paul Stanley sees Download as the ultimate measure of a rock band’s standing:

“Download has become a tradition of stature that separates the pretenders from the contenders and the champs from the chimps. It will be an honour to take our turf and leave no doubt why we wear the crown.”

Meanwhile, bassist Gene Simmons said:

“To all our fans – our intention is to get on that stage, blow the heavens to smithereens and take no prisoners.”

Main support comes in the form of the final ever UK Festival Performance by iconic hell-raising metalheads Mötley Crüe. With the Crüe due to disband for good in early 2016, Download will have the honour and privilege of bringing a truly unique festival career to a blazing conclusion. Bassist Nikki Sixxx said:

“It’s always an over the top day and night at Download Festival and we’re really excited to be coming over to the UK and playing the show.”

Rock legends making the ultimate festival pilgrimage don’t stop there as seminal shredder Slash polishes and shines the trusty top hat to make his second appearance at Download with one of rock’s top vocalists, Myles Kennedy, and The Conspirators. Slash said:

“Download is a very special event for me. It’s been a major destination since I started and I’m always excited to be a part of it.”

Headlining the second stage and representing the new kids on the block are electronicore pioneers Enter Shikari, after the January 2015 release of their massively anticipated album The Mindsweep. Singer Rou Reynolds is looking forward to the authentic festival experience:

“The thing I love more than anything is playing outside, at night. We thank Download for the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the great outdoors and engulf and deluge festival-goers with our noise. It is an honour to be closing the night and because of this we will bring with us illuminations. Do attend.”

These bands join a mind-blowing Download 2015 line-up that already includes headliners Slipknot and Muse. The line up confirmed so far is looking like this:

 

Get your tickets from 9am this Thursday (20 November) at www.downloadfestival.co.uk

 
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DESERT STORM announce album details and confirm appearance at London Desertfest

Oxford-based riff-hounds, DESERT STORM, have today unveiled details of their upcoming album, and confirmed an appearance at the London edition of Desertfest 2015.

The five piece band entered the studio earlier this year to lay down the tracks for the album, which will be titled ‘Omniscient’. They recorded the ten track album with Jamie Dodd at Flesh & Bone Studio, Hackney, before the producer – who counts Orange Goblin among his credits – returned to The Animal Farm studio in south London, where it was mixed.

The band commented: “This album is a natural progression from our previous releases; it has elements of blues, sludge, stoner, psychedelia and even a bit of folk. We’ve mixed things up a bit for a more interesting album – in our opinion. We’re looking forward to seeing what other people think, come January”.

The follow up to 2013’s critically acclaimed ‘Horizontal Life’, which was mastered by Billy Anderson (Melvins, Sleep, Cathedral) now has a confirmed release date of 26th January 2015. What may appear to the untrained eye to be a straight up stoner rock album, has a bluesy depth and at times veers towards a folk-tinged acoustic edge.  A taster of the album has already been unveiled by way of the track ‘Queen Reefer’ which was recently streamed by Terrorizer magazine.

Click here to listen to Queen Reefer.

In addition to the album news, DESERT STORM are delighted to confirm that they’ll be on the bill at the 2015 Desertfest in London. Sleep, Red Fang and Orange Goblin are already confirmed for the event which will take place at various venues in Camden, between 24th-26th April.

If you like bands like The Sword, Clutch and  Down you will definitely dig Desert Storm. ‘Omniscient’, their third album, is their heaviest, yet most diverse release to date and will be released on January 26th via Blindsight Records.

Tracklisting for Omniscent

1. Outlander
2. Queen Reefer
3. Horizon
4. Sway of The Tides
5. Home
6. House of Salvation
7. Night Bus Blues
8. Bandwagon
9. Blue Snake Moan
10. Collapse of The Bison Lung

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WEBSITE
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Slipknot Announced as Download 2015 Friday Headliners

June 12-14 2015

ANNOUNCED AS FRIDAY HEADLINER FOR DOWNLOAD 2015

 JUDAS PRIEST ANNOUNCED AS MAIN SUPPORT

BLACK STONE CHERRY AS SECOND STAGE HEADLINER

Here we go again: the mighty cogs of Europe’s biggest rock and metal music festival are turning and the production line of epic live performances is thundering into life once more. Download 2015 is underway.

And what a Friday headliner it has produced…

The biggest, angriest monster of a metal band to emerge in recent years, Slipknot storm into Download Festival for the fifth time and the first since the release of their colossal new album .5: The Gray Chapter with new masks and a new, mind blowing stage show. The seven time Grammy-nominated Iowa nine have become one of the most iconic live acts in the musical world thanks to their extraordinary musicianship and dramatic, instantly recognisable aesthetic. Frontman Corey Taylor adds:

 “Being invited back to Download always feels like coming home. Headlining Download, for the 3rd time, feels like the culmination of a life’s dream. It’s an honor, a privilege and we’re all looking forward to it.”

Main support comes from locally-bred Metal Gods Judas Priest. The Birmingham rockers played the first Monsters of Rock in 1980 and come to Download for a second time, having previously played in 2008. Priest are ecstatic at the prospect of renewing their longstanding acquaintance with Donington:

“35 years ago Judas Priest took the stage for the first Monsters of Rock at Castle Donington!

We are thrilled to be performing at Download 2015 as the band continues its 40^th anniversary

‘Redeemer of Souls’ World Tour that brings us home to see and hear the roar of our priest family.”

 Headlining the second stage on Friday are Kentucky hard rockers Black Stone Cherry. Last year’s secret band return for a full set following the success of their titanic Magic Mountain album and hugely successful UK arena tour. Speaking on their return to Donington Park, guitarist Ben Wells said:

Getting the opportunity to not only return to one of our favourite festivals, but to come back as headliners of the 2nd stage, for the 2nd time is just UNREAL!  After the recent tour we just finished in the UK, we didn’t know how to come back in a bad ass way and thanks to our friends at Download and the fans who keep us going, we’ll be back to rock your ass and give you the best show we can!  Thank you all for this opportunity. We love you and we’ll see ya in June!

Marauding alt-metallers Five Finger Death Punch also add their musical muscle to the line-up, coming to Donington for the first time since the release of last year’s blockbuster two-parter, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell.

Download has become a key part of guitarist Zoltan Bathory’s live music calendar:

“Playing Download Festival is always a highlight for us as it is a bonafide global Rock n’ Roll destination

everyone travels to and brings their A game to….Both the bands AND the audience. You rarely see 

crazy crowds like this. In fact, it is vividly etched into our memories since it was the place where we

may have broken the record for biggest crowd surfing in recorded history.  I think the migration of

Atlantic salmon took second place.”

And if that line-up doesn’t fulfil the every need of rock fans the world over, Download still has details of two more whole days of awesome headliners to announce. So watch this space…

Tickets are available from 9am on Thursday November 20 at www.downloadfestival.co.uk  and a limited amount  of ‘RIP’ Luxury Tent & Hotel Packages also available at  www.ticketmaster.co.uk/packages/rip_download_2015.html

Ticket Prices

Weekend Arena:  £170

Weekend & 3 night camping: £195

Weekend & 5 night camping:  £205

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