Well Heaven And Hell is definitely a good start to the line-up!! It'll be very interesting to see just who they get playing at the festival this year!

EDIT: Turned out they weren't playing after all.

According to http://www.last.fm/event/814008 Lamb of God and God Forbid will be playing too. Not heard anything by God Forbid, but Lamb of God is a pretty good addition to the line up.

Slipknot have self confirmed they'll be playing apperantly..

Also for anyone thinking of going, the tickets are slightly cheaper until Monday, then they'll be full price.

Interesting.

Finally a few more names announced. Seems most of the big festivals are going to have the same line-up pretty much again.
Still, The Prodigy would be interesting to see if they don't clash with a good metal band.

Not that I could go, but aside from Anvil, ZZ Top, Def Leppard and maybe Dream Theater there's no band I'd like to see.

Journey and a few others just added. I am surprised how many older bands there are confirming this year!

These bands added:

Opeth
Meshuggah
Dir En Grey
Five Finger Death Punch
You Me And Six
Steadlür
Laenmower Deth
Duff McKagan

Hahahahaha, Opeth?? Opeth?? Are they serious, I think I should just give up and mindlessly worship them like everyone else does. Why does everyone torment me with Opeth?? Hahahaha.

Written by Baz Anderson on 24.03.2009 at 14:05

These bands added:

Opeth
Meshuggah
Dir En Grey
Five Finger Death Punch
You Me And Six
Steadlür
Laenmower Deth
Duff McKagan

Hahahahaha, Opeth?? Opeth?? Are they serious, I think I should just give up and mindlessly worship them like everyone else does. Why does everyone torment me with Opeth?? Hahahaha.

Who the hell are Laenmower Deth? Don't you mean Lawnmower Deth? Btw, I didn't know they had reformed.

I'd only visit this festival for Chris Cornell and The Prodigy. Perhaps for Down, too.

Strange line-up.

Haha yes, woops - typing mistake.
Yeh, I like the slight more emphasis towards older bands this year.

Written by Baz Anderson on 24.03.2009 at 18:24

Haha yes, woops - typing mistake.
Yeh, I like the slight more emphasis towards older bands this year.

i on the other hand noticed how younger nu metal bands are getting the attention: limp bizkit, slipknot, lamb of god, trivium, korn, killswitch, and of course marilyn manson.

The Answer
Fightstar
Bring Me The Horizon
Staind
Stone Gods
Static-X
Shinedown
Volbeat
Facecage
Auger Bane
Sevendust
Go: Audio

Confirmed

17 more bands announced:

Hatebreed
A Day To Remember
In This Moment
Therapy?
God Forbid
Backyard Babies
Hostile
Middle Class Rut
No Americana
Esoterica
Suicide Silence
Ripper Owens
Voivod
Sylosis
Turbowolf
We Are The Ocean
Man Raze

These bands announced:

Steel Panther
Trigger The Bloodshed
Lauren Harris
Hexes
Hollywood Undead
Hunting The Minotaur
Japanese Voyeurs
White Man Kamikaze
Loverman
Black Spiders
General Fiasco
Sacred Mother Tongue
The 69 Eyes
Dear Superstar
Pulled Apart From Horses
Violent Soho
Brides

Man, this looks horrible.

People complain about the lineup at Wacken but at least it's not total sellout like this one, Trivium, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Staind, Def Leppard, Whitesnake... well there are a good few bands that i personally would like to see but only if they have a "true stage" and a "poser stage" lol

also i see there's a good few non-rock/metal bands on the bill, is this fest not limited only to rock/metal?

Written by Valentin B on 13.05.2009 at 16:30

People complain about the lineup at Wacken but at least it's not total sellout like this one, Trivium, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Staind, Def Leppard, Whitesnake... well there are a good few bands that i personally would like to see but only if they have a "true stage" and a "poser stage" lol

also i see there's a good few non-rock/metal bands on the bill, is this fest not limited only to rock/metal?

Download was never a pure metal festival whereas Wacken pretends to be. Download was always a general music fest.

This has to be one of the worst lineups I've ever seen in my life. I'd rather live in North Korea for a year than be exposed to some of these bands in concert, absolutely horrendous.

Written by Valentin B on 13.05.2009 at 16:30

also i see there's a good few non-rock/metal bands on the bill, is this fest not limited only to rock/metal?

No. It's pretty much a melting pot full of big bands in big contemporary genres with emphasis on rock and pop pretending to be rock...

Written by amarchand on 13.05.2009 at 22:33

This has to be one of the worst lineups I've ever seen in my life. I'd rather live in North Korea for a year than be exposed to some of these bands in concert, absolutely horrendous.

Haha. Agreed.

The running order hasn't been uploaded yet, but we can see who will be on what stage.

Slightly annoyed as Mötley Crüe clash with Faith No More, and also Slipknot clash with The Prodigy. I would like to see both of those.

Written by Baz Anderson on 14.05.2009 at 18:07

The running order hasn't been uploaded yet, but we can see who will be on what stage.

Slightly annoyed as Mötley Crüe clash with Faith No More, and also Slipknot clash with The Prodigy. I would like to see both of those.

What? You want to see Mötley Crüe? You have any idea how crap they are? (and then especially live nowadays) And also Slipknot? Man, you are weird.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.05.2009 at 18:24

What? You want to see Mötley Crüe? You have any idea how crap they are? (and then especially live nowadays) And also Slipknot? Man, you are weird.

Hahaha, of course I do. I love a few of the Mötley Crüe albums so I need to see them live. We'll be seeing them at Hellfest anyway, so maybe I will just completely miss them here and watch the full Faith No More set.
Slipknot were one of the first metal bands I listened to and have always been interested in seeing them live... apparently they put on quite a crazy show. Prodigy are just one of those classic bands that really need seeing live. I don't know what I'll do there... neither are playing anywhere else I am going.

Written by Baz Anderson on 14.05.2009 at 18:30

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.05.2009 at 18:24

What? You want to see Mötley Crüe? You have any idea how crap they are? (and then especially live nowadays) And also Slipknot? Man, you are weird.

Hahaha, of course I do. I love a few of the Mötley Crüe albums so I need to see them live. We'll be seeing them at Hellfest anyway, so maybe I will just completely miss them here and watch the full Faith No More set.
Slipknot were one of the first metal bands I listened to and have always been interested in seeing them live... apparently they put on quite a crazy show. Prodigy are just one of those classic bands that really need seeing live. I don't know what I'll do there... neither are playing anywhere else I am going.

Take it from me, paying big bucks to see Motley Crue fuck up 2 times in a row totally ruined my taste for them. They can't play for shit live. I used to be a big fan until I got burned twice, I gave them the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe they just had an off night the first time I saw them...nope. If you have any respect for them I recommend not seeing them live, they'll ruin it for you. Both times I saw them rank up there as some of the worst shows I've ever seen.

The FNM reunion should be really fucking solid though.

Press Information - 10 am Wednesday 20th May 2009

Festival organisers for the DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL AT DONINGTON PARK have today announced that all camping tickets have now officially SOLD OUT.

This includes all RIP Park Farm packages, including Tipis and Shacks. In addition, all combined coach travel & camping tickets have also now completely sold out. There are still a LIMITED number of the RIP "Platinum" hotel packages available.

Organisers are now urging anyone planning to attend this year's Download who haven't yet picked up their tickets to do so NOW - arena tickets for the full weekend and day tickets are still on sale but are likely to all be snapped up soon. For all tickets and packages please visit http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets .

For the first time in Download history, this year's festival will be extended to FOUR STAGES, with over 100 bands playing across the weekend of 12-14 JUNE.

Courtesy of RED BULL BEDROOM JAM, the new stage will host performances from the previously announced WE ARE THE OCEAN, WHITE MAN KAMIKAZE AND AUGER BANE, plus MY PASSION, DISSOLVED IN, THIS CITY, TWIN ATLANTIC, LINCHPIN, FALL FROM GRACE, DON BROCO, NONE THE LESS, EXIT AVENUE, YOUNG GUNS and FIRST STRIKE.

In addition to these exciting new acts, For the first time ever an unknown band will get to play the main stage in a live broadcast from their Bedroom. This world first will see the virtual gig beamed to thousands of rockers ahead of the performance from Marilyn Manson on the Saturday.

Here's how?

Upload your video to http://www.redbullbedroomjam.com . Don't worry about the quality, a mobile phone video of you playing in your bedroom will do?it's the talent that counts (a good tip would be to check out Don Broco's video on the homepage!)
Get your fans to log on and watch and rate your video?
The most popular artists get seIected for a live-streamed performance?on broadcast day, the Red Bull Bedroom Jam crew collect the musicians and seIected mates and fans, and the winners rock out in front of the camera!

For this one off special, videos will have to be uploaded by Friday 5 June. The winners will then be informed on Monday 8 June.

In other news, it has been announced that ROCK RADIO will be powering this year's DOWNLOAD RADIO, and broadcasting throughout the weekend.

With three stations across Manchester, Scotland and the North East of England, Rock Radio will be bringing their team of rock DJ experts to Download to deliver everything from the latest festival news, exclusive interviews with artists to what's happening backstage. Heading up the presenter team will be Rock Radio Manchester's Paul Anthony, Rock Radio Scotland's Tom Russell and legendary rock writer, broadcaster and presenter of Rock Radio's Classic Rock magazine radio show Mick Wall.

The station will be activated from 9am Wednesday 10th June through to 12pm Monday 15th June, and available through the local frequency of 87.7FM.

Rock Radio Station Manager, Ciaran O'Toole said, "Since the launch of 96.3 Rock Radio, one of our ambitions has been to team up with a major festival and the Download festival is the best in Britain. We're delighted to be working with them to make Download 2009 one of the best yet."

The Leicestershire Constabulary have released their latest initiatives and messaging to help make this year's event as safe and secure as possible for all those attending.

For the third year in a row, the police will be using a text messaging and email service aimed at gathering crime prevention information from people coming along this year. The service was launched to encourage festival-goers to give the police information about crime related matters in advance of the event.

Anyone with information can text 'police' and then their message to 86688 or email downloadfestival.intel@leicestershire.pnn.co.uk.

The information will be treated anonymously and will enable the police into build up a picture, in advance of the event, of any potential trouble

Well here's some more metal points for the festival. Sabbat have just confirmed to play the last day apparently.
We just don't know at what time yet. I only pray they don't clash with anyone else. I've only successfully seen Sabbat once before.

And these bands have been officially announced today, which complete the full line-up of the festival:

Bleed From Within
Sleepercurve
Blackhole
New Device
The Outcry Collective
Tripswitch
The Instigators
In Case Of Fire
Hardcore Superstar
Symphony Cult
The Crave
Billy Boy On Poison
The Ghost Of A Thousand
People In Planes
The Auteur
13 Riots
Forever Never
The Computers
Serpico
Sabbat
Flood Of Red
Attack! Attack!
Logan
Fei Comodo
Jett Black
Million$ Reload
Raucous Jays

Ok, I have put in all the bands at the festival. The line-up is complete!

Looks like Sabbat are going to clash with Dream Theater, or someone around that time - which isn't good!!
Some of the clashes this year are just badly thought out I think. If you like metal, sometimes there are no metal bands on, and then when there are - they are all on at the same time!

Baz.....I'm so excited!! FAITH NO MORE!!!