Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park Headline Download 2026

More than 90 bands will take to the stage across the festival’s three days.

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Download Festival continues to kick goals when it comes to its lineup, with next year’s bumper edition headlined by nu metal godfathers Limp Bizkit, heavy rock icons Guns N’ Roses and the recently reformed Linkin Park.

The three bands make up a bill featuring over 90 bands from across the globe who will perform at the festival’s iconic home, Donington Park in Leicestershire, UK, across the weekend of June 10 to 14, 2026.

Joining the three heavy powerhouses are Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium, Architects, Electric Callboy, Halestorm, Ice Nine Kills, Mastadon, Feeder, BABYMETAL and many more.

Several Aussie acts are also making the trip to the UK for Download 2026. Melbourne metalcore beasts Thornhill, Perth DNB legends Pendulum, nu-metal five-piece HEADWRECK, emerging rockers Wayside and Sydney metalcore meets pop outfit Melrose Avenue are all taking to the stage. Peep the full lineup below.

Tickets are on sale now via the official Download website.

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Held annually at Donington Park motorsport circuit in the UK since 2003, Download is one of the world’s premier heavy music festivals. Some of the biggest names in metal and rock have graced the festival’s stages over the past two decades, including Aerosmith, Metallica, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Faith No More and Soundgarden.

Found by Andy Copping, the festival has even gone global, with events having been held in France, Spain, Japan, Germany and even Australia, with the last iteration of Download Australia taking place in Melbourne in 2019.

This year’s edition of Download was another massive success, with Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn topping the bill. Over 90 acts performed over the weekend at Donington Park, including the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Opeth, Weezer, Cradle of Filth, Bullet for My Valentine, Lorna Shore and many more.

Download 2026 takes place at Donington Park in the UK from June 10 to 14, 2026. Full lineup and ticketing details available at download.co.uk.

Download 2026 Lineup (A-z)

Download 2026 will be held at Donington Park in the UK from June 10 to 14 June

Ankor
Architects
As Everything Unfolds
As It Is
Ash
Babymetal
Bad Omens
Behemoth
Black Veil Brides
Blood Incantation
Bloodywood
Boundaries
Bush
Catch Your Breath
Cavalera
Corrosion Of Conformity
Cypress Hill
Decapitated
Die Spitz
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Dogstar
Drain
Drowning Pool
Ego Kill Talent
Elder
Electric Callboy
Feeder
Gatecreeper
Guns N' Roses
Halestorm
Headwreck
Hollywood Undead
Holywatr
Ice Nine Kills
Imminence
Ivri
James And The Cold Gun
Kublai Khan Tx
Lake Malice
Lakeview
Landmvrks
Last Train
Letlive.
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Lowen
Magnolia Park
Mammoth
Mastodon
Melrose Avenue
Mouth Culture
Nasty
Native James
Nevertel
P.O.D
Palefeace Swiss
Pendulum
Periphery
Pussyliquor
Rain City Drive
Return To Dust
Røry
Scene Queen
Self Deception
Set It Off
Silent Planet
Slay Squad
Sleep Theory
Snot
Social Distortion
South Arcade
Spineshank
Spitting Glass
Static-X
Story Of The Year
Sweet Pill
Sweet Savage
Tailgunner
The All-American Rejects
The Plot In You
The Pretty Reckless
The Pretty Wild
Thornhill
Those Damn Crows
Thrown
Tom Morello
Trivium
Tropic Gold
Tx2
Unpeople
Vianova
Wayside
We Came As Romans
Zero 9:36

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