Their mammoth stage show will take Download Festival by storm in a career-defining moment.īring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes says: “Download Festival was one of the first festivals I ever attended as a punter. After achieving a UK number one with their Grammy-nominated album Amo and headlining Reading & Leeds Festival 2022, Bring Me The Horizon are a huge British rock success story.

Steel City’s finest, Bring Me The Horizon will be headlining Download Festival for the very first time after years of working their way up the line up since first playing in 2006.

The mighty Metallica say: “We are next-level honoured to once again come back and partake in the Download shenanigans on the hallowed grounds of Castle Donington, which has an unparalleled place in rock history. On top of that, to be able to share our double show format with two completely unique sets with no repeat songs for the first time ever in the U.K is way fuckin’ cool. The perfect celebration of Download’s 20 th anniversary with arguably the world’s greatest rock band. The two performances will contain absolutely no repeat songs, ensuring that fans are treated to the complete Metallica experience. Metallica will be returning to Donington after over a decade away, and the multi-million album-selling phenomenon will be making up for their absence by headlining two nights of the festival, Thursday and Saturday. The headliners and other acts announced today highlight the multi-generational appeal of the festival, which has seen over 2 million rock fans make the pilgrimage to Donington over the last 20 years.

Also joining the 20 th anniversary party are UK and international heavyweights Evanescence, Parkway Drive, Disturbed, Pendulum, Architects, Ghost, The Distillers, Placebo, Alexisonfire, Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, I Prevail, The Blackout (reunion), Fever 333, Stray From The Path, Lorna Shore, Nova Twins, Municipal Waste and many more.

Download festival 2022 lineup