First Stage of Lineup Revealed for Hotly Anticipated 2027 Edition

The truth is finally out there as Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival on the planet, returns for its 24th edition as DLXXIV. Announced today are three huge headliners – blink-182, Bring Me The Horizon and Evanescence – and more than 100 other names. Download will return to Donington Park, the spiritual home of rock, on 9-13 June 2027. Tickets are on sale now at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
 
Bigger, better and bolder than ever, Download XXIV promises unmissable headline sets from blink-182, the kings of pop punk, making their Download debut; the mighty Bring Me The Horizon, doing a victory lap after their unbelievable headline set in 2023; and the iconic Evanescence, fronted by goth-rock goddess Amy Lee, the festival’s second female-led headliner. They will all perform on the UK’s biggest festival stage.
 
The stacked line-up features something for everyone, from huge artists to electric newcomers. Unveiled today are more than 100 bands, including a very special performance from rock legends Mötley Crüe, as well as UK and international heavyweights Turnstile, The Prodigy, Faith No More, I Prevail, Pierce The Veil, PRESIDENT, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Basement, Soft Play, High Vis, Static-X, Murderdolls, Body Count ft. Ice-T, Malevolence, Converge, Comeback Kid, Terror, The Hives, Dayseeker, Bilmuri, Holding Absence, PVRIS, Hawthorne Heights, Carcass, Napalm Death and many more.
 
After months of predictions and rumours, the DLXXIV line-up was served in truly spectacular fashion with a launch banquet at Alexandra Palace Theatre this evening. Guests were invited to the Dark Harvest, a feast in four acts cooked over fire by MATBLAK x Woodfire Canteen, before the unveiling of the launch film and a Q&A with festival director Kam Haq.
 
This is only the beginning for DLXXIV, with many acts and surprises still to come. Early Bird tickets sold out within two weeks and this is officially the fastest selling Download ever, with tickets on course to sell out for the fifth year in a row. Book tickets now to avoid disappointment at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

ANNOUNCED TODAY:
BLINK-182
BRING ME HORIZON
EVANESCENCE
 
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER     
ALLY NICHOLAS   
ANDO SAN                
ASAVA      
BASEMENT        
BETTER LOVERS   
BIG ASS TRUCK I.E.   
BILMURI     
BODY COUNT FT. ICE-T          
BODYSNATCHER           
BREAKKAWAY                
CAGE FIGHT  
CANCER BATS
CARCASS   
CARPENTER BRUT
CASTLE RAT 
CENOBIA               
CLUTCH               
COMATASTIC                 
COMEBACK KID   
CONVERGE                  
CURRENTS 
DAYSEEKER
DEAF HAVANA          
DEATHBYROMY                       
DEXTER AND THE MOONROCKS 
DOGMA  
DOWN   
DRAGGED UNDER  
EMNW
FAITH NO MORE         
FIT FOR A KING 
GHOSTEMANE
GRANDSON   
GUILT TRIP                            
GWAR           
HANABIE.              
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS  
HEALTH                                    
HEAVEN’S BASEMENT
HIGH VIS 
HIGHLY SUSPECT 
HOLDING ABSENCE
HOLLOW PACT  
HONEY REVENGE  
HOT MULLIGAN 
I PREVAIL
JINJER
KAREN DIÓ
KREATOR
LADRONES
LOCKED SHUT
MALEVOLENCE
MAPLE’S PET DINOSAUR
MÖTLEY CRÜE
MURDERDOLLS
NAILS
NAPALM DEATH
NASTY
NEVER EASY
ORBIT CULTURE
PAIN OF TRUTH
PALEDUSK
PARKWAY DRIVE
PIERCE THE VEIL
POINT NORTH
PRESIDENT
PRIMUS
PVRIS
RECLUS.É
RIFF WOOD
SACE6
SENSES FAIL
SHOWING TEETH
SKYND
SOFT PLAY
SOIL
SPEED
SPLIT CHAIN
SPLIT DOGS
STATIC DRESS
STATIC-X
TERROR
THE DARK.FM
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
THE HIVES
THE HOWLING
THE PRODIGY
THE RAVEN AGE
TRASH TALK
TURNSTILE
VILLANELLE
VIOLENT VIRA
WATERPARKS
WINDWAKER
WINONA FIGHTER
XCOMM